hello karen! i finally got my I-20, yay. but i just found out that SIA is not going to reimburse me for all my speedposting. baaaad. ergh. i've spent abt...$200 on speedposting. sigh. a million gazillion thanks to debbie dearest (who's suntanning in bintan now, argh) who took the trouble to take me through the whole visa application process and tell me where to go what to do yadda yadda.

(belated) welcome back weian. had a great night out with you, manda and viv. magaritas, corona with lime, and sex. HAHA. it's been a long 4 months apart. -sniff- hahaha..

welcome back kerk the silly billy who took off to italy, switzerland and france without me. :| i missed you terribly. i'm just glad she sounds happy..

welcome back also amanda my kai xin guo (cos i'm hers, haha) who bought me something from australia!! wheeee. :) we have to meet so you can tell me about it!

i HATE working a stupid 8.30am-5.30pm job.
1. i have to be working at the most ulu place in singapore - Airline House. i stay in the east and it still takes me a freakin' 1.5hrs to get there. -that's- how east, and how ulu it is. not to mention that because it's so ulu there's absolutely nowhere to eat (no, not even changi village is accessible from Airline House) except the pathetic canteen, and no shopping or anything nearby. nothing.
2. security is such a pain. i have to stop at the entrance pass office, exchange my IC for a visitor pass. then i have to get my bag checked blahblah. then i wait for the next bus, and when i drop off at Airline House, i gotta exchange the visitor pass for an ALH pass (luckily i now have a temp pass so i'm saved this step). so when i leave work, i can't take the bus out directly from Airline House. i gotta get off at the entrance office to get my IC back first. then board the next bus. argh. i can't wait till friday when i'll get my AIRPORT PASS.
3. i have absolutely no time to meet friends or anything. cos by the time i actually manage to reach civilisation i'm too tired and crabby. what's more, i end work august 20th and i'm flying off on august 28th (yes guys, the date is confirmed more or less, so mark it down). that leaves me about 1 week of freedom before i leave. wth. and did i remember to say that i'm still giving tuition and working at the cheesecake cafe on weekends?! to quote my lady boss, "hey you should be thankful i'm giving you saturday off so you have 1 day to have a life." wow, i'm eternally grateful.
4. along the same lines, my night activity has been seriously restricted. gone are the days of supper until 3-4am or chatting till 2am or talking on the phone till 5am. but more importantly, the supper. blehh.
5. ok, so if they're gonna take up so much of my precious time, at least give me something productive to do. many pple say hey you're getting paid to do nothing! but seriously guys, i'd much rather be paid to do something. i spent the whole of this morning reading Australian Women's Weekly (the april issue, mind you). how stimulating. and the past 2 days were spent falling asleep while managers briefed us then passed us down to their subordinates who basically repeated everything (how else are they supposed to help us kill time?).
6. are all big organisations like this? cos this company sure is mighty screwed up. everything's a mess. from HR to inflight services to whatever shit. they're so disorganised it's amazing the planes can still fly as if everything's perfectly fine. argh.
7. and cos of this stupid internship which they didn't tell me about earlier, my driving plans have been TOTALLY SCREWED. i'm actually all geared up for the test (i've cleared all my practical lessons) but i have yet to take the FTT (yes deb i -know- you warned me abt this, sigh) and now i'm stuck cos i can't make it for FTT with the stupid job eating up all my time.
8. being the only female scholar is no fun at all. every lunch i sit around a table with at least 6 other guys. i never know what to say/talk about and i can't help but feel that they'd rather i not be there so that they could talk more openly. i dunno.
9. finding officewear is giving me a MAJOR headache (and painful feet).

ok, all the bitching aside, i've got a wonderful "partner" - anand. he's a rare breed, the gentlemanly kind of guy. and we get along pretty well, thank God. i've also gained quite abit of insight these past 3 days as to how the organisation works. it's rather mind-boggling the amount of behind-the-scenes work that goes into a single flight. even a 0.01% error can lead to a loss of MILLIONS. scary. yesterday i got to sit in on a cabin crew focus group discussion regarding first class service (and the new first class toilets) on the new A380 which will only be launched in 2006. cool stuff. sorry, i can't reveal anything or i'll have to be killed. haha, no joke! today i got to tour the airline kitchen. wow, it's humongous. and if you're one of those that always thought airplane food is shitty crap, that's cos you're eating ECONOMY class food. the FIRST class food is like, wah lau eh. got to sample some. ;) and did you know they have a chocolate "factory" at the airline kitchen? yup they make their own chocolates.. and i got to sample all of them. MM MMMMMMMM.

in other news, i got myself a new pair of red specs. funkeh. haha.

li-ou just told me he's gonna be leaving on sunday!! it's so sudden. how can fuzzball leave just like that. :| lady boss better let me go send him off. if she doesn't i swear i'll quit on the spot.

oh, my new maid rocks my socks. the house has never been this clean EVER. just last night i was wondering why she was taking so long to sweep and mop my room, and when i came up, lo and behold, she had PACKED my whole tabletop for me!! PLUS the computer tabletop too!! PLUS all my bags strewn all over the place! she has super alot of initiative man. not to mention she can speak canto, and she's super friendly and nice.

hey zhu, what's going on for you?? and helloooo esther!! how's prep for umich?

ok i need to sleep. if not i'll prob wake up late for work tmr. hell, even if i sleep now i'll prob still wake up late. bah.

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