~Jacqueline_Ch~

It rily has been centuries since i last updated my blog. Kinda worried that friendster will close down my page for not updating haha… Anyway, I’ve been experiencing quite a lot through out my first month of sumer holidays.

I’ve officially moved into my new house. Each of us  has our very own room. Small but comfy… N we’ve tidied n decorated the house. Like it… Don feel like shifting at the end of the year (hmmm?!) haha…These are pictures of my house - living room n my room. Tried uplodaing my kitchen but dunno y cant… I think my room’s a little too colorful (thanks to the carpet) haha…

next… I have a new camera! Hoorah!!! it’s a canon powershot, 7.1 megapix with alot of other side gifts like 1G memory card, angle lense, small tripod, lense cleanser etc. Not bad rite? Rily worth it lo… n i like my camera alot despite its bulkiness. actually i bought a 5megapix camera but the seller sent the wrong camera to me. So, wat the heck?! haha… bought for $280. Satisfied…

I’ve been working for the previous 1 month n 1 week. Yesterday was my last day of work. Rily alot of ups n downs through out the working experience. I was working ‘illegally’ in a chinese buffet restaurant from 10am to 10pm, everyday except for saturdays. Yup, no life… but earn money n save food expenses. I work as a "waitress" there, collecting used plates since its a buffet style restaurant. The owner n most of other workers are from Fuzhou, China n they speak their dialect which i hardly understood. The dishwashers are Mexicans. The restaurant’s business is rily good. My finger joints, wrist n legs ache like crap! Not to mention back ache…. What do i need to do there besides collecting used plates? Let me see… Cut fruits, pluck vegetables, wrap wantans, wash toilet etc. Practically anything n everthing possible. There’s no free time to stand around. Seems to "torture" the boss if anyone were to be seen free… haha… Me, the girl who doesn’t enter the kitchen, has to cut an average of 4-5 watermelons everyday, with a big knife! Thats y my wrist hurts… N i’ve learnt to cut honey dew in a proper way as well. When i first got there, i had a hard time cutting the fruits. But i can do better now although not as fast as the rest. I think the workers find my cutting techniques entertaining haha… At first, they din talk much to me. actually almost none talked to me. But during the last 2 weeks, everyone began communicating more n i’ve gotten to know them better. So, yesterday, i had mixed feelings. Happy that i’m leaving that tiring place n yet gonna miss them as well. Btw, there’s this mr.nice guy there who helped me alot. like alot alot! wheneva i need help, he seems to be always around to help. I remember there was this one when i was cuttig the watermelon (still not good at cutting it), i was havig a hard time, ending up cutting alot of its flesh instead of the skin only. he just came n said, u cut too much flesh. Then he pulled the cutting board towards him n started cutting it for me instead. I had to use 2 hands while he easily used 1 hand. Gosh! I was soooo amazed! He also helps to open the fridge door cos its so heavy. Wat else? Practcally almost everything including taking toilet roles n fortune cookies from hgih places (cos he’s tall). he’s a shy guy. Only started talking to me after i’ve worked there for 3 weeks. haha… anyway, i’m gonna miss the people n food there, esp the fruits! cos the fruits sold here are expensive n i wont get free fruits anymore… *sob sob* haha…

Another thing…. i stmbled upon a "weird" chef. Hes this chef in the old restaurant (i’m working in the restaurant’s newly opened branch) He’s like 40++ years old n he rily freaks me n my frnes out. My job included transport, so when he gave a lift home, i din bother all that much. But later, he invited me to his brother’s wedding. fang n i tot it’d be a good experience to see the weddings here so we decided to go. the lady boss couldn’t attend the wedding (the bridegroom’s a worker in the retaurant as well) cos she had to work on my behalf since i’m going to the wedding. Only the chef, the boss, fang n i went. the weird thing is that it seems that the whole restaurant’s workers weren’t invited except for me n fang (who worked there for only about 1 week). Hmm?! n the day before the wedding, the chef came to pick me up to give a ride home after work. He said he wanted to let me know where to wait for him the next day. N guess wat? He offered to go for supper which i rejected of cos. He even invited fang n i for lunch the next day!  the wedding’s at 6pm n he wanted us to go out, have lunch etc at 12pm???? Weirdo!!! scary heck… N i accidentally left my house number in his phne n he daringly called fang n me during my day off… Ah!!!! Thank god i’m no more working there… this is the one thing i wont miss hahhahahah…

Gonna go to memphis on monday. then leaving to Florida from there. Looking forward to my trip there. MY first time leaving minnesota state. Seaside n all, here I come!!! wahahaha..


 

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