Sunday, October 10, 2010

The September

It supposed to be a month for me to have a good rest, chill and get away from books and studies. However, instead of spending my time home and hang out, I choose to work throughout the month. Because looking back to the month of May, my last sem break. I almost rott at home. What I did was spending money, go on vacation and nonetheless shopping. It makes me feel like I am a useless, jobless and big spender teenage. So before our sem ended, and just right before our finals started, i had started asking around and looking for part time jobs. To conclude, I gotten three part time jobs during this Sept. And the question that i heard often from my parents, relatives and friends are - "Are u working today ? Where n wats the job ur working for today? " It sounds funny to me cox seems like i hav job everywhere and it confuses people around me.


So first of all the job that i worked for was the job in MOKUL. Dad found the advertisement in the Stars and offered me to go for a try. So without further thinking I went for the interview as a casuals banquet server. Immediately few days after the interview they called me up to work for a Ramadhan buffet dinner. And the second time that i worked for them was for a the Malaysia Archithec Society-PAM's annual dinner. Aim of me getting this job? Waitress is a new job for me as i never try it before, and secondly its the fun and excitement that i hope to get. This job is the most flexible one as they will only contact u when they have functions and need more helpers. So i barely work for them in a month.
Well, at least it never let me down, I get to look into the inner side of the hotel, that normal customers would not have seen. The management and organized structure of this five star hotel really impressed me. The best thing I would say is their staff's ethic. Cause we as staff are not allowed to use the customers' facilities and the hotel have their own staff elevator and washroom. So no matter where i goes, as long as ur a staff of MOKUL, they will all give u a warmth smile on face and say hello. Isnt it great ?! Hmm but this job its not about the pay, its about the experience and extraordinary exposure.

Secondly, Forever 21 located in One Utama, its the job that my college friend Carmen gotten for me. This job only lasted for 6days to cover the staff lacking crisis. Carmen was their part timers last year and due to the Raya festive, their mostly Malay workers went on leave for the whole week. So they need people to work for them for the one week duration. Well this job its the pay that attracted me. Moreover, they are offering double pay on the first and second day of Raya. And for this job I have to thank Carmen the most. Because the whole week while I am working there, I stayed in her house and I never go home. It is sort of wasting time and effort if i were to travel to OU everyday to work, luckily carmen kindly allowed me to stay with her. I am super sorry for the inconvenience i brought to her n her family. But on the other hand, I think we both also enjoy sleeping over and hang out together for the whole week. It pulls us both closer together. Cox frankly speaking since  degree started, we barely have time to talk to each other like last time in FIA. and our distance are really getting apart. So I am really glad that besides the job, I am getting a chance to get us back together again. Carmen is really a good friend for me and i will never have to worry to spill all my things out and share with her =) Hmm whereas aim of getting this job, besides the pay, I also get to work with few of my college mates. And for the few days, the Forever21 looks more like HELP college there. 

And I must mention this, the lesson that i learned from this job: "Dear shoppers, pls only pick the outfit and try in the fitting room when u really interested in it. Appreciate the effort of shop workers helping u to take the clothes of the hanger, fold it back, and hang it back to the store display for u." Coz i found that it its really brain cracking to get all the clothes tried from the fitting room and search up and down in the store to hang the clothes back to the right position and it needs more brainpower for us to rmbr where the clothes belongs to. So kindly bare this in mind, PLS !


Third and finally the last part time job, Royce Chocolate. This is the longest part time job that I had worked for so far. I started working since the day my finals ended and up to date I am still with them. The job is pretty flexible and U may take off wheneva ur busy. But most importantly they need people to open the store and close the store everyday in order to ensure there is someone to run the business. Well, Royce is a famous brand back in Japan that are known for their chocolate. I have no aim for this job, but perhaps forcefully to say, I need it to pass my time? But no matter how, there are reasons behind that makes me stick to this job for so long. Hmm, this job is pretty relaxing and now i oso learnt more bout chocolate. Pretty ashamed to think back and call myself a chocolate lover when now oni i realized i do not know much about chocolate. But till now I am not to be address as a pro, but just a beginner learning more knowledge about chocolates. Next the staff and manager of this brand are all so friendly, no sales target to hit and no strict rules and regulation. The key to this job is just work ur very best and work happily, tats all !

Hmm in short, the month is tiring but meaningful. I did what i aimed for and i made it happened. U may be thinking am i nuts working for so mnay jobs? Or am i really that desperate for money ? But anyhow, I could tell u tat I am a girl that hope to make full use of my time. Sitting there and doing nothing, tats just not me. So here I am to clear ur question bubbles about what I did for my sem break =)

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