I’m Back!

Some of my readers have thought me for dead.

Nah.

I’m very much alive as you can see, it’s just that my brain decided to go on a hiatus.

This post is obviously intended to update you guys on what has been going on in my life since the last post. To summarize everything: I quit my job at Pasta Brava, attended the Swiss-Singapore Workshop on Innovation In Food Consumer Interactions (quite a mouthful there!), started school and got a new job.

If anyone were to ask me why did I decide to quit Pasta… I’m not too sure myself. Perhaps it was the thought that the work may tire me out till I can’t focus on school. Perhaps. My last day was on 4 April… I prepared some gifts for my nice (ex-)colleagues and went down to work as usual. All the chefs got personalised mugs and the wait staff got candy. My boss also got a mug with his face on it and his wife, a brooch. They were all jolly pleased. It was a nice way to start the morning I guess. However I wasn’t feeling too well that day and puked while I was changing in the loo. My boss noticed when I came out looking sick and he told me to go home and rest. So that was what happened on my last day!

Now about the Swiss-Singapore Workshop, Forday kinda made me attend it with him and some other lecturers. “You should really go and see what this is all about,” he said. So I said ok, albeit grudgingly, and just like what I expected, the endless talks bored me outta my mind. I sat beside Forday in the huge function room and fidgeted throughout the entire morning.

So basically, it went like this: Fidget fidget, sigh, looks around, fidget, twirls pencil, stops to sms, fidget, starts doodling. 

Forday was really nice about it and talked to me during certain parts of the workshop. Nothing important, just teaching me certain stuff about what the speakers were presenting on. He even laughed when I made a comment about shameless marketing during E* Ya* San*’s presentation.

And yes… school has started. On paper I have class on Wednesdays and Fridays. But CYC being CYC, combined Friday’s lecture (the one and only class I have on Friday mornings) with Wednesday’s (alternate week) practicals. HA! So technically, I only have to turn up on Wednesdays. And on even weeks, I have no BTN prac/lecture and my day ends even earlier.   

I got to know Ed this semester cuz he has the same timetable. He works at Underwater World and it was through him which I managed to land today’s interview. I got the job at Dolphin Lagoon. I don’t really know what to think because I’ve heard stories regarding XYZ from the Lagoon. She isn’t the easiest person to work with till the point where the entire management knows about it. My interviewer actually had to reassure me that XYZ will be transfered back to Underwater World in 2-3 weeks time. The other colleague I got to know today, K, also asked if I’ve heard stuff about Lagoon. Man… is that lady really that difficult?! I’ll only know on Monday.

God, Jesus, Mother Mary, Allah, Lord Krishna, Buddha and Jade Emperor please protect me.