Tuesday, March 10, 2009
OMG: ONE WORD..You guys are persistent!
Hmmmm...so what have been going on since last June? Hmmmm...Fucking hell! That's a bloody long time! So much have happened....so much have changed!
Firstly, I no longer live in gorgeous Verve with bitchy agents. We only got about half of our bond back. They charged us for repainting 2 walls, cleaning the marbles 'professionally' and changing ONE piece of blind! On top of that I spent 780aud cleaning the damn apartment and dry cleaning the linens. To think that we were so happy when we found out that they were providing us with everything including linens, cutleries etc. This is the price that you have to pay for. Bloody smart ppl!
Anyway I'm staying in Temple Court on Collins St with my bro. The first time I saw the place..I was totally shocked as it was a huge transition from gorgeous Verve with magnificient views of the city to this small place with no views. But after some time you get use to it. It's actually not that bad after all. Cosy and it takes me 5 minutes to walk to work.
Talking about work. Hmmmm...I joined Crown last September as a Food & Bev Attendant in the Room Service Department. I literally worked my ass off and luckilly for me my manager noticed my hard work. She offered me a management role last month and without hesitation I took the offer. So now I'm doing full time work and doing my masters part time. I had a thought about it. I might have side tracked a bit in terms of career path but looking at the current economic conditions and the increasing unemployment rate, this is an opportunity that I cannot miss.
Come to think of it, I have always been a hospitality guy. I started my first paying job as a front office attendant in a hotel back home. My first job in Australia was also in hospitality, as a kitchen assistant in uni. I also did some bar shifts, some porter shifts and some waitering shifts when I was with Pinnacle. I guess hospitality can be my back up career path. Plus there's no better place to start than Crown. They are one of the biggest in hospitality. The only downside is the bloody working hours.
What else? What else? Hmmmmm..I also got my PR after waiting for exactly 8 months! I haven't been home in 2 and a half years :-(! I really really hope that I can go home during CNY next year.
I'm also looking to get a new apartment but I have yet to see a bank to see how much I can borrow. I guess it's a really good time to buy properties this year. Interest rates are low and property market is on the down-low as well. Not exactly low but prices are not as steep as last year. If I could come up with the down-payment, there's no reason to rent as my rent money will be equivalent to my mortgage. So might as well get a place, pay the mortgage and at the end of the day the place is yours. You also don't need to put up with 'stuck up son of a bitch' agents!
I guess the only thing that I have to make sure is job security. Make sure I have an income for the next 25 years....
I have not been seeing a lot of friends. I think everyone just gave up cos everytime they call me..my answer would be I'm working or the call will just go unanswered cos I'm at work! I guess this is the sacrifice I have to make. Suffer for another few years till my masters done and when I'm higher up the ladder, I'll get to decide what time I go to work. At the meantime I will have minimum social life.
Anyway I'm on night shift for the next one month with Tue/Wed or Wed/Thu off so if anyone wanna catch up let me know. I have an evening class from 5.30pm to 8.30pm every Wed. So any other time will be good unless of course I'm busy catching up with my beloved bed! Till then.....
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Some Common Sense?
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Oops I Did It Again...
Well well well...What's been happening? All I can say is I have been working heaps and heaps. For the past couple of weeks, I have been getting plenty of shifts, working almost everyday and at so many different places with so many different people under so many different supervisors that I can now boast that I am an easy person to get along with. LOL...get along as in no cat fights, arguments, bitching etc etc. I reckon these past couple of months have been a really good experience.
For the past one week I have been working at Crown Casino...No not as a dealer nor barmen but as a Room Service Attendant. You know the person that sends food to the rooms and not the person that cleans the rooms (that's housekeeping fools..). And no I don't have "cracked pepper"! Well only certain people will get that...Hehe
Today I worked at a hospital. In fact I just got home an hour ago. I worked in the kitchen at this small private hospital in Glenferrie called Glenferrie Private Hospital (duhhhhhh..). It was the best 4 working hours so far. You know why? Cos there was only the chef and me in the kitchen. And for the last 2 hours of work, I was working alone under no supervision since the chef left. So I was preparing the b'fast orders, cleaning up the kitchen, washing the dishes and attend to anything that the patient wants at my own sweet pace. It's weird cos one day I was working in such a big place like Crown with tens of staffs and the next day I'm working at this small ass hospital with just one staff.
Anyway working is fun. Money's really good although sometimes the timing might be a little screwed up and the fact that the office loves to call me at the last minute to fill up a shift since I always say yes. For example they called me at 8.15 in the morning to start a shift at 10am! For once that day I said NO! It's just bloody ridiculous...Well it's not entirely the office's fault since it's probably cos some bloody dickheads cancelled the shift given to them at the last minute so the office desperately needs people to fill up that shift.
Well I guess that's all I have to report for now. One of my good friend is coming over from Malaysia next week so I guess I won't be working much. I'm also going to Sydney in 2 weeks time just for the weekend. Wooooohoooo...can't wait! I desperately need a holiday....Haha
P.S. The Jackpot for Powerball this Thursday (Draw 629) is 50 million. It's an Australian Record so go bloody get your tickets to dreams now!!!! (i wonder what i can do with 50 million?)
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Trust No One
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Cleo's Malaysia 50 Most "ELIGIBLE" Bachelors
And you know why he blogged about it...that's because he's in it! No other guy would blog about that..trust me! hmmm..except maybe me. LOL...anyway how the hell did Kenny get on that list? It's as if Malaysia has got no guys left! And then I scanned the list...And it wasn't a pretty sight!
Bachelor 46: Kenny Sia
How did this guy get on the list as well? It looks like he just rolled out of bed and straight to the photoshoot!
Bachelor 49: Faizal Yusof
And this guy! Omg...I think the editor should be shot! Is he the 50th guy in Malaysia? I'm sorry but it's not the skin colour. It's just the fact that there are thousands of better looking single guys in Malaysia than him!
Bachelor 25: Vijay K (notice he didn't put down his last name..smart move)
Hmmm...another one...maybe it's just a bad pic! Maybe he's just not photogenic but he has to be a million times better looking in person to get on that list.
Bachelor 6: Adam Lobo
And these three I'm sure are not Malaysians! Why the hell are they on the list? It's like they are implying that Malaysia doesn't have any other guys. But I have to admit they are pretty HOT! Lol...
Bachelor 30: Richard James
Bachelor 17: Alexander GuzowskiBachelor 24: Herve Leon
Anyway my prediction on who's gonna take home the title of "Cleo's Malaysia 50 Most Eligible Bachelors"...
Bachelor 34: Nagaraj Rajendran
I don't know but it's just the fact that he portrays the typical Malaysian good looks. Hehehe...anyway I apologize in advance if by any chance the few guys that I just bombarded were your friends or related to you in any way. There are definitely other better looking guys out there but somehow they are wise enough not to partake in this kinda thing which they know will make them soooo vulnerable to criticism by people like me who loves to talk shit! LOL..
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Plaster That Smile On
The entire freaking place is like a maze. I literally got lost inside on the first night of work..I kept going round and round and back to the same place! But after tonight, I was like a pro..finding short cuts and secret passageways...LOL
I actually enjoyed working at this place as the crowd are more sophisticated and have class unlike Telstra Dome where you can just chuck the beer to the customer and shout 5.80! Hahaha...The members at Australian Club actually compliment the waiting staff and they are very polite and nice although I have to admit the first night was hell as it was the club's 139th Annual General Meeting. Tonight was the best cos it was an engagement/coctail party so there were only finger food and drinks!
Anyway it's been full on crazy for the past week..I worked 2 different shifts at 2 different places last Wednesday from 9.30am to 10pm. And I'm telling you now it's so not worth it. Although the pay is really good but it's not worth sacrificing your leg, neck, back and arms.I have got to go shower now and sleep cos I have to work tmr at 11am again! But it's worth it to work on a Sunday cos apparently they are paying 25 bucks an hour at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre! Hehehe $$$$$$$$$
Monday, April 7, 2008
Neckaches and Backaches...
Friday, April 4, 2008
It's A New Beginning!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
The 'Big' Grad Day!
For that I would have to thank my ever loving family...
My ever reliable determination and memory...
My friends who has always been there...
The ceremony itself was as boring as my biochemistry lectures. But seeing the light and the smile in every newly grads faces was just great. Although I still don't understand why someone would spent years and years researching the effects of diet-taking and physical activity on Ukranian Australians just to get a PhD. Ukranian Australians? Why not just Australians? Most prob someone already did the same research with Australians. Maybe I should do the same research with Malaysian-Australians just to get a PhD. Nooooo..someone prob did that too! Perhaps I should try Liechtensteiner-Australians...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
What A Record!
Friday, February 22, 2008
PEACE!
i dreamt that a gunwoman came to IH and started a shooting spree killing 6 ppl! i was first hiding in a toilet with another group of ppl the toilet doesnt look like an IH toilet...but dreams are weird right. then someone said the gunwoman is dead so we came out of hiding but suddenly the police surrounding IH said she had fled. then the police sent me into a hiding place again. this time another toilet. it was a half renovated toilet with a bath tub. so i saw the bathtub had screws. so i unscrew the bathtub and hid under the bathtub. WEIRD i know! but it all seemed so freaking real. then i dreamt that tet sing came into the toilet to hide also! WTF man!!!! then suddenly the police said the gunwoman had shot herself! omg...it seemed so real!!!!! after all that joe zhang gave me counseling! and the couseling involved gambling chips and raise and re-raised! wth man!!! then i woke up...like just 10 minutes ago!!! cant go back to sleep now!!!!! fuhhhhh.......
i think all this dream was a collection of thoughts and conversations i had yesterday. the killing was probably cos i was telling someone (i can't remember who) about the shootings in the US yesterday. the hiding in the toilet was probably cos i was telling sheanee about how aaron got locked in the toilet yesterday! joe was in the picture cos prob i just saw him yesterday when we played tennis. and the gambling chips was either cos we were playing mahjong involving chips yesterday night or cos of the pokerstars i have been playing online yesterday afternoon. and IH was cos we were talking about O-WEEK starting soon in IH. and before i went to bed i saw raymond's msn personal message saying he was robbed! (i still have to get to that...apparently he got robbed near law school in melb uni yesterday night)!! omg..all that combined and i got that freaky dream. it was freaking REAL!
it got me thinking when i woke up! im gonna live life to the fullest each day cos u really don't know what will happen the next day!
omg i cant believe how huge an impact this dream is having on me. i'm up now at 9.30am typing an email to jeannie! i think this is the earliest i woke up in about a month! madness!!!!!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Wake ME!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Another Idol
Josiah Leming for American Idol 2008Monday, February 11, 2008
The Beckham Mania
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The Cheapest Thing In Melbourne
Du it...Du it!
Anyway nothing much has been happening this past few weeks. It's just the normal class, tutes, assignments and shitz uni students go through in the normal semester. I wouldn't have to undergo all these shitz if I didn't fuck up during normal semester but too late to cry over spilt milk.
I have also officially finished my bar, coffee, waiting and food handling course. I learnt heaps and the peeps and trainer were awesome! You know you are in for some crazy times when your trainer says 'Shake the bloody shaker with your wanking hand' on the first day. Ironically I heard an employer saying the same thing to his worker when I was at a cafe a week ago. It's prob the aussie way of saying don't work like a bloody poof!
By the way, I just applied for a job at Crown to work as a F&B attendant. Hopefully I'll get a call in the next few weeks. If they don't call I'll probably have to go bar hunting after my exams in 2 weeks time. Finding a job is crucial cos I don't want to be sitting at home doing nothing for 4 freaking months before I start Masters in July.
Anyway, can't wait for everyone to get home! I'm so sick of the same ppl here in Melbourne. *Hint* *Hint* cc
LOL...I'm just kidding! Life will be so boring if you weren't here. Miss everyone though...I still can't imagine working life. I think it sucks big time. Imagine waking up everyday early in the morning. Doing the same bloody thing everyday. Going home late at night. Off to bed. And repeat the whole process again. OMG...I wish I can be where I am right now for the rest of my life and of course with money growing on a tree I planted.
Oh well...if only money could grow on trees!









