Friday, January 2, 2009
wed was my last day working at the foodstall. besides the assistant boss that keeps asking 'why', i'll miss my job. it's not exactly the best job-having to do everything except frying food-but it kept me busy so that i dont waste my time. i learnt many things. preparing mee siam(not actually cooking it), chee cheong fun. and i now know what kopi-po, kopi-gao mean and what exctly to add inside the coffee. and managing the cashier of course. and memorising the prices of the foodstuff. moving boxes of canned drinks and clearing the garbage. and the staff like aunty yayou who's a great help and joy to have at the workplace. i've even got her number;who knows we may go swimming (mind you she's 60 and still as fit as a bull!) together next time! the best thing working there would be learning to react more quickly and not always be so adagio. not to mention the constant interaction-and occasional eating-with food:)
had initially planned to sleep through the last day of 2008 but that was before i invited qian and wanling to sleepover-which we never really did-at my house. guess it's hard to get away without countdown:)
apologies to those living in my part of the neighbourhood who heard us yelling "HAPPY NEW YEAR" from the window when the clock striked midnight. ...what else? i became the victim of qian's pillow fights, ball-throwing and hair-styling. qian was bit high-she made us stay up till 3 plus. the next day at the pool i sort of taught her how to swim and wanling backstroke. the slides there are fantastic!
the not-so-good side was, i didnt really take care of them well enough. think they didnt even drink one glass of water throughout the stay. i got carried away that i didnt even notice:p
2008 passed by super fast. there were so many things that i did but i feel as if i didnt do anything.
what i'll miss from year 2008:
1. SCHOOL!!
-cg 2107
-dumbly-dorr peck and his wisdom, shuffles low and his hokkien, laozhang and his blurness
-our ancient, about-to-collapse building
-PE! more for the 'jiayous' when we run together though. plus the pe teachs who are strict but care about and run along with us.
-canteen. our messy tables and chairs! the bald-headed magpie! white chicken rice with lots of pepper in my soup!
-zap! where poor julie runs to almost everyday to but notes and tutorials for us.
-stage! where we put our bags, have random performances and always some random person playing the piano there
(shucks i'm making this sound like farewell)
2. shum and kath. of course i'm very grateful that kath's here in spore but there are some things best done with the power of three:)
3. my little neighbours. today's Little Guy 1's first day at primary school! no more sounds of footsteps coming to my door. no more asking me to play willie wagglestick over and over again:(
what i'll look forward to in 2009:
1. TIP! though it may end up in me getting bullied or the other way round:p it's back to school from a totally new perspective:)
2. uni. hopefully. and hopefully i can get into a course that i can withstand for at least four years.
3. more time with family.
4. no more 1 hour plus bus rides to school and waking up at 5.20am every morning( though i'm quite numb to it already). think i can hear yeewen clapping her hands in glee:)
5. more time to myself
though 2008 has been a hectic year mostly due to alevels it was one of my most enjoyable years too. there were so many things to do. and i've to admit i looked forward to school compared to most people like guanwei and his monday blues:p and the alevel exam period was much easier to go through with the tremendous support from family, friends and tutors( all those remedials; having bio mock same week as clit alvel paper) and piano( bit weird factor but having piano lessons during alevels helps to take my mind off exams and do something else besides studying).
so cheers to 2008 and welcome 2009! happy new year everyone!
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