砂漠のJeffire

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Thursday, December 23, 2004

Let's continue.

So school ended with much relief that i managed to do some questions for the stats exam... aim was not to fail it.

Yet the job I had begun before sch ended. Had to endure some 8 hrs of lecture at Singapore Tourism Board...in all there were 60odd people selected and in the final end, 50 odd remained. The job scope originally was to hang around the transit area and identify the transit passengers and offer them some suggestions on how to spend their waiting time usefully. And we had to recommend those with more time to go out of the airport(which made sense, since airport stuff is really expensive) and those without that much time to either sleep it off at the resting areas or shop/eat around the transit area.

Till today, things have changed alot. This may get me into trouble with the government. But I still want to say it. Firstly setting a quota to clear off the excessive printed brochures is forcing us to reduce quality time with each passenger. In the end we are now merely people who give out high quality leaflets to as many people as possible. Secondly, I think many things could have been better planned in the beginning, such as the no of hours worked, more training and perhaps better talent spotting. Obviously the recruitment was not really perfect with a few black sheep among the so many hardworking colleagues of mine. Then I really think the so called 'goodie bags' we are giving away is only good for those who have yet to come to our island, and unfortunately, these people happen to be travellers who do not know English, and their travelling has only been made possible with budget airlines' price wars with the usual carriers, ie, they aren't really here to spend much money (but that's fine with me, only these people usually avoid us like the plague because in some other countries, people handing out stuff demand payment). I seriously felt a lot of the stuff done were not thought out properly. If given a chance I will like to highlight them properly in an orderly manner so that the next time the tourists will find it useful, and the tourist ambassadors will be able to really spend quality time advising the passengers.

Despite the negatives, there have been some positives too. I made some nice friends over there, and I realised I have been too naive and insincere.....should have made the effort to remember names (like what our previous SA president did) and increased networking with people... i mean what is there to be scared of? But in reality we are scared of being rejected. I chose this job because I could learn how to approach strangers and also learn how to smile more....been plagued by this image that i'm always grouchy (even my doctor also says so!) hmm... have i changed for the better in the month?

anyway, despite the only short month we are working together, the guys are gathering for a beach outing cum steamboat dinner on New Year's Day. Interestingly, I was asked to go (oh... that's quite a surprise). Heh. Unfortunately since the brothers are going JB on 31st, I guess I will skip the beach and go for dinner..hmm... will it be a waste? i heard there are more girls going...haha.

okie.. one last thing to write.. nothing serious. yest went to kenneth's place for a short relief (yes, it's ktv!!) and heard that he's taking singing classes now. and he's really quite cool at singing now...much much better than before... i'm not technically as good as him now! oh well, i shall pursue my own way of training and yes.. i'm resuming singing training at home in case there is some opportunity to display my ridiculously weird voice..haha. i wish to sing more with kenneth! esp duets...i really like singing duets with people.. guy guy, guy girl, girl girl...anything also can (less F4, please). hahaha.

the missing piece is jinki. we should really find some time to sit on his swing and chat. that nite he flew back was the best nite i ever had in the term, a 2hrs chat on a swing...updating on each other's life and a little gossiping...seriously, the bros need to sit down to chat more... the bridges have been lengthened since army and now we are pursuing our dreams...

bridge it, guys.

can i fall in love soon? maybe not..
jeffire

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