When the Hot Chocolate become Icy Cold....

Well. I started to work as a full-time staff in the bakery since Monday. It wasn't that fun anymore because I feel real tired after 12pm. I am not lazy okay. Read on.

I start my day at 6.45am where I need to start cooking Cabanossi sausage (which I got to know two days ago that it contains beef and I have eaten a few before that), and toast 2 sandwiches. Then, I will have to do some cleaning before the pastries truck's arrival. And then I need to arrange all the danish, croissant, hot dog bread, etc etc. In the mean time, if there are customers, I will have to be the cashier. Sometimes I feel like a superwoman -- I need to do two things at the same time or the manager will scold me.

When there are more customers coming in, and the manager has more coffee to make, she will go crazy and start scolding everyone crazily. And now, me and my colleagues will have to multitask -- be the cashier, bake panini (a kind of sandwich), toast sandwich, cook sausages, add on the coffee bean or any other things that the manager might need, clean the table, arrange the food in the glass bakery, send coffee to customers. Non-stop. Until 3pm. If you concentrate on one thing and ignore the others -- TADA -- the bad words will follow. (*&&U^T%^$%%@##!.. :)

If there is any 2 minutes where no customer comes in, my colleague will make me a cup of hot chocolate. Before I could take a sip, in comes another customer. And when I finally have time to drink it, it has become icy cold chocolate. Oh, and I can only have my breakfast and lunch after 3pm. :)

And there are new scars on my hand everyday. Burn, and dryness because of dishwasher.

Ahh, me and my manager issue.


p/s: oh there are some fun thing on our to-do-list too -- chase away the pigeons :)

Not that TV Series

No, its not that One Tree Hill TV Series. Its the real One Tree Hill. So, I went to One Tree Hill and Victoria Park Market today.

Well, apparently there is a story of One Tree Hill ('Maungakiekie' in Maori language) which I didn't bother to know in detail. You can read it in wikipedia or here. It is a volcano. Its called 'One Tree Hill' because it really has a tree at the peak, but was chopped of 10 years ago due to some politic issues. Details here. So it now looks like this:

It is a nice park to jog actually. But the weather is crazy. It can be raining this minute, and sunny the next. And the sun is burning hot.

Oh, and Victoria Park Market! It was dead boring and its a waste to visit that place. Nothing much to see. I thought at least there'll be some nice stalls to see, but none at all. Disappointing.

Aite! Its the end of weekend. Tomorrow is time to work! till then.

Waste

There's one thing I really don't like here -- people here waste food. I don't know whether I am too sensitive or what. I am working in a bakery AKA cafe. I see food everyday. I see people throwing food everyday.

In the kitchen... My colleague would throw the whole sandwich away when the sandwich doesn't look good.

At the cafe... The customers will drink only half of their coffee/hot chocolate, or eat half of their muffins etc. And I have to throw them away. (will I be punished for 'wasting' food???)

At 'home'... My friend would throw away all the overnight dishes or the bread she brought back from the cafe if nobody eat them.

I feel really bad seeing people throwing food away. So many people are suffering out there. Catastrophe are happening in the other corner of the world. Yet people don't know how to appreciate things here. I know I sound like a granny now but hey, aren't we suppose to be grateful with what we have now? Tell me how to oversee these.

Autumn

You can really feel autumn is here now.

Dried leaves everywhere.

Cold wind.

No sun.

Even worse, it started to rain.

Mummy, I am cold here... :(

Kick me out of my comfort zone please....

I'm staying in Ray's house at Mount Albert, Auckland before I can get a room in the city. The rooms in city are darn expensive. :(

This is the backyard of his house:

and Mt. Albert Primary School, behind his house. very nice right? i know :)

I'm living a boring life now. Wake up at 6am, go to work at 7am, finish work at 12pm (all because I dont have an IRD number yet!!!), take a train back to home, and do some simple housework. Ta-da, my day is over. Like a retiree. hahaha...

Sometimes I will ask myself whether this is what I really want. Everything come too easily to me. I thought I am suppose to walk out of my comfort zone when I decided to come to nz. But I still feel the same way. Weird huh.

I need a kick to get myself out of my comfort zone!!!!!

Fake Smile

tell me about fake smile.

I learned to fake smile when I was in my previous job. you know, in corporate world, and especially in a PR department, you need to fake smile. Those smiles -- they are never real. You need to learn to BS and fake smile -- like you're a clown.

and I thought I will never need them anymore after I leave my job.

Obviously, I am so wrong. One of the bosses came in to the bakery this morning, and warned the manager to ask everyone to smile. How to remind yourself to smile then?

the manager: "when you see people walking towards you (i'm the cashier), imagine seeing money walking to you, then you will smile!!!!!!"

me (in my heart): "....................... wtf..."



well, i have to fork out my long lost ability to fake smile now.

:) (mind you, this is fake)

for my mother....

Dear Mother,

This is FGS of North Island, NZ. its at Manukau -- another city near Auckland.

For your information, I kena marah again in the FGS AAAAAAAAAAAAAA =.= aiya, because i didnt see the 'no camera' sign board outside of 'da xiong bao dian'. then i went inside and took one photo... suddenly one si fu tap my shoulder and said :" No pictures please". Malu only. then i quickly run out of da xiong bao dian... =.= oh, this is the picture i took (hahahahahahaha) :

ok. i mau tidur! bye bye!

gooooooooooood morning!

yo people! (when i start saying hi this way, you know i am really bored)

its 6.40 in the morning. i'm awake because someone kicked me out of the bed. =.=

i went to a few places over the weekend!

1. The view at Shakespear Regional Park, which is located at the tip of Whangaparaoa Peninsular, is breathtaking:

2. Then yesterday, my friends and I took the ferry to Waiheke Island, 35min ferry ride from downtoan Auckland. The island is very beautiful too, with alot of nice beaches. i love the houses by the beach. sooooooooooooooo nice! imagine waking up in the morning and take a stroll along the beach in front of your house......... fuyoh! oh, the bus driver told us one small little house there cost NZD 1 million +++ few years back. -_-

3. Last night, my friend brought me to the casino in Sky Tower. guess what, its my first visit to a casino. (Genting punya pun tak pernah pergi tau!) the casino was quite small... i was having skyjuice (ehem ehem -- maklum lah budak baik) before i decided to take a look at the slot machines. i totally have no idea why people like to play slot machines -- they are so boring!!!! and then my friend took me to play blackjack. bahaha, not my money so its fun =.= but still, i can't understand why people is addicted to gambling.

umm... basically, life in auckland (or nz) is boring like that. shops close at 6pm. the street will be dead quiet at night -- unlike KL (woohooooo). (TRIVIA QUESTION!) so what do people do at night?

-------------------- drink, smoke, gamble, drink, gamble, smoke, drink *evil grin*

got a job!

yes i got a job. in a bakery call 'hollywood'. lucky enough to get a job huh. thanks A LOT to my friends, Elaine, Ray and Garry who have been helping me a lot since i reach Auckland.

well, i went to the bakery to become a free kuli today (to learn everything before i start working officially next tuesday actually :P). it was quite fun, but kinda tiring. me, who used to love the smell of coffee so much (cheryl ann knows that), feel like puking now because of coffee-smell-overdose. URGH!

ah!! and i have to move to another hostel which is up the super steep slope!!!!!!!!!! HOW HOW HOW~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

i miss my bed :(