Warning: I POSTING THIS FROM THE staff corner SO THERE MAY BE SOME FORMATING PROBLEM..
MOST OF THE " ... " became " ? "
Finally i am having my day off since arrival. So now i have some time to type.Ok... let me go into details what really happened these days...If it's too long, you can break into days to read too.. ha..Course this post is also typed in a 2 different days.But of course, those super detailed thoughts will be inside my travel journal..and not all photos will be loaded... if not, i think i'll take 10 years to complete one post.Moreover, many things are confidential.Come to my house and i'll show u k. (Of course, only my friends are invited. No strangers.) Before i start, i wanna say i really miss all of you.
Ha. But i'm glad i'm still with my friends.. and we had lots of fun. (but not all the time)But all of us are getting sick... Sad. All of us have sore throat.. The environment here is really dusty and polluted.When you walk in the streets... you'll feel that you're breathing in exhaust fumes from cars and buses constantly.And when you cross the roads, you're running for you dear life.Zebra or perdastrain crossing are useless. Ha..Cars kept horning like nobody's business.When you thought you're near the path, there's lots of bicycles ringing..Never ending.
The girl beside me, is Michelle.. Our best friend here.. She's really very nice...
Day 1: Well... Those going to SanYa and SuChou had to bunk in with us.Yes. So, there's 20 girls in a room! There's nothing much inside, no tables and chairs, only beds and lockers.No toilets, gotta walk to the end of our hostel. All squatting toilet bowls.. (What you'll see in Singapore.) No bathroom, gotta walk down the carpark to the next block.We are not allowed to use the electrical plug. So mobile phones will be charged by our "Nanny",she's like our mother here... Everyone called her "Ah yee". We all love her!But we are not allowed to lock our door because there are so many people stay staying in the room.And the next reason, she will come check on us everynight at 11pm, to make sure all of us obeyed our curfew.Ok, so all of us went to the bathroom area at night.WAH~! Culture shock. Major surprise.All the girls walked around naked!Oh gosh. We have to accept that and "blend" in. But of course, we're not used to it, so either we wear our undergarments into the shower-room,or wrap ourselves with towel before entering. It really felt awkward, imagine you know your best friends for more than 2 years, then one day, all of us have to see each other naked.Damn weird.But we have no choice.We're here. We have to bathe.We faced the wall while bathing... unlike others. and everyone knows we're the trainees from Singapore, cos we're shy. I prayed to God. To give me the strength to accept all these. Because i'm not sure if i can survive this for the next 5 months.
Day 2: Went to the stuff canteen for breakfast.SHOCK again.The staff only uses chopsticks! No spoons! I'm glad that i know how to use them... but it's really hard to scoop rice.And we don't eat from bowls but metal plates, cos we drink water from bowls. However, God answered my prayers. I kept a positive mindset, and treat everything here as a unique experience that I'LL never encounter in Singapore.I started to feel everything here is interesting. (Though i still complain a lot. But i'm not the only one! Haha.) During our boring lecture break, i went to the toilet.Eye-opener!One tiny toilet (that stinks like hell) with a squatting toilet bowl you'll never get to see in S'pore.The hole is so deep... there'S no water inside the hole.. so it'S accumulated urine and shits.GOD...When i went back to the training classroom, i felt that the smell of the toilet still lingers in my clothes..Gosh... I'm not sure if my imagination is running wild, or it's really true.. Went to the bathroom toilet at night. TIME TO BATHE~Once we reached our locker, we just started stripping (of cos not naked). It's like we've accepted it and it's just natural to do so.
Day 3: Most of our lecture notes are written in Mandarin...And when we work, we have to read and write them!GOSH. Haven't touch them ever since i handed in my O'levels paper...And when we speak, we spoke in their language.Yes. What we Singaporean speak, they can't really understand.We spoke too fast without pronouncing each word clearly.I won't deny that we might bring the accent back, cause we have to speak to them that way.I gotta find time to study?How to read and write. Arg...
Day 4: Thought exams and tests are all over since we are on attachment now?But no?I had a test today?All in Mandarin.Fortunately, MCQ question?but the problem is?I can'T read many words! I don'T even understand the question..Goodness.. Hope I don'T fail that paper.Went out to Carrefour.. (finally a departmental store that we know) to get our daily necessities..
OUR TRAINING UNIFORM.
Day 5: Sad?13 of our friends are flying off to their respective city?Left the 8 of us in Beijing.7 girls and 1 guy?And we are told that we are to separate.. No longer the 7 of us chatting and sleeping together.But at least they give us the choice to choose who we can sleep with.So, as usual my clique of 4 ?ShuFen, Colleen, Linda and Me will sleep together.And Nerine, Peixuan and HuiYing will sleep in another room..Hmmm.. wonder how will our new roommates welcome us. What are their feelings?Fortunately, we know 2 girls in the new room.. hmm?Went to check my exam results?Whew! Passed all subjects?Bloody hell?Finally got my very first Distinction in my entire Poly life.. But too bad.. GPA still not high enough to get into UNI.Cause I only thought about entering uni when I get to year 3?too late rite?Stupid me?Went out for dinner in a restaurant?Crystal Jade standard!Yummy! Really filling and we paid only 27 Yuan each? Bout $5 when converted into Singapore Dollar! WHOO HOO!But we realized, we spent a lot here because we keep on thinking that It's cheap, its cheap... Damn..Went to our bathing area?ha! Yes. I'LL still talking about it?cause I still can'T get over it..But now we felt more comfortable naked with each other.. I already start walking from my locker to the shower area bottomless... ha.. cos it'S not as obvious as exposing our top?It'S like super clear view of your chest?Can'T imagine ppl looking at me nude. LOL.Stupid water tap?Not adjusted in time! Freaking hot!I think part of my flesh is cooked?Want to eat?Damn it.
Day 6: My off day! Finally?Freaking lack of sleep these days?Did nothing much today. Want to rest today?We went 3 different places to eat, first a full meal of catfish in boiling chili oil and yummy porridge.. Our friend, Jacky from HR dept brought us there.Then we went to eat Big Prawn/Small lobster?err.. I don'T know what'S that.It just looked like lobster?but the size of a big prawn.. also in chili oil..Then we saw a fruit cafE the girls whine to go in!Ha! Cause garry and jacky don'T want to go in.. so the girls started whining outside the caf?. haha..So stupid.. the guys gave up and entered!YUMMY!!! Finally we had lots of fibers to prevent constipation that almost all of us have when we just reached.. hahaha..Tmr going Zoo?Can'T wait for it.. Wonder how it'LL be?
Day 7: The zoo trip is fine?Normal like our zoo.. but of course, MUCH bigger..But it'S located right in the middle of shopping centres and streets?yuP, not in places with lots of trees and stuff..(Significant stuff that happened today will be in my travel journal.)All I can say is, being together with your friends for 24 hours, friction bound to happen.Conflicts is evitable, especially when everybody'S perceptions towards something are different.
Day 8: Garry said we looked like from Maid agency.. ha.. My first day working the Housekeeping department.Ha! I can skip going to the gym for the next 2 weeks?Bed is freaking heavy. And you need skills to fling the bed linens and make sure it lays straight.The blanket is heavy and thick?so u can imagine me helping my mentor to prepare 14 rooms per day?Went to give English lessons for the staff in the Housekeeping department?7pm to 8pm?but dragged till 8.35pm?They called us LAO SHI(Teacher)But in the day, we called our Mentor, SHI FU...
Day 9: Routine...Change bedsheets?Clean toilet?Yes, scrub sink and bathtub.. and toilet bowls.Today English lesson started at 6.30pm, cause the manager said, more people will be able to attend?but still dragged till 8.30pm?Goodness.. Even less personal time..We were thinking should be suggest that we have it on alternate days instead of Monday to Friday?seriously?all of us here do not have enough sleep every single day?except on our off days?We're here in our new dorm.28 ppl in a room.. with me, shufen, colleen and Linda?Nerine, peixuan and huiying in another room.We are separated. Had a meeting.Hmm?shall not disclose too much.Organisation stuff is confidential. i took a pic secretly.. hmm.....
Day 10: Routine. Nth much.Except that we moved back into our previous room.Everyone is happy.Honestly, I feel that this organization treat us very well.
Day 11: Thursday and Friday is my off day!Finally i can get my sleep.But since all my friends are working today,i woke up hearing their alarm clocks.. 7am! Arg?went to have breakfast with them?then went to have breakfast with them?came back to dorm alone and slept from 9am till 1pm?Now I can get all the personal time and space to rest peacefully?To do my own stuff like reading?Lying on the bed, listening to music.Doing nothing at all?The feeling is great! * * * * *
