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Amanda 19 exTPS.exAHS. TemasekPoly.BIO T A L K S.
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Sunday, December 31, 2006
it's been awhile since i've blogged.. been working and spending time with my parents..
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
surprisingly, X'mas day din deliver as many ppl as i thought it would.. LOL.. there were more on the eve.. worked the 3rd shift.. missed the annual christmas dinner at my cousins' place.. was totally pooped when i got back.. not to mention that i had to work today as well.. phew~! ytd shld be like my last 3rd shift until the next hols man.. ahh.. i'm gonna miss the ray pool net so much.. =((
today was pretty alrite.. loads of tourists.. whereas there were a lot of locals ytd.. odd eh?? and ppl ask funny qns.. =.= you give them the answer to whatever they were asking for, they still just dun get it.. the tourists i mean.. or do they even know what they are asking?? hahaha.. tis are the stuff one sees daily in the tourism industry.. hahaha.. nevertheless, it's awesome working in that place.. sure, there are some crap things that always happen with the tourists.. but most of the ppl that i get to work with are really great =)) crappy.. funny.. kuku.. hahaha.. awesome~ =))
Sunday, December 24, 2006
X'mas mayhem!! it's like totally red alert at UWS.. i'm sure it was much worse at DL though.. it's more difficult to control the crowd over that.. BAHH. how odd rite?? so many ppl choose to come during X'mas.. Sali was like telling me that this was his first time hearing "crowd control" at UWS.. a term that we normally use over at DL.. ard 10,000 ppl came! OT-ed.. that was like the no. of ppl then.. which was abt 7pm.. and ppl were still coming in!! everyone was kept on their toes the whole while.. esp when there was some prob with the sudden overwhelming crowd.. den some of us were sick..BLEGH.
working tmr! it's gonna be another chaotic day!! WOOTS~ 3rd shift summore.. i think i'll end later than 9pm.. LOL. =X tmr's like the last day that i'll be seeing most of the GSOs that i know more.. Ahh~~ so sad lar.. i'm gonna miss them man.. it has been a great time spent with all the wacky and great ppl over there.. although sumtimes there are certain issues.. but overall, it's been awesome =)) hopefully can go back there to work again the nxt hols =D hehe..
Saturday, December 23, 2006
got called back early in the morn.. okies, it wasnt THAT early.. ard 9am.. slept at ard 4am before that.. chatted with monica.. surprisingly, i was AWAKE. yes.. after a day's work, i was so awake man.. even though i was like "knocked out" just before chatting with her.. the two missed calls in the morn were frm her.. sry man.. the call was cancelled at the time i just got to my phone.. she wanted me to cover her.. =.= haha..
anyways, rushed down to UWS when i received the msg.. (friday) just as i thought, Keith MIA-ed, just like the day before.. lol.. oh man.. so Salihin covered Malcolm's duties whereas i covered Keith's.. and YAY! got to see my fav DM after so long! hahaha.. crappy guy. oh, i went on a date with him as well.. =)) walked thru the exhibits and tunnel.. HAHA. wadeva~ target fed the rays with jason n monica.. jason's last day.. it was cool~ saw jacob frm AHS as well.. with his girlfren i suppose.. too bad that din get a chance to taste monica's cookies.. =(( o wells~ there will be more chances.. will be working on X'mas n X'mas eve.. spending it with the marine creatures.. how nice =) LOL. i love my work =)
Thursday, December 21, 2006
worked at DL today.. thank God for the better weather! you have no idea how horrible it gets when it rains, drizzles and pours.. especially at DL.. so unpredictable it was yesterday!! rushed down to AHS after work yesterday for council farewell.. i felt kinda bad that i din prepare any gifts cos i din really have the time to do it.. so, really thanks to those who gave me sumthing.. actually, everyone gave me something.. great memories =) it's been a great yr that i've had with council.. although there are times that werent that pleasant.. but overall, it's been a great life experience.. =)
back to today, duno wad i was doing man.. first briefing was quite jumbled.. =X after work, bus-ed down with Yanti to UWS.. went to look for monica n rachael.. LITO! haha.. hung ard and saw once again how they conducted LITO.. was contemplating to stay over night.. but, i have to work tmr.. (or technically, it's today) joined them along the guided tour.. saw this fish in the tunnel that wasn't looking quite well.. it was practically floating and bobbing.. =(( what more, the divers have all gone home alr.. hope it survives thru the night. went to visit the rays as well.. sigh.. sad life they have man.. noticed that the leopard ray which was scratched on monday had another area scratched.. =(( ahhh~~ we went with them to watch the musical fountain!! i still love it, even though i prefer the old one (a VERY LONG time ago).. irritating Kiki the monkey.. =p hahaha! awesome time =) bus-ed back to UWS.. nicked some supper.. lol.. got home at ard 11.45pm.. working at UWS later.. 3rd shift.. cool =) can go visit the rays and fish at night when there's hardly anyone.. have a date with the marine creatures.. haha! until 9pm.. i'm suddenly thinking twice abt my career path.. marine biologist or physiotherapist?? o wells~ in any case, going to jc first.. that shld be it.. but, i wonder abt the path to being a marine biologist.. does anyone know?? speaking of jc, supposed to report to MJC on 27 dec.. followed by orientation on 3-5 jan.. WOW. hahaha... gd thing i've alr stated that i cant work on 27.. lalala~ toodles!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
the sharks laid eggs again! haha.. 3 this time.. wad a life that they have.. eat, slp, swim and reproduce.. haha.. FUN~ quite glad there were no major things like ppl squeezing the puffers.. =.=" i still dun get why they like to go that though.. weird. LOL.. helped with taking pics for the dive prog ppl.. finally got my working bermudas.. though they are a bit too long for me.. haha..
it's been pouring practically the whole day.. just got heavier again. OT-ed until 7pm.. went to "ka jiao" Monica and her LITO.. haha.. (Living In The Ocean) it's so cool to slpover with the marine creatures.. haha.. the participants slp in the tunnel.. due to the rain, din get to see the musical fountain.. AGAIN. sigh.. lol.. joined her LITO and saw how she conducted the prog.. once again, loads of info input.. lol... but i really love it tons =) she was still asking if i wanted to go for this ID marine creatures thing with her.. i'd love to man.. seeing those creatures is one thing, knowing them is another.. there's so much to learn about them.. okies, i'm getting all gaga over the creatures.. LOL. awesome awesome.. i've learnt so much from her.. =)) and of cos, crapped A LOT. haha.. though i doubt she's gonna see this but, JANG! we havent gone to see the musical fountain! we agreed on that like donkey years ago.. haha..
Saturday, December 16, 2006
back.. dead tired yet awake at the same time. yes, that's how oxymoronic i can be. barely slept the night before.. tossed and turned the whole night.. ARGH.
saw yin zuo at Kukup! haha.. wad a coincidence man.. even in M'sia we can meet.. the trip was quite alrite i suppose. in the end, only 1hr of shopping time.. hahaha.. how FUN. anyways, i guess the coordinator was quite alrite.. tried his best to bring up the atmosphere.. cos there were a few hiccups.. i'm very looking forward to work.. LOL. =) i miss my fav DM too.. haha.. okies, i know that sounds kinda odd.. but yea.. haha!
Friday, December 15, 2006
going m'sia tmr early in the morn.. will be back in the evening..
going some fishing village in kukup which i presume to be very much commercialised.. =(( i prefer things as it is.. or should i say used to be.. authentic. lol.. hope that it's gonna be an awesome time with my family.. and pray for good weather too.. LOL. okie dokies. not much to say here alr. tata~
Thursday, December 14, 2006
disgusting. horrible connection. yet another long post got deleted.
not working today. posting results are out and i'm gonna be in MJC.. i din know that the thing tmr was alr cancelled.. o wells~ was working at DL ytd.. not too bad a day=) FINALLY. i got to do the demo.. meaning, touch the dolphin.. haha.. and San San said i "dao" her.. how was i to answer her and listen to my other colleague (Monica) at the same time?? haha.. basically, Monica did the talking, i did the actions.. so i have to listen n follow.. these trainers are rather intimidating.. first impression was that they are very scary n fierce, although i know that that's not really so for most of them.. Clarice was like laughing when i told her while we were in the changing rm.. they just seem and look fierce.. serious abt their job and the dolphins.. nothing done wrong, they are ok =) everything was quite well, aside the usual things with the guests.. mind that thunderstorm approaching during the last show!! lightning streaking non-stop! quickly stacked the chairs, collected the sprays and ran! haha.. cos only the main building's lightning protected.. tks to brian n michael for sending some of us out of sentosa.. looking at the queue, it'd have taken donkey yrs for us to get out.. by that time, it would have been pouring like nobody's business.. had dinner with my colleagues.. chatted.. went to Toys' R Us with Monica.. haha.. fascinating =) LOL. trained and chatted with her.. haha.. had a great time =) just so awesome man.. hearing bout her dive experiences.. NIES! we GOTTA go dive soon!
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
more and more ppl coming in during the hols.. it gets super overwhelming at times.. esp at DL.. ppl come by bus loads and groups of different kinds.. made rush just before the showtimes over here.. it gets REAL CRAZY. haha.. eg. for ONE show, there can be like over a thousand ppl.. and it doesnt even look like a thousand ppl actually.. lol..
dun like the manual tickets.. makes tearing much more difficult.. i was so afraid that i'd tear the wrong one.. or over tear.. haha.. the otters finally came on today.. after prepping twice and ended with a no show.. lol.. they are really cute and can get super duper distracted.. towards the end of the day, i was feeling super weak and puke-y.. =(( must have been the sudden onset of flu i had this morn.. and the medicine had worn off my 5 plus to 6pm.. was an okay day until towards the end i guess.. well, at least there are not that many difficult guests =) that's a gd thing.. haha.. Praise God =)
Saturday, December 09, 2006
had a ball of a time with my cell at pasir ris park =)
i love them. 2 of my wishes that i've not written down came true! haha..one of them being, able to play stone-skipping.. and the other, to climb the rope tower once more =) it's been years since i've done all these.. thank to Jo for accompanying me =) wad started out as a hunt for kayaks became stone-skipping.. haha.. it was great =) the others played frisbee on the sands.. Jo and i were just attemping to make stones skip.. to many ppl, it would seem like sumthing boring.. but being the odd-ball i am, i loved it. the walk along the beach was nice too.. just chatting and strolling.. stone skipping and joking.. lovely. used to frequent pasir ris park/area when i was young.. i loved climbing up the rope tower thingy and just sit up there.. it was quiet and serene up there.. wonderful. i also love to sit on the sands and just look out to sea.. rather therapeutic.. LOL. just feeling the breeze.. just like the atmosphere.. den occassionally, look at the little kids discover the wonders of the beach.. haha.. heartwarming.. we spotted horseshoe crabs mating! haha.. and tis little fish that seemed lost.. lol.. it swam so near the shore and was about less than an arm's length away from us.. we were like taking the fish for a "walk".. haha! we just walked beside it and it just swam along.. seemed oblivious that humans were so near to it.. o.O great day =D
Friday, December 08, 2006
today was a super hectic day.. phone calls abound.. lost camera.. lost child.. A LOT A LOT of guest.. i dun really like manning the info booth.. haha..
as usual, a few guest causing some hoo-has at the touch pool and ray pool.. in the morn, realised that an egg was laid by the bamboo sharks! WOOTS! how cool is that man! haha.. got a plastic bag, bagged it, and brought it down to curatorial.. did my rounds.. about mid-day, got the news from the diver that the ray with a hole had died.. =(( sigh.. sumtimes, i really wonder wad did these creatures do to deserve these.. yea, you can say that their chances of survival isnt that great out there either.. they may even be better off here.. i duno.. i just feel quite sad for them.. especially when they are subjected to human hands which duno how to handle them properly.. the grabbing, pushing, squeezing.. the list goes on.. saw the ray with the fingernail marks today.. sigh.. my fav DM was on duty today! haha.. crappy person.. kinda "wu liao" also.. for nothing, he came behind me when i was doing update and shouted "BOO!" =.=" childish rite?! haha.. and i think he's like ard 30 yrs old? or maybe younger.. he doesnt look that old.. act cute and kinda gay at the same time too.. HAHAHA.. den today ask me go "pak toh" (go on a date) with him.. LOL. WADEVA~ dun think so much.. he just asked me to go do rounds with him.. see see look look.. haha.. oh.. saw one of the contestant/winner of some superstar thing (acting category) i think.. haha.. sry, i dun really watch tv.. i think his name is Bryan.. was with his girlfriend i suppose.. i just looked at him when i saw him.. direct eye contact.. haha.. so odd lar.. i was just thinking if it was him, then i realised that he was looking at me too.. lol.. ooh! he like dun dare to touch the stingrays.. =x lol.. at the info booth, tis man called and ask, "how many fish are there on display?" (sumthing like that) i was thinking, wad kind of qns is that... hahah! it's for some kids' amazing race to be held there.. sumthing like that.. den, i got him to change to qns.. haha! ARAPAIMA! WOOTS~~ haha.. so HUGE lar.. i love my job.. =) so unexpectable.. so interesting.. so chaotic.. so challenging.. haha..
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
i've been blogging about underwater world and dolphin lagoon.. LOL. cos that's practically my life now.. saw chinmeng, alwyn, yujie and yulan at sentosa today.. haha.. too bad that they din manage to get on the same bus, and i had to rush off.. also saw mdm jalela and some TPS scouts and brownies.. and esther as well.. lol.
the shift that i was assigned? i'm pratically just shuttling between the ray pool and the touch pool.. which is fun lar.. hahaha.. i really feel for the creatures there man.. not being racist or anything.. but i find it weird that those Indians and Chinese, esp the HK ppl.. they just LOVE to grab the creatures.. today, one HK guy picked a dogface pufferfish out of the water and SQUEEZED it! i was just horrified!! like, HELLO!~ wad if i were to trap you and squashed you like nuts, how would YOU feel?!?! irritating man.. being GSOs are like the saviours of the creatures man.. cos you are the only thing between the creatures and man.. =.=" i just dun get these ppl.. so inhuman! do they think that creatures are for their pleasure or for consumption only?? insanity! the HK ppl really caused a rackus. ARGH. not only that, someone scratched one of the rays with his/her fingernails. OUCH. do you like want me to scratch you?!?! it's already bad enough that there are in a confined place.. and now u want to TORTURE them even more?? *rolls eyes* if the ppl who grabbed the creatures were kids, forgiveable. but ADULTS!?! oh man.. i dun get wad's so scary or horrifying about touching the creatures.. but ppl just keep shrieking and letting out high pitched screams all the time.. esp the Japs.. LOL. the funniest would be seeing men.. YES. MEN. it's not like the rays will bite or sting you.. PLS, their mouths are like under their body anyway.. these men put their hand near the surface of the water.. only coming in slight contact with the rays, they would suddenly jerk their hands.. as if they just received an electric shock.. come on! even some kids and women dun react like that.. LOL. wad's so scary anyway... hahaha.. i dun laugh at them of cos.. i just get irritated. cos every sudden jerking motion can affect the rays' behaviour and stuff like that.. also, every time they suddenly pull their hand out, A LOT of water follows, making those ard them and the floor wet.. =.=" another thing i dun get. how come ppl dun know how to read signs?? the signs are like so HUGE and right in front of them.. they still can ask you questions that sound totally absurd. LOL. eg, "where's the toilet?"(when the restrooms can be seen from the entrance), "where's the exit?"(when there are like 2 humongous signs.. and it is really BIG that kind..), "where's the underwater world?" (when they are alr in the place) and "where can i get the tickets?" (when they would HAVE to pass by the ticketing booth before reaching the entrance) odd rite?? lol.. when my colleague was telling me all these, i gave her a totally bewildered look. hahaha.. and today and ytd, i finally know wad she meant.. weird.. but yea.. that's the way it is. LOL. on stand-by for tmr.. but i doubt that i'd be working. that's all i suppose.. lol.. it was a fun and wet day.. haha.. cos the rays were kinda naughty.. kept splashing water.. den some just dun want to eat.. |