Wrapped Up October 2011(1)

1 October 2011(Saturday)
It's DAS Flag day today! It's Childrens' Day today also. But I am over age to be called CHILDREN!

Anyway, I am doing good deeds today by volunteering myself for DAS Flag day. As most would have known, it's broadcasted by Yes933, that is why I am here! All ready and set off to Bishan MRT station for my flag day from 2pm till 6pm.

I am glad that there are many kind donations from all walks of life. I am really very thankful for those who donated and did not mind the amount.

There are some without me approaching, walked towards me and wanting to drop their donation. Be it just 10cents or 20cents, it's the thoughts that counts. Although it can be tiring to hold the bag and hoping to fill it till the bag is too heavy to hold.

I managed to fill up two bags filled with donations and raised $171.90. Although it is not huge amount but it can help them a little, I am very contented. It's a great Saturday afternoon apart from the hot weather and the crowds who were rushing to everywhere. Thanks each and everyone who had donated to DAS, greatly appreciated!

5 October 2011(Wednesday)
Do you find it funny to start school on Wednesday and not usual Monday? I guess it is to prevent MONDAY BLUES! Just kidding.

Today is first day of school. I got up at 6.40am so as to make sure I am not late for the very first lesson of this week.

What a week to start! Its Business Statistics today and the classroom is E45P. Basically I do not like this semester's classroom arrangements. Everyday the classroom is different. We do not have a class to name ourselves like what we had last semester.

What was great news will be, I will not see those people whom I hate. Or rather whom they hate me and prevent me from striving for better daily grades. New classmates, new semester and new chapter for me.

All the bad experiences and memories will now be put behind my mind. What is awaiting me will be a great new beginning and a new me! I promise myself to be a new person starting from today. I will participate more in class and learn and progress with the class. Not very sure whether they will accept me for who I am. I hope they will.

Enough said, the facilitator for BS is a lady. I guess she is Cantonese speaking lady as I keep hearing her saying "Hai mai a". In Cantonese it means is it? Anyway, she is very patience, just like my Mathematics facilitator last semester.

Today is Wednesday, which means it is Day 8 and which means every Wednesday without fail, will be Business Statistics! We were told our first UT will be coming soon in November 10! UT2 will be on 17 January 2012!

That is really fast! But that is how RP works. So, just do it! First lesson is rather simple and dead. We learnt what is called Data Measurements Level. Basically it is MEAN, MODE, MEDIAN and STANDARD DEVIATION! Oh dear, these old friends have come and find me again. Anyway, I have no problem in mean, mode and median. Just that the Standard Deviation is very difficult to calculate. Luckily there is invention of excel spreadsheets where I can use it to calculate my SD! :D

That marks the first lesson of this week. The quiz is not difficult and the RJ is also not that difficult. Done all before heading home! Preparing for exciting tomorrow as it is MARKETING!

6 October 2011(Thursday)
Its Marketing day! Classroom will be at E45J. Today is also Liyi Jie's birthday! Wish her happy birthday, stay happy always and bless with great health and wealth! May she and her husband happily ever after!

Our facilitator for Marketing is Miss Stephaine Tan. She do not like people to call her faci and insisted us to call her Miss Tan. Well, I bet there will be alot more who do not wish to be called FACI!

She is very friendly and patience. Although we supposed to do our pre-reading before we come to class, but being the first lesson of the week, she allow us to read it in class. We were given only 15minutes to digest all the information that will help in the powerpoint slides later.

We were asked to do worksheet as a team and then we will go through it as a class. We struggled to finish the worksheet but was not in time to complete them all. Hence she told us that if we read the pre-readings beforehand, it will not be a hassle for us to do the worksheet. We also could not produce the ppt on time and asked for 10minutes of grace period.

Since it was not well prepared, almost all read from the slides with little eye contact. I also became nervous when it's my turn to present. Hopefully I can improve as time goes by.

ITS THURSDAY! Which means tomorrow is FRIDAY! Yipee!!!

7 October 2011(Friday)
Its FRIDAY! Finally a day all looking forward. But not for our class as today is formal wear day due to it is Hospitality Module - Hospitality and Tourism Management. The classroom will be W65N.

It's Miss Lim who is teaching us. She do not like us to address her as faci and she rather us call her Miss Lim! She also set rules like we must knock on the door before coming in. We must all be well groomed and according to the corporate wear grooming. Although there is not a must to tie a bun but it will be great if we can. Else, a ponytail is all she asked for. Guys must be on their tie the minute they stepped into the class or the minute the lesson started. She will be marking for grooming as part of the Daily Grade grading. She also very strict on punctuality and it will be good if we can reached 15 minutes before the lesson.

It really takes a lot to be a profession hotel staffs. Based on her dressing, I can see she had a lot of experience. She is very soft spoken but very strict when comes to rules. She is friendly also. She would share with us her experiences and guide us along when we doing the worksheet or the ppt. It is really a pleasure to be understudy with her. I bet we will excel and pass this module very easily.

8 October 2011(Saturday)
Today is special day for Huihui. It's her customary wedding day! I am assigned to be one of her sisters for the gate crashing! My very first time and the dress was paid by her. All I need to do is to be present and help in the gate crashing.

All the sisters are first timers, so we really do not know how much is consider okay. So we just accept whatever amount they gave us. Anyway, it's for the fun not for the money afterall.

The games were all created by Huihui. I must say, she really talented. All the games are so difficult to accomplished but the brothers and groom managed to clear them all. The moment Wilson enters the house, he knocked on the door to ask for permission to enter the bride's room.

After that will be heading to groom's house for tea serving ceremony. All the sisters and brothers will be following. The place is not very far, just a few bus stops away. How nice it is. Not from Ang Mo Kio to Jurong that far. It's only Ang Mo Kio and Serangoon North that distance.

I thought kicking the door after the groom alighted from the car can be only seen in the drama series. I witness it myself today. Everyone is equally excited and happy. We went to the groom's house and are welcome by alot of reletives of the groom. The tea ceremony is like never ending. But the gift received or the ang pow received is also never ending.

After that we proceed back to bride's home for another round of tea ceremony and ends with buffets! Then we went back home to rest and prepare for the wedding dinner in the evening. I will be meeting Yiwen and her beau, Freddie to go there together.

It's very tiring and fun and of course extra pocket money for me! Great experience I had and tummy filled with great food! Congrats to Huihui and Wilson. Hopefully soon can hear your good news! :D

10 October 2011(Monday)
First day for Financial Accounting. Looking forward for it as I wanted to see if those are all I learnt before. It is really great to have POA foundation.

The facilitator is Miss Linda Liew and she do not mind us calling her faci. She is very friendly and fun. I bet she is trying to make learning easy for us. We are told that there will be filming in our class next week. So we have to do our pre-reading beforehand so that we can participate in class.

It is our first time being filmed. I really have no idea why film us. Anyway, just get over and done with. Just hope I will not hinder any learning process.

11 October 2011(Tuesday)
First lesson for Rooms Division Management. Our facilitator is Mr Thomas Lazzerine. He is another faci who do not wish us call him faci. He is also very strict with grooming and rules. But he made learning fun by sharing his experiences and also cracking jokes with us.

Joke of the day is TUMBLER. First day of lesson with him is really fun. But sad to say he will be going reservist for two weeks and will only be back in November to join us for the field trip.

We were not sure who will come and relief our class but hopefully is someone who is not that fierce and stern.

It's a fun-filled TUESDAY!

12 October 2011(Wednesday)
Today got Programme Chair Talk where we were introduced to all the H-modules' facilitators and the rules that we all must follow.

The school is very strict on it when comes to LOA with MCs. As there had be a case of one of the senior who forged 10 MCs and could result in losing her place in school. But the school forgiven her and re-accepted her.

We have to also follow the grooming rules not for the sake of the module but is to prepare ourselves for the future and to outshine the other students from other polytechnics.

It's a theory tiring day but I will take note of all the do's and don'ts to ensure my smooth grades for this semester.

13 October 2011(Thursday)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ZHIWEN LAO SHI!!!

It's your birthday today and I am sorry for not giving you any present as I had no time to buy. But here I am to give you my blessing for you. May all your wishes comes true and I will not forget what you have taught me.

Bless you be forever handsome, forever happy and forever healthy! HAPPY FOREVER~~~

14 October 2011(Friday)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VINCENT~~~

May all your wishes comes true and happy forever. May you be bless with good health and wealth!

May our friendship stays forever!

17 October 2011(Monday)
Today is a day for filming our class in FA module. It is really freaking out and I am very nervous. I am the scribe of the day for my group and also in charge of doing ppt slides. No need for presentations but we have activities to better facilitate learning.

It is fun and we eventually worked through the end of filming. It is also great experience for us as it is our very first time filming.

What a stressful Monday!

18 October 2011(Tuesday)
Happy Birthday Winnie! Hope you will be happy forever, healthy forever and all your wishes will comes true.

Today is first day where Mr Lazzerine is not teaching us. Mr Fu is our relief facilitator today. He is the PC also for us. He is equally fun than Mr Lazzerine. But when he did not smile, he look very stern.

Afterall, we had fun today as well although not with Mr Lazzerine. Anyway, I am kinda looking forward in working at front desk and hopefully I can work there one day.

22 October 2011(Saturday)
Happy Birthday to Carol Ho! May all your wishes comes true, forever pretty, happy and HEALTHY!

It's very long since we last met and chat although we are just few storeys away. Great knowing you and you are always the sunshine gal to me. Hope you will be forever sunshine gal in everyone's heart. Take care and see you soon!

25 October 2011(Tuesday)
Today's relief faci is Mr David Yuan. I almost could not catch his accent but he told us great news which is only two members each from the group to present and also no RJ today! Basically is due to, tomorrow is PH - Deepavali!

The worksheet was not a problem for us and we managed to complete it on time. We had fun and also we learnt something.

What a fun-filled Tuesday! After class we discuss for the Marketing project but could not come into conclusion of a product. Hopefully by tonight, we can come out with conclusion and complete before Thursday as it is the dateline for the project.

27 October 2011(Thursday)
I do not know why, my lappy decided to fail me today with numerous shut downs. I am really panicking as UT1 is round the corner. I need it to be well till end of semester. Please do not fail me at this time.

Not sure what is the caused but hope the IT Helpdesk is able to help me later.

Due to that, I have to disappoint my team-mates tomorrow as I may not be able to bring my lappy tomorrow if the problem is not fixed by today.

Lappy, please be good and stay good till end of this semester, okay? Do not fail me as I currently do not have the money to repair you.

28 October 2011(Friday)
Today is field trip day! The reason why we need one lappy per team is to complete one of the worksheet questions.

After which we are given some time to grab a bite before we head off to Vivocity for the excursion. It had been super long time for me since my last excursion as a class.

Today our aim is to find out different style of restaurants, what are the difficulties they faced and how they come out with strategies to overcome them.

It is also another class bonding for us where we had our lunch together and chit chatting. After that we gathered as a class with another class for the sharing of the worksheet answers. Lastly the excursion ended after the faci completed the 6P. We also had a class photo at the end.

Fun filled FRIDAY! I will never forget what was taught today and the bonding we had today!

Wrapped Up September 2011(3)

14 September 2011(Wednesday)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PEIFEN JIE!!!

Today is your birthday. Although I did not send any gift to you but I did not forget its your birthday today!

May all your wishes and dreams comes true especially today. Bless you with great health, great beauty and also great HAPPINESS!!!

18 September 2011(Sunday)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STEVEN and CRUZ TENG!!!

Its your birthday today! I wish you all the best and all wishes you wish for will come true! Bless with great health, forever handsome and forever HAPPY!!! Specially called in to dedicate songs for you at 1am but doubt you guys heard me. But its okay! As long as I did call in, blessing will be sent! :D

21 September 2011(Wednesday)
Today is dearest Princess, Serene Koong's birthday!

We gave her birthday surprises the day before! As usual, we meet up and do a cake for her, small gifts for her and a BIG Birthday card for her with all the fans wishes written on it! This year the card had grown in size and creating a WOW effect on Princess.

The cake was designed by me and comment from Princess was, its such a cute cake and she was shocked to see "Little Princess" wrote in chinese at the top of the cake. Plus her name on the surrounding of the cake. She insisted on sharing the cake with us and keeping half of the cake for later when she got home.

Dear Princess, HAPPY BIRTHDAY and may all your wishes comes true especially TODAY! Forever pretty, healthy and HAPPY! Love you lots lots lots!!!

23 September 2011(Friday)
Finally a day I have been waiting for! My first day of reporting to be part of the staff for F1 racing. I am being assigned under Swishotel and was told to report work at 11am.

I reached there at 10.30am. Exchanged pass and was told to go up to level 4 to sign on the papers and also to collect the tee shirt, apron and pass. But to my surprise, my name was not on the list for the on site event. Plus my shoe was not suitable for the event and was being held back to fold napkins for tomorrow's event.

Good news is we will end work at 5pm. Bad news will be, the pay will not be same as those who worked till 1am. But there will be transport to send them directly to their block. Will be good and wear office footwear tomorrow.

24 September 2011(Saturday)
Today I wear heels as instructed. But due to very long never wear this heels, it eventually gave me up by making me suffer at the end of the night.

I had no choice but to go barefooted as my back is in severe pain. A passer-by was so kind to tell me that I should walk barefooted so as to ease the pain. She told me that time she was like me feeling very painful on heels, eventually she took off the heels and walked barefooted home.

What an experience I had. Today whole day cleaning gobblers, wine glasses and utensils. Luckily a very kind hearted supervisor, Jakes, kept passing us drinks and tell us to rest. We managed to clean all the gobblers, wine glasses and utensils on time and ready for tomorrow's final work day.

Walking home barefooted is not very great experience. But it taught me some lesson. Never to wear shoes that was left aside for very long time as they may eventually spoilt easily. Always prepared a slipper in case your shoes spoilt.

So which means tomorrow, I will not have heels to wear but luckily, I still have that black shoes to be able to wear to work. When I finally reached home, I was so tired and hungry that I grabbed two packets of biscuits and a glass of milk before I went to sleep and prepare myself for later's last day event. It's already 2am when I finally able to lie down on my bed and rest my poor legs. Bless me able to reach home in one piece and not dead due to pain on my back!

25 September 2011(Sunday)
Finally it's last day of F1! End of the 'sufferings' and torture. Everyone is so looking forward for today as it will be mark of our last day of involvement with F1 racing in Singapore!

We set off on time and reached there also on time. After the briefing, we quickly went to the backend as we promise to help Jakes during the event. We rather stay in backend than to be in front to serve as we know it will be never ending serving although we heard there will be chances for tips. Anyway, my shoes was also not suitable to be server. But I am so near the racing track. You can hear the cars zooming away.

I was lucky as I was not called out to go and be server as today a lot of them did not turned up as promised. I bet they already throw white towels and gave up. I also heard two of them caught eating bananas and their three days of hard work will not be paid due to this small mistake. Due to bananas, they lost over $200 of the extra money. Not worth though.

But what was great about being staff for F1 will be endless of drinks provided. I keep drinking coke, diet coke and also sprite. I also drank mineral water. What a great experience.

I also get to see fire works which mark the end of F1 racing! I am not sure if I will be participating next year for F1 again. Probably I will due to the extra pocket money!

End of F1 and end of my experience in this race. Anyway, I was puzzled why do people put ear stud when they paid so much money just to come and smell the fuel of the racing cars. It is really an unforgettable experience as I get to see F1 without paying for the tickets!

25 September 2011(Sunday)
Today is Yuhui's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS!

I am really very sorry for unable to send my birthday wishes on time and I will make up soon. I am also very sorry that I could not attend your wedding due to some events on and I must attend. But I will send gift and ang pow to you as my blessing to you and Ben.

May all your wishes comes true especially today. I am really fortunate to be your sister for so many years. Thanks for forgiving me when I did things wrong and thanks for being there when I needed you. I promise I will always be there whenever you need me. I also promise to be your forever sister! Thanks god that have sent you to me!

30 September 2011(Friday)
Its last day of the month and also mark last week of freedom as I am having semester break. A new semester starting and I am glad that I had a fun filled month with the involvement in F1 racing. Although my contribution wasn't much but its experience and I came to know a lot of friends who are either same course as me or of different courses as me.

Time to pack all my mood and be ready for new chapter of my life. I will be starting to these few modules for the whole semester 2 and hopefully I can master them so that I can pass all my UTs. Firstly is my long lost module which I have not been touching since I left ITE Bishan 7 years ago, which is Financial Accounting. I bet it will be sort of a breeze for me as I have foundation in POA and in additional some other basic accounting knowledge.

Next will be Rooms Division Management which is totally new to me. But based on the name you can roughly guessed what we will be touching on. Followed by Business Statistics. From the name you should know it is something to do with MATHEMATICS! Oh boy! When can I shake off MATHEMATICS? Hopefully I do not failed this module.

Next will be Marketing. Sounds interesting isn't it? We have to learnt the basic of Marketing in aid for our career after graduation. Lastly will be the Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Of all the modules, I am only confidence in Financial Accounting. How to survive through the semester? Keep my fingers crossed and hope it will be simple for me soon.