Second week of school. Time flew past just like that...it was like the new semester had just started yesterday. A usual day at school I dare say, except for the eating part of my day.
Began my day bright and early with lesson starting at
But then again, she was my bestie, something just wasn’t right and she seems to need me around badly. So came my decision to skip one lesson to accompany her and for that, she treated me to k box as well. (That’s probably the reason I skipped lesson…opps? ha-ha) This bestie of mine was perhaps never meant to be. Thinking back, I had ‘hated’ her. We had basically turned from enemies to best friends. I suppose it was fated to be this way? Ha-ha.
2.30 Pm. Met her at parkway k box. (Great, now u know where I’ve been the day I never turned up for class) We chatted n sang to our hearts content. Found out what troubled her and by allowing her to pour it out, I sure hoped it made her feel better. Which I think did work as by the end of the day, she seemed more cheerful.
8 Pm. Ended K box session and went back to Tampines and had Aijisan for dinner with another bestie of ours. I dare say its amazing how we three became besties. Friends, it’s hard to find true friends, whom u can trust can count on.
Found this poem about friendship. It’ll be something that I’ll let them know that they can count on me being there for them when they need it.
By Tara Simms
When you need a shoulder to cry on,
Remember that I have a warm embrace,
Ready to offer comfort.
When you think I'm being too tough,
Remember that which does not kill you
Makes you stronger.
When you need a friend to listen,
Remember that I am here for you,
Always.
When you doubt me,
Remember that I once knelt at your feet,
Washing them in service to you.
When you lose faith in yourself,
Remember that I never did,
Nor ever will.
I went all the way down to IKEA (Alexander) as I was told to, to attend some sort of briefing or other words, orientation, before I officially start working. It was a first time for me, I never attend orientation for a job before, much less knows that there’s such a thing.
I was supposed to report at
On the whole, this orientation was basically to introduce us to Ikea by providing us with basic knowledge and tools that might come in handy when we start working alongside fellow co-workers and with customers.
They have like 240 stores worldwide and I dare say they are one very successful company. I do hope to work in a huge company like this when I graduate in a year’s time. So far, at my time there, I felt that all the workers there are all very proud of their company. From the way they talk about the company all that. I think I’m going to like this new part time job of mine. The people are friendly and I feel that I’m going to enjoy meeting different types of customers in this line.
Near the end of the day, there was an activity where we were to assemble furniture. That was fun I would say.
It ended around 6 Pm. Seems like a long day but it was interesting to know about some things about Ikea. One of the things I learnt about was that customers didn’t have to pay even if they broke some glass products! That was definitely something very different from most stores and shops in Singapore. Usually it’s always “Once broken consider sold”, but at Ikea, it’s otherwise. Ha-ha.
By the time I reached home, I was all ready to collapse into bed and have a deep sleep. With work, school, at assignments, I would dare say I’m pretty worn out. Work and school was like the two main things that circled around my life since I entered poly. I had no choice, to survive, I had to work. No work means no money.
Lately, I have not had enough sleep and was pretty worn out by the end of each week. I was all ready to concuss till the next morning anytime… …
Today, I didn’t have to work!! Love the feeling of being able to slack around at home. But alas, that was not to be. It slipped my mind that I was supposed to go along with my little sister for her Indian dance competition. She had joined Indian dance as CCA in her primary school, although it wasn’t her first choice to do so, but she had grown to like it a lot.
They were to go to Eunos community club where there’ll be a primary school Indian dance competition as part of the celebration of Deepavali night. I tagged along reason being I had to fetch my sister home after it’s over at night. If not, I’ll probably be rotting at home. That’s something I have not done for ages. Weekends are usually work, work, and work. Well, since I’m to tag along, might as well just have a look at the celebration of a different race.
With thick makeup and being all dressed up in the custom made Indian costume, my little darling was transformed into an “Indian” girl! Makeup sure can do wonders. This small event sure was a little eye opener for me, although I didn’t understand a single word tat was being said. It did seem kind of out of place though, with my mom and me, and another Chinese family who was there to support their kid.
What I thought was funny was how unprepared one performer was. There was singing and dancing performance in between the dance competition. This lady singer held on to a notebook which she referred to the lyrics while singing. It sure was a first time for me to see anybody as unprepared as she was, so stiff and not sure what’s she’s going to do, dance or sway to the music or stand there open her mouth to sing. And when singing a duet with another guy, it seems they have no coordination or telepathy with each other at all. What a performance!
When it was my sister’s group turn, I was amazed by how stunning the costumes looked from afar. Looking at my sister, I felt really proud of her. How time had flown past, it was like just yesterday she turned one. With the ending of their dance, the audience gave unconditional applause, which seemed to show that they could have a high chance of winning, comparing with the kind of response with other groups.
True enough, after the judges deliberated, they won first prize! But being small kids I guess, even when their school name, all of them sat there seemingly lost and stunned, not knowing what to do or how to react, much to my amusement. It was only after some nudging from the teachers then they went upstage to collect their trophies with wide smiles plastered on their faces.
All in all, it was an enjoyable day and I got a very ecstatic little sister prancing around!