i had my first day of work two days ago, and Shushan was sweet enough to have donuts with me before sending me off. she passed me on to Rayner who fetched me from the foot of the restaurant and brought me along for his smoke break.
upon walking in through that back door of Fish & Co, the first thing that greeted me was the shrieking of my name, from none other than Amirah! i wouldn't have guessed her to be working there too, not at all.
anyway, i changed into the uniform and wore my glasses, the latter because why the fuck not. the supervisor brought me around the kitchen to show me where things went and who everyone was. my first task, this i still remember so clearly, was to cut peppers.
okay, so the people there were very welcoming and friendly enough, and having Rayner and Edmund there made it ten times better too, because somehow i felt more open in their presence. probably because of their familiarity, idk, but yeah.
they all made me feel welcome, and were very patient with me, though i kept screwing up. Rayner was teaching me with the batter stuff, but he seemed taken aback when i said i wanted to try.
so he told me, "grip the fish with both your fingers, very tightly," and i actually asked, "why?" when i took it from him, the answer to my question came in the form of the raw fish fillet slipping through my grasp.
it was all fun though, as busy as it was. i changed my shoes halfway and was pretty much sliding here and there across the kitchen!
wait, i didn't quite catch the name of this guy but i shall address him as Shifu here because Rayner was calling him that. well this Shifu kept reminding me that he doesn't owe me any money, and Rayner was laughing at that the whole time. "what he meant is, you should smile more!" he said.
yes, i get that a lot. back at Explorer Kids, i was always being called to the office to be reprimanded about my smile, or, my lack of it. and during my interview at Times, too; the interviewer said the first thing she noticed about me was that i don't smile.
anyway, closing soon came and we were all cleaning and stuff, when Rayner told me to follow them "throw rubbish", to disguise a self-declared smoke break. and that was the epilogue for the day; us sitting aligned at the basement and smoking away.
o and Nick really liked the Christmas present i got him; an engraved lighter. as silly as it sounds, i had Niccy J embossed onto it because that is what i call him.
i know it's like encouragement for him to smoke, but i really couldn't think of anything else that he would use. and he seemed to really like it.
so i missed the last bus on the way home, and was stuck at Paya Lebar MRT station. i was across the road and didn't know my way through underground to get to the right bus stop, and i made a rash decision to walk all the way back home from there.
halfway through my aunt called and told me to get a cab though, so there.
spent yesterday at Pasir Ris with Shushan, from Loyang Point to Giant/Ikea to Central. we talked here and there, and surprisingly she said she prefer the current me than the 2011 me. according to her i seem happier now.
i don't have anything intelligent or interesting to share with you now. even if something comes to mind, i don't want to drag this post too long.
so anyway, this is for Khairul Azhar. you know, i'm glad to have met someone who likes Pokemon and Trivium too, like i do, and who appreciates my liking for the former too. because who likes Pokemon these days?
and for you to like me because of this passion for Pokemon; idk, it seems so unbelievable.
but we've only known each other for a while, and i don't know you much, as well as vice versa. the latter disturbs me more; when you do know about me, you'll run away. i like how we have some things in common but i don't want to become too attached to you before you know how i'm really like.
that's all i can say, but still, thanks for wanting to be my friend. though we shall see how long more that will last.
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