30NOV (Work)

Finally, I am blogging picture of me at work.

First, Its me and one of the front office supervisor(EVA Zhang). Very funny person! She makes my day... Lol.

Second, ANTHONY Shi and me. Han 汉 race from Inner Mongolia. His smiles is crucial to his success in up selling!!!

Third, JANE He... She... is... my... direct supervisor. The Duty Manager. =)

Today... its my official day of independency! I will now work independently from tomorrow. She is going for a break! Clearing her annual leave.

So, prove that I am ready to 出师, I have successfully done Check ins, Check outs, 2 out of 3 success upselling, and balancing my casher's accounts. Now, I am ready to do what i have been aiming to do! My PROJECT. requested by my FO manager! =) 

GO GO GO!!!

Today, its the last day of Wedding Fair held in the hotel. Sneak in during work to watch that Fashion Show and ended up caught taking video... =( NO CAMERA allowed. You will see from the suddenly stopped video recorded.

Oh, and lastly, that pic!!! that funniest pic of the day. I was trying to close the door tight. And that doorknob went out. I was stunned at a moment! Engineering Bros where are u! I need u!!! =) It was repaired at once! Thanks!!! Thousands of it!

28NOV (Living)

3 pictures is this album.

There are 3 cross training locals from 天津 Tian Jin Holiday Inn! They are namely from left James(Assistant Exec. Chef), Benny(Duty Manager) and Kent(F&B Operation Manager). 

Wahahaha. They are Jokers. I always see them play CS in their room... and WTF, don they have any more leisure activities... They say - smoke and drink... I was like... OOOOOOOOK. NICE~ 

Today, they left.... They are very nice people... like always... they invited me over... and like always, I will reply - See how okie? (With a big wide smile) =) Maybe I will. When I have the $$$!

The next two is my colleague and my duty manager playing badminton at the hotel underground car park!!! very spacious, with high ceiling!!! =) Finally, I got to do sports... Stupid HR don let us use the under utilized GYM! =(

Have I grown fatter! HELL YEAH~ 8 more kgs in 1 month!!! Was measured when i sneak into the Gym... nonetheless, the gym is under my department!!! =)

end of story.

27NOV (B4 Sales Blitz)

Sales Blitz = A super fast sales call to offices at the Financial Street. No Appointment, surprise attack! aka. 扫楼 meaning sweep the the offices building.

Okie, so i don noe for what F; I've got selected to participate in is sales blitz project. Was on 28 NOV i will go out with the others selected from the different department as well as the sales and marketing people to do surprise sales call.

A flashback - It was will very exciting to go around, risking the chance of being caught by the building security! and being rejected and being impolitely treated! Nonetheless, I was one day a sales freako!

So, on that day, I have to wear super formal attire... which is really very difficult for me. I don have a SUIT in China. So, I got to go around borrowing... And I ended up taking the GREY (Fuck up colour) Jacket and white (but old and yellowish) shirt. Which is shown one of the picture in the album. Its sucks seriously, but i totally have no more option. So, i put on my kinda formal jacket I bought 7 years ago... in beijing. Which seems to make me look like some richy big shot. But thats not the point. The point is, the big GREY (again) Suit that comes with the entire attire (I call it costume!) is sooooo FKG ugly. So big that i look like a flasher when i m wearing it with my singlet. So, I chose not to wear it. And, no one said anything. So, I act blur.

Cecilia and I were wearing that FKG (I don't what it is call)... and acting a flasher... Apparently, this is the second time cecilia is doing it... She knows when is the first. =)

And I realised my room mate is asleep... at the background. So, cecilia was telling me - if he wakes up, he will be shocking and screaming for life!!! Wahahaha.

25NOV (Cooking Competition)

The first thing is... there is soooo much photo in the album... OMG...

But, I wasn't my achievement... Its Chenghui!

He and Cecilia went to this Cooking Competition... which our hotel has participated. 

and didn't win any prize. wahahaha.

I heard that the executive was very upset about it. hmmm.

He disappeared from our dormitory since then... =(

Nothing much to say 'bout this day. Anything? ask my room mate!

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24 NOV

So fast... I've been out of home for a month... Yesterday was at 24 NOV...

And, I've had my first overnight stay up on 24th's 0000. I wasn't working...

My working shift on 23th was 3pm to 11pm.

So what was I doing... CELEBRATING the first month survivor in Beijing?

Perhaps yeah~ I was writing my unfinished report for school. The interim report.

One month is really too little for me to write. Other students from IAP might have more learning points and experiences... But for me. OMG. 

Its was a struggle. So, spend my entire night working on that report. And guess what, I am working on the next day, 0700. 

Meaning, I will not be able to sleep at all.. =)

Which was what I did. I stay over for the night and went to work the next morning with breakfast, a cup of coffee and 2 stamina boost pills. 

I was very high that day. I have to keep myself very awake, while saving energy for the rest of the day. I was suppose to finish work at 3pm. But I had a last minute training, Priority Club training. So my work on that day ends at 1730. 

But it wasn't over, my damn interim report was left with conclusion and i freaking have no idea how to conclusion this report with such a weird timing. So, I spend my remaining piece of shit energy to complete. =) But my stamina was boosted little all thanks to my room mate.

I was so touched by my room mate. I was soooo down, but he brighten up my evening. Here's a secret here. He smuggle canteen food for me. OMG... I wasn't prepare to have my dinner since i finished work late. It was risky for me to bring food for me! I told the people at staff canteen he have a colleague working overtime at banquet! OMG. 

After that very short meal time. After the most tastiest chicken curry rice I have eaten. After the best one month in beijing present i received. I FINISHED MY REPORT FINALLY!

And at this time, Its 2000. Which mean I have not been sleeping for 33 hours! 

 

Sending in the report online is surprising a brisk. 

Fell asleep immediately when i reach the bed. and Slept until now. =)

Had my breakfast today, 0630 at salt and pepper. I was like sleep walking...

23NOV (Lunch)

Was eating lunch at the hotel's nearby restaurant. And i really meant NEAR!!! a stone throw. 

Cecilia was accompanying me. She was pissed by the heavy sleeper. Wahahaaa... Finally.

I've tried their Dark soy sauce fried rice (酱油炒饭) in the previous times. So this time, I tried their Singaporean Favorite Fried Rice (扬州炒饭) and arh~ its taste similar to what i always ate in Singapore... =) Its like all the 煮炒 stall in most ko pi tiam is selling Fried Rice and they are normally named 扬州炒饭 ... hahaha... and its cost me 10 rmb for that Fried Rice for 2 which is 2.23546 SGD for that BIG plate of fried rice... and I finish the entire plate with little 'help' from cecilia, who is falling asleep eating with me. Cannot blame her, she just finished work. 

I must say, its good to find food that I have never thought it could be so nice after not eating for a month. 

And yeah~ tomorrow is the day where i will say, i have been in Beijing for 1 month! 

21NOV (新世界）

second off day of my 4th week of work. 

my colleagues brought me to Chong Wen District's 新世界 for dinner and we went shopping after that. =) Window shopping for me. 

Saw this Ice skating venue in the shopping mall. HAHA. Reminds me of that previous time we went ice skating together. Edwin and Jialing, was skating together. I mean Edwin was pulling Jialing while he was sprinting around the ring. And there goes both of them and Edwin brake but jialing didn't. BANG!

LOL> 

18NOV (Dinner at SOGO)

Went to the XuanWu District SOGO and had some good pepper lunch lookalike kinda food... 

Realized... there is some drawings hanged at the doorway of the girl's dorm... so 'nice' of them... the guys don have. =(

That meal was pretty Singaporean like. Sweet and Sour Chicken(suppose to be pork) plus pork rib lotus soup. OMG. Heavenly.

29OCT(Ate at Youth Restaurant with Lilian)

Lilian is the very interesting Singaporean Ladies who requested to meet us, the Singaporean Interns in Holiday Inn Central Plaza. It was mentioned in one of the previous post, 28OCT (Training Day 2)

This time round, we went to the nearby Youth Restaurant 青年餐厅, which was really very different from what we first thought it was - Youth = YMCA (Not so nice impression).

But there wasn't any relation with YMCA and stuff... This restaurant chain puts in lots of effort in the restaurant deco and when I step in, I was WOWed. 

I didn't bring my camera that day. Forgot. Fortunately, Lilian brought it and send the pictures back to us recently when she get back to Singapore. And here's the pictures - http://picasaweb.google.com/lgj.longwei/29OCTYouthRestaurantWithLilian#

 

Finally.

Finally, I have a clothes hanger mounted in my room

Finally, there is an emergency touch light in my room

Finally, I can blog in my room

Finally, I get my internet connection in my room

Finally, I checked in a customer by myself

Finally, the FO manager is hinting me that i m going to FLY soon (read 8NOV 2nd Paragraph)

Finally, I bought a body moisturizing MILK!!! Melamine.

Finally, I bought a decent thermal cup for the nasty freezing winter

Finally, there is an exact same model IKEA clock in my apartment.

Finally, I really felt like a management trainee. LOL.

From this moment. Finally.

12NOV (Chenghui's Birthday)

It was a coincident that cecilia, sufang and yours truly is having OFF day together. Except the birthday boy... And, you know what ALICE (Hong Kong Intern) went to approach Chenghui's supervisor behind him and got him a nice break on his birthday! good job alice! Thanks yeah~

Okie, its an unlucky day. Me at least. At first, we wanna go 香山. Then we realised it too late to go there at 3pm. so we decided to changed to 石景山游乐园. And when we reached there. Wah ciao! (China's Vulgarity) They close at 430pm and time is 4pm. And, there are basically no one inside. So, the sales person says, they will not operate the rides for you if u only have two person sitting. We have 5... but i think its as bad. So, we have no where to go now. From west to travelled to east and now. We decided to go to wang fu jing. So, is back to center! Whole day of travelling SUCKS! 

Went to the 王府井小吃街, settled down to get our dinner. At a not very famous restaurant. Still very nice at least. But the BBQ lamb tasted like chicken. I felt cheated. But nevermind, still nice!

We went back after dinner. Had the birthday cake prepared and then Boom! Party begins. Thanks to Alice again for the cake and for the party venue... at her room(guest room - shan't explain why). Not really a party in fact. Just a ceremony. Haha.

Omg, my dear room mate. I think this is your worst brithday ever. Your 600 bucks overseas phone bill make everyone's jaw drop. All the best!

11NOV (Very Boring Fire Drill)

I was very happy to be invited to a fire drill at a fire station in Beijing. 

Which interns get to have such opportunity??? ME!

Which interns get to go into beijing's fire station and also fall asleep listening to beijing's fireman talk??? ME!!!

Which interns get to look at the neat bedding of fireman in beijing and mess up their bed plus put my emptied 旺仔牛奶 packet in the fireman's cap on the bed??? ME!!! 

Ok, i know i am bad. So, I took to off and throw in to the well hidden rubbish bin in the station.

After everything. I realised I wasted 1.5hr of my life in beijing! 

8NOV (Houhai Indian Cuisine)

the second day of my break in the second work week.

Noticed the female in the picture. She is JANE. And she is one of the duty managers in the hotel. She is my mentor. I am attached to her to learn all the basics of front desk operation and the normal routine of the duty manager. So, except toilet breaks and off work, i will be following her until i am equipped to FLY.

And, the other guy. He is one of the concierge and he stays there. He just got a tattoo on his leg with 5000RMB. OMG. And, yes, that not my leg.

We had indian cuisine... and the waiter is f**king good at up-selling and his non stop talking mouth. I have to shut him up so that i can order my lamb curry. =)

And, look at the awesome night view!!! So, much better than the small narrow singapore river. and all the bars begging for your patronage. It very very cold that time. Vapor coming out of my mouth. But i was enjoying... Jane said, the 后海 will turned into ice soon... and people will walk in and play. =)

Saw the middle aged adults dancing at PUBLIC and its was crowded... But they were pros. ALOT OF PROS! and also 踢毽子！They are definitely very active retirees!!! Mum and Dad, please go out and be a happy retiree! Go dance! Go esplanade and date! I wanna see some changes when i come back. Sister, please translate to them!

7NOV (The Place Mall)

So, I got my second break after a week. And I spent half the day surfing that the executive lounge. 

I was telling my sister: "I felt like a rich kid, owning multi-B dollar company. I attracted a lot of attention; especially, by those arrogant Chinese businessman. I don't have to describe their characteristics... you know it. I was bored too an extend that i stood at the window trying to catch a photo of a flock of bird flying.

And, to my surprise, i was lucky to browse through a blog which recommended a very nice shopping venue. Its called THE PLACE MALL 世贸天阶. All the known brands are there. And also the beijing ZARA flagship store. and their Tagline is 北京向上看! World Biggest Digital Screen is there. And, I was truly lucky to receive help from a person who knows where the nice spots for good photography in the mall. Why? He is a tour guide. AND, He specialised in SINGAPOREAN TOURS!!! OMG!!! And, I must say, I went there ALONE. And, I am very confident that i will get super good rates for my tours in Beijing, he promised me!

Look at the photos I've taken. Super nice.

31OCT (Visit Aunt GuoXia)

I have my first official off day and i decided to meet my sister's god mum (aunt guoxia)

Very nice family indeed. 

For lunch, she brought me to a 'main' branch of 鹅为先 directly translated as Goose comes first. 

Apparently, they sell meals with goose meat, hotpot and BBQ. Very nice... but as usual free meals are in China, I was bloated with eating.

Took a video of that 18 Year old (can u imagine?) guy swinging and swirling that piece of dough. Its my noodle. Specially requested, to impress(bluff) foreigner like me!!! +)

Then went to her house located in the university!!! The olympic venue of wrestling and wheelchair bound Ball game(I forgot is which). And I slacked there the entire afternoon... 

Until, both of her grandsons comes by and havoc the entire house. By then I realised, Its halloween! 

And Finally, I was driven to some seafood restaurant that they have repeatedly patronized. And believe, nothing impressive about the meal except the amount. AGAIN.

They drove me back to my hotel... and finally realised they my hand is injured... and all those questioning... so... I've got a spy that gathers my whereabout and definitely she doing it for... My MUM!!! LOL. Another evidence that i have found her guilty. She insisted in coming up to look at my pathetic room!!! seriously, isn't my hint unclear? Nonetheless, i don mind... I just wonder what she is going to tell my mum when in front of me... she says... " alright, she room looks pretty well furnished, equipped and its very good already..." And i replied "well, compared to the local(Chinese) interns, my room is like no one else's."

And thats about it.