A few more hours and off to tekong again... Last week was quite enjoyable... Whether it's my extremely optimistic character or what, i think we must enjoy everything we do so that time will pass faster... Our whole platoon is more united as compared to previous week... Oh and we had a soccer session yesterday at Yishun... 8 people including me... We planned that when we were in camp... It's good to have a common topic... nothing much to say... I learnt a few interesting phrases there, like " Pain is weakness leaving your body" and so on... Forgot the rest already.. Shall update when i remember... Nothing much...
The only interesting fact is that i am starting to read newspapers... It's because that's the only thing that link us from the island to the outside world...
[578 Days]
Cried by Jersae at 13:16
Saturday 20 March 2010
Saturday, 20 March 2010...
Back from Tekong!!!! So tired... Shall elaborate about the colourful events there later... A level results 1st...
H1 GP: S H1 PW: B H1 Chinese:B H1 Econonics: B H2 Mathematics: A H2 Physics: B H2 Computing: C
My results are just average results but i am totally surprised and satisfied with my results other than my GP, see what i expected and you will know why...
Expected results: H1 GP: D H1 PW: B H1 Chinese: B H1 Economics: E H2 Mathematics: C H2 Physics: B H2Computing: C
My results are not fantastic so i do not have to celebrate... Haha... And the next day: "Here comes army"...
Which is where the headquarters is... Which means there are many big shots around, so sergeants have to be more strict... But fortunately, our company is the lucky one who is not located there but in another camp called the Rocky Hill Camp... There should be 3 companies there including us, however the other two will only come earliest by May... So we are the only company there... And since rocky hill camp is located far away from the headquarters, we are out of their radar!!! which means that things are a little more relaxed and slack there... I landed in a company called Quebec... 16 people make a section, 4 sections make one platoon and 4 platoons make a company... Most of the company are located in a place called LadangHaha... The big shots only come once in a blue moon to check and those are mostly the days that we will get punished by our sergeants... So the moment we see our sergeants become unusually strict, that means that the big shots are most likely to be around...
One more thing, the food there is really quite nice, they also provided ice cream every tuesday... The people there distribute food to us like they are feeding pigs... Although we ate alot, we get hungry very easily too... i think i have become fatter by 2 kg... Haha...
Shall not waste my two days and go out now... Update next time~
[570 Days]
Cried by Jersae at 12:30
Monday 1 March 2010
Tuesday, 29 Feburary 2010...
Anyway, this is the compliment board... Credits to May...
Ended my contract with Marks and Spencer after 1.5 months... Felt a little sad... I felt sad as i just left a family filled with laughter... Before i went in, my impression of a working society is that there will be back-stabbing and lots of little ploys to bring people down... And that's one of the reasons why i wanted to work so that i can get use to the society... However, on my first day of work which seems like yesterday, they put all my arguments down... I still remember it vividly, the moment i step in to the staff area, the security guard greeted me warmly and chat with me till a staff came to guide me... After the first few days of work, i realised that there isn't any back-stabbings between them... All of them are like a big family, all of them just joke around with each other... This makes me very worried as i will be only staying here for 1+ months and if i get too close to them, it will be hard for me to leave them in the end, so i began to close myself up by not talking or closing down any conversation with them... But soon, i failed as the way they treated me makes me feels like i am willing to fall into a trap, i started to crap around with them especially paul and nolan... And just as it feels like i have just started to enjoy working, my contract is ending... Haiz, that's life, separation is inevitable, i wonder how am i going to cope when my National Service ended 2 years later, when all your brother in arms are all going to have their own life and may not meet each other again after what we have went through for 2 years... 2 years seems long but if you went through JC education, you won't think so anymore...
Anyway, Nolan gave me some perfume while Manfred and shafiqa gave me a packet of rock candy as a farewell gift... Emi gave me a necklace from Bali too... Before i end work, Desmond told me this, " Congratulations, you have so far been the best of all the temporary staffs... What a pity that you are going NS or we will sign you..." Quite touching, but i know the 1st part is a "graduation speech"... He said it just to make it a happy ending, however the latter part about the contract is real as he just rephrase what my store manager said...
All in all, i have learnt a lot during my "stay" in M&S... As compared to other stores, i think M&S is slightly better as apart from a 6-day week, we have shorter working hours that gives us more freedom to do what we want, lots of friendly staffs that will abet you whenever you need assistance... I think M&S staffs have better pay, apart from the $1.2k, they also receivecommission every month based on how well the store does... And if my calculations did not go wrong, they are working for at least $8/hour... And i have not include the 11 days leave in a year for a sales associate... Oh and the staffs there are seriously very hardworking, i wonder sometimes that is it because of the commission they receive every month... Haha... Other than better monetary benefits, what M&S aims is totally different from other department stores... Our target audience is not just normal customers, we depend on regular customers... And that's why we concentrate on quality and personalised service...Unlike other stores, we serve a customer throughout a customer's visit at M&S... This not only make the customer happy, it also gives us different experiences as we can learn different things from attending to customer on the selling floor to the fitting room... And what gives you the satisfaction is not just a "thank you" from a customer after he/she is leaving the store but the customer saying "Hi, nice to see you again" the next time he/she visits the store again... This means that your service is really so good that he/she remembers you... And because our store do not have much customers flowing in and out as compared to other stores, we can really concentrate on giving the best service to every customer there... The above is just my view about M&S, it is not to target any other stores...
Woke up early and went downstairs to run today, feels kind of giddy... Just want to train a bit before going in to NS on Saturday so it won't be so tough... I am so scared of my A level results... Ever since i knew that i am getting my results on Friday, it always seems to me that it is tomorrow... It just seems so near... To me, going JC is like a gamble, Double or nothing... If you pass, you get to go to University a year ahead of others... But if u fail, you will waste 2 years and will lag behind... Gambling 2 years for 1? It seems unfair, however when u think in another perspective, time is precious and you can't buy it, so gambling two years for 1 may not be unfair anymore... I really don't wanna lose right now... I don't know how to pick up and continue if i fail... But i know i will not give up... But i just hope for the best... I have been lucky for the past few times, hope that lady luck will not abandon me now...
An undergrad-to be currently serving National Service
Tuas Naval Base
Sea Soldier
Got a place in NTU Physics and applied Physics
Chose that as i wanted a general degree so i got more options in the future
