pls don't be alarmed. I AM OKAY!!!

aiya, today towards the end was bad oso la. we were done with area 4 so i was assigned to area 2 to close the congo restroom AGAIN, like last night. which is when all the bad things happen. ok let me rewind to ytd first, since everyone is so eager to know wat happened. maybe next time when i don't wanna type it out so as not to have any bad memories in my blog, i shall just refrain from mentioning anything abt being unhappy again.

yesterday, i did 1 hour in area 4, which is the waterpark, which opened ytd, which is my original area altho the past 2 wks i've been working in area 1 cos the waterpark hadn't opened yet then. then crystal called and assigned me to area 2, which is a completely unfamiliar area, cos i've rarely walked there, much less worked there b4. and there were only 2 other females, of which 1 left early. so there was nobody to guide me and i had to figure out the zones myself, ended up taking a mini tour of that area while sweeping the streets. but i still get quite confused sometimes. i reached area 2 to report, and was assigned the congo restroom and as i was leaving, crystal called me. guess wat? she asked me if i had any plain white tees and said that the black words on my white tee cld be seen from under my yellow shirt so i had to turn it inside-out and wear it such tt she cldn't see the words. wth?! wah, i was damn pissed la. spoilt my entire morning. wore my black face till lunch time. and of cos i did NOT freaking wear my shirt inside out, cos tt's just plain retarded, and i cldn't be bothered, honestly. hey, it wasn't in the uniform requirements or i wld have tried to bring plain white shirts, and it's not my fault they're suddenly being so stringent. then closing time came and i had to empty all the trashcans and sanitary bins in the congo restroom myself, within 10 mins! i had to rush for my 10.30pm bus, so was damn kan cheong. did everything in a hurry, ran to the compactor with the heavy trash bags, ran to report then ran to the bus. oh i forgot to say tt during break time i had to walk all the way back to waterworks from area 2, then all the way out to the canteen, eat and walk back. all within an hour. it really pays to have long legs and to be able to brisk walk. i've been brisk walking and running like almost every day, cos there's always some occasion for me to do so, like running to catch the bus to work, running to catch the bus back to VCU....and last night Duane gave the entire area 2 ppl a lecture cos he said he received negative comments abt 95% of us etc. so u know so many negative things happened in a day, it was just plain bad. and i was the only girl there most of the time, first time there so i didn't know any of them, the places and the duties. being surrounded by so many guys all the time was just weird. grrr. i don't wanna be posted to area 2 anymore!!! and that crystal just spoilt my day right from the start, that's why. i never liked her, and my intuition proved itself. she always picks on ppl, and she has like 0 EQ and non-existent ppl relations. wonder why she's an area supervisor -______-
oh yes, i haven't completed my story. so as a result of running for my bus, i had a tummy ache all the way back, and it didn't subside even after i summoned the energy to bathe, but finally got better at 1+am. dinner was a few Keebler cookies at 1+am. Hu Meng's funny, he brought so many tcm stuff! Gave me a few bottles of tcm to apply on my tummy, but lucky i didn't have to use, cos think the smell wldn't be very gd.

side-track: my egg's been soaking in my raw nong shim noodles for like 20 mins alr cos i forgot to turn on the power for zhi jun's kettle and the water wasn't boiling -_______- hope i don't get tummy ache again. and i think i really have to handwash my yellow uniform soon. sweated alot today, cos it was damn sunny and hot, and i've been wearing the same shirt for 2 wks. hahaha. break record. my jeans oso, b4 washing i think i wore it for an entire wk. for various outdoor activites too. everything up hair alr la! and i've seen enough of flabby bodies, burnt flesh, huge moobs and hairy chests and backs. yikes. in just 1 day. i wonder how many americans actually get skin cancer every yr. they just love parading bare in the hot sun for hours, even when their bodies are just so eck. yea, tt's wat u see when u work in the waterpark for just 1 day.

back to today. as i was saying, i was assigned to area 2 again, and me and chino (some 18 yr old korean mother-american father guy who likes using the f-word) were supposed to wait for candace. and he sat down, so without giving much thought i sat down too to talk to him. then after a few minutes Duane appeared (acty i saw a shadow and quickly stood up), i quickly asked him whether candace was there but he saw through everything. so we got a warning from him, tt we were not supposed to sit down etc...at first i heard him say we both got 1 point, and it was a rude shock. but after tt when he was telling christino i did a bad thing, he said everything was ok alr so i guess we're safe. sai man. getting reprimanded by 2 supervisors for 2 consecutive days is really bad. i better buck up in order to put my record straight. cos i think watever good things were said abt me earlier have been over-written by all the bad things. lol. kns. and i tot Duane was nice. just another stern go-by-the-book ass. sigh~

on a lighter note, i think i really look 19. cos chino guessed i was 19. i think he's the 3rd or 4th to guess that. don't i look young? :) it's weird how most of my co-workers and supervisors are younger than me. but it just doesn't feel that way. wonder how the adults under teenage supervisors feel.

oh yes. i haven't finished talking abt today. so i was at congo restroom, and the lack of female eco workers was so apparent, it looked like a tornado had swept thru e restroom cos the bins were overflowing with paper, there were piles of paper next to the bins and all over the floor, and all the paper towel dispensers were empty. there wasn't anyone assigned to tt restroom b4 i came to close it, so everything was on me. and as i was picking up all the trash next to the bin, i conked my head on the metal part of the hand-dryer real hard. such tt i fell backward. lucky i was in a squatting position so my hands caught my balance b4 my butt cld hit the floor. and my hands were gloved and germy fr touching all the trash so i cldnt check my head. lucky i was wearing my cap. and there was this angmoh girl standing there looking at me, i'm glad she didn't laugh. was damn paiseh! she was nice, think she took pity on me and started helping me pick up the trash. i think my head's ok, since i feel fine now. hai. how come come until here then 伤痕累累, very sad. sunburnt, scratches, bumps, and blue-blacks, let's hope tt's the end of it.

shift's at 11am tmr, gotta go early. the bus is damn stupid too, on sat the 9.45am one didn't come and today i wanted to catch the 9.45am one to go earlier but the bus ended up waiting till 10.15am. made me rush for nothing.

i wonder why some ppl enjoy eco so much, returning year ft year. there's this teenager (forgot his name), said tt eco is the best job cos u get paid more for less and u get rotated ard diff areas. are u sure?! Duane alr warned us not to slack. sai man, i hope these 2 mths will pass peacefully and i have no more scrapes with the supervisors or anyone else. pls just let me work with ppl i know, in environments i'm familiar with. i think i gave 20 ppl wrong or vague directions these 2 days haha. am aching all over now, shall have my noodles soon. it's dinner i guess, at 12.40am. don't think i''ll be updating much unless there's something meaningful/eventful to blog about.

and i discovered americans like to waste resources, be it manpower, paper towels or water. and they're really inefficient and dumb, will explain when i feel like it. maybe it's just the culture but u learn to appreciate wat u have when everything's limited, even when nobody's heard of our sunny little island.