Best Budds

When was the last time i had such a great time with you guys together?

Shopping, eating, talking, bitching and laughing.....

Am i exaggerating if i say it's been a long long time.... about more than 3 years?

Those days when we get so much time and so much chance to hang out together while in secondary school, are like such precious memories to me now...

Had a fabulous evening, enjoyed every moment to bits, as i've been longing for the company of you 2 together for such a long time...

I wonder when will the next time be, after 1 of you return to Sydney in the very near future....

Missing the 3 Siao Cha Bors together-ness.
Missing the time when we were just 1 phone call away.

Sometimes i wished time has been rewind for me to enjoy and appreciate the journey all over again....

Haiz.

My job is aging me alive

Nein.
(Means 'no' in german)

No Heidelberg castle this trip. Though the other P-girl seems interested in sight-seeing too, i could sense her desire to bond with her teammies are stronger. Haaa~ so i backed off even though i suggested the idea on board. =)

The other part of the reason was, i decided that i should familarise myself with the area around the hotel first, like how to get to the common-to-crew food joints, Penny Food Mart, the town etc etc... Otherwise i may faint due to hunger and have no idea where to go. One GS was laughing at me when i told him i could remember how to get to the Birkenstock shop, but completely forgotten the route to get to the food joint from my last visit in July....
Ahem~ Sorry? =9

Touched down into a dead Frankfurt on a Sunday. The only thing we could do was to eat. Period. Zzzzz

Chilling out at Champions on the first night =)

That set of crew are kinda like branded siao. Spent the 2nd day branded shops hoping, trying on birkens and lastly dragging mamasan bag with loads of chocolate back to hotel.

That was not the last for them, cos they still chilled out at the hotel's Champions till it was time to get some sleep. A pretty close team they are, as i heard they have been together for about 2 years. For me? I escape whenever i can, cos am not keen in taking in 2nd hand smoke, though they are REALLY nice peeps and sisters to be with and work with. I mean it.

And look at the damage i did for my virgin visit to LV Boutique....

Ouch~
A Monogram Mini Lin small coin pouch!!!
Ya, small it may be... Most pple start small isn't it? Oh Sh*t....

Alright i admit, i'm guilty for having been influenced to buy.

But can i give an excuse? ;P

Actually, a coin pouch has been 1 of my plans, just no idea when or anytime this soon. Now that it happened, so be it. Just got to be more meticulous with my future spending.

Temptations versus Priorities
Haiz....

Perhaps i'm conscience-striken or what, decided to review my policies and see if there's anything i can do to improve my portfolio and put my blood and sweat into sensible avenues instead. Be it investments or protection or savings.
Thanks Pi for ur honest opinions. At least i feel better now =)

Oh! When i say blood and sweat, i mean it literally manz. My job is aging me alive. If i ever pluck up the courage, i'll show you my hypoxia fingernails and Ah-ma-skin-ultra-dry hands. Haizzzz.....


K, time to move on, where was i?


Oh ya~ My lunch. Pork Knuckles.

Heard this was famous over in Germany too.
My astonishment was nothing new to the peeps who brought me there as they too, used to think pork knuckles was an Asian delicacy haha.... Sua ku me...


Birkenstock was next after lunch, and was there for at least an hr and a half. Am sure anyone else will marvel at the numbers they bought. With everybody's combined, it's almost enough to start a shop!

As i was trying on different sandals, a cheeky LS commented that i've got quite a big foot. LOL~ I wasn't angry nor offended cos he wasn't the first guy to say that. I'm a size 7, not exactly that big right? =9

But till now, i couldn't forgive the first guy who said that though Haha... Yun, you knew that person. This guy with a girly name and thought he's so very good-looking, egoistic person from Starbucks years back... What was his name???

Amazingly, i left the shop empty handed as my debit card was not accepted, and the pair i chose was meant more for sharing with my mum.
Til the next time... Not urgent...

Parted with the girls after Birkens, as they wanted to continue branded hop, to do my own shopping. Bought some cold wear from H&M. Winter's approaching and i'm still so inadequately equipped.

The man who made my chocolate crepe.

Perfect for hungry shoppers like me hehe...


Headed back to the station near our hotel, to Penny mart to 'load' our supply of chocolates. Haha... As expected, i found the rest there, it's like a must-go for crew.

The Giottos, Hanuta and chocolate waffles i bought.


We each bought roughly this much or more, or even a whole mamasan bag full of chocolates and sausages. I wonder how many boxes of giottos they sell out a day to the 3 different sets of crew in Frankfurt?

As if this was not enough, i already have more orders for giottos for my next 2 Frankfurt coming up soon.

Back to the Italian Pizza & Spaghetti crew joint for dinner next. Had so many plates of spinah with squeezed lemon juice, a popular side dish, until i was 'jalad' and a little scare of it liao... That's what happened when you have too much of the nice food at one go. Have just enough for once and you'll keep coming back for more. That's the way to enjoy something, isn't it?

According to MrBlitz, Peh Peh's a 'permanent resident' of Frankfurt-New York. LOL....

As for me, I'm a german cum quantas crew, soon-to-be PR of Frankfurt and Aussie.

Was lamenting to Pi about my getting Frankfurt 3rd time in 4 months last night as we walked towards the Chinatown Porridge, i called in to check my standby status only to find out i've been activated for 26 to Frankfurt tonight. Couldn't believe my ears.... That makes 4 in 4 months. BLEAH~

I know i shouldn't be complaining. But i would love to see other parts of Europe too... Oh well....

Heidelberg's on the plan, if i've got company at all.

How Shit-ney almost killed me

"Nobody knows what is 219 is until they have done it."

A quote from my LSS on the leg back. 219 and 222 are 'couple-coded', actually 222 is the most dreaded and 'siong-est' one.

Every single inch of my body is aching with exhaustion. Almost collasped out of fatigue when i drag my cabin bag out of the aircraft. Was in a state of severe self-turbulence after that, until my head touch the pillow.

Didn't make it to Circular Quay for pancakes on the rocks as recommended by Yun. Got a map from concierge and decided that i'll do some research b4 going to recree next time. Going there in the morning b4 222 doesn't sound like a good idea now.
Hmmmm~

The nicest room i've got so far. Better ones to come i hope?




I loathe doing 219. It makes me soooo dead beat like a zombie, and irascible for the next day or two.

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A long and daunting struggle has commence without my conscious knowing.

Weight has never been a major problem since my adolescence. With lots of passion and commitment in sports, i could eat with no restraint. Perhaps i've taken the privilege for granted. As i get on with age, guessed it's a combination of decreased metabolism, habit and a chain of other factors that's making weight becoming an issue.

Women can be rather greedy when it comes to looking good. We are insatiable, there's always an ounce of weight too much.

There i was in Sydney, willing myself not to eat unnecessarily, unhealthily. I could literally hear the war up there in my head between the Angel and the Devil. It is so easy to give in to the Devil as he usually brings enjoyment, sinful pleasure. And i did.

I never knew battling the greedy devil is such an uphill task.


What are we doing to ourselves? We're killing the earth harvesting food and stuffing ourselves to death with over-nutrition. Haiz.

Looks like i cannot avoid my fate.

Activated for Shit-ney tmr...

NOT AGAIN !?!?!? Zzzzzzzz.......

If i'm doomed to do that sector, Fine.

They took me off my Beijing and put me on standby after i get back. I'll laugh my head off if i get call up for another Shit-ney back to back.

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New roster's out.

Soooooooo unimaginative.

I'm starting to agree with Kelly, they seem to be repeating itself, like cut and paste??? And it certainly looks like i'm next in line after Simon who'll proclaim himself a 'quantas' crew. Cos i've like @ least 5 Aussie flight to do in this 2 months?

Plus, I have yet another Frankfurt!!!! Kaoz. I can start being an 'agent' for Birkens, but i'll charge 5% nia ok? Hehehe...

Kidding la~

Crap

Crap Crap Crap

Bad luck's spinning my way. Enough already please.....

MC-ed again cos of conjuntiva infection. Took a lot of pain to decide whether i shd call in sick, cos it's reflects badly to report sick after being activated on standby. And money's not worth it to risk my eye. Hiak... Without health, we aint have anything.

SHooo.... Spin away...

Called up for "Shit-ney"

219 AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!
~Yucks~

Alrite, this is better than having call up for a longer flight that'll disrupt the rest of my roster. Not to mention not-so-bad allowances than doing turns. And i've got company! Tiffy's on the flight as well !!

Just did this last month and i know how SHAG it can be on the way home. My feet almost came off... Not sure if i can drag my shelf out of bed the following day to see Empress @ STC.

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To friends who have asked, Thanks alot for your concern. I'm okay now =)

Beware what you wish for

Yeah~

Beware what you wish for.

Cos just as i was wishing for more time to stay in SG, i was granted my wish, but in a not-such-an-idea situation. Haaa~

Now, i don't have to worry if noone's going to the desert tour in Dubai with me anot, cos i'm missing it all together =/ Til the next time i hope?

Had a minor accident, got offloaded immediately and off the to hospital i went. I have many to thank, from my crew to the engineers to the ground staff to the doctor and nurse who came, as they took alot of effort to make me feel better and to contact the necessary people.

Very Efficient =)

Nothing serious. But i get 2 more days back home to nurse my finger B4 i go on standby.

~Yucks~ I hate standbys.

Yeah~

Finally been to Chinese Garden. So much for being a Singaporean right? Haha...

Nothing much there except we walked in circles, buying ice-cream or soft drink occasionally to quench our thirst. Theme this year's not exactly fascinating : 7 wonders of the world.. *Diaoz*

First time up the 7-storey high pargoda too, and all we saw was haze haze and more haze.... Zzzzz... Spoilt the whole Mid-Autumn mood.

The haze situation in singapore is in dire state, i feel. The visibility is so low !!! Can literally smell the thick burnt.

Haze haze, go away....

HKG Nightstop

Broccolli and Veg;

Dark Soysauce Vinegar Pork Trotters;

And Soup.


Simple yet Yummy~ Absolutely LOoOoVE mummy's cooking.

Came back to the above home-cooked menu, which is kinda rare nowadays as most of us are usually not around at the same time, making things difficult for mum to whip up a proper meal for the family. I've come to appreciated home-cooked food tonnes these days. I remember when i was young, i have to beg my mum not to cook and eat out at times.... =9
LOL...

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Back from HKG nightstop.

Everything's too short, too soon and too rush. Slept barely 3 hours. Yet short sector it may be, several things happened which made me feel strongly for.

(1)
Poor SNY.
At the wrong place, at the wrong time.

Something happened and the pax demanded "priority" attention, as they made us, esp me>.<", run up and down to curb the situations and ensure that the pax's alrite. IFS and Chief came down personally dunno-how-many times to apologise, check on the pax again yet again, do srv recovery blar blar blar...

Learnt a lesson from the SNY's mistake. As well as how to manage such situations from the bosses, brilliantly. Their care and concern was what impressed the pax, as she was telling me about it after we landed.

But poor girl, 2nd SNY ganna such a horrible experience. I think she was told-off/ debrief by several ranking crew. Traumatising. Wonder if she's contemplating to quit already? Cos if put in her place, I'll most prob be signing a loan from loansharks to pay off... Haha...


(2)
Perhaps becos of what happened on board with Ali's SNY, Ali and myself started to approach the topic on our work, probation etc. during our supper together.

What amazed me was that, i hardly know Ali, yet there was this mutual good feeling/trust we have for each other, that we started to talk more indepth about ourselves in this job. She's 1 of the few people that i could just bare my true feelings about being here. She reciprocated as well. Like she said, the irony here is she feels comfortable confiding in someone whom you don't really know.

Lessons confirmed:
- Never tell anyone you're leaving or plans to leave. (1 of my ex-team girl just left without informing anyone, not until the last 1 or 2 few weeks. I was surprised cos i thought she seems pretty close to the team)

- Never reveal your weaknesses to any ranking, cos they'll remember, and god-knows when they'll bring it up again and use it against you.

- Better learn to be tactful fast, otherwise you're in for helluva time. Must think b4 you speak. Like i was telling Ali, i'm kinda withdrawing back and trying to figure things out as i was told off a few times about my tactless-ness... Haizzz...

- No matter how fast you built or want to build rappor with any1 more senior than ourselves, mind what you say no matter what. They are still your seniors. Boils down to tactful-ness again.

- No matter what your grades were, what your team has to say to your WL has a greater influence whether you will p-plated longer anot >.<"

- Learn to be "Seng Mok" fast, learn fast and be humble always!! But yet, must learn to defend oneself when situation calls for it.

- Beware whatever you do, cos the word gets around faster than forest fire. Talking behind one's back is inevitable. Be it here or anywhere else.

- P-plate maybe over, but 2 years is still considered JUNIOR. pukez...



(3)
Yet another 'they', sealed my phobia.

'They' just luuuuuuuuurve to make you walk a thousands times for 'them'.

I wonder how 'they' know what we usually put??? Cos 'they' ,without fail, love to ask for something else that's not there.

Loved being different.

'They' tend to treat us like maids or servants...

TMD
*Grit my teeth*

ROM-ed

Haha... Not me though, but King of Jokes: David.

Really appreciate him for inviting us to his solemnization ceremony @ his ultra-duper-cool designer house, together with not-the-usual Bee Hoon and Curry buffet catering. There's 2 waiters managing the buffet as well as offering wine to the guests, and jaga-ing the entire place... It's a pretty good idea (not unless you've got a nice house to show to the world lol), as David made the whole event simple, sweet, yet classy =)
*Thumbs up*

And of course, it provided the few of us in town with a great chance to get together, bitch and share our experiences. =9

Funny, they feel like family now... Really miss my batchies tonnes.

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Gotta get ready soon for battle, to Hong Kong nightstop on 2. >.<"
Yeah~ Can't get enough of Hong Kong. Agenda is packed to the brim. Gonna Tabao bread there and skip dinner for my shopping =p

Should i say thk god i'm not going to Frisco? Enough for the time being, let me recover from that shock first. Hahaha...

"When i say stay true = know what you want and where you are going. Dun Lose yourself"

From peh peh... As we exchange our views on our career over MSN right now...

:[ Erene :[ HKG again, Shopping! Someone go desert tour with me in dubai pls.... says: so have u deceided to stay long after 3 months of flying?

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: 10yrs?

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: max

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: u?

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: 2 contract renewal

:[ Erene :[ HKG again, Shopping! Someone go desert tour with me in dubai pls.... says: lol i dunno

:[ Erene :[ HKG again, Shopping! Someone go desert tour with me in dubai pls.... says: i wanna be happy doing what i do .... which i think may be a little hard here.... hopefully i stay true to myself lor and not get suck into all the fame fighting

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: fame?

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: hmm..

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: wat u like to do?

:[ Erene :[ HKG again, Shopping! Someone go desert tour with me in dubai pls.... says: just be happy doing my work and hopefully something else interest me outside? then i'll most prob leave =P

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: i see it as, endure for 10yrs, then rest of my life do wat i like to do.

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: i dun see myself workin all my life

Cleared 12! Next 02! says: so aft 10yrs, my life will start


Nice way of putting it.... "so aft 10 yrs, my life will start"
Hmmmmm......

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Something about Wen's bloggie affected me a little, which is part of the reason why i said i could neither find the right time nor right words to blog for quite a while.

It's the honesty and her courage of revealing her weaknesses, thoughts and doubts, such that i could feel for her, that makes me question myself and the whole point of blogging for me.

In Pi's words, mine is like a walk down the memory lane......

At times, i'm worried about the contents. It could be sensitive to certain people for all i know. Afterall the government says, to practise respsonsibility =/

I also wonder who's reading and sometimes the thought of broadcasting to the whole world my insecurities just drives me away from the computer.

We're all self-conscious. Like 1 CS put it, the first thing we look out for in a picture, is ourself. I hate being judged, but yet the idea of blogging subjects myself to it, which is why i tend to paint a rosy picture. I'm not so nice, actually >.<" Haha =9

I dun mean to compare, but just a point i wanna make. There's many bloggers out there with really interesting themes or sense of purpose/direction in their bloggie, which made me feel lame lamenting to the world about mundane things i did? Heh~

Others? I just do not have the right words to describe my feelings. Zzzzzzzzzz.... Limited Ang Moh.... LOL

Perth

No pictures; &

No Corica apple strudel this time

=(

Cos it was their long weekend, a holiday on Monday. I was told they have many of such holiday all year round. So laid back. Why do i always ganna this? I'll always be at stations where i would love to explore or buy things on a weekend or holiday. They're either closed, opened late or early closure. =/

Anyway, checked-in to Perth to find myself starring at my CTS' name. Nightmare came true, she's finally coming on board for check, me especially. But thank god really, cos it's only a short Perth flight rather than those 4 sectors type.

She's a legend. Heard so much about her that her name could inject fear in you. Thought i'll be in for a helluva time. She's strict, has very sharp eyes, but yet was objective and generous when it came to grading, which came as a surprise to me actually. Not that i want her to live up to her 'reputation' =9

So now after much anticipation, i've met and survived Ms Empress Dowager. Gotta meet up with her soon again in STC.


A thought from my observations for the past few months: i realised most chiefs are very nice, despite my initial impression that the higher the rank, the more unpleasant or difficult it is to work with them. It seems to be the reverse right now haha....

Perhaps they have reached 'there', lesser stress and thus less cranky? LOL...

The chief i worked with for this Perth flight kinda sealed the impression. Absolutely sweet, thoughtful and very fatherly figure. You can feel that he treats the girls in the galley like family. Sometimes he would slipped his tongue and call us "Ah Girl", i think is the way he calls his own child. Takes very good care of us and everything else, very forgiving with mistakes i made too.

Davina and myself both secretly triump that we get to work with him for both sectors. Really appreciate him for giving us a wonderful and easy time while working. How i wish he's my chief. Then i won't be so stress going to work =P

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A lot of things have happened these days, but i couldn't find the right words nor right time to pen it.

Yen, i am sooo sorry. Wish i could be there for you. Be strong girl. I'm sure your mum will continue to live on in your heart =)