Hmm .. 35 days left. well, today is the left one of my boss left Nexus Karambunai ... after hell lotsa shits and politics in Fnb department ... Well, working here really makes my mind think wider and .. there's damn lot of unfair things in hotel.
Sometimes I thinked, being a boss and yet given F words for hours everyday. Kesian see my boss being F-ed by Restaurants manager. And the working hour is like .. 7am to 11pm everyday? with freaking lot of paperwork such as evaluation, staffing, monthly promotion, profit and lost account and other more ...
Now, they are talking beside me and I' writing this post. This is one of the thing that I won't forget in Nexus Karambunai. And ... I'm here to remind my self not to being arrogant when I'm in the higher level of management no matter which industry I'm in.
It's late and I'm gonna follow my boss back
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
42 days left .. I guess my mind is blurring me again
42 days left, but I can't wait to go back to sunway ... seriously, counting each days pass is a pain ... what is your feeling when every morning u woke up u doesn't have the mood to go to work? Next week is my last week in room service department ... which i don't really have problem with and there's approx 1 month 1 week more in front office department.
Seeing each one complete their internship is also a pain in the arse. During my first 1 1/2 month in Nexus, me and Kah Fai accompany Hans and Errol leavin Nexus, and tomorrow is John's last day in Nexus .. I've been seriously affected by their leaving, thus I can't concentrate with my job for a period of time.
I'm not acting tough but .. I DO really miss things in Sunway and back in my hometown, Bentong. I miss my bed, my gangs, the lifestyle there, the food there and my parent. After I graduated from my high school, my parents became more to my 'friend' where I can talk casually and sometimes share my feeling with them although they are nagging me sometimes.
I've lived outside Bentong after my high school BUT this is the first time I never see my friends and family members for such a long time.
Seeing each one complete their internship is also a pain in the arse. During my first 1 1/2 month in Nexus, me and Kah Fai accompany Hans and Errol leavin Nexus, and tomorrow is John's last day in Nexus .. I've been seriously affected by their leaving, thus I can't concentrate with my job for a period of time.
I'm not acting tough but .. I DO really miss things in Sunway and back in my hometown, Bentong. I miss my bed, my gangs, the lifestyle there, the food there and my parent. After I graduated from my high school, my parents became more to my 'friend' where I can talk casually and sometimes share my feeling with them although they are nagging me sometimes.
I've lived outside Bentong after my high school BUT this is the first time I never see my friends and family members for such a long time.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Random things in my mind
Sitting in Old Town Cafe for 5 hours is not a good idea to spend my offday .. BUT, what can I do in my room? with a hole on the ceiling and rats might come down anytime? Complained so much to the staff quarter's management but it seems like nothing happens after all? Hmmm ...
I wonder? perhaps guys like me tends to become more picky about their living environment? or Sabahan are less care about their surrounding? Seriously, I cant accept it ... I dont mind living in my place but, RATS ? hell no for me
Working here in Sabah really makes a big doubt in my mind, I've always have the thinking of elegant and cool working condition when it comes to a 5-star hotel. But perhaps i'm in a resort so things are totally different? Or.. malaysian standard of hotel can't compare with others?
Yesterday morning, I've see the news of JW Marriot and Ritz Carlton bombing case in Jakarta .. ive thinking of working in other countries, but if im in this hotel line .. this can be a risk for me .. Ugh, what a pain .. I've come so far in my journey and made so many major decision .. still I cant figure out what the best? From my point of view, people tends to become 'uneducated' when working in the backlane of hotel ... I really can't figure out who is the rank and file staffs and who is the 'educated' person..
A 45 years old chef but acts like a piece of crap in front of their staffs and ME. Honestly he do not deserve any respect because he himself do not respect people at the first. However, I've receive some good advice from some of the bosses around ... This really sparks the passion of mine which is learning japanese language... actually it's not japanese in particular .. but any foreign language that is very much spoken or used is very beneficial after all...
So he did told me 'Once a person knows more than 7 kind of language. He/She's is very valuable in term of job'. Back at room, I started to think about myself?
What do I know so far? - in term of understanding and speaking
- English
- Malay
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hokkien
- Hakka (abit)
- French (very basic)
- Japanese ( very basic, learnt from animes but still find it hard to use)
So i understand a bit of these language ...
After my graduation, Learning japanese course is a must for me already .. and in the same i will try to learn more about tourism and marketing. I believe that as long as we have the determination .. nothing is a big problem after all.
btw, Harry Potter starts at 5.45pm. makan first xD
I wonder? perhaps guys like me tends to become more picky about their living environment? or Sabahan are less care about their surrounding? Seriously, I cant accept it ... I dont mind living in my place but, RATS ? hell no for me
Working here in Sabah really makes a big doubt in my mind, I've always have the thinking of elegant and cool working condition when it comes to a 5-star hotel. But perhaps i'm in a resort so things are totally different? Or.. malaysian standard of hotel can't compare with others?
Yesterday morning, I've see the news of JW Marriot and Ritz Carlton bombing case in Jakarta .. ive thinking of working in other countries, but if im in this hotel line .. this can be a risk for me .. Ugh, what a pain .. I've come so far in my journey and made so many major decision .. still I cant figure out what the best? From my point of view, people tends to become 'uneducated' when working in the backlane of hotel ... I really can't figure out who is the rank and file staffs and who is the 'educated' person..
A 45 years old chef but acts like a piece of crap in front of their staffs and ME. Honestly he do not deserve any respect because he himself do not respect people at the first. However, I've receive some good advice from some of the bosses around ... This really sparks the passion of mine which is learning japanese language... actually it's not japanese in particular .. but any foreign language that is very much spoken or used is very beneficial after all...
So he did told me 'Once a person knows more than 7 kind of language. He/She's is very valuable in term of job'. Back at room, I started to think about myself?
What do I know so far? - in term of understanding and speaking
- English
- Malay
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hokkien
- Hakka (abit)
- French (very basic)
- Japanese ( very basic, learnt from animes but still find it hard to use)
So i understand a bit of these language ...
After my graduation, Learning japanese course is a must for me already .. and in the same i will try to learn more about tourism and marketing. I believe that as long as we have the determination .. nothing is a big problem after all.
btw, Harry Potter starts at 5.45pm. makan first xD
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Bartendering experience
Uhm.. how to start this ... I'm always have interest in alcoholic drinks .. but i hardly go to clubs and pubs before it's expensive, and yeah im just a student, no point to spill my parent's hard earn money.
I've taken bar training for 2 weeks in Sunset Bar and Grill, one of the outlet in Nexus Resort Karambunai .. felt very happy to take the bar training ... The person who guide me is Azlan, one of the bartender of the outlet...
To be honest, he's a talented and very kind person, he even taught me how to make nice cocktail garnish, some of the international cocktail, nexus creation cocktail, smoothies, ice blended.. I've seen some of the method that used in cocktail making
For example, shaking, blending, straight into the glass, shaking without ice and some other that i've forgotten ..
What are my favourite drinks during this 2 weeks in Sunset Bar and Grill?
- Long Island Ice Tea
- Pinacolada
- Singapore Sling
- Mai Tai
- Bananarama
- Papayana
- Planter's Punch
- Fuzzy Fizz
- Way to Heaven
* picture will be posted later*
Seriously I like bartendering a lot but this wont be my job too .. passion over a job VS job stability .. still, I prefer job stability .. But, after 2 weeks in Sunset Bar ... there's one thing in my mind
I wanna have my own private BAR in my very own house xD
I've taken bar training for 2 weeks in Sunset Bar and Grill, one of the outlet in Nexus Resort Karambunai .. felt very happy to take the bar training ... The person who guide me is Azlan, one of the bartender of the outlet...
To be honest, he's a talented and very kind person, he even taught me how to make nice cocktail garnish, some of the international cocktail, nexus creation cocktail, smoothies, ice blended.. I've seen some of the method that used in cocktail making
For example, shaking, blending, straight into the glass, shaking without ice and some other that i've forgotten ..
What are my favourite drinks during this 2 weeks in Sunset Bar and Grill?
- Long Island Ice Tea
- Pinacolada
- Singapore Sling
- Mai Tai
- Bananarama
- Papayana
- Planter's Punch
- Fuzzy Fizz
- Way to Heaven
* picture will be posted later*
Seriously I like bartendering a lot but this wont be my job too .. passion over a job VS job stability .. still, I prefer job stability .. But, after 2 weeks in Sunset Bar ... there's one thing in my mind
I wanna have my own private BAR in my very own house xD
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Hmmm...
It's very terrible over here.. paying rm 98/ month for a totally useless internet.. What the heck wrong with celcom broadband?
The line always DC like there's no tomorrow .. omg, totally have no mood to blog this moment though there's alot of things popping out from my mind ..
Perhaps I cant blame celcom also.. who ask me to choose my internship place here at Sabah? ugh .. what a life ..
The line always DC like there's no tomorrow .. omg, totally have no mood to blog this moment though there's alot of things popping out from my mind ..
Perhaps I cant blame celcom also.. who ask me to choose my internship place here at Sabah? ugh .. what a life ..
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Staying at Room Service Department
As I'm doing my internship here im Nexus Resort Karambunai, I've choosen approximately .. 3 month of FnB and my final month in Front Office. Out of sudden the HR assistant told me that they have another trainee in HR department so I am literally 'dumped' to other department...
Sigh, that moment I was thinking .. which department should I go? Housekeeping? Hell NO. Kitchen? no, no, no, no, and NO.. Part of it because of I hate to do job that face dead things ... No offence but .. what's the point of working with carrot and bed? I rather have a job that face new people everyday.. part of it is Hospitality industry sometimes troublesome as they're intangible and shits do happen all the time. But for me, there's not a big problem as long as you have the ability to act or wayang ( that's a normal term among sabahan) with the guest.
So .. after thinking for a while, I replied Michelle, the HR assistant with a smile ' I guess I will continue to stay in FnB department until end of this month ' . Among all the outlets I choose room service department to spend my final 3 weeks as a replacement of going to HR department.
What comes to my mind when I'm choosing all these outlets?
The Penyu (coffee house) - Hell no, working there is just lifeless .. omg there's NOTHING to learn, seriously
Noble House (chinese rest) - A yes for me, honestly that was a great experience working there.. the boss is nice, the chef is nice, the staff is nice.. perhaps being together with chinese is good after all .. hmm .. not being racist. and a NO for Split Shift. I just wanna normal direct shift
Kingfisher (malaysian cuisine) - Nasi Lemak? Chapati? Why the hell do I need to be there?
Olive's (Fine Dining) - That's a good place actually .. 100% courtesy, classy, very professional and friendly staff, good cuisine. BUT insulting, rude, pathetic chef. I am fucking annoyed by this son of a bitch and I SWEAR I wont go back there though there are so many good point of this outlet.
Darlin' Darlin and Horizon - Basically this 2 is just a pub-like restaurant with no specialty except for cocktails. Not interested
Splashes poolside bar - Serving cocktail and mocktail .. but hot and very harsh environment... confirm get tanned in just a few days ..
Sunset Bar and Grill - I've done 2 weeks of bartendering training and I love the bartender very much ... He even taught me his award winning cocktail. Seriously I salute this guy.. BUT the service staff there takes me for granted. They simply ask me to do unnecessary things, do a bartender required to refill the cutleries in a outlet? and all those slave-like work.
No doubt, room service is still the best. No split shift, no boss watching or nagging you around when youre working, you can run around the hotel, you can drive buggy, cool staffs, what else you want? Now I trully understand why Jackson ( my senior) stayed at room service department for 3 months.
Sigh, that moment I was thinking .. which department should I go? Housekeeping? Hell NO. Kitchen? no, no, no, no, and NO.. Part of it because of I hate to do job that face dead things ... No offence but .. what's the point of working with carrot and bed? I rather have a job that face new people everyday.. part of it is Hospitality industry sometimes troublesome as they're intangible and shits do happen all the time. But for me, there's not a big problem as long as you have the ability to act or wayang ( that's a normal term among sabahan) with the guest.
So .. after thinking for a while, I replied Michelle, the HR assistant with a smile ' I guess I will continue to stay in FnB department until end of this month ' . Among all the outlets I choose room service department to spend my final 3 weeks as a replacement of going to HR department.
What comes to my mind when I'm choosing all these outlets?
The Penyu (coffee house) - Hell no, working there is just lifeless .. omg there's NOTHING to learn, seriously
Noble House (chinese rest) - A yes for me, honestly that was a great experience working there.. the boss is nice, the chef is nice, the staff is nice.. perhaps being together with chinese is good after all .. hmm .. not being racist. and a NO for Split Shift. I just wanna normal direct shift
Kingfisher (malaysian cuisine) - Nasi Lemak? Chapati? Why the hell do I need to be there?
Olive's (Fine Dining) - That's a good place actually .. 100% courtesy, classy, very professional and friendly staff, good cuisine. BUT insulting, rude, pathetic chef. I am fucking annoyed by this son of a bitch and I SWEAR I wont go back there though there are so many good point of this outlet.
Darlin' Darlin and Horizon - Basically this 2 is just a pub-like restaurant with no specialty except for cocktails. Not interested
Splashes poolside bar - Serving cocktail and mocktail .. but hot and very harsh environment... confirm get tanned in just a few days ..
Sunset Bar and Grill - I've done 2 weeks of bartendering training and I love the bartender very much ... He even taught me his award winning cocktail. Seriously I salute this guy.. BUT the service staff there takes me for granted. They simply ask me to do unnecessary things, do a bartender required to refill the cutleries in a outlet? and all those slave-like work.
No doubt, room service is still the best. No split shift, no boss watching or nagging you around when youre working, you can run around the hotel, you can drive buggy, cool staffs, what else you want? Now I trully understand why Jackson ( my senior) stayed at room service department for 3 months.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Decision to 'revive' my blog
I guess ... after 2 years, finally I made my decision and guess what? I think im gonna make this blog come alive... after all, what comes to my mind when I practically 'reviving' this blog thingy..
- This is just a blog that I use to record down how my day pass and what are my point of view to certain things. Uhm, so that I can see back how immature I am after a few years.
- The point that I create this blog is .. not to grab attention. Well I'm certainly not those kind of typical blogger who want attention, just my way to write/type down the things I am happy or annoyed about.
- Well, I'm really boring right now as Im in a trully isolated place from where I trully belongs ! ugh, what a pain in the ass
- This is just a blog that I use to record down how my day pass and what are my point of view to certain things. Uhm, so that I can see back how immature I am after a few years.
- The point that I create this blog is .. not to grab attention. Well I'm certainly not those kind of typical blogger who want attention, just my way to write/type down the things I am happy or annoyed about.
- Well, I'm really boring right now as Im in a trully isolated place from where I trully belongs ! ugh, what a pain in the ass
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