Carbs Served With Motivation

Blogging has definitely not been one of my top priorities these past 2 weeks. The only thing that I have the intention to do whenever I have enough time is... Sleep. Don't get me wrong, I'm not being overworked or anything but not working in the F&B industry for almost a year is definitely taking its toll.

Everyone has been superbly nice and I have the best manager and supervisors ever-! That may also be because two out of four of them are graduates from Taylor's. Also, despite only working with other trainees for 2 weeks, it feels I've known them for a few months. Saying a few years would have been quite a bit of an exaggeration.  

I've found three others who speaks 9gag as well. And that, for me, is a huge plus because 80% of my life can be related to 9gag. The sister and I practically converse with it all the time when we're at home and the parents will just stay clueless all the time lol.

First 2 weeks revolved around learning basic things such as cashiering, completing event checklists and function reviews, setting and over viewing a coffee break or two. Nothing too fancy or extreme to handle... Yet.

And well, it comes to no surprise that my social life has deteriorated rapidly. I've become one of those people that I hate... Waking up in the morning - Going to work - Occasional gym time - Come home - Sleep. Then the whole cycle repeats for the rest of the week till I have my day off, which is used wisely to catch up on some much needed sleep. 

Need to find a way to increase my motivation to go to the gym stat-! I thought getting new kicks would've solved the New Year's lazyness but it doesn't seem to be working, and I'm getting fluffier by the second. Cibbs much :/

Three Months Too Soon

 Tis the week where I'll finally be starting my internship at Taylor's Ruemz hotel-! Not before having to go through 4 days of intense physically, mentally and emotionally driven tasks during our orientation of course. I'll elaborate more on that later. 

The "Ruemz" gang finally went to My Burger Lab on Thursday after our first day of orientation. What better way to celebrate the beginning of our 3rd internship am I right? We couldn't help but felt extremely lucky that day because

1. There was no jam. Smooth sailing all the way to SS2.

2. Found parking immediately upon reaching.

3. Absolutely no queue and we didn't have to wait long for our burger-!

And guess who I saw again, Reuben Kang and JinnyBoy-! Was so tempted to approach them to ask for a picture but Reuben Kang might think that I'm a deranged stalker, so I just sat down like the good girl I am and kept quiet.

I tried the Hangover combo. An a la carte Hangover costs RM16. Soda and fries costs RM8. But if you order the burger combo, it'll only cost you RM5 for the soda and fries.

Oregano fries. It tasted really good in the beginning as I don't think many other food establishments serve their fries like this (that I know of at least), but the taste of the herb got a bit to overwhelming for my liking the more I ate it.

My Hangover. Doesn't the lettuce look amazing? Picked this one over everything else because of the name of course *hints hints biggest hangover in my life* and because of the the hash brown. The reason why this joint it so popular is not only because of its juicy and scrumptious patties, but also because of its infamous black bun.

You've most probably heard that it is because they use charcoal to make the bun and that the colour is not a result of food dye. But no worries, there's no charcoal flavour in the bun and it tastes just like any other white bun. Also, it is surprisingly fluffy and also a bit sweet. 

The combination of beef patty, cheese, mushrooms, cherry tomato and hash brown is just plain orgasmic. Beats all the other burger joints out there that I've tried so far. And to all you FatBoy fans out there, yes, MyBurgerLab is even better. The next burger pit stop on my list is Burger Junkyard, Burger Kaukau and Burger Bakar (or are they the same thing?).

And we're now making a transition towards something more serious... My future. Jokes. I'll be interning in the F&B department, better known as Temptations for 3 whole months till my second last semester of Degree. What used to be the first cafeteria in Taylor's Uni has now glamorously transitioned into Temptations, with the American Degree Program classroom's right beside it. And speaking of more good food, Temptations is no exception as well. Everyone had their meals there for the past 4 days of orientation and despite it being run by 80% students (service and kitchen), the food is surprisingly good. 

Steak with mash and assorted veggies on the side. Personally, I have never been a steak person, unless it is super well done. Thought I'm being a bit more adventurous now and will also force down medium cooked steak if I have to. 

Cream of mushroom soup. Has, and always will be my favourite. A tad bit over seasoned with stock powder though.

I. Cannot. Live. Without. Desserts. I now find myself scavenging for any edible items that are sweet after lunch or dinner. No thanks to Branx of course. I didn't use to be a sweet tooth, till I met him -.-" But no worries, I'll still do a bit of damage control by cutting down on lunch on dinner meals.

Of course, I won't be eating like that throughout my entire internship. That was just a treat for junior trainees during our stay at Ruemz. Our usual meals will usually consist of rice/noodles, with meat and veggies. Nothing too fancy but it keeps us going.

Everyone was required to stay in the hotel during our 2nd day of orientation as product knowledge and experiencing the quality of service and products from a guests perspective. Time to put all my knowledge from the past 4 days to good use.

Ruemz hotel is a young, original and unpretentious boutique hotel that consist of 84 rooms with 3 different categories.

1. Cubixx  11sq/ft        RM100-170
2. Matrix   18-21sq/ft  RM235-265
3. Spazio   28sq/ft       RM380

All of the rates above includes breakfast, complimentary wifi in every part of the hotel as well as basic bedroom and bathroom amenities. It is a strictly non-smoking hotel and being a training hotel, it is the first of its kind in Malaysia.

Upon entering the room, a lovely 42inch Panasonic plasma greets you with your name displayed on it. Not sweet enough? There are 10 local and international channels for you to choose from, excluding 13 other non viewing options such as alarm clock, music player, radio, games etc.

Bath and face towels are provided, with the exception of face towels. The bathroom amenities provided are of the extreme basics and apparently, the inadequate design of the bathroom sink represents the "young, modern and upbeat" side of the hotel. Beware of the occasional splashing that comes with it though. It seems to be part of the design defect.

If you're looking for the type of bathroom where you can do your business #2 an immediately hop into the shower, lady luck is unfortunately, not on your side. The shower and toilet is separated by this partition. Reason is still unclear but it was the only thing I didn't like about the room. It sorta forces you to look at yourself naked (which im still uncomfortable with ahaha) and like, who needs that?!

 Okay sucky review. But hey, I tried. Picture above is the uniform that we are given. The 6 badges on the right represents Smile, Go Green, Be Original, Positivity, Passion and Save The Trees lol.

That's the Yellow Overflow team with our trainer Roy Cheng in the middle. I've met him before in a TCHT photo shoot back in 1st year Diploma but he probably doesn't remember me :'( Anyways, the other 3 teams had bad ass names like Black Cobra, Red Chili and Green Lightning... And of all the names associated with yellow, we just had to choose Yellow Overflow lol. 

And what started off as a really horrendous first 2 days for the Yellow's, soon turned out to be the best 4 days that we could have ever hope for. We were basically the underdogs, always scoring the lowest points or losing every assignment and challenge that Roy threw at us. We sucked hard at captain ball because of our lack of communication and ended up falling into last place.

But with our sheer determination and incredible optimism, we emerged victorious in the end, with much shock to our other competitors. I'd need a million words to describe my last 4 days. The passion and values that Roy has instilled in us is enough to retain any employee that may be stubborn to the core and it has really changed my mindset about the service industry. Despite being in my 2nd year Degree, I constantly find myself judging about my choice and career in the service industry.

 Growing up and taking a step closer to graduating and entering the work field tends to do that to a person. I always end up the same way, hopelessly trying to find a way to reassure myself that I've chosen the right path. And hopefully, after these past few days, it will be the last time I ever do.

Blast From The Past

On the 28th of December '12, the whole gang saw ourselves cramped in a tent, waiting for our guns to be reloaded with ammunition and nitrogen gas and being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Shah Alam's Extreme Park was the place where we were at, at 9am. On a lazy morning during the holidays, where the gravitational pull of our beds are stronger than the core, we were all up and about ready to go... PAINT BALLING.

We were briefed about the Do's and Dont's before stepping into the field. Like we had to keep our mask on the entire time we're in the field. Paintball guns uses compressed nitrogen gas and shoots pallets at high speed (velocity of 300ft/s), and with good accuracy. So if you get shot in the eye, the chances of you being permanently blind is extremely high. 

We were then separated into 2 teams which consisted of 8 on each side. Each team had to reside at their respective bases before the game officially starts. There are a few type of games for paintball, with the most mainstream ones being "tagging", "capture the flag" and "zombie". Tagging is where you basically just shoot each other like crazy. Zombie is where you're only considered out of the game if you get a head shot, and you have to leave the game walking limping out like a zombie. 

Since we were all newbies to paintball, the marshal suggested we give "capture the flag" a try. A flag is placed in the middle of the field, whereby each team has to try to snatch it and bring it back to their own base. And the fact that the field was muddy and even made our task not much easier. I fell down epically twice. Once when my tracks got hooked onto a tree root which caused me to fall on my arse, and another time where I slipped on the mud and fall head first into a bean bag >.< But it was great fun nonetheless. Definitely worth going again, especially since it only cost us RM38. Thank Buddha for the existence of Groupon.

Went to Neo @Damansara Perdana to celebrate our dear lameass's 21st birthday in advance because she'll be in Langkawi undergoing her internship during her actual birthday. Being one who is punctual most of the time, I ended up being the last to arrive no thanks to me and my navigator's lousy sense of direction. But to be fair, we only took one wrong turn... Of doom because it took us to and back from Holland lol.

 Pretty birthday cupcakes from Wondermilk. I remember Wondermilk cupcakes being all the rage back in secondary school. Its like for every birthday or occasion, all I see is Wondermilk cupcakes lol. I think the more mainstream flavours like chocolate or blueberry tastes better than the ones with royal icing though. Us girls cam-whored a bunch with these cute cupcakes.

And whats a birthday pool side party without someone being thrown into the pool?! All of us initially planned on swimming but most of us were either too lazy to change and shower, and also because our tummies were stuffed with loads of good food. Mmmm the pork ribs *salivates*.

So we just resorted to sitting by the pool while watching the boys swim. Soaking our feet gives a sense of comfort and tranquillity. I'm so loving Ellen's skeleton cut out tank-! But don't think I can pull something like that off because I'm just not bad ass enough. Loving my Forever21 Sanrio Hello Kitty top more though ahaha. Come to think of it, I think it suits better as a pyjama top rather than a casual one. 

YWen suggested that we'd do a Secret Santa gift exchange before finals and we finally managed to exchange presents that night. I still feel quite guilty because I only managed to "wrap" both WeiMae and YWen's gift a few hours before the party. But I think I still did an okay job because it looks presentable *pats self on back*. I still can't get used to opening my presents in front of other people, especially the person who gave it to me. 

It's really not that I don't like the gift, because I'm the "its the thought that counts" sorta person. But, I don't know how I should react? Also, I'm not really good at hiding my displeasure. I'd rather someone give me books, or money or makeup. You can never go wrong in presenting me these few things. But I loved my gift for that night, handmade natural soaps from Stoner =)

Good food, great company, magnificent view... All of which sums up a good PG13 night.We were also talking about how the venue that night would make a great place to watch the fireworks for New Year's Eve. But sadly it was already booked :/ Owh well, there's always next year.

 Happy 21st in advance my dear lameass-! Its definitely not an easy task having to put up with your lameness of infinity and beyond, but you have your moments and it has been a wonderful and pleasurable semester getting closer to you. And you might or might not be happy to know that I am now sucked into your ultra lame vortex of doom, spiralling down rapidly in fact ahaha. Love you always and have fun interning in Langkawi <3

As for my New Year's Eve plan, it has been decided that it will be the last year that our gang ever goes clubbing before the new year. It just isn't our thing anymore and we're getting too old for all this shit *9gag*. Found ourselves at Aquasonic @Sunway for the first time that night because reservations were full everywhere and from what I can conclude from the pictures, Aqua seemed big enough to hold a crowd for New Years.

Boy, was I proved wrong. It was crazy packed by midnight, like the worst that I've ever experienced. It was soooo bad that at one point I couldn't even walk and was basically pushed around by people from every direction. If only that much human pressure can decrease the size of my arse, at least I'd be fine with that. Was forced out of the club around 1.20am (because of the massive crowd) and passed out on the mini grass field outside harhar. Read this, I SWEAR that I will never ever let myself get to that degrading point ever again. Period.

Promising the girls to that I'd have New Year's/Michelle's birthday breakfast with them at Antipodean @Bangsar the next morning was a really stupid thing to do too XP But at least the inner drunken hero in me managed to crawl out of bed, get dressed and even arrived on time. Also, if it weren't for Andrea, I probably wouldn't have been able to wake up in the first place so, Buddha bless your soul babe =)

Salmon omelet with wheat bread and garden vinaigrette salad, the breakfast for champions drunken hero's. Had to share this with Andrea because I was experiencing the mother of all hangovers and was feeling extremely puke'ish. Ooo and much thanks to YWen for giving me a ride home as well. A great and epic start to the New Year I suppose. Cheers to you all-!

Actually, I take that back :/