27october2005,2005

Laogong came to my house and woke me up, then brought me to buy breakfast back to his house to eat...After we've finished our food, we went to sleep or rather I accompanied Laogong to sleep for a short while before I prepare to go for work...This day is my first day of work at Zouk, WineBar...I slept together with Laogong then woke up at 3pm to put on my make-up, dressed myself in black pants and a printed racer-back tee then headed off to Jurong Point...I bought black socks which were required for when working at "Ice Lemon Tea" then took the Mrt to Lakeside and met up with Robby and Diven, of which Diven was also going for his first day of work...

We then met up with WeiChee and together the four of us took the train down to Tiong Bahru, and met up with another newcomer "Shun Yong" who was WeiChee's friend...We all took the bus down to Zouk and then began our first day of work...

Diven, Shun Yong and me were then briefed by Kelvin Cheah, the captain of WineBar...She bought us in and out of Zouk through various "Exits", showed us where was or rather how "Velvet" and "Phuture" looked like...Issued us 2 polo tees, an apron and a name tag each, then also told us what was the first thing to do when we come for work...Kelvin also showed us the lockers room and told us which doors in Zouk are to be opened and not to be opened...I think the whole briefing took us about 2hours to finish and from there, Dennis took over...

Dennis is also one of the seniors at WineBar, he passed us each a set of notes and roughly informed us on the drinks served there...Dennis also told us the prices for various drinks and the promotions which goes on in WineBar, then he explained to us the "Dos" and "Don'ts" which we're supposed to observe and finally yet another briefing was over...All 3of us had a buddy system to follow, Shun Yong with WeiChee, Diven with Luther and lastly, Dennis with me...Although this so-called buddy system is to have the more experienced staff to follow us most of the time, but I was left to fend for myself most of the time!! Okay, well at least it was not really that bad cuz I still had Robby's company...LOLs...Dennis would only come to check on me the first few times then disappeared, and I was to do whatever I can do...Kelvin also came out quite often to check on me and Diven, she kept telling me not to be afraid and try to look out for customers' needs...

On the whole, I think the one who probably had helped me the most was Robby and Luther...I approached the 2of them whenever I encountered any problems, and my time passed quickly...My first day of work turns out to be quite alright, I supposed...I'm not sure of what the seniors think of me but I think that it was pretty much okay...The WineBar closed at 3am, and we locked up the seats and tables outside then went inside and waited for Elsie(our supervisor) for role call...We all sat and waited until around 4plus or 5am in the morning and Elsie appeared...She was wobbly due to a drink too much but she was still quite firm when speaking to us...After Elsie had finished, we all went out to change and waited for the buses to come and fetch us...

Diven then said he wanted to take a cab, so Robby and I tag along and we all alighted at different places...Finally, at around 5plus am, I was home...My legs were hurting, I had blisters on both of my feet...I reeked of cigarettes' smell but was too lazy to go for a bath so I hit my pillows and slept through out...