UIt's May! 

April just wheezed by , if you hadn't realise!

Just a review of April:

1. Pique Nique

My friend read negative feedbacks about the place but they had to follow me to try it anw. Well we had a breakfast item, white wine prawn pasta, waffle & profiterole.

I guess the breakfast item - on the whole - average. But I would say the side salad was fresh. The red cabbages were fresh and clean. The olive oil + vinegar dressing was tasty. 

The pasta was surprisingly nice. This savory dish will certainly tantalize taste buds! 

Waffle was good. Profiterole too.

2. Divergent

Yay watched divergent!!! Have been wanting to watch it since I saw the trailer when I watched vampire academy with NUH colleagues. I will agree with Esther Lo that Theo James is actually quite dashing. Divergent was so cool especially the different faction theme. It certainly left an impact on my friends and I cause we continued to discuss it after the movie and even did personality quizzes!! Somehow, I kept getting slotted to Erudite, BUT I don't wanna be the villain!!

3. Dublin Med Interview

Thanks to my best bud Jolene, I was like kinda preparing myself mentally for the whole week. Woah I could smell tension In the air it was seriously some stress test. The interviewer had a stern face with a hidden smirk, relaxed posture and had a witty sense of dark humor.The guy asked qns about my background, self-awareness, technical qn, ethical qn, individuality and interest. Well, I'll give him the credit that he did an excellent job at insulting me. And I'll give myself credit for maintaining the expressionless poker face + stationary body. I felt that if you werent prepared, you would have been devoured there and then. For someone that has no background / connection / barely sufficient money / underachieved grades, I think I performed satisfactory. If I wavered at any second in time, I knew I would have been axed. I'm glad I clinched the spot completely based on my abilities. It's also affirmation for myself that I have done well. 

This interview really enlightened me in a few ways. One of which is how my parents are towards me. My parents have always been supportive of my decisions as long as I have thought through. So that's why when it came to uni courses and stuff, I seemed to have lots of freedom as compared to some of my friends and peers.This freedom was not given, it was proved worthy by me. It's my fierce survival instincts that always enable me to stay afloat. I have struggled academically, physically, emotionally and mentally many times. However, I always find my way to bounce back and save myself. 

4. Fish & Co.

Right you are! I have been working there for almost a month now. Managers and supervisors are really nice and they are so good at managing disasters that I am often left speechless. Many people are quite surprised as to why I wanna work as a waitress at a fast food restaurant. Like why? 

1) I want to try something new. I have never been a waitress and also not going to be a waitress. It's a time to do something I will only do once in my lifetime.

2) I wanna meet different people and see the heartland Singaporeans. Other nex being convenient my house, I wanted to work at a heartland branch rather than lkke paragon. I wanted to see a different type of Singaporeans as I am fortunate enough to have studied at reputable schools all the way and that applies for many of my immediate cousins as well.

3) I wanted to challenge myself. As many will know, I can barely do housework and you ask me to serve?? Yes, I am handicapped when it comes to domestic work. Yes, I hate having to listen to people and being ordered around. Yes, I hate messy environment. Yes, I become stress when I'm not in control of what I do. Working in such a place has been forcing myself to do all these things that I hate so damn much. 

But I have learnt:

1) clear tables in about 1 min

2) hold a tray and serve 4-5 glasses of drinks

3) hold a tray and serve 3 bowls of souls 

4) cooperate with others and change my communication with each individual. It's like splitting my personality into 4 parts to speak to 4 diff people. 

5) nurture confidence when talking to strangers 

6) using a blender to make mock tails

7) control my facial expression even when I'm stressed

8) it's okay to get people to help you

9) learn on-task 

10) product knowledge 

I still have room for improvement so this challenge will continue for now!

Heh break time with Melissa!

That's the end of April, what will May bring?