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4.30.2006
I woke up that morning, grabbed my mobile which was lying just next to my pillow. Yea, I know it's not good to sleep with a handphone, you get abnormal babies. But that was my only means of an alarm. I clicked on the green button, "Press OK!", and so I did.
6.04 AM
Shucks, I woke up a little too early. I set the alarm to 6.30 AM the previous night, not expecting to wake up earlier than that. It's interview day, was supposed to meet ZuoZhi at a busstop near my house. No, I'm still deciding whether to work. I can't make up my mind. I laid there for another half an hour before moving to my wardrobe.
Interview?
What should I wear, nothing too fancy, I don't want to be redirected to a circus. I picked the blue tee shirt with balls of I don't know what stuck all over. Then, I went to shower, skip the details.
My mother woke up from her sleep: Where are you going?
I have not told her about me going for some interview today: Interview at parkway.
She mumbled a little and off I went.
As I waited for ZuoZhi at the bus stop, flies started their morning dance around me. I'm giving people the impression that I've not bathed in decades. I kept a lookout for the bus we're supposed to take. Then, my phone rang.
"Hello, can you see the bus? I'm upstairs."
And so I met that Mr-late. Out of the 3 times I meet him, he was never punctual once.
The journey was long, we changed bus too.
Finally we reached parkway, met Herbert and had breakfast. I didn't have anything, I watched as they gobble down the steamy hot food. I feel nauseas already.
Then they headed for their work. I went for my interview. Or rather, application. I was filling in the form when one woman, with too much eye shadow, instructed me to look after that particular information booth. I was stunned. My first task of the job. And so I stood there, doing nothing.
When she returned, she took the form and glanced through, then passed it back to me.
"Go to the seafood department and find Lilian."
"Lilian is it? Ok." I was polite, as always.
"Ya, quickly"
And so I went. Strange enough, I didn't feel nervous or whatever sort. I've told ZuoZhi I rather they don't hire me. Gosh, weird am I.
So I walked slowly to the seafood department, I didn't want to run. There and then, people ignored my presence as they unloaded boxes full of apples, oranges and bananas.
What Lilian?
God, who do I ask.
Then, Herbert and ZuoZhi came out from nowhere.
"Eh where to find Lilian ar?"
"Aiya come I bring you there." Zuozhi threw me a I-know-everything look.
Once there, I waited for one whole hour. And still no Lilian.
Then, She finally appear. Wearing a hot pink shirt. Signalling for me to wait, AGAIN.
After MORE waiting, she finally attended to me.
"Ah, so you want work as cashier?" She said in the most funny slang I've ever heard.
"Yea." I nodded together.
"You've worked in Prime as cashier? What is Prime?"
I could've fainted. Yes, I know Prime isn't as great as giant or carrefour, but surely you SHOULD know the presence of the supermarket.
"It's a supermarket but of smaller scale to Giant"
"I see, so you got experience la. Will you panic when you see the crowd?"
"Maybe, how would I know."
"Oh wait, you're still 17 plus, we can't hire you"
"FUCK IT LA, I WAITED FOR SO LONG AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT NOW!"
*grabs a living fish from the seafood department and stuff it in her mouth*
So you can't hire younger people huh! *digs her head into a whole bucket full of dirty water*
Nah, I'm kidding.
She said I can go back when I'm 18. And so I agreed (if I can't find any other job). on my way out, I see ZuoZhi and Herbert struggling to pack the stuffs. The queues were never ending. Gosh.
Maybe I won't work there afterall. After so much torture at Prime, having to memorize the vegetables, fruits, promotion items. I certainly didn't want anything to do with them for the rest of my life.
So off I went. Took bus 15 and saw Ilyana and Gabriel on the bus. I forgot about the tea appreciation thing.
Since I'm already on the bus, I decided to go finish all the cartered food.
The End.
Penned at 1:52 PM
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