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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Work report....

Going into my third week at bedok central watsons......sales has been pretty good so far...hitting at least 15 boxes each day. Yesterday, 5 people got axed cos their sales werent satisfactory....kinda sad i would say....luckily im not one of them. I would be kinda glad if i were terminated cos im feeling sick of this job. Endless smiling and trying to please people so that they would buy stuff from you is really not my cup of tea. I wanna be moody.....emotional....along with whatever mood i feel like having....hate being this plasticky thing that doesnt seem to have any other feelings other than being happy. Yuck.

OH well....at least sales are good....that means i get more commission! Yay!!! More money in the pocket...more $$ to spend.........hopefully.

Went to my cousin's wedding yesterday at Grand Hyatt hotel. Before the wedding dinner....everything was great. The bengawan solo voucher....the invitation to this posh grand hyatt hotel was a surprise to me. Till the day itself................................................

Got to grand hyatt hotel....walked through this narrow alley before we reached the ballroom....had a feeling it was kinda small....and it was.

While walking to the ballroom...didnt see many people around...had a feeling it's kinda quiet.........and it was.

Reached the ballroom, didnt see many people around there either.....had a feeling it's not going to be too good........and it was.

Finally, they let us enter the ballroom. Initially they decided to hold back on entry cos they didnt wanna make the ballroom seem empty......sigh. When we entered, there were 14 tables....small ballroom. It was nicely decorated...look really pretty and posh...but there seem to be something missing. There wasnt much noise or banter in the place unlike the usual chinese wedding dinners.....start of a disaster...........

Everyone was seated already...and yet i was wondering why the ballroom's so empty.....turned out that alot of people didnt manage to make it. They gave some stupid excuse saying that it's a weekday so alot of people cannot make it. Crap......what kinda excuse is this??? If people sincerely wanted to come...they would.....really.....

I waited....and i waited.....and waited....finally.....we get to see the bride and groom! They entered....with little applause from the guests...who werent sporting at all! They were supposed to throw flower petals at the bride but no one except for one table did....anticlimax. And they entered almost in silence...no cheers....minimal applause.......im beginning to feel sick....

They stepped on the stage...everyone was silent...and it looked like everything was done just for the photographer to take pictures. They posed and smiled and cut the wedding cake for the photographer....then...they were left awkwardly standing on stage not knowing what to do next. Oh no........

They made their exit...and entered again to have a toast with their guests. The emcee sucks! He just said "Cheers" and expect everyone to drink. So anticlimax. The traditional "yum seng" even had to be requested by the groom itself...even if it did happen....there was only once...not the traditional three. Perhaps he decided to cut it short...because the "yum seng" from the crowd was the most lacklustre one i have EVER heard......the softest....the most insincere one. Sigh....i tried to put on a smiling face in spite o that.......

Bride's supposed to thank her guests......after saying her few words....there was only polite applause...if i bothered to open my ears to that. No cheers....again.........sigh........

Talking to my bro about this all along......if i had a wedding like this......i would be VERY angry..........

Relatives who dont genuinely care or are happy for you. Friends who are virtually non existent and didnt bother to spice up the atmosphere for you......and a super strained, forced situation despite the food being really good.

I thought that was kinda saddening....the biggest day of one's life turned out to be so forced....so unspontaneous.....unmemorable. I decided i would make sure it wouldnt be like that during my turn. No room for mistakes or else i would end up with a lacklustre wedding where i have to put up a brave front just to make people think that im really happy when im absolutely not.

Sigh.........i tried to keep my criticisms to the minimal already....but it's really the worst dinner i have ever been to.......i would never allow mine to be like this........or i'll rather have none at all.

I kinda feel sorry for them.....hopefully they didnt quarrel or have any arguments over this.........but it's such a pity that the best day of their lives had to turn out like this.............

allie ♥ 9:04 AM