Today is my day-off! Ha! It is the most awaited day of the week for everyone. A lot of things happened today. I am so happy!
I did my laundry at around 3:00 in the morning. Actually, I only used that time while everyone is sleeping. There is still a pile of clothes inside the machine. I turned it into rinse mode but the soap bubbles will not disappear. So, I opened the machine and to my surprised, the clothes are overloaded. What I did to be able to use the machine is that I split the clothes into two piles and turn the machine into rinse mode again. Voila! It worked! In between rinsing the two piles, I used the machine to wash my own clothes. I am not so mean, right? I helped h owner t wash her clothes properly. Then I placed my clothes in he dryer and sleep.
I suddenly woke up when everyone is already up. I never heard my alarm! Or perhaps, I heard it and did not realize that I turned it off. Anyway, after everyone is gone, I started my day. I waited for someone to finish her laundry so tat I can wash my towel and my room mate’s bedcovers and clothes. I am so kind, right? Well, it was my day off today. And surely, we ill take turns.
While waiting for the laundry to finish, I cleaned the room and the AC. I actually hate the room for having an AC only, and no windows and ceiling fan. The dust is only circulating, and my flu is becoming even worse.
After, putting the bedcovers and towels in the dryer, and the clothes in washing machine, I set off to Tanglin. I need to get some documents to be able to get my work permit. So, I came over Tanglin today. Yes, for a whole week, I went to Tanglin Club. Anyway, after getting the documents, I stayed in the cafeteria together with Karlaine. When I came in, Stanley is with Karlaine, and I heard him talked tagalong fluently! I mean he is very good. Then, Suhaib came in alone. We asked him to join us. I borrowed his earrings to have a look at it. It is totally cool! I cannot describe it but it totally cool! We talked to him and learned quite a lot about him. He is actually a year younger than us. Well, it does not seemed so.
A little later Kit came in. She had a briefing with the other staffs of their outlet, Wheelhouse. The otlet will be undergoing a renovation starting on June and it will lasts for tree months, I think. So Wheelhouse staffs are transferred to Terrace outlet, and the Terrace staff will be transferred to Tavern. Everything is very complicated.
Then, Kuya Nao came and joined us! Y the way, my friend chef, James, saw me and asked me if that was really me. He said tat I looked different in casual clothes and in uniform. Well, they rarely see me in my casual clothes, that’s why.
At around 16:00, Kit and I set off to EWM office. Yvonne is on leave so some other staff entertained us. She speaks English clearly than Yvonne so we did not have a hard time understanding her. We thought that we will not be able to get our working permit today because Kuya Nato told us that the MOM is only until 17:00.But, he lady staff who entertained us told us that, MOM is closes by 17:30. We are just so fortunate today. We are supposed to get Bab’s Working permit, but the MOM staff told me that I cannot be authorised to get other’s permit because I am only a Trainee. So, she will have to get it tomorrow. Tomorrow we will also return the passport and open a bank account.
After getting our working permit, we did not know our where abouts. So, we decided to walk whichever direction our feet brought us. What’s good about Singapore is that you will never get lost! We took pictures beside the river. We walked through the underpass which is very clean. This is the first time tat I saw the other side of Singapore! Ever since our arrival, we only go to Orchard everyday. And take note that Orchard has a lively city life! Today is very refreshing and relaxing. We discovered a side of Singapore that we will visit to relieved stress and relax. We walked though parks and over green grasses. I never ended taking pictures of the building. We pass by Esplanade Mall and went to Marina Bay Sands. Sands is still actually under development. We also ate one dollar ice cream. It tastes like durian although mine was chocolate chips. Durian really is smelly, isn’t it? We we’re able to take pictures of Merlion from behind, from the side and in front. However, all the pictures are too far. We never get near Merlion. We will save the visit to Merlion on the other days. We still have five months to spend here.
Then, we went to Suntec City Mall. It is like Greenbelt. The mall looks very classy. We ate at a food court there. we bought Indonesian food, but I still buy fried rice. The chicken is very delicious. Then, we bought some food from the grocery store there, Carrefour. It is a bit more expensive than Fair Price. I can buy 5 oranges for 1.65 dollars in fair price, but in Carrefour, I can only buy 0.45 dollars each. Anyway, I bought two oranges, two green apples, and a pack of globe grapes. By the way, I saw a store there tat is full of anime stuffs even anime costumes. A set of Japanese school girl uniform costs 79 dollars. If I really have a split shift allowance I will be buying one set. Why not!
We encountered a little problem going home because we cannot see any bus station. But we decided to walk gain and search for one. And alas! We found one. Today is such a long day. But we only walk for about four hours? It’s such a short time but we were able to see a lot of things.
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