Working Life

The day i started work. Wooo.. Don't misunderstand dude. This is almost similar to Old Town White Coffee. Just, i'm wondering whether it's a imitation of Old Town (no offense).
So since the middle month of DECEMBER 2009, i got a vacancy at the Old Town outlet in Times Square Penang. I worked as a full time service crew that is nine hours per day.

Front ViewSide View

Bar & Toast Area & Shree
Wallpaper
Arabica, Robusta, Lubrica = Old Town White Coffee

For chinese teenagers, i was the first to worked there after SPM. Then about 5 or 6 days later, Wilson came in. Followed by Kah Kheong and Zhen How. Finally Lit Chen.
Those moment we worked together i was very happy and felt easy when working with them - especially with Zhen How. He was the gentleman of all! Hahaha...
Wilson, Kah Kheong and Zhen How from Heng Ee.
Lit Chen from Chung Ling.

I (& we) passed Christmas there.I (we) New Year there.Many issues raised before Lit Chen, Kah Kheong, Jerry and I threw our resign letters.
For Lit Chen, he went for a new job in celcom centre.
For Kah Kheong, oh man! He is been threatened by superior Mr(Ms) Ivan. Saying that if Kheong can't shift to New World Park, better resign. So Kheong granted that.
Zhen How willingly went to New World Park to work. I did(don't) know why.
The company able to employ a new service crew Khye Sum - TarC student [Holiday Break] before CNY.
I handed in resignation letter stated that my last day fell on a day before CNY (same like Jerry). Why? Superior problem?? (haha). I was then hold back by the Assistant Operation Manager - Ms Tan (one of the superior), i guess due to shortage of staff. Furthermore CNY is approaching. She requested in a polite way.

SO..
I (& Wilson, Khye Sum) passed Chinese New Year there.I (& Wilson, Khye Sum) passed Valentine Day there.

After the busy periods of CNY, Khye Sum and Wilson resigned.
Khye Sum resigned because of continuing his studies.
Wilson, to relax i guess.
Leaving me only me - the young girl there.
Sighs.

The outlet employs mostly foreign workers from nepali.
The bosses of ECLAT Inspiration Sdn. Bhd. brought up 2 outlets which is one in Times Square and one in New World Park.
It'd been almost 4 months working with the company and now i want to have a good rest + have time to do my own personal things.
From the start i worked there, many things changed. The wearing of uniform, name tags, firing of employee, hiring of employee, resignation of employee and such..
It was my very 1st job.

Old Uniform

New Uniform

I not only learned how to make drinks and toast, i also learned how to speak nepali language as there are many neaplist colleague.
They are some kind, handsome, cute, quiet and funny.

Long Staff of Old Town Times Square

Suman Tamang - A shorty who speaks hokkien & english well, very cheeky. Elder than me by 1 year. Half service half kitchen. He was transferred from New World Park to Times Square. He calls me mothi and i call him puceh. He is the longest staff in the outlet.

Birendra Yadav - Tall, tough, helpful no matter what, not bad in english. Half service half bar & toast. He was the very 1st nepali teacher of mine. The 1st nepali word he taught me was 'ke bho' (what happened). He is the 2nd longest staff in the outlet. A little kind of bossy. That's what made some of us dislike him. Who?? >> secret...lol

Agam Tamang - Caring. He always correct me from wrong into right. Kitchen crew. My 2nd nepali teacher with the word ' bhoklagio' (i'm hungry). Unfortunately, it wasn't lucky enough to let him and I get together til the end of my working days. He resigned early and went back to nepal due to some misunderstandings between him and the superior so he had to resign. I missed him!Jerry Kee - Outlet Assistant Manager, understanding. He is not like other superiors who only bother about themselves, he calls staffs in for a friendly talk if staffs face problems. He helps me for things i'm not able to do. He resigned just right before chinese new year due to some reasons which most of the staffs there face (superiors' problems).Tan Bee Lin - Outlet Supervisor, friendly. She treats everybody as friends, she jokes and plays with staffs, especially Suman. She did her responsibilities but it wasn't appreciated by the superior. As many problems raised between the superiors and her, she too resigned the same time with me. Don't mind those fingers, just making fun. Photo taken by Birendra on our (Bee Lin & I) last day.

Shree Tapah- He is mote. He was transferred from New World Park, bar & toast crew. His face is always red no matter what. Always with a laughing face, just like me. His english wasn't good, I had a hard time communicating with him, so did he, but then, we both could talk well through a translator - Biren & Suman. He taught me how to make the 1st drink, that is white coffee hot. If i were to break or go toilet, he would quietly come out from bar & toast to help, otherwise not.

Shyam Rai - My sister! Why sister? Oh, because he is a soft going person. I like his character that he is not rough. He was transferred to New World Park and again back to Times Square, a kitchen crew. I helped him washes bowls and plates because he was alone in the kitchen. We had a two person chat in the kitchen so to keep him from being boring (alone).Sorry, i wasn't a good cameraman (women). Anyway, it's cute.

Dhal Tapah - Another puceh other than Suman. He is cute, a kitchen crew. I remembered, i drank all my water, and he was kind enough to fill it up without being requested. Although he was cheeky, i guess that was what that made him cute. He like singing nepali song even he is all by himself.

Dan Babu - This guy, i could say many about him. He is elder than me by 2 years. He is cute, funny, crazy, naughty, stubborn... A bar & toast crew. I still remember that bad event that happened, tobacco.. He felt guilty and kept on apologizing. His english was like Shree, better or worst. But he was clever in words or sentence such as>> looking for what, see for what, jangan cakap banyak-banyak, you 'siao', you stupid, you mental problem... I had fun quarreling with him, i always make fun of him, and in the end he would always complain to Birendra. Since then, i promised him to treat him good and i apologized.This was the day that made me happy and glad. He helped me mop the floor after i requested him. Other days, it was hard to see him do so. I said many thanks to him that day.

Since when, i couldn't remember, he started coming out from the bar & toast, keying in orders of customers. He was very slow in it, but I managed to teach him.

Solimhudin - A bangla, bandu. Although a bangla, but he spoke the best english among all the foreigners. Crazy, kitchen crew. He was the exchange of Shyam - transferred from New World Park and back to New World Park again.

This stupid expression was done when i said i wanted to take a photo of him. Inside the kitchen.

Suman & ShyamMe, Birendra, Suman, Bee LinMe, Suman, Birendra

Bee Lin & SumanBirendra & Suman
Solim & Suman
Shree, Me, Suman

Bee Lin & I 's last day fell on the last day of March - 31st March 2010.
The reasons for us leaving are more or less the same which is... (superiors)
Hope that we could meet again.

May our paths cross again.

Best luck to everyone.

BYE Old Town.

BYE Suman.

BYE Birendra.

BYE Agam.

BYE Jerry.

BYE Bee Lin.

BYE Shree.

BYE Shyam.

BYE Dhal.

BYE Dan.

BYE Solim.

Misses and Kisses.