Emergency? RRRUUUUUUUUNNNN

I realised the past few entries is all about me griping about work. LOL. Seems like I'm getting into a load shit full of trouble at work. Haha. Can't help it lah, I think I have an unconscious intense dislike for authority. What's new right? HAHA. But it's alright. I guess I could live with it. Just about two more months to go.

Anyways, I had a conversation about emergencies and how prepared we actually are, and I thought it's a pretty good one. LOL. It all starts with the fire emergency drill we all learnt in school. And we were actually debating whether it was useful or not. I have to agree, it's not really that much of a use. All I could remember after each fire drill was that I have been baking under the hot sun for hours and wilting and withering away. LOL.

And the thing about leaving your valuables and everything behind. Come on man, that's being idealistic. Frankly, if a fire were to break out suddenly, would you leave everything behind and walk out calmly and orderly?

I can answer that question. No, I wouldn't leave my things behind. I would grab my bag and stuff as much things as I can first. Most importantly, my identification papers, my handphone, laptop, DS, some clothes, as many cables and chargers and of course my money. If I can, I would probably try and save some books too. LOL. I'll probably be charred by then.

Then afterwards, I will barge out and shove and push my way along like how aunties do it during the Great Singapore Sale. There, so much for the fire drill exercises in school.

The thing is, you can practice it a million gazillion times and when it comes to the rrreal thing, you'll probably be flustered, 'cause there's a real fire flaming your butt.

Nevermind about the fire. Let's say if there is a flood, and it has been proven that flooding is possible even in Singapore. Say, is there even a standard procedure to dealing with floods? I suppose it's not as serious as fire right. =.=

Ok, so for floods, it would be opposite of fire right? I would do nothing. If it ever floods in my area, I'll probably report sick and don't turn up for work, put on my headphones, blast my music and have a mini party in my room while waiting for the waters to subside. Or I could build a raft from my bed and go kayaking... Hmm....Not a bad idea right.

LOL. Anyway, it thought that was a pretty interesting conversation. Think about it. When it comes to emergencies, just how prepared can you get?

Cheerios~

Resignation

I'm damn pissed, and that's the reason why I actually took up my precious sleep-time to blog about this. You see, today started fine, until one of the admin received a phone call by the so-called one of the higher-ups.

Nevermind, to cut the long story short. Guess what they are kicking a big fuss out of. Me eating during work, or having a tea-break. They actually got the cheek to say we only get 30minutes for a meal and we are only entitled to one meal per day. No tea-break. And the thing is this, we work for 8hours a day.
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So, they expect me to starve lah. How can anyone work with just one pathetic meal? [Anorexics not counted, I'm talking about normal human beings]. I mean seriously lah, they want to pick on me, they got to try harder than this. Eating leh, and I'm eating and doing work at the same time, not like I eat for the entire 8 hours here. What's wrong with that? It's a serious deprivation of human rights.

So I asked to speak to that so-called head, she didn't want to speak to me. LOL. And I was so prepared to scold her already. So I'm just gonna wait for that warning letter to be sent to me. And that's when all the fun starts. I'm gonna call the head office and rant at them, photocopy that paper and write to MOM, then shred that warning letter in front of them. I'm serious. Interested audience can come and watch me do it. And it's not just about the eating thing, it's also the working hours too, like we are seriously overworked without any OT payment. You work OT, you cannot claim back the time, but if you come late, you have to pay back the time. Interesting logic right?

And I'm serious about writing in to MOM. Just went to their website and I think people should be informed of their rights at work, so that they will not be taken advantage of. I'm not dumb, and neither am I a push-over and easy target to be bullied.

Anyway, according to MOM website, it is stated that:

An employee is generally not required to work more than six consecutive hours without a break. However, if the nature of work is such that it must be carried on continuously, an employee may be required to work eight hours continuously. In such an instance, a break or breaks must be given so that employee can have his/her meal(s).

The duration of the break(s) should be no less than 45 minutes.

LOL. Does that include toilet breaks or not? Anyway. If you work for more than an average of 44 hours a week over a continuous period of 3 weeks, you are eligible for overtime allowance. Let's see arh, I'm working 58 hours per week, and there's no overtime allowance to be claimed. Does that qualify enough to lodge a complain? I think so.

And I made up my mind. I'm gonna resign. Yarh, I'm spoilt and pampered, and I refuse to take anymore of this shit. The beautiful thing is that if I want to resign, I have to give 2 months' notice plus 1 month salary, or I quit immediately and give them 2 months' salary. Erm, is that against the law too?

So, I'll be giving a party at the end of June. :D

Yarh, enough ranting, I just want a loong shower and sleep.

Tadaa~

*~iMa mA+eriiALis+ic giirL~*

PHEW. Like finally, it's my off-day. So I get to rest and recharge and get ready for battle tomorrow. LOL. It's been so loooong since I last touched my lappie. D; Can't help it cos I'm down for night shifts for the the whole of this month and last month. =.= *groans*

So it's already April. AND I GOT MY FIRST PAY. HIP HIP HOORAY~

I suppose that's the only thing that's rewarding for the work. Money money money. HAHA.

Letsee what interesting things I have gathered from my workplace.

1) Science teachers are quirky people. Not in a bad way, I mean, they are quite interesting characters.

So, there's one teacher who asked me to help her photocopy worksheets for the students.

Teacher: My students asked me to go through chemical equilibrium with them. Remember Hess' Law?

Me: Oh...right. I took H1 chem actually.

=.= You probably never seen two people photocopying worksheets together right? And she decided to test my chem knowledge also. Wahlao, she suddenly start rambling so fast, I thought she was rapping some song or what. Then I realised she was asking me some chem question. I nearly died on the spot. And I think I know the teacher's pet phrase already.

"We are always learning."

*shakes head* I didn't know what to say, so I just echoed after her as enthu-ly as I can. [All I want to do was to laugh at her, sorry, that was damn mean] =.= Think my IQ is spiralling downhill.

There is another one. I think he's the winner for the "Quirky teacher" award. Everytime he photocopies worksheets, the machine always jam for him. It was quite funny to watch him print stuff actually, cos he talks to the machine. You see, everytime the machine jams, it will beep to indicate paper jam. So the teacher got quite fed up, talks to the machine[in dialect] : you beep beep for what, I also don't know what's wrong with you. And then after that he decided to teach me how to deal with paper jam when I already knew how to fix it. =.= Teacher: You open this, then this, then this. Then after that you close it.

Me: Orh. [Got real impatient and slam the thing shut]

Teacher: Nono, wait. [open the thing again] ok, 1, 2, 3 [slam the thing shut] Must close like this.

=.= *face wall* See what I mean?

2) Some parents are seriously schizo.

So there's this pair of parents who actually refused to pay up and create a din, then the next time they came, they are like smiling. =.= I never see people who pay money until so happy one. That parent was saying " Money, no problem, sure sure, I pay I pay". =.= EEEHHHH. Freaky.

OK, enough about work. Heh. I thought with my first pay I should reward myself thoroughly for sticking through such a shitty job. LOL. So I went all the way down to Sim Lim Square for a Nintendo DS. xD So damn happy and hooked to it. I got myself a dark blue colour one. I think that's the only decent colour around there. Red isn't bad, but my sister got a red one already. Haha. I got my sis her real belated prezzie too. Pokemon Heartgold version. Looks quite fun. Think I will buy one for myself too.

And umm...I got a bit carried away and got myself another phone. *stares gultily at the bankbook* But the phone is such a beauty. It was love at first sight~ *swoons*

So pretty~~

HEEHEE. xD Damn happy. So materialistic right. Can't help it. Even my title is so twirpy now. HARHAR

Anyways, that's about it.

Cheers~