So urm....it's holidays.

Man........this sucks. The way I feel right now is absolutely 180 degrees from what I felt exactly one term ago. I was super high, confident and felt occupied. But right now, it's just well, i finished my exam what now.

Because I have the damn HR and Stats to worry about!

To be honest I thought Stats was easy. But I did throw away a 10 mark ques. Finance was surprisingly easy too. I am most confident in Finance (ironically).

Ahhh..this sucks balls.

Now it's holidays..imma work and spent the whole holidays playing Wii wtf. I am going to buy myself a set of Nintendo Wii and work my arse off.

Btw, this is a picture of my Korean teacher. Pretty anot!! Your teacher got so pretty anot! OK I kid.


I censored the guy because it's another student from my class and since I'm not talking about him, I shall not reveal his face.

This picture is taken from the dinner (that I missed!) last Sat.

Things I need to do:

1) Grocery shopping! Westin gave the social club members a $20 Coles voucher for Christmas present.
2) Get more shifts at Westin?
3) Buy Nintendo Wii.
4) Maybe find a new TV also.
5) Practice my Korean!

Mehhh..

The minute we went down, briefing started. Grace was freaking demented ok. I feel so bad for her coz she probably has tonnes of pressure on her and this is the biggest event of the year (sorta).

The food and beverage alone for 500 pax costs over $100,000. That is not including production team, decorations and etc.

This is what the room looks like.
It's not too impressive but when I was in the room, it actually overwhelmed me for a second and after that, I started to pick on the little details.

First of all, their colour theme were latte/gold/beige and white for table settings. However, they decided to add in red roses and gerberas as the base for the centrepieces.

It just looks so tacky.

Their guestlist were pretty impressive tho. They even invited the Indonesian Consulate General in Australia to their wedding. Granted they themselves were the richest family in Indonesia already so that comes as no surprise really.

The whole wedding just looks like a formal business function to be honest. The bride looks sooo sad to be there. She was constantly on her iPhone and never smile the entire night.

Man, if I have a $200,000 wedding, I will be HAHHAAHHAHHAHAAHAH throughout the night la.

In addition to this, they are having another wedding in Bali back home! That's probably another $50,000.

Such is life man!

For their entertainment, they hired some Brazilian dancers like last year and invited Leo Sayers. WHOOO???

Who the fuck is that. I know right....I thought maybe they're gonna hire Beyonce or even Oprah since she's here in Sydney now wtf.

His songs are kinda nice but it was mehhh for me.

People on my table were smashing the orange juice. Asian bahhhh.

The night was overall fairly easy and the whole room was cleared before 12am.

So that's it ladies and gentlemen. That wraps up my 2010 in banquets.

I don't know what else to say. *sadddddddddd

There's still next year.

P/S: We did get tips *yeahhhhhhh

They're backkkkkkk..

Remember around one year ago I blogged about this engagement dinner?

It was for this Indon couple 20 years old both of them. They hired famous singers from Indo and Australia to perform at their party and everything was over the top. And after the function, the bride/groom's dad left us a $1000 tip.

Well, they're back today! For their wedding. The real shizznit.

They are so rich they even had tablecloths especially made for this wedding. Cmon. Tablecloths? You used them for one time and what after that? Make curtains? Donate to homeless?

I have not seen the room yet but I bet they are going to go all out for this wedding. I am also excited to see who they have invited to perform tonight.

And I also need to stop shopping online. I'm broke :(((

Pics from work

These are not my pics. They are from Gavin's FB. I believe this is a function for the FIFA group or something.

We play with food at work on a daily basis.

Reza is fuckin hilarious ok. He acts like a dog, eats like a dog and even looks like a dog sometimes.

Shame of Australia being himself.
Alkis and Pisai being gay with food. HAHAHA!! I hate them one bah! Always make those stupid poses.
How Reza usually eats at work. In the corner.

I love it when we get extra food from the buffet coz then we don't have to eat the food from LunchBox.

I am doing a dinner tomorrow night and a 500pax wedding on Sat! Who the hell invites so many people to their wedding la! Must be Jewish *BORHHHHHHHHHHH racist

Twists and turns of life

You guys know about the 4000 words HR report that I had to do a few weeks ago?

- It was meant for 6-7 people but my group only had 3 people including me.
- I only started on it the day before the due date.

I received a D for it. *GASPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

When I saw the results last night, I was like fuck no!!! There must be a mistake and I was so scaree as well because the teacher might have entered the grades wrongly because D and F are just next to each other on the keyboard!

So I emailed him and this morning he replied "Do not worry, lesley! The grades are entered as marks so there is no mistake". Phew!!

But seriously, you gotta question the education system sometimes because people like me get D for doing their work last minute and also not knowing a single thing she was talking about in the presentation aka she was merely bullshitting throughout the entire presentation.

But it's a good thing coz I NEED IT! Today's test was *sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I seriously do not know what I was writing about and there was a short essay question 30% which I'm pretty sure 25% went out the window.

The weighting of HR is as follows:

Individual presentation - 20%
Group report and presentation - 20%
Final exam - 60%

Since I got a credit for my ind.pre that means a minimum of 13% out of 20% and D for group report which means 15% out of 20%, the total score I have right now is 28%. I need another 22% from the final exam to pass this course.

And that means I have to get 44 out of the 100 marks in the final exams to get 22% out of the 60% weight. Just to pass.

OK. The total marks for the final exam is 100.

Short answer ques maybe I can score 20 out of 29. Case study maybe 30 out of 41. Let's just assume the essay is bye bye. That brings a total of 50 out of 100.

Which means I still stand a chance in passing. But seriously man!! Even conceded pass I'm also happy ah. CP means 45-50.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I really got study hardddddddd. I even borrowed the textbook from library to study :(((

So sad. No more mood. Not even the smile of the charming 60 yr old man can lift my spirits.

The day I was a kelefeh in a Bollywood video.

HAHHAHAHAHHA!!!

Each department in Westin had to come up with a video for the end of year annual staff party and us being banquets decided to stick to the theme - Bollywood.

Adam advised us to bring a colourful top to work yesterday because we will be filming after lunch.

Most of us didn't so we just wore what we came to work in. Myling said she felt like a douche bwahahahah!!

I was wearing my long-sleeved top with a huge ass bow T__T

Anyway, the idea was the boys will come out one exit and girls will come out the other. Each of us will do two laps of running around LOL and form a circle. Boys outside, girls inside.

Bhavisha and Vishal will be in the middle of the circle being the "main characters". All the others aka US will be the background dancers.

The shit thing is I had to lead the girls out and was the stopping point for the entire circle. So once I stop, the girls will stop after me one by one followed by the boys.

Once the circle is formed, the girls will turn around and face the guys. Then we start to do the clapping and hand motions THEN the girls will turn clockwise to the next guy and repeat until the circle is completed.

It was so freaking hilarious ok! I mean cmon! Usually we make fun of these dancers in the movies you see and now I have to be one of them!!

Damn paiseh ok! And they are going to show the entire video at the party *slits throat*

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I have a exam tomorrow and I went to watch Harry Potter 7!

Dayummm.....I want that red dress Hermione was wearing >.>

And Ron is so buff and hot *fans self*

I felt like the movie constantly out-do itself. When the 3rd movie got released, people say it's even better than the 2nd. When the 6th movie came out, they say it's better than the 5th (ok....maybe not the 6th one coz that was the one with the most number of complains) but you get what I'm saying.

Now I'm excited to watch Narnia 3 and Tron. Woop woop!

Bitch-body.

If I have not told you guys before, the banquets team is having our annual BBQ party at the beach (actually this year is only the second year wtf).

I actually bought a piece of swimsuit from eBay. It's from an Australian seller. The swimwear will be....................................a black one-piece *YAWNNNNNNNNNNNNN*

I figured that after the disaster last year where I got the bikini in the wrong size and wearing my exact size would risk having all the lumps and bumps being highlighted, I figured I am not allowed to wear two-piece anymore.

The BBQ party is next Sunday and I need to get my *ahem* waxed. Will pop in Leah's Waxwork on Fri before work to get the business done.

This year's gathering will be HUGE! Coz the last I saw nearly 30 people have already signed up for it so I guess you guys can stay tuned for lotsa pics..!! I'll try to take pic of/with every one working in bqts so you'll know the awesome (and not so awesome) people I work with.

Yeappp..just being a bitch there.

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Term 7 is over! Which means final exams are just round the corner *shoo!*

My first final is HR Planning and Performance. *faints*

As much as I love that subject, the lecturer is somewhat kinda like a philosopher. He wants us to think critically about questions and argue our points. Damn! Do I look like someone who is capable of that? You know what, don't answer.

Despite having finals next week, I have 3 shifts at work too! >.>

When I tell people that I have exams and yet I have 3 shifts too, they were all 'But you have exams! Don't you need to study?".

I don't get it. Look at my timetable below and tell me if working 3 shifts is a lot. I don't think so.

My first exam is on Thurs. Tomorrow is Monday. I am going to college to tutor a Chinese girl named Cindy in Managerial Accounting plus research a bit for my HR exam in the school library,

Tues- I'm working whole day,
Wed - Study at home whole day,
Thurs - Sit for HR exam and after exam, another tutoring session with this guy for Econs,
Fri- Working whole day,
Sat - Korean class and working,
Sun- FREE! (actually need to study for my exams on 14th and 15th and oh! that beach party :p)
Mon - Study and practice Finance (ooooohhh, this one must study hard hard and smart smart wtf)
Tue - Finance final exam plus study for Stats
Wed - Stats final exam and then

I'M FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Then on the 19th, we'll have our annual Westin staff party and the theme this year is Bollywood Night!!

I have decided to dress up in a sari to fit in with the theme! Initially I wanted to work coz it was on a Sunday (Sun pay!) But Natalie wanted me to accompany her so I guess why not :P

To be honest, I'm quite sad coz fast forward 12 months later, I will not be in Westin anymore. I might be back in Brunei or some other country depending on what options I can find. It scares me to even think about it. To be honest, I do not want that day to come but the truth is I need to break away from this in order to move upwards. I cannot stay a banquet girl forever. As much as I love the people.

Oh! A side note wtf. I told the 60 year old man that I'm going to dress up for the staff party and he said "Oh, that is nice.... I'm sure no matter what you wear, you'll look extremely beautiful" and gave one of his charming smiles. Damn! How not to love him! I know I know..You bet he looked like a sleazy pervert saying that to me, sweet talkers are all fakes. I don't care.

So yeah! Bhavisha is going to lend me her sister's costume and I think we'll have so much fun on that day!! :))

Mary says she's going to to just sit at her table and eat lotsa curry and garlic naan bwahahaha!!

Michelle Phan recently did a makeup tutorial to match her Thai costume and I think I have found the perfect makeup for the annual party! :D

Whooooo!!! Now I'm excited!

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Shit! Just realised that I could not make it to my Korean class dinner next Sat :(((( coz I have work! The teacher organised a dinner for all the students because next week is our laast class together. Oh bummer...

It's ok! I'm going for Korean class level 1 next year! Oooooo.....

And in between holidays, I'm taking up Spanish!!! There are a few places that offer beginner Spanish courses and they go for like $180 for 6 weeks for something like that. Pretty good since my holidays is only 2 months and once I finish my Spanish course, it is just in time for the Korean class level 1 to begin :)

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