thoughts on crew

flying back from san francisco to hk is no joke man... close to 15 hours of flying..that's e longest i've done so far..even manchester wasn't so long! and the start of the flight was horrendous.. all the mamas came up with freaking HUGE bags it's like they're relocating for good! i mean haven't they heard of check-in??? or horrors of horrors..what if the bags they brought up are considered small compared to their check-in??

anyway i had a clash with one of the senior crew..a girl flying for 5 years.. my first ever... i'm a super non-confrontational person but she really pushed the envelope man.. she's exactly why i dislike flying sometimes.. cabin crew who have flown for some time and get so yaya-papaya about it. and treat junior crew like dirt. they are the ones u'll see being friendly only to the ranking and tech crew.. and also to other stewardesses more senior than them..but when it comes to people more junior..and especially probational crew (basically when ur a "p" ur deadmeat onboard) they will speak to u with contempt almost.. like they're wasting their time even talking to u.. they will order u around and will not hesitate to "share" with u how things shld be done. basically if u work with them.. ur working with an extra ranking crew.. ur governed by 2 bosses instead of having one boss and one colleague. so overtime.. i learnt to be patient and humble.. just to survive.. in my 9 months of flying.. i have met this sort of people many times.. so just grit ur teeth and bear with it. most people just let this sort of behaviour pass and hope for a better flight the next time round. the best insurance for anyone is to have a more junior girl onboard. she will then be chewed up. i kid u not when i tell u that i prefer being in the cabin with passengers than in the galley sometimes..i'd much rather serve 1000000000 whiskey sodas than face this kinda crew (incidentally..i did serve 100000000 whiskey sodas during the flight hah)

on a MUCH brighter note.. i had a great second day of shopping in frisco. went to forever 21.. old navy..abercrombie..macys..forever 21 is great in US! old navy has like really cute scarves as well.. the clothes are a bit.err.. dowdy.. a bit like carrefour shopping i think.. oh i also walked to the fisherman's wharf on my own in the morning..a good 45 mins walk from the hotel.. but it's a nice walk..weather was cool and it was good to just have a look at the neighbourhood.. the classic slopes of san francisco..i took some nice shots (i hope..haven't really checked on my com) and i especially liked the park that i walked through.. nice sunny sunday with people and their dogs.. there was even a lil corner where some local artists displayed their work for sale.. anyway when i finally reached the wharf..i know the walk was worth it.. nice view of the sea plus the golden gate bridge..though it was really far away.. there was also a platform with a lot of seals making hell a lot of noise.. they sound a bit like babies actually...like waaah waaaah waaaah... cute... and i had a clam chowder off a street store.. it was yummmy... creamy with quite a generous serving of clams.. i love love love the frisco bay area...

pics up soon.. most of them will be in facebook since it's bloody tiresome uploading them in blogger

going out now..gonna tear down mongkok and central =p

take me on a trip i'd like to go someday..

what else is there to do besides eat and shop?


my "homerun" brekkie

the VS dressing room...


my spoils from Victoria's secrets...

the total damage...
and that's just from day 1.. day 2 continues in a few hours...

this is the swiss thingy that the passenger gave to me.. quite pretty right?

nikki!
pics from my dinner...white rabbit at dempsey.. ex place... they charge 10 bucks per bottle of water.. no they dun serve tap water..

our starters..
lamb
that was their fish that was quite tasteless
sirloin..
my crazy sister
her hubby..
me n mum keeping our sanity =p


our crepe suzette.. ordered some other desserts too but the lighting is really tough for photography..

my body clock is so screwed right now

i dunno which time zone that i'm following..in san francisco right now and am totally freaking out over the fact that i'm slept at 6 in the evening and woke up at 2am in the morning super awake for a brand new day.. gosh.... and it's only 6pm in singapore..my timing is off in both countries! anyway i spent sooooo much in frisco!!!! =((( super guilty now... i came here with US$1000 and i've spent everything already. o_o this is BaaAD! At first I thought that i would be buying loads of things with the money but i really spent the bulk of it in 2 shops! I actually spent US$400 in victoria's secret!!! oh the thought of it is scary... when i convert that.. it's almost 600 in sing dollars.......................600 on bras..........gawd...but it's all so pretty! I think i'm buying with the mindset that i'm never coming back here.. at least not for a few yrs.. i will save next month!! i was so busy shopping that i didn't even take photos in the shops.. hah.

i have some photos from my birthday though.. will upload them soon

so.........i'm 25

gosh i feel old.

anyway my birthday was a total blast... i blasted it away serving people..all 230 of them.. ok half that..since i only served people in my cabin.. so touched..so many people celebrated my birthday with me hurhur.. full load in economy and it was pretty full in business too.. some in first class..so the first half of my birthday was spent sleeping (since there's a 7 hour difference btw zurich and singapore) and then the other half was spent flying back to singapore.. by the time work's over.. my birthday's over too..sucks!!! BUT i had 2 lovely surprises.. one being an unexpected gift from a biz class pax... he was chatting to me and another stewardess (he was bored so he walked down to economy..anyway he's swiss and his wife is filipino..they met each other for 5 months and got married!) and she told him that it was my birthday..he wished me birthday greetings n all that.. an hour later.. he came back and gave me a handmade item from the town of Bern.. i dunno where he got it from but it's cute! He said it's typical swiss..i'll post up the pic of it soon..

and at the end of the flight.. we were all told to report to first class.. so when i got there.. there was a chocolate cake placed on a tray and all the crew plus the pilots sang me a birthday song.. i was so embarassed i just clapped along like a retard hurhur. the cake was bought by one of the pilots and a stewardess while we were in zurich and it's YUMMY.. i was really touched because it was an unexpected act of kindness.. this is apparently some kinda tradition amongst the cabin crew to always celebrate anyone's birthday.. even if they're the most junior like i am =p

a few birthday treats to go plus birthday angbaos to spend in san francisco next week! 1st nov for me this yr was 31 hours long =p i quite like this gmt business

some pics

check out my funny specs... nice? 10 bucks from bugis street.. i took the glass out coz my falsies are too long for them.. keeps brushing the glass.. damn uncomfortable.. to think that i lasered my eyes just to get rid of spectacles and here i am buying spectacles to wear for fun!had steamboat at home last week... i love steamboat! went to the supermarket with my mum n darren to get stuff..the bill came up to over 100 bucks! coz of beers n what not.. my mum la.. alcoholic..tsk tsk.

the veggie-table.
the yummies!
looks good no?
my last joburg set of crew. sweethearts the lot of them =) Eating at fish & co.. oh i mean ocean basket..the original.
i dabao fish n chips.. not bad..

flying out tonight. back on monday!
i'll be 25 by then... =(((

sydney

good dogs..in some place called wooloomooloo or something haha
purple trees that were scattered throughout sydney..
i like australia!

man i'm tired..

this month has been nothing but tiring for me.. apart from my 4 days dubai at the start.. i've had damn busy flights after that.. super drinker flights...no wonder i always pass out when i get back to singapore! anyway my last flight back from sydney was tiring and mildly amusing at the same time.. i had quite a few peeps on my flight who requested for vegetarian meals even though they didn't order it.. we're in the air.. there's no way we can suddenly make 20 vegetarian meals appear on board..and when i explained this to this passenger.. he was like.. "ok.. then can u make me a tomato soup?"

-_-

let me also share with u the various names that passengers call the eye shades.. u know the ones u use to shade ur eyes from light when u wanna sleep...

1) eye patch (this is the most common)
2) eye curtain (!!!)
3) eye mask
4) eye cover
and finally my favourite....
5) blindfold!!!

it's amusing onboard really...

omg look what i found

updated my slide pics

feels good to refresh the pics a little..i really had an awesome time travelling to these places =)

back from joburg..AT LAST

no more joburg!!! wheeee! confirm no more joburg!! now it's just good flights all the way yay

anyway my flt back was a walking nightmare.. literally.. just lk my previous joburg flt.. it was happy hour time for all the pax.. we had 3 bottles of whiskey in the aft galley and we finished serving it!!! whiskey soda.. whiskey water... whiskey coke.. double whiskey on the rocks.. on and on and on... i felt like i walked from south africa back to singapore.. gosh! no wonder my calves are getting bigger n bigger..

i bought wines from S.A! the wines are sooo cheap there... like Two Oceans is sold for 27.99 rand there..and i think it's sold for ard the same price here.. but the currency difference is 5 times! so it's less than S$6?! got a merlot and a menin blanc as well.. anw i went to the supermarket and got 3 bottles of wine, biscuits, chocs and other snacks for under S$30.. cool huh.. if singapore had such cheap wines, singaporeans will be a whole lot friendlier and happier..

check out the grouchy lady below

just came back

just returned from a shuttle to capetown.. sigh.. i so want to have even a day to explore capetown.. i heard that it's so beautiful there.. and that if u stand at Cape Point, this particular point that is the southwestern-most tip of africa.. you can actually look out to see whales, dolphins, and seals, as well as the breathtaking views of the southern and indian ocean...i want i want!!

oh well..i heard that we only get to stay in capetown during what is considered the airline's "winter" months (that's fr nov onwards...but it's actually summer in africa.) so i hope i get to come here again in a few months time...it's getting sooo cold in most parts of the world.. zurich is only 4-5 degrees right now and i'm going there next weekend.. gotta stock up on my winter jacks, woolies and boots again. it's kinda fun dressing up at first but after a while.. you'll just want to stay under your covers for the whole day and not go out..

i finally fly home on wednesday! yay! i feel like i've been here forever... wait.. i have been here forever.. since last sunday..with a break of a few days in between hurhur

this is mad

i'm activated for johannesburg.....AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i want to cry!!!! This is cruel!! I called to ask if there was some computer error coz i just CAME BACK FROM THE SAME FLIGHT but apparently there's no mistake... they disrupted my ATHENS to give me back a 6 days joburg....

sob