okay, no more memoirs. as i said, i'm working now. they told me im not a trainee anymore. so yea, i'm working at the marina square outlet of subway all the way till this friday (i think), 3 - 10. if you happen to be around, pop by and say hi, and maybe i'll make your sandwich for you *winkwink*

yesterday went to watch slumdog millionaire after work with steph. it was a damn good movie i tell you. it's not the tear-jerking kind where it makes you cry, but it's those kinds of movies where it reaches all the way into your heart and touches you, as though you were in his shoes. but the ending was quite retarded. it was the standard bollywood mass dance scene, which didn't really fit into the movie. and by the ending i mean credit rolling part, the entire movie was fine.

didn't go to work today, cuz i thought we had a break on weekends, but turns out we don't. so i just told them i had to go to school. going to work again tomorrow. 

hopefully my pay comes soon; i'm not gonna survive any longer

Memoirs of a Sandwich Artist Trainee: - Cont'd

I'm sorta not a trainee anymore. i'm doing work like everyone else.

day three and four, hmmm.... what did i learn?

oh, when you do a wrap, you're supposed to microwave it, not toast it, cuz it'll be too crispy. then sauce before veggie, unlike normal sandwiches when its veggie before sauce.

ermmmm.... i've been eating subway for almost three days now... wait, make that four. 

no visible changes, no development of super powers, but no fat gain either, but that might be because of my genes.

god i'm tired. didn't blog yesterday cuz i was out slacking with shaf, fifi and sky. we called verdell to ask her come down then i did my super low voice and verdell didnt know it was me. after that came home, too tired to blog, slept.

Memoirs of a Sandwich Artist Trainee: - Day 2

Today was day two. woke up at 5 in the morning cuz i needed to reach the outlet at 7 to take note of the opening procedure, but thought i would go there earlier to have breakfast. D'OH! since where were there any shops that are open and selling breakfast by 630? i must've been crazy.

learnt the procedure of baking bread today, plus how to prepare subway salads. okay, the thing about subway salads is, basically you're getting the sandwich without the bread. and you're adding $1.50 to make us do that.

 e.g. a cold cut trio sandwich consist of 6-inch bread, cold cut trio toppings, 2 slices of cheese and all the vegetables (according to the formula i posted yesterday), and with the sauce of your choice. that would cost you $4.50 (i think). a cold cut trio salad is basically all the vegetables (according to the same formula), cheese, cold cut trio topping cut into smaller peices and topped with the sauce of your choice. that would cost you $6. 

so apparently removing bread from the formula is such a chore that there's a possibility we might develop psychological trauma, that's why we're charging you the extra $1.50. better than taking it up to court.

i'm faster at preparing the sandwiches and wrapping them up already. i think i can really get used to this lifestyle, plus i get a 6-inch sandwich as my worker's meal every time i work half a day, and a foot-long when i work the whole day. 

and most of you know how much i like eating subway.

Memoirs of a Subway Sandwich Artist Trainee.

today was my first day as a subway sandwich artist. actually there wasn't much training before, for i'm a big fan of subway sandwiches, and therefore i knew how everything was done.

what i didn't know was, now i know the answers to all those bugging question everyone has. let the secrets be revealed today.

Why do they always give us so little serviots to go with our sandwiches?

cuz its taught to the workers that, when someone orders a 6-inch, give them one or two sheets, while if the customer orders a foot-long, give them a couple more.

Why do they always give such a minute amount of vegetables?

cuz they have a formula for it. a 6-inch would get 21 grams of lettuce, 14 grams of onions, and three peices of every other vegetable. multiply by two if it's a foot long.

How the hell does the soft drink dispenser run out of CO2?

cuz they ACTUALLY use canisters of CO2. the drink dispenser has a machine that mixes water and CO2 gas into carbonated water, then when it dispenses the drink it mixes the syrup with the gassy water.

Do they actually bake their own bread?

Yes, but there's only 2 kinds of breads. white and wheat. hearty italian is basically white bread with corn topping, parmesan oregano is white bread with parmesan, honey oat is wheat with oats. and honey.

yeah, i learn stuff like that today. who knew right? oh, in australia they actually have a selection of cheeses for you, like cheddar, parmesan etc. to go with your sandwich. in singapore, there's only australian cheddar, which isn't even cheddar at all.

what i learnt about food safety is, you have to scrub your hands clean when washing, and you have to wash for 20 seconds. my boss said that if you sing "happy birthday" to yourself at a normal tempo, it's roughly the time you need.

The one thing that i'm glad wasn't a real mystery, was the freshness of the ingredients. when they mean fresh, they really meant it. vegetables prepared are only kept for two days, unlike other places. and they seriously sanitize the place. like all the time. cleanliness and freshness. you don't get that much in singapore.

HAPPY VALENTINES.

Just a quick post here, went out today and sort-of celebrated Alvin's belated 19th birthday. Once again,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALVIN~!

HELLO

YES. I'm back on the blog. 

I ACTUALLY FORGOT I HAD ONE.

hols now, bored to the core. asked EVERYONE to go out. no one was freeeee. bah.

i need something to do. i need a job. or at least people to go out with everyday.

else i might go crazy.

who knows? maybe i already am.