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A Singaporean girl who graduated from a Medical College in the UK and currently working as a doctor, spending most of my years abroad burying myself amongst medical books, speaking Queen's English and trying to adapt to life in Britain. But I still remain a true blue Singaporean who loves my plate of char kway teow and enjoys the sense of closeness when speaking "Singlish" to my fellow countrymen. Why "The Chinese Doctor"? Because that's what my patients call me since they don't know my name!

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Arts never fail to make me smile

Before I go on abt Arts, let me ramble first.

I didn't have a good day. I had all my plans written out nicely & all ready to be fully accomplished today, but because of some pretty major problem, it ruined my mood the entire day.

My accomodation's facing a problem. The guy whom I made the deal with got sacked, because he's been giving false information to ppl in order to clinch as many deals as he can. I bet some ppl must have made complaints tt's why he lost his job. He gave me the wrong info too, and because of that, I am facing problems now. I'm gonna be "homeless" for abt 2 weeks! WTH! I was very very unhappy abt it, and the accomodation company's gonna settle it for me. Or rather, I'm gonna make sure they settle my problem since they are at fault, and will be causing so much problems for me when I come back to Cardiff after the summer vacation. Cos of them, my storage plans are screwed up too. And to make things worse, I don't even know when I'll be in Cardiff since attachments for the next 2 yrs will be all over Wales. If I'm unlucky enough to be sent up to North Wales or some hospital in the middle of nowhere in the Valleys, then I'm gonna face hell loads of problems with handling both school, transport plus the troublesome accomodation. BAH! Shall be firm on Wednesday when I meet the Manager. I shall NOT be tolerant anymore. Just the contract itself..I have been waiting for 2 months! That's how "EFFICIENT" ppl in UK are.

I went to the Cardiff Tourist Centre today to ask if they've got the confirmed dates for the tour. I can't go for the one week tour because the departure date is too late, so my alternative plan is to go on 3 one-day tours alone :) Shall tell u what happened in the Centre..

Me: Hi. It's written in the brochure that the tours depart on these days..but is it confirmed?
Staff: It should be since it's written there.
Me: But definitely, there must be a minimum number of participants before the tour can commence isn't it? So how would I know if the tours are sure to be commencing on the dates I want?
Staff: Ermm...I don't know about that.
Me: Do you know who I should find this out from then?
Staff: I'm not sure.
Me: ..........

Wah liew. Damn lame. It's THE TOURIST CENTRE, and it's soooo unacceptable for the staff to tell you they dunno. Gosh! They should be the ones who know this best, or else what? The tourists know it better than them?! And I had to even say "Can you pls ask your colleagues because I can't book tickets if I have no information abt it." Only then did she go ask her colleague and gave me a not-very-helpful answer. I ended up having to go find out myself by sending an email to the tour company. Gonna wait for their reply now. Hope they get back to me tmr, so I can get the tours booked and sorted.

Anyway, I was so pissed with these ppl for quite a while. Can't understand how can one work for a company without knowing anything. And can't tolerate inefficiency as well. Can't understand why employees can't be responsible and be more professional. A job IS a job, so even if you're not interested, at least get it done properly. Why can't ppl understand that if everyone does their part, it will make things so much easier for everyone cos there won't be unneccessary delays, no one getting pissed off, and we wont have to face unneccesary stress.

BUAY TAHAN!

Enuff rambling.

Clayton told me he's got our tickets for PCK Musical! Yay!!!!!! I went to take a look at the webby, and downloaded the songs cos just by hearing the songs, u can roughly have an idea abt the musical. It's almost like "watching" the play in a way.

I was overjoyed when I heard the song. There's this unexplainable homely feeling, and I started imagining how it'll be like if the whole musical appears in front of my very eyes, the colours, the lights, the music, the casts' expression. I smiled.

I love the Arts. And no matter how bad my mood is, just throw me an Arts performance, and I'll be alllllll smiles. 100% guarantee. :)

PCK Musical is seeking stage crew volunteers. I have always dreamt abt doing something related with the Arts. I know I'm in no position to be on stage, so being a stage crew member is pretty good enuff for me. Sent an email to the lady in charge to find out more & to see if they still need volunteers. If possible, I'll go for it! I really hope I can do so. It'll be like a dream come true. Going behind the scenes to see preparations for the musical, assist in any way possible just to make it a success, watching the musical unfold, and then hearing the applauses when the casts go on stage at the end to say Thanks. It's beautiful huh? No matter how tough it is..it'll all be worth it.

Arts brings me smiles and lots of joy. I have no idea why. I love it very much. If I didn't choose to go into Medicine in the first place, I'm sure I would have headed for the Arts. Then again, I do not regret doing Medicine. Sigh..why can't I do both?!?!?! Hhahahaa...I'm so greedy :X

Yup...I'm in a dreamy mood again...it's beautiful...

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