I am in a total holiday mood even though the next battle starts again on Monday...FFFFFOOOOOOKKKK!

But hey! It REALLY does feel like I'm on holiday for 3 days! :) It has been so relaxing that I wish it won't end..sigh.

And I definitely am able to sleep like crazy. If only life is THIS great..

Anyway, quite a number of things have happened recently and I have been too busy to blog them down, or rather..I end up blogging a little and lost the mood out of the sudden to continue.

First, my external hard drive of 20GB got wiped out accidentally. I have no idea how it happened, but my boy's feeling freaking guilty about it. It's not his fault though, and I am no longer upset/sad abt it. ALL my memories, photos, sentimental stuffs for the past 5 years are gone. Gosh, it did make me wonder how quickly these things just disappear and I wonder how great it would be if I could just wipe out certain things in my mind, just as easy as how my Iomega got wiped out. I'm not sure if my hard disk being wiped out is a good thing (it depends on which angle I wanna see it from), but I shall not think about it anymore (despite my parents and him saying they will get back my stuffs by hook or crook for me).

2nd, I met the stupidest manager of a restaurant I have ever seen, and I was about to lodge a major complaint against him. But the boss was not in! Gosh, I did wish he was though, so that I can make sure he gets either a talking to or a sack. Yes, I'm that bitchy when someone "steps on me". Ok, I shall admit that I was trying to be quite a bitch at the restaurant yesterday, but being a customer, I do not deserve being talked to in such a rude manner, and being a stupid manager he is, obviously he has handled the situation in the most inappropriate way. Let me tell u how fucking stupid he is...

CG and I wanted to have steamboat (again!) for dinner, so we headed there really early..approx 5pm. We were given a table which was dark (cos the bulbs have all fused, and they are so cheapskate to even fix a bulb. Manz, are they waiting for me to buy a pathetic bulb to replace it for them or what? Also, for a structure that required 10 long florescent lamps (the long ones in primary school classrooms), they had only placed 5! How bright can the place be? And being Chinese, I have something against eating in the dark, and my standard's pretty low for "dark". I sat in that dark area once with CG to have my meal once, and we both felt very uncomfortable, so I made sure I was never ever gonna have that table again. BUT the waitress was asked to give us that table because the manager said the other tables are booked for a function.

And partly because that particular waitress' attitude was quite shit, I was not gonna just be a goody girl and just keep my unwilling thoughts to myself. Told her straight I'll take any table except that, and she was being shit by not even bothering to persuade us in a nice way but just said "U can have that table if u want, but if u have to shift later, it's not my business". Fuck! That sentence did make me boil, but knowing that she's shit from the start and because we're all fellow Chinese, I decided to forget abt it. But I'll just "appreciate" her tiny effort of asking the manager if we can have the table we want, and that asshole said "No. The place is fully booked tonight".

I decided to try to bitch and get what I want, and went to speak to him about it. But...

Me: Excuse me Sir. I was wondering if I can have my steamboat at that table in the corner. The table I'm given is extremely dark and it's very uncomfortable to sit there. I have sat there the last time, and I did not enjoy my meal completely. Is there something u can do?

Manager: No. We're fully booked.

Me: But it's only 2 of us. Definitely u can find a solution. Please?

Manager: NO! I said we're fully booked. This place is getting so popular that thousands of people come from Swansea and other parts of Wales to eat, and we're always getting functions booked. (like as if I care even if the whole of Europe comes here...all I can say is that they are crap taste for chinese cooking)

Me: If the bookings aren't early, I don't even see a good reason to why u cannot try to find a way.

Manager: I said WE'RE FULLY BOOKED. Which part of that sentence do u not understand?!

Me: I completely understand that YOU'RE FULLY BOOKED. All I'm asking is if u can find an alternative (which part of that sentence do u NOT understand!?!??!?!?!).

Kaoz.

Then he got so pissed that he went to look into the book to check the timing of the bookings, and that table I wanted is booked for 8.30pm!

And he's rejecting my request to get that table when it's only 5.15pm? Is he nuts or what?! What's he gonna do about that table for the next 3 hours, I wonder?

Manager: Ok, I can give u that table, but provided u are confident that I can get that table back by 8.30pm. I do not want to sound like I am trying to chase u out by 8.30pm, but I do know that when Chinese people come here for meals, they spend the entire evening here.

Me: Of course I'll be done by 8.30pm. How long can 2 people ever take to have a meal? There's still 3 more hours to go." (purposely said to make him look an idiot in front of everyone, when I'm dead sure they think he's an idiot. Who wouldn't?!)

So I finally got my way. Gotta give some credit to another waitress who tried to help us get the table we want.

I am definitely not appreciative even though he gave me the table I asked for, because of his "which sentence do u not understand?" Bloody fucker. Not even my Professor speaks to me in that way, needless to say a chao manager.

And that idiot started making his poor staff arrange tables, and place napkins and cutleries nicely on the tables he so wonderfully made them move to get ready for his so called "fully booked" event.

Plus, he was keeping himself busy (for nothing!) by counting seats again and again. Trust me. I knew before I even start my meal that his efforts are completely pointless, and CG and I almost died laughing when the staff started moving tables again and again because they just realised that I can't keep rejecting people to come in for meals when their event is so much later.

We kinda pity the lovely Chinese waitress who was giving the sianz look while moving tables (she was the one who was asked to move tables earlier on to get ready for the 8+ booking).

CG: Hey, u're moving tables again?
Waitress: Yeah...sigh..
Me: Can't help it when u've got such a stupid manager. He's a complete idiot and RUDE! But don't feel bad about what happened just now. It's not your fault :)
Waitress: I'm sorry abt just now. He's new here, so he doesn't know how we work.
Me: And he's THE MANAGER? Gosh, that's more absurd! What a joke. But hey, don't feel bad ok? Really..it's not your fault. I am fine.

I will definitely remember this incident. And should I ever get a chance, I will lodge a complaint. I'll let the boss know how much money he has lost having employed such an incompetent and rude employee when he rejected so many people who has come for a meal when the tables are not needed till half 8. I shall not allow myself to get bullied just because Whites think they are superior and thinks I do not understand English just because of my skin colour.

And if this interests u, when CG and I finished our meal at 7.45pm, the lower level (where we had our steamboat) was still half empty.