thanks for the memories

Well, the time finally came. F1 has come to a close and it officially marks the end of my part-time job with SISTIC. Maybe I'm being melodramatic. But I'm already starting to miss my new friends. For some reason, even in the scorching heat of the blazing sun, time just flies. Especially today. I enjoyed myself thoroughly today. And I feel like laughing every time I recall today's events.

First I arrived at the booth early to find Wee Chee, Karen and Paul already there. Seriously. The reporting time was 12.30pm but they were already there at 12.15pm and everything was set up. Seriously. Then we just chilled, talk and laughed. I'm already laughing before I even type what happened. Karen's message tone was the ending theme for the Korean drama "Boys Over Flowers". It's a nice and catchy song so it gets stuck in the head. Especially if you've been hearing it for 3 days so far.

So suddenly, Wee Chee and I find ourselves unknowingly humming the song over and over again. And Karen was like "Is it because you heard the ringtone then you start humming?" and we were like "Yeah, all your fault lah." HAHAHAH!!! Oh my god, I think I spend more time laughing with my friends than selling tickets. LOL.

Then Raymond came and god, I love our booth's gate manager. He's fan-freaking-tastic. I swear. Damn slack and fun and nice and generous. He's freaking hilarious and knowledgable. I nicknamed him "Uncle Bear". And he's cool with it. I swear, I'm damn freaking lucky. I got a nice supervisor, assistant supervisor and gate manager. Raymond bought drinks and a big box of McNuggets for us on Saturday while Karen spent like almost 40 bucks (rough guess) on drinks and dessert for us today. Or yesterday. Whatever.

She bought 2 drinks from Starbucks which is around 12-14 bucks, 2 Ice Milk Tea from MOS Burger which is around 5 bucks, 3 drinks from McDonald's which I'm guessing is around 8-9 bucks and 12 custard/chocolate rolls from Renaldo's which cost 1.50 each. Seriously. I'm not joking. It's really around 40 bucks right?

I also managed to touch a 1 000 DOLLAR NOTE. I'm damn freaking ass serious. I was kind of bummed because I thought the chances were slim. Sales were low, we were close to closing hours and people usually paid by credit card or NETS. But suddenly, this customer came and paid me with 2 1 000 dollar notes. I was so shocked I initially forgot to check if it was real until someone reminded me. As Raymond said, everything lies with one's willpower. Haha.

So after we packed our stuff and went back to Suntec to deposit them, we RAN all the way to Gate 7 at Marina Square just to watch the race for a couple of minutes. Couldn't take any decent photos because the cars were a blur. I mean how can you get a still picture of something that moves almost at the speed of a bullet train?

Then we went back to Suntec to gather for a debrief. Had a cam-whore session with everyone from SISTIC who was involved and helped to move a bit of stuff. Then they broke out white wine and sparkling juice (seriously, SISTIC really rocks right?) and it was kick awesome albeit it was a small portion. I got to keep my pass but sadly, I didn't manage to get the 4 grandstand lanyards. Damn it. I forgot to ask when I came back from the race circuit. Really bummed. I'm now seriously considering a part time job at SISTIC call centre. It's under the Customer Service section and at least now I know some people there.

All in all, it was a really fun day and the people really made the job much more enjoyable. Might have a mini gathering soonish since we have to return the F1 shirts which are so ugly. Hope we can all get together again. It'll be more fun since we're not working. Haha!