Hold on

Been some time since i last posted a blog. Finally got my day off, after working 9 days straight in a row. A couple of stuff has happened since the whole of last week, and they are things mainly related to work.

First and foremost, my first in-charge, aka the sarap(rubbish in Malay) Don has been transferred to Levi's Tampines(LTM), Men's Store. The pillar of all lame and dirty jokes is not longer seen luking around at Levi's Plaza Singapura(LPS).

As a result, our second in-charge, Mel will be the only senior and in-charge around in LPS. And that spells trouble. Trouble for which we are gonna get tempers thrown at us for nothing, countless of re-folding of jeans and tops to be done, and no-nonsense working attitude to be display at all times.

The 2 days before the official hand-over of the store to my second-in-charge, she was throwing her temper all around. Of cos, i wasn't spare the rod. Was reprimanded for nothing, and at some point of time, i felt like i'm being treated unfairly. Come to think again, i'm just a part-timer yet i'm working way off my job scope and schedule.

The whole of last month, my working hours are 217hours. As a part-timer, i just have to clock 22hours per week, which means 88hours per month. Even as a full-timer, they just have to do 44hours per week, and anything after 176hours for the month is consider over-time work.

Of cos, i did it at my own will. But the point i wish to stress was that, they should appreciate the fact that i'm helping them out alot with my schedule as they are really short of staff. Instead of dedicating tasks to me in a more reasonable and fair way, i was reprimanded for nothing and asked to do things that are way beyond my job scope.

My colleague Desmond was telling me, just do whatever a $5/hour job should do, will be enough. "Work smart not work hard." But even he could see that my second in-charge likes to dedicate the tasks to me, even though Desmond could be just 2 steps away from her, but she would call for me when i'm miles apart from her.

Put aside all these small unhappiness i faced with my work, i must admit i have learnt alot in retail line. Prior to working at Levi's, i haven't had any experience in retail, thus this 2 month stint has be rather intriguing experience for me. 2 more weeks to go and i'll end my working spell at Levi's.

For my last week of relaxation before my enlistment day, i haven't really decide what and how to spend it. Probably i need to do some packing for my stuff and get whatever i need to for my 2 weeks confinement. Time really flies. Seems like only yesterday when i was still hanging around net, gaming and downloading animations to watch. Now, it's already mid-August.

I used to say, "your shadow and time" is the best of pals who will never leave you. Time has definitely show it's worth. It's something which will stay with you, yet never able to feel it's with you. Cos even now, as you read this, the previous second is gone and you're already into the next second of time.

To whoever out there, hold on, and may the force be with you.

Till then, Rock on!

Hold On
Jet

You tried so hard to be someone
That you forget who you are
You tried to fill some emptiness
Till all you had spilled over

Now everything's so far away
That you don't know
Where you are
You are

When all that you wanted
And all that you have
Don't seem so much
For you to hold on to
For you to hold on to
For you to belong to

When it's hard to be yourself
It's not to be someone else
Still everything's so far away
That you forget where you are
You are

When all that you wanted
And all that you have
Don't seem so much
For you to hold on to
For you to hold on to

Hold on (x8)

When all that you wanted
And all that you have
Don't seem so much
For you to hold on to
For you to hold on to
For you to hold on to
For you to belong to