Well but better late than never, jsut wanted to update a little on my graduation.
Actually it wasn't anything special, we just went up to the stage to collect our diploma and after that took a few photos.
Well i just thought that it is an occasion to commemorate. Afterall, we all worked hard for this. And yes, of course i did work very hard for it!
I clearly remember how hard it had been for me to survive through the 3 years of poly. Year 1 was a torture when i had bad relationship with my classmates. Year 2 was a torture with the neverending projects done by only 2 brains and we still had to deal with the shit, nonsense and unfairness by irresponsible people. Struggling through my cca to impress others, letting people know that i actually did put in hardwork, proving to other people with no results seen at the end after all the endless sweat, blood and tears.
Year 3 was slightly better, but still torturous dealing with the projects, conflicts and exams. The better part was going to disney for an internship, meeting people whom were so awesome. Struggling to lead an independent life, trying to take care of myself by almost burning down the kitchen. Doing all the tough work i never thought i would do in my entire life. Throwing trash and changing trash bags in a quick service restaurant, washing the endless and dirty dishes, dealing with some guests who thought that i couldn't understand english. Made mistakes, had fun and i learned. I would say i really learn a lot from disney.
Well, so after all these, i graduated.
Words can never describe how hard my poly life was. I don't know if anyone else felt the same. People would think i am exaggerating. How hard can poly be? Some people might think its just all play but no work. I guess i'm the totally opposite. All work but no play.
But whatever it is, at the end of the day, i still made it. My hard-earned diploma.
Truly speaking, do i regret coming to poly? Yes and no.
Yes, because i think i would probably feel the same amount of stress/ even lesser if i had been to a jc but only need to spend 2 years. Yes because i feel that my diploma is kinda a waste since i do not have the thought of going into this industry. Yes because of the unhappiness and bad memories that i have to bring along throughout my life.
And a no because i had the chance to spend half a year in Disney florida, create wonderful memories and meet awesome people. No because even though its hard for a poly student to get into a desired course in uni, i still made it. No because i still had some encouraging friends whom help me through the hard times.
Whatever it is, i am done with this stage of my life, moving on to uni life.
Me in my graduation robe. That's the first time i ever worn my graduation robe! And my sp graduation bear hehe!
That's me and my family! (Missing my bro though)
So thankful for these two girls!! They definitely have helped me and encouraged me a lot during this 3 years!
Yay disney!! Travel buddies for 2 weeks!! (Longest is xj lol!)
And us with the disney graduation hat!! So sad i didn't bring along mine, i borrowed from someone else to take the pic lol.
Saw ys during the graduation and took a pic with her! Haven't met her for so long and she slimmed down so much!! She's so skinny now.
Well, that's about it for graduation. I have more pictures with me but im kinda lazy to upload everything.
As for now, i'm currently working while waiting for uni to start. I'm working retail at forever new. I'm much more particular about service about interning at Disney, as well as after seeing the service standards in other countries. Well seriously, i really think that our service standards need improvements. I'm not trying to say that everyone's service is bad. Definitely, i do meet some people whom service is commendable. But, in general, everytime i enter a store, i'm not greeted and there's no smile by the store assistant. They would be more interested in doing their own things than assisting me. Even in restaurants, when we pay service charge to them, it feels like they don't even deserve that. Other than taking our orders, serving the food, clearing the table, what other things do they do? What's worse it sometimes they don't even take the initiative to take our orders, the food take forever to come, nobody clear the table. So tell me, is this even called service. Do these restaurants/ people deserve the 10% service charge? In this way, probable tipping is a better form of "service charge". You think they deserve better service, you tip them higher. Their service is shit, you can jolly well give pathetic tips. And that's nothing gotta do with being generous or not. People who don't serve well just don't deserve that much of tips, as simple as that. And since in sg we are paying that fixed amount of 10% service charge which sometimes can amount to quite high, they ought to provide that level of service.
That's the thing i clearly observed after i got back. Which is also something i can't stand at all since i'm a tourism student and all i learnt in poly is about the service industry. I went on a vacation to taiwan earlier and i would say their service is so good! The people there are so friendly! I have never entered a store whereby the store assistant would kept quiet upon seeing me! Every single store that i entered, i have greeting me, talking to me, smiling. And i think that's just the basic service to provide.
And when i start working at forever new, i start talking to my customers, assisting them, and of course smiling.
Its actually kinda fun working there, the people there are nice too!
So for now, let me just concentrate on work, have fun while i can, and look forward to uni life.
