10 February 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
all the best in UQ karin...just came back from airport after sending our dear dear
karin off as she embarks on a new journey in life, her uni life in
UQ Australia... girl, jia you ok... you can do it... and
GET AN ANG MOH BOYFRIEND!~!~!~ hahahahahahahaha.... (",)
being at the airport just now brought back
wonderful memories where i did my internship over 1 and a half years ago... where i would be walking to my gate to do my duty, meeting people from all over the world, being of service to them etc.... oh, how much i miss those days... slotting boarding passes into the BGR, saying over and over again, "
can i have your passport and boarding pass please", "
thank you, have a nice flight" etc... i am very glad that i did my internship at the airport rather than at an events company....
when i was waiting for my bus at the basement, i saw two foreigners, most likely businessmen, judging from their attire and how they present themselves... they seemed a little lost... i didn't know whether i should approach them yet to see whether they needed my help, so i continued to watch them... after a while, they approached me on whether they needed to purchase any tickets before boarding the bus... so i told them that there was no need, just have to pay when they board... they thanked me and that felt great.... that really made me remember my internship days at
SATS when i help passengers get around....
when the bus came, i felt a little embarassed, everyone else rushed to the bus, not waiting for our "guests" to get on first even though they were in the queue...
*sigh* but what can i do?? something else happened to make me realise that singaporeans are really in a world of their own.... after boarding the bus, the foreigners seemed to not have small change to pay for their ride, they were standing at the entrance for a while, talking to the bus driver... after a while, not a single person went forward to lend a hand to the poor, lost souls who do not know what on earth to do to pay for their ride esp when they do not have change... i just couldn't take it anymore... i checked my wallet... got up, asked them what happened... indeed, they did not have small change... the smallest notes they had were 50 dollars and other currencies.... i asked them how much did the driver say they had to pay and passed them the money.... they were so grateful.... kept on thanking me....
it was then that i realised, i love being in the service industry... nothing motivates me to work in the service industry more than the simple phrase "
thank you"... it made me think, "
what on earth am i doing? is studying something i really want??" esp studying something like business that has little to do with my interest of serving people... but i have to continue studying so that i don't let my parents down who spend so much money on sending me to
SMU.... so i will try to finish my studies asap so that i can go to work in the service line.... i have decided that i will not do marketing as my major... i think i will do HR and corporate comms as my majors....
~*candice*~
