Sunday, August 20, 2006
Till we run out of road - Jewel
Today was the last day for me. I felt overcome wif emotion when i clocked out for the last time - alone. We've reached the end of the road.
It was most memorable - for other reasons too! We had a wonderful time - but it was oso the hardest we have ever worked! It was the annual summer cleaning - how we know it's annual? Well, looking at the condition of things, trust us - it has been at least a year since it was cleaned!!!!! Yeah, the sides of the tray trolleys, the floor under the dish washer, the inside bottom of the bins....
But we had great fun - it was Teddy, Praful and me. Close to 8 hours of cleaning, scrubbing, washing! It was fun! We talked about the good times, our mates whom we'll miss, the customers we served, the managers, the funny incidents etc. All the time, we were listening oso to SGR Colchester, the local radio station which plays the "best songs of the 80s, 90s and today"! The same old songs that they've been playing day in and day out! To be honest, i find it painful to listen to it when not working cuz it brings back so many memories - Pink's Who knew, Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway, Bryan Adam's Summer of '69, etc.
Oh, i also learned the rules of cricket!!!!!! Finally!
I was glad i wasn't the only one feeling sentimental bout the whole thing. We were oredi missing the others who had finished earlier in the week. Working there has surely been one of the highlights of our Essex experience - go here to see the list of reasons why.
Teddy agreed wif me that we shud have a get-together after we all hand up our dissertations and before we leave Colchester. I'm all for it but a lil' skeptical about if it'll ever work out. I hope it will. I really hope so.
The end indeed is nigh - but for now, we'll live it up... until we run out of road.
It was most memorable - for other reasons too! We had a wonderful time - but it was oso the hardest we have ever worked! It was the annual summer cleaning - how we know it's annual? Well, looking at the condition of things, trust us - it has been at least a year since it was cleaned!!!!! Yeah, the sides of the tray trolleys, the floor under the dish washer, the inside bottom of the bins....
But we had great fun - it was Teddy, Praful and me. Close to 8 hours of cleaning, scrubbing, washing! It was fun! We talked about the good times, our mates whom we'll miss, the customers we served, the managers, the funny incidents etc. All the time, we were listening oso to SGR Colchester, the local radio station which plays the "best songs of the 80s, 90s and today"! The same old songs that they've been playing day in and day out! To be honest, i find it painful to listen to it when not working cuz it brings back so many memories - Pink's Who knew, Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway, Bryan Adam's Summer of '69, etc.
Oh, i also learned the rules of cricket!!!!!! Finally!
I was glad i wasn't the only one feeling sentimental bout the whole thing. We were oredi missing the others who had finished earlier in the week. Working there has surely been one of the highlights of our Essex experience - go here to see the list of reasons why.
Teddy agreed wif me that we shud have a get-together after we all hand up our dissertations and before we leave Colchester. I'm all for it but a lil' skeptical about if it'll ever work out. I hope it will. I really hope so.
The end indeed is nigh - but for now, we'll live it up... until we run out of road.
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