China (July - December)

Of all places, how the hell did I end up in China ? 

After all that negative news and cultures of China, cant believe I worked there for 6 months.
Even serving the chinese customers in Switzerland frightens me sometimes.

In the end of the day, its because of the brand : The Ritz Carlton

I've got a chance to work for The Ritz Carlton. Of course I took it.
Knowing Giselle, Anna, Freddie and Li May is there also eases me a bit.

I was already prepared for the worst since I made that decision.
Before I arrive in Sanya, I didnt know what kind of city it was
I only knew that it belongs to the Hainan province.

Well, Sanya is still developing, but then the mentality of the people ? Dont ask.

First day, we arrived at night, checked in, at then we met our first friend, Jennifer.
I was staying in the 3rd floor with 3 local guys. When I moved in they werent there, so I went out for dinner.
During dinner, me and Li May got to know more about Jennifer.

After that we went back to our rooms, trying to settle down.

And then I met my roommate, and then my room mates.

They were actually pretty nice guys. But then maybe the age gap was there. And the room was pretty small.

So we were cramped into a small box with 4 people, at least I had internet.

Sharing bathrooms is definitely the worst possible idea as you see things you never thought you would see

And I never want to see that again.

In the end, I requested to change room to the 10th floor, with our own bathroom.

I was so god damn relieved.

Then there was Kenneth, Jennifer's ex boyfriend which I came to found out about later on.
Kenneth is younger than me, but he talks alot

Talks alot but with only 1 topic, which was how the relationship went and how he wanted her back

For days and days and days he went on and on and on

Freddie arrives, PASS !

his turn to listen to all the bible stuff, i cant stand it anymore

and suddenly i'm in between my first friend in china, and my room mate.

where do i stand ?

People were quite impressed with me actually. Knowing that I am Malaysia but yet speaks Mandarin

and most importantly English

was quite proud back then as people respect and look up to you

Although I couldnt really get along with my teammates because we were only together for 5 months

and most of the time they were using terms which I do not understand which i just ignore

but then fortunately we were able to work together as we all know what we need to achieve

during my first 2 weeks, I was getting started to get used to the stuff in the restaurant

and then here comes something I never thought I would do

Kids care

Apparently there was this program for the guest to allow their children to take part in a learning program

With the european culture, sports, drawing, treasure hunt, releasing turtles

its a 3 day program, and it lasted for around 3 and a half week

so I was repeating the same program again and again

the interesting part is that the kids are always different although the program is the same

kids, i do like kids, i like playing with kids

but when they become troublesome, i just want to throw them into the pool

somehow I guess the children are amazed by everything which is one of the factors that makes them obey our orders such as cola and mentos, which makes them wow and excited

seeing their faces makes me happy too

actually quite enjoyable working with them, although its a bit tired because they run all over the place and you have to keep your eyes on each and everyone one of them so they dont get lost or injured under your watch, which could lead to their parents blasting and complaining. 

Unfortunately I havent took any photos back with me, but then I still remember their faces

One photo i have is that I was in a turtle costume

yeap, eean tan, in a turtle costume

kids are so naive, they ask, am i real ? do i talk ? 

so i just pat their head

(of course not, silly)

Once in a while, I also get to meet people from other departments, and surprisingly there are alot of young students like me in the hotel doing an internship

I think the younger generations are better educated in terms of manners and stuff

there are also quite a few honest and good people around

perhaps only the rich people are the ones that are causing the negative image of the chinese customers

by now I wouldve forgotten most names

but then some of them did left a deep impression

Robin, i think she is the only one that i can say to really communicate? 

she was also in switzerland for her studies and went back to sanya to work, she is originally from haikou if not mistaken

she always laugh when I dont understand the local terms and make fun of me, but she's also the one who guides me for the whole month throughout the kids program, after that we didnt had chance to work together except when i was assigned to help for breakfast or banquet

and then there are people from Sands

David, always grateful to him as he trusted me, perhaps I did achieve as much as Muse, but I hoped I gave him another dimension to help his work

Joanna, Karolina, works under David, mostly in charge of tdhe stuff that bastian wants.

Simon, a very enthusiastic young man but then his contribution is limited by lacked of power

Sharpay, Will, the other supervisors, and Bruce

 Jessica, the one who first greetesdfd me  when I first came

Cici, Jacky, Jason, Alston, Jack, Dudu, Eric, Ashley, Helda, Bruce, Kuber,
and also the kitchen team !

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