Monday, December 05, 2005
haha, something light and optimistic now! shall talk about my 1st job experience!!! though i worked before as tuition teacher, but it didn't really felt like work as my students are all my juniors. then the teaching process was enjoyable and relaxing. however, last saturday, i worked as mascot at paragon. i was being the elf and there were also santa claus and rudolf the reindeer too. i was supposed to meet alvin, the person who introduced me to this job lobang at the reception corner of paragon at 1pm. i was at changi airport earlier sending the taiwan juniors off so went from there to somersat mrt station. i went to the heerens to go hmv to help jingjie check some stuff but didn't find what he wanted.. i'm so sorry jingjie..
then i decided to go paragon early in case i lost my way which i did as i cannot find where is the reception corner! pardon me because that was the 1st time i ever stepped into the paragon! i tried asking around for direction and none of them turned out correct la! argh.. in the end i managed to find it, it turned out to be at the other side of paragon la!!! but i'm glad that they were all very understanding and even though they spoke english, i felt at ease with them as they are all very warm and humorous! other than alvin, got 2 other girls called rebecca and jessica and 2 other guys called alex and trey. alex was santa claus while trey was rudolf. we wore our costumes which was real heavy and warm! after just half an hour of parading around in the paragon, all 3 of us sweated like hell la!!! my whole shirt was wet and dripping with sweat!!! then we went to a room and take off the costumes to rest for one plus hour before continuing one more walk. my role was more challenging as the face of the costume was at my abdomen so i have to learn to adapt to it and move accordingly. i also have difficulty moving my limbs and legs as the costumes was quite clumsy. but all in all, it was worth it!!! i had lots of fun!!!
when we were parading, there are some kids who got really excited and happy. there are also some kids who are really freaked out and started to cry after seeing us approach them. i guess i was the least well-liked character out of the 3 which is normal la, but there are also kids who loved me! haha, it was real satisfying watching them run away with radiant smiles on their faces after you hugged or shaked their hands. even though sweat keep running down my face, seeing the kids so happy removed all thoughts of hotness, uncomfortable and tired from my mind completely! it was real real real fun and the pay is super good!!! i only walked for 1 hr in total, stayed there for 4 hrs in total and i was paid $50!!! oh man, it was really a good bargain! i really hope to have more chances to do mascot in the future because i like kids!!! even if it means that i have to do if for free i would also willingly do so because the payback is.. PRICELESS! the other thing is that i also managed to make new friends with 4 very great people! haha, all in all, i really hope that i will have more such lobangs in the future!!! haha. +)
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