My timeline for 17 Apr 2012

13 Mar 2012 22:28 : gimana caranya menuhin koper?

14 Mar 2012 08:37 : kamu terlihat paling cantik, dengan skutermatik yg menawan, dgn gaya klasik jaman sekarang

14 Mar 2012 20:32 : cem macem!!!
(!’`з´)_,/*(>.<'!)

17 Mar 2012 21:51 : Miami (˘-˘)ง

18 Mar 2012 01:52 : jetlag (ˇ_ˇ’!l)

18 Mar 2012 11:30 : is preparing his stuffs n getting ready to sleep to face the real life

18 Mar 2012 18:55 : today is the day (˘-˘)ง

24 Mar 2012 22:31 : internet…. akhirnya…

24 Mar 2012 23:30 : okeh.. semangat! (˘-˘)ง

26 Mar 2012 11:45 : yang kangen ayo komen!! (#`Д´)σ
hehehe.. #stress

26 Mar 2012 22:38 : serba mahal..
jdi susah (ˇ_ˇ’!l)

03 Apr 2012 11:00 : kau jaga selalu hatimu saat jauh dariku, tunggu aku kembali..

07 Apr 2012 01:34 : ga mau ambil pusing.. its my life! (˘-˘)ง

07 Apr 2012 09:21 : “karena kamu so loveable buat aku..” – abdul & the coffee theory

10 Apr 2012 19:44 : ponta delgada – azores

11 Apr 2012 08:02 : so? like i care..

11 Apr 2012 22:40 : butuh tidur

15 Apr 2012 13:04 : jauh

15 Apr 2012 18:54 : abis sepedaan, sekarang eek dulu #eh

16 Apr 2012 05:29 : kucoba tuk bertahan dalam kisah ini

17 Apr 2012 06:35 : hemat (˘-˘)ง

Today is a very tiring day. I got no breakfast and lunch schedule in the dining room, but in the marshalling area instead, for heavy loading. We load frozen foods onto the ship for next couple of days stock.

After freezing and exhausting job, I definitely need a good rest before rumbling with thousand of guests in formal night in the main dining room.

Unfortunately some of my colleagues came in to my room when I was sleeping, they made a noise.

They came in because my other friend in the other cabin complained to them for the same reason, making noise and smoking in the cabin. And they had a mouth fight out there.

I was thinking if they come in again to my cabin and become annoying, I will complain too. And yes, they cqme in, make some noise, but I remained silent on my bed. My roommate warned them not to be noisy, but they just take it for granted.

So there was me, laying on my bed with a bunch of emotions. I can’t get into a fight that can lead me to dismissal, so without saying anithing, I hit the metal wall of my cabin, fortunately they understood what i meant, so they went away. If they didn’t understand, they might feel sorry for the dismissal, including me.

But still, after they went away, I can’t take a nap again, I just can’t sleep after the adrenalin rush into my head. So I spent my time writing this post..

Ups, it’s time to prepare for dinner duty..

Beautiful Sunday with free lunch in Cadiz, Spain 😀

I spent the day riding the bicycle I borrowed from Human Resource Office around this city. I was looking for a computer store to buy a mouse for my Xperia Arc S. But almost all of the store are closed in Sunday, even Carrefour.

So I explored the city and the beach. I met so many guests outside, they recognized me 😛

What a wonderful day here. I hope tomorrow I get another free lunch. Oh, now the ship is heading to Malaga, and if I heard correctly, the captain said that we will transit in Gibraltar at 1-2 AM.

Yesterday I worked at two different restaurant, Manhattan Dinning Room (breakfast) and The Lido Restaurant (lunch). And in the evening, something unusual happened, I was transfered to Lido while working in the dining room. The manager said Lido need our assistance, more over only few guest came to dinning room yesterday.

So I took that great opportunity. Because that was the only chance to have a direct communication with the guests. To improve my English, to increase our rating, to increase guest satisfaction.

When I was clearing up my section, one old lady asked me many things. Her name is Miss B. Every time i came to her table, she always asks me different question.

She asked me how long i’ve been working here, asked me whether I’m married or not, asked when I can go ashore. And she gave me many advises like a mother to her son. And yes, she said so, “I’m telling you this like your mother, and now you have a lot of new mother on this ship” so as my commitment to do the extra miles, I should take care of them.

The advises that I can remember are stay safe, don’t be naughty, and keep that good smile.. Uuuuhh.. I’m flattered when she said she liked my smile. ^,^

Oh, today the ship is in Spain, Cadis is the name of the city if i’m not mistaken.

Team work is esential for almost all of companies around the world. In hotelier industry, everyone must work as team, even one department must work with another department to build a strong hotel or restaurant.

Worst Team: group of people with different objectives, different perspectives, different ideas, different working spirit, different culture/brotherhood.

I made the paragraph above because found that it’s true in my workplace.

I have a team of four people that assigned one same job every night. And in different place (still in one department) there is one more team with the same number of member and job description with mine.

I can compare both of the team easily, like black and white.

My team, can’t do the job before 10PM, while we are in one condition: “the sooner we finish the job, the sooner we can go back to our cabin to take a rest”.

I always come much earlier, start doing the job myself, because im tired and want to finish it early. The thing is, the other guys dont have the same idea with me, so how i can make it? It pissed me off.

Like today, my team member come one by one just after 10pm. One guy worked slowly, walked slowly, and did the job in different place like he wasn’t belong to the team. The other two guys didn’t work seriously, while I was doing the job, they walked away and made cappucinno for their self. What the f??

Compared to the another team, when i was walking to my workplace to start working, they already did about 50% of their job. What an awesome team. I wish i was a part of that team. Moreover we come from the same island, same objectives and the same spirit will make us even stronger.

My team?? -,- hopeless!

It’s the 3rd week for me working here, every single day is hard work. From 11 hours of scheduled hours, my working hours can be more than that, or less if I’m in luck.

Day by day, my seniors gave me tips to work here, even the guest too. Most of them said “don’t work too hard” and “you still have 9 more months to work”.

It made me confused, what am i supposed to do?

Now I’m in the process of adjusting my daily life. I want to work hard as usual, but be smarter. Only do what the job description said, and maybe a little more “extra mile” if needed.

And I’m starting to insert another activities to have fun, like going to crew gym with friends, watching DVD’s provided by the HRO, go ashore every time i have a chance, attending crew events like crew party, crew show, praying, and another social activities.