My internship

My blog is turning stale soon.

It's late in the night and here I am, feeling all inspired to update you guys (girls) on my job! :)

Whenever I get questions on where I am interning at or what I am doing currently, I tend to stop and think (stare) for a moment. The answer I normally give is that, it is an office job, because even if I do mention the organisation that I am working for, it's very likely that he or she knows nothing about it, as they are not in this industry.

So, going straight to the point, what am I doing over there?
My daily job responsibilities include assisting the executives in managing the casual labour job portal (http://hotelparttimejob.com.sg) and also doing preparation work for events (Eg: Excellence Service Award)

This place has been my temporary workspace for the past week!

People who do not understand the nature of events may think that "Wow, they ask an intern to do sai gang (Shitty job) like this" Well, I have to disagree with this statement. To me, every task that I am asked to do, is a learning experience for me, regardless of the level of difficulty. I fully believe in taking pride in my job. For example, by making the ribbons and putting them altogether, I learnt to be mindful of small details, as presentation of these envelopes (which are to be handed to award winners) are really important, they form part of the impression that others will have on our organisation. So, be proud of what you do!

On the previous week, I had to cover the receptionist's duties as she was on leave for the whole week. Initially, I was super reluctant, and I think my fellow colleagues could see that I was actually reluctant to leave my workspace. I was really reluctant because I had to do things that I have never tried before, and these include having to pick up phone calls and attend to any enquiries that the general public have. When I just started the duties, I was so nervous. I literally jump up when the phone rang, and my voice shivered! However, as I begin to get the hang of it, I realised that, picking up phone calls is not that difficult after all. And by the third day or so, I actually enjoyed being a receptionist! This is partly because I get to meet people, attend to guests, lead them up to the meeting rooms, and even attending to couriers who arrived at the desk was a joy for me!

In the midst of the my internship, I have also been given a plenty of learning opportunities. One fine day, I went for a site visit at the Moon Hotel @ 23 Dickson, a new boutique hotel in Singapore. It was an eye-opener for me, to see the facilities and services offered in a boutique hotel. My manager brought me along, in hope that it will benefit my one-month stint at the Hotel Reservations counter in December. I also went to SHATEC Institute with my colleagues for an outreach session to promote our casual labour job portal. Oh, and I actually find the whole exchanging of namecards thing very interesting! A pity I do not have a namecard, haha!

I enjoyed some perks throughout the past one month too. One of it being unintentional, was the fact that I had the chance to meet and interact with a awesomely good-looking mixed-blood guy in the office. Of course, the aftermath of this episode saw me having difficulty in concentrating in the tasks for that day. Yesterday, I also went for a dinner with the whole office at the Recipes by SHATEC! It was meant to be a belated birthday celebration for the staff.

I totally love this - Cream of broccoli! Btw, I had to google the spelling of broccoli! HAHA!

Recipes serve really delicious food! All of us had their Executive Set Dinner, which was at $35++! Btw, it's a restaurant operated by the SHATEC students! One of my colleague, being a vegeterian, had a vegetarian set meal, it looked really delicious too! If I were to return again, I'd choose the vegetarian set meal over the other set meals anytime!

And, another important aspect is that, I am really happy working there! My colleagues are really nice to me, and we get along well. Now, I am at the stage whereby I am able to joke with them, abeit not as daring as I normally am when I am with my friends. And, the sick thing is that, I am actually looking forward to go to work the next day.

I know that my lecturer in school has strongly advised us not to blog or post anything regarding the company. However, I think it's alright for me to do that, since, all I have, is praises for SHA!

Last but not least, I do not wish to over-magnify the goods, and leave the bad episodes out, because there are two sides to everything. However, the "bad" side, being really personal, shall not be mentioned here.

So, ta-dah! I shall complete my ejournal diligently (and reluctantly) tomorrow!