valentine's day Reminiscence.

♫ Listening to: Infinity - May'n
Last watched: Kara no Kyoukai movie 2

So.

It's day 1 of life after TGV.

No need to set my alarm clock. No need to bathe, change, and have breakfast hurriedly. No need to go back to the mall.

I'M UNEMPLOYED! It's so sad that I've officially become an ex-staff of the cinema.

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Gotta return this some day.

Oh, and there's no more seeing my name in the computer system of TGV.

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And no more eating popcorn and drinking soft drinks for free!!

What's TGV without a bunch of great friends? Yukana! You're number 1!! I still can't believe I got to know her just by working in TGV. I feel like I've known her for YEARS. Great friend to be insane and crazy with, and after she left, the popcorn bar has been deprived of laughter ever since :(

Thomas, Bee Vee, and Kian Siang were newcomers when I got to know them. Thomas was the guy I got to know while working at the popcorn bar. Kian Siang was the guy I got to know while he was having his floor duties. And Bee Vee, the girl who was stuck at the ticket counter for the first 3 weeks of work!

Then there's Sau Yin, the quiet girl. She doesn't talk much at first, but once you've gotten to know her, she can be really funny, and boh liao! Like after watching Dragonball with her, she suddenly said "Kame-hame-HAAA!!" to me. Sweat.

Ah, and Mun Hon. The guy whose half a girl. LOL You did not hear that from me. Used to get on my nerves by being sarcastic with his "BIG DEAL!" or "SO WHAT." But later on he's quite okay. He's Tracy's rumoured boyfriend!!

Working at TGV also made me realize that Indians love names that end with -Vin. Seriously. There's Kevin, Melvin, Navin, Davin... I also got to know Benjamin, who annoyed the hell outta me at first too, but he can be quite nice, he treated me to a movie and even paid for my coke!

Oh, and thank you Navendran for being my Tamil "si fu"!! I've learnt quite a lot of Tamil words from you :)

Afif, Amir, Nasrul and Yusmar are quite the crazy bunch. They like to do crazy stuff like... being all gay-ish over each other. Very entertaining actually!

Tele-sales

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"Good morning, TGV Ipoh."

Yup, no more answering phone calls either. One thing about tele-sales which I hate is that you have to deal with stupid and sometimes, weird customers.

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Lemme tell you something, before coming to work at TGV, I used to think that the computer booking system is very hi-tech. The telephone operators use headphones to answer calls, while pressing away on their LCD monitor screen computer. You know, something like you see in those 911 shows?

Mana tau, it's just two old phones and lao-ya computers. Haha.

Camwhoring in the tele-sales room.
From left: Sau Yin, Tracy, me.

valentine's day And WTF, I look so stoned in the picture. Was having sore eyes yesterday, probably due to lack of sleep. I was already trying very hard to open my eyes as big as possible. I tried too hard, I guess.


Ticket Counter
aka, Hell's Gate

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This evil, evil place does things to people.

I'll never forget how the outrageously long queue of the crazy crowd has destroyed my mouth, and my health. I still wanna shoot that STUPID shooting game machine in Capcom Station, situated right next to the counter.

"SIR, YES, SIR!!" That's one useless piece of junk. Then the machine'll start singing some patriotic song to annoy the hell outta people.

Tracy said, "If only those machine guns there are real bazookas, then I'll really use it to shoot that machine down." Haha!

Popcorn Bar

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The hardest, busiest and messiest place to work in TGV.
On weekends and public holidays only anyway.


During Siberia period, it's like this:

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During Siberia period, Yukana, Tracy, Suzzane and I used to yap about lotsa random crap here and laugh our asses off. Out loud. Where everyone could hear us guffawing.

Ah, those were the days. Those were the days in which I was truly happy. And insane.

This is also the place where the topic "Whose the most good looking Indian in TGV" started. Hahaha. I still say it's Navin!!

Oh oh oh! This is where Yukana fell right on her butt! With the manager right behind her!! Bahahahaha. Recorded on CCTV too. But to her luck, no one was there live, save for the manager.

The popcorn machine!
Aka, the woe and agony of the boys in TGV.

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Cause they don't allow girls to do the job. Hallelujah!! There was once I did try to make popcorn using this machine, and it turned out all black. BAH.

The hot dogs which I've gotten addicted to making.

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And finally...


Floor Duties

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The best duty EVER - no money involved. No stocks involved. Can sneak in to watch movies when there's no customers.

That's what I used to think until the huge quarrel thing happened. Dealing with the troublesome customers ain't the most pleasant thing in the world. It's a real pain in the ass.

I should definitely suggest putting up this sign to the manager.

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Hahaha! There'll be a salary increase soon if that happens.

The Miracles and Oddities of Floor Duties

1. The Before-and-After Phenomenon

Before

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After!

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Phew. The Before picture was taken on last Wednesday, when Geng was showing in 2 cinemas (Cinema 5 & 6) and Race to Witch Mountain in Cinema 4. ALL AT 2.00PM.

Just look at the height of the ticket stubs!!

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2. The Buta Jalan Phenomenon.

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I am still amazed at some customers who look at this sign, and can still turn right to look for Cinema 5 and 6.

And this:

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With those huge ass cinema numbers stuck at the entrance of the cinemas, I'm still very surprised when customers ask me "Miss, is this Cinema 1?" or "Where's Cinema 1?"

I'll tell them, "It's over there, with the HUGE NUMBER ONE SIGN in front." with a mild sarcastic tone. Haha I sound so mean.


3. The Vandalism Phenomenon.

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What the hell did the customer do that could create a force huge enough to break the armrest of the seat? The answer only comes to me in this word: love-making.


4. The Sneaking-In-And-Nearly-Got-Caught Phenomenon.

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Lol, I still remember this funny thing that happened on the first day Yukana came to work. Tracy and I decided to take her along with us to sneak into cinemas. Cinema 4 was showing the Spirit and I wanted to let Yukana see how stupid the show was.

We did that.

On our way out, one of us (can't remember exactly who) said: "OMG DAVID'S THERE AT THE CORRIDOR." Like, shit. We panicked. The only thing I could say at that moment was, "Hurry up and go back into Cinema 4!!"

We did that.

To elude capture, we rushed to the other side of the back row, and squatted down beside a customer's seat, panting.

Lol. That customer must have freaked out seeing 3 crazy girls who suddenly appeared, squatting down beside him. Sorry, mister. Trying to save our asses here.

5. The Hall of Advertisements Phenomenon.

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Notice anything odd?


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Note: TGV Ipoh not only advertises now showing and upcoming movies, but also KFC!!

Wait, does that mean KFC does not qualify as outside food anymore and can be brought into the cinema? O.o

Okay, it's been a long ass post. I'll conclude my TGV working experience by posting up 3 more pictures. The ones that were taken on Yukana's last day of work.

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Ironically it was Mun Hon's first day running the mobile counter (the one selling sweet corn) on Yukana's last day of work!

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See how happy he is- I mean, was, running the counter?

TGV's a happy place to work in!