Sin 66
20 Aug 2007 marks the start of this job. 9am in the mornin i stepped into the classroom at Spring Singapore. The only person i know in class was Elicia. She used to be my netball senior in sch. But we wasnt sittin tgt. Well, you know lar. This job very fake one, jus act nice to everyone and sit in. Anyways, we are there for trainin wat. And we will be seperated into two class. One class 20 gers. The second day of training, we have to go to the class with bun hair. Then the instructors will teach us the proper way how to bun the hair and make it stick to ur scalp. The good old days that i had the *gong gong* bangs hair. So u will appear to look real neat in front of ppl observing you. Groomin course lar. Learn about the jap culture and pick up the language. At first u will think its interestin and stuff. But when they start to force u memorise then its a diff story lar. Guess the most difficult part of trainin was to learn bout the diff aircrafts. Sit for the various type of tests. Score 80 marks or more. If not must drink coffee with instructors.
30 Sept 2007. 6.00am. That very day, check in counter row 11 super super busy. 38 gers leavin for japan training. Thought can go there, visit all the tourist spots. Go disneyland play. First week of training almost killed us. Everyday wakey at 5.30am (sg time 4.30am). Get prepared eat breakfast, take the hotel bus at 6.15am. Go to haneda training centre. Class will start at 8am, ends at 5-30pm (sg time 4.30pm). First few days still can sleep on the bus, followin days we study on the bus. STUPID! Continue the japanese class and the misc things. So fake! u noe, we have to greet *ohaiyo gozaimasu* to everyone we see. Wear smiles everywhere arbo they will feedback to instructor and blah blah blah. Lunch time also must watch videos or revise notes. Watever lar. The new added lesson was to practise our service skills in the airplane mock up. COOL! My gers and me decided to make fridays/sundays our supermarket day. To stock up cup noodles and bread. Saturday we will wakey as early as 8am, go for breakfast then head out to enjoy ourselves.
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hmm..after the first week training, the gers start to get emo. We miss home. I always call home and cry to mummy, tellin her how tough training was. Sometimes ill call my gfs when i have time to update them too. Lastly also baby, cryin to him makes me feel better. He always entertain me over the phone lar. Joan darling will always bunk in with me. Then we will chat til we fall alseep. Judy darling will come to my rm, then fall asleep there.lol. Funny rite? All we look forward was for the 6 weeks to end. Then faster fly home. 15 Nov 2007, JL719, FINALLY! Home sweet home. Start our trainee flights. Checked out. No more buddies. You are all alone with diff crew all the time.
25 Aug 2008. 1 year, 5 days down. Another 7 months to go. Like baby said, the novelty is gone. You so wana be in this job, but when time goes by, you get tired. I don really love flying. But its one of the way to see the world. Don u agree? I so love to fly with juniors, cause they can go sightseeing with me. haha! People think will always have this mindset that all we do is serve foods and drinks. Who knows wat we go thru every flight. Helpful crew, good communication, nice pax always smooth flight. Sucky ppl will jus ruin ur whole flight lar. Waking up 2 hrs before show up time. Get prepared, make up mei mei, bun hair neat neat, pack in things for flight. The journey to the airport will make u feel so emo lor. sighs! The period of time away from home is always diff. States flight maybe one week. Asia flight maybe 5 days. Turnaround maybe 2 days.
Our jobscope.
1) Show up, check mailbox
2) Attend pre-flight briefing. Record down flight info
3) Get to the aircraft asap for pre-flight preparation
4) Reach aircraft, keep carry-on baggage.
5) Get on ur feets to start workin
6) Check emg equipment in ur area, lifevest, readin lights for pax
7) If you're assigned galley duty (aircraft kitchen.haha!), start to count ur meals. Ensure SPML (special meals) are loaded for ppl that order it. Better count properly. Arbo not enough meals for pax then ull burn ur own ass. Different routes/classes, different type of services
8) Pre flight briefin with the cockpit
9) Most junior on flight must ask the flight supervisor wat type of CHINESE PA to make
10) Pax boardin, start actin, keep smiling, no matter how pax irritate you, just smile at them, go back home then curse and swear
11) Work, work, work
12) About to land, clear the gallery, check pax fasten seatbelt, check if the storage bins are close properly
13) After pax disembarks, check if they leave any belongings behind
14) Say thanks to your crew, leave the aircraft
15) Time to rest
Your daily routine job? Do the same things over and over again. The word B-I-M-B-O comes to ur mind when u think about stewardess. I guess u have to judge on one's personality then. Our job is to ensure pax travels comfortably and safely on flights. Entertain lil kids, act like nanny when needed. Nurse the pax if they get air sick-ness. So many roles to play. Its not as easy as how it looks like.
Judy and me went to Asakusa temple when i touched down 710 on 22 Aug mornin. I slept for 2hrs then wakey to town with her. So funny. We took neoprints too. SO LOVED! See u back in sg. We go ecp tgt okie? =)
6.00pm (LA time)
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