A friend has been reminding me to update my blog but honestly, there is nothing much that is interesting for me to write about. School has been quite intense despite it being only the 2nd week and I still don't look forward to going for lectures. (who does anyway?!)

Work was quite exciting today because I was "forced" to rise up because A was away on course. With the boss hosting a special curry & rice lunch to his friend, and with a group of guests coming in almost at the same time, my 2 managers, a new part-timer and I had to cope without A. (Which is rather hard considering my 2 managers hardly get themselves involved in service & are often (ok sometimes) more of a hindrance than help).

It was distressing when my guests ordered coffee and I was close to going on my knees to pray that the regular coffee drinkers would not come in today. (I can ill afford to screw up their coffee and thank God they did not appear.!) Things was manageable (I didn't screw up the cappucino at least) until someone ordered a Hot Chocolate. The first time I made a hot chocolate, it failed terribly because I did not froth my milk correctly and instead of being creamy, my hot chocolate turned out watery. (How can I serve my guests watery hot chocolate??? and of all the drinks, why did she have to order hot chocolate??!)

So now I was on my own with no A to help me. Guess what the beautiful thing was? The hot chocolate turned out fine! Creamy just as the boss says it should be! Thank God for His Grace! The cappucino I made (which usually sucks), was good enough to be served and the hot chocolate (my 2nd attempt) was good enough to be served too! (The guest finished it, so it should be ok. Right?)

Yes, so I proudly told my manager about my accomplishments (HAHAHAHA) and he said, "You just lack confidence in yourself and you rely too much on A. See, when you are forced to do it yourself, you did it well!) Well, well, well, inconsistency is still my biggest problem so I won't allow myself to gloat for long although I am really very happy I didn't screw things up. Praise the Lord!

Staring into the Abyss,