Episode 24: The New Girl

A new girl joined the store this week. She was shy at first but I think she'll be fine once she gets to know the rest of the gang here. The manager has assigned me teach her. I didn't want to do it but the manager gave me no choice. Hopefully, she doesn't turn out to be like the last girl I taught. Fingers crossed!!

Today I got talk to her and learned a bit more about her. We covered a lot of things but something else that she said really caught my attention. What was it? I can't tell you because its between me and her only.

Its been a strange last couple of days for me. I'm not sure if strange is the right word to describe it. Things have happened that made me question certain people's actions. There were things that were said which bruised my feelings. But all of this have opened my eyes and I now see these people in a different way.

I tried to do the right thing, but I still ended up being the bad guy.


the Fallen Angel,
Juraimi J
"The smile is fake, the laughter is forced but the pain inside is real. That's how its gonna be from now on."

Episode 23: The Aftermath

Once again, I find myself having to explain myself again. I hate doing it. Why don't people just get it the first time around? Here we go again...

I went home straight after work. When I reached home and turned on my PC, someone left a bunch of messages for me to read. Yaay! Someone sure had alot of free time on their hands. Browse through the thing but I got bored and went to take a shower instead. Okay here's the thing, what I posted once again got on your nerves. Fair enough. But tell me, is it wrong to say whats on my mind? It is my blog right? And trust me I never meant to hurt any one's feelings when I post something online. To me, this thing is just a diary of my life for people to read and nothing else. Its not meant to be personal so that's why you don't need a password to read about it.

Now back to You. Let me say you are over-reacting again. Stop making this bigger than it already is. You keeping bringing up things that happened in the past. Explaining that it wasn't your fault, you don't care and you're tired of trying impressing everybody. Haven't I heard all this before? You need to remember this:

1. Its not your fault. Did I even say that its your fault?
2. Stop bringing up matters that happened in the past. I'm over all those things already.
3. Stop being so insecure about yourself.

Get that? So, stop making everything about you. It was never about you, it was more about me. I'm not 19 anymore, I'm 25 and I see things differently. When you realise that and you start thinking more maturely, we'll have that heart to heart conversation that we should have a long time ago. Until then, life & work goes on as usual.

You should do the same.

Sincerely,

Juraimi J.

"You are free to think whatever you want of me. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion."

Episode 22: Seeing People For What They Really Are.

After taking a second look at recent events, I was finally able to see them for what they really are. A little distance, thanks to time, gave me clarity.

One word. Hypocrites. (Don't know what it means? Go look it up cause I'm not gonna do it for you.) Each and everyone of them. The "ladies" at the workplace that is. Don't believe me? Read on...

Yesterday afternoon the manager was talking to me and Faris regarding Aishah wanting to take off on Saturday and Sunday. She was going on & on about this & that and it looked like Aishah wasn't going to get what she wanted. Today, when I dropped by the store I saw Aishah. She was looking very happy. Feeling curious, I checked the schedule. I couldn't believe what I saw. She actually got what she wanted.

WHAT THE HELL!!!

Semalam, kau kutuk-kutuk budak tu pasal hal ni but in the end kau bagi dia ambik off jugak?! Macam sial kan....

I talked to Faris & Helmi about this and they agreed with me too.

Talking about Aishah, she came up to me and explained her actions from last Sunday. After hearing it, I don't believe her at all. And I don't believe Dianah also. I'm not gonna be on anyone's side this time, just mine.

Korang, cakap suka hati korang aje. Kalau tengah busy, kau keje sorang, lepas tu kau tahu kedai sebelah ada dua orang, at least salah satu boleh datang tolong sekejap kan? Tak payah lama-lama, sekejap aje aku mintak. Pon tak datang jugak kan? Habis tu nak komen pasal perangai aku hari tu lagi. Please lah, kalau dah kena macam gitu kau expect aku senyum aje ke? Tak logik langsung!

Jangan melampau sangat. Korang ingatkan aku ni adik-adik korang ke?

Juraimi J.
"Salah satu hari ni, korang mesti kena dengan aku punya!"

Episode 21: The Reunion

Yesterday, Faizul dropped by the store to pay me & Faris a visit. It was great to see him again. Seems like nothing changed with him. He's still the loud talking joker that I remember from way back. We talked about old times when he was still working with us. Trust me, there's a lot of memories. Later, Dianah also dropped by the store. It was almost like old times with the four of us. Sure, there were some members missing but for that one night only, The Kliq was back together!

Oh yeah!

Juraimi J.

Episode 20: Critical comments

Hello again...

My off day got burned again. Thanks a lot. For what? Had to come to work again on Saturday and work for 4 hours until the next person came. Are you kidding me? I don't how I managed to put up with this shit...

I can't believe we are actually wasting our energy preparing the store for Mr. Big shot's visit. The guy only comes once every 2 months... And the result is always the same... We should be concentrating on something else. And not on him.

Today was so frustrating! I knew that I was going to work alone but I was expecting a little bit of help but it never EVEN came. The other store must have been very "busy" for not even one of them to drop by and help me out. When they eventually came, each of them asked me the strangest of questions.

Questions like,"Why are there 2 store keys inside the store?"

Huh?

And,"What is it I'm supposed to take?"

And then leaves the store without taking anything. Huh?

At least one of us was having fun and enjoying themselves at work.

And that is why I don't like to depend on other people.

Some people just can take criticism. It is not all bad. When someone criticizes you, you take it as motivation to become better. And not to become worse! So, please don't bitch and moan about it to me. Go do something about it...

I have always been right when judging people. And my opinions of certain people will always be the same until they prove me wrong. Until then, this opinions will always be mine alone.

Until next time,

Juraimi
"I should have left when I had the chance. Now, I'm stuck!"

Minor Update

Hey...

Sorry for not updating this thing... So busy with stuff like work and all that and by the end of the day, I just felt that I got no energy to turn on the computer.

Nothing much happening at home. So I guess I can say that every things normal there. At work, its the same old drama with same people trying to impress people I don't give a shit about. But wait! Its not always gloom and doom this week. Subway opened at Singapore Expo this week! Meet a few of their staff, they seemed like friendly people.

At Subway, Eat Fresh...

I wanna take this time to congratulate my old classmate, Luqman for getting married this past week. All the best to you & your family! Sorry for not attending your wedding bro... My Bad...

Fasting month is right around the corner. I hate this this time of the year. All the posers will be out in numbers just to ruin this month. I'm gonna be surrounded by them. Haiz... Just have to be patient a bit more. They will get theirs soon.

Feel bored? Can't sleep? Need to talk somebody? Call me! Or you can e-mail me, SMS me, message me on msn. Or if you see me, come talk to me personally! Don be shy...

I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't take drugs.
You might call me boring, I call it living the STRAIGHT-EDGE life.

And so with that I leave you with today's advice of the day:

Sometimes, its the things that you don't do, that shows people what kind of a person you really are.

Take care,

JuRaimi J.

Episode 19: Helping Out

I knew it was coming.

Every weekend, theres always someone trying to saboh me...

But at least I was prepared for it this time around.

So it begins...

I was sleeping peacefully when my hand phone rang. It was Kala. She told me she was sick and couldn't come to work. Feeling sorry, I decided to help cover for her. When I reached work, Faris was surprised to see me. So was I dude, so was I. Opened up the store to find the store in a mess. Checked who worked there last, it was Dee-Dee. Must've been busy last night. I found out she was working alone so I can't blame her. Rolled up my sleeves, cause there was alot to be done!

The earlier part of the day was a complete mess! Had to do a massive refund for a customer who bought the wrong item. I keyed in the wrong amount for the daily sales as well! Definitely one to forget. Even Faris was surprised how error prone I was on that day. Later, received a call from the manager. She asked either me or Faris could stay behind tonight. After discussing it, I volunteered myself. Faris had school tomorrow.

Later in the afternoon I saw Dee-Dee at the counter. She had this kesian look on her face. Faris says he wanted to take a picture of her. Poor girl... She still thinks shes working alone again. After Faris left, I helped Dee-Dee out at the store. In between, we had some interesting conversations and she showed me pictures of her at her other workplace. Very informative! Later that night got a call from the manager telling me I had to cover the morning shift again tomorrow. I was like,"WHAT?!"

I felt bad leaving Dee-Dee at the store like that all by herself but I guess it can't be helped. I just hope she understands my situation.


Juraimi J.
"Sorry, didn't mean to leave you like that."

I did it for myself and not for anybody else.

Shit happens...So true. And it always happens when I least expect it to happen. Here's how the story goes:

Original plan was for me to leave work at 7 pm. Hetty calls and asks me to extend until 8pm. I said OK. Hetty also says to me not to extend any later than that cause the Manager won't be paying overtime. Fair enough. Fast forward to 8pm, the flowthru guys comes and delivers stuff to both stores just as I was about to leave. Now normally I would just go, but earlier we took out some items from the container and it left us with 5 cages outside the store. Totally not acceptable! So out of the kindness of my heart, I decided to stay behind to help the guys out even though I realized I wasn't getting paid for it.

I asked Kala for help but in the end she was too tired and decided to go home first. That left me with only Helms and Dianna to help me out. No disrespect to the both of them, but I don't trust them enough to do a good job for me. Fortunately, everything turned out well and we managed to finish the job.

In other news, I made a promise to myself that I will NOT get involved in any ones problems ever again. What ever it is, you guys go sort it out yourselves. I don't need the drama...

Juraimi J.

Random. Thoughts.

• Hetty was all over me apologizing to me about what happened yesterday. I already said it was OK but she kept going on and on. Its things like this that makes me question a person's sincerity when apologizing to me. I thought last week was bad, but now this...The "Divas" in my workplace are nothing but trouble. Its better I try to avoid them at all costs!!

• I feel like my time at my workplace is ending or gonna end soon. I feel like I need to leave and move on to better things. There are some people there who don't deserve my help and maybe if I leave, it may finally wake up their ideas! You guys suck!!

• Am I difficult to work with? Apparently, someone from my workplace thinks so. And I think I know who said it! You just don't know when to quit do you? Have you looked at yourself in the mirror recently? Do it now. See that? That's the problem staring right back at you, its not me. Go & get a life, loser...

• Sri Dewi. She came... and now shes gone again.

Juraimi J.

"By the time you realized what you've done, it'll be too late."

Episode 18: Over- Reacting

Hi! This was supposed to be yesterdays post but I was too damn tired after working. Damn bloody flowthru!! Anyway, lets go!

Today I received an earful from Hetty over the phone. I was minding my own business when Kala passed me the phone. All I heard was Hetty screaming at me. What the hell?! Apparently, some sorry sucka complained to our dear area manager and she got scolded for it. And why am I the one getting fucked over the phone? Bitch!!

Enter Mr Area Manager...Juraimi, go do this...WHAT?! Juraimi you know that...WHAT?! Juraimi, must finish by tonight...WHAT?! SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!! It it just me or do you just like to listen to the sound of your own voice...

Oh yeah... I extended until 11 pm and now, I'm dead tired. Tomorrow will be the same AGAIN!!

SHIT...


Juraimi J.
"Grow yourselves a set of balls & take it like a man!"

Greetings visitor! Thanks for stopping by...

Yes its finally over! High school musical on ice that is... Never seen so many people wearing and buying HSM merchandise. But some of it sure looks cool! Another thing that caught my attention was people were rushing to buy our Slurpee just to get the "mystery" gift. You can see the look of disappointment in their faces when I whipped out the "mystery" gift. Oh come on people... Were you expecting something else? Ha ha...

My old friend Zaidi was attached to the expo the last 3 days. I was happy to see him again. We must hang out more often man!

I think me, Hetty & Farris really worked our asses off this few days. For the newbies like Helmi & Aisha, the experience will really help them become much better than they once were.

This was quite an easy week for me. Sure the workload was heavy, but everyone I was working with was doing their part. There was no egos or disagreements. It is definitely easier to work with people who share the same values as me.

Who would have thought someones absence would make me feel so good. Huge sigh of relief.... Its not like I don't wish them well, its just they add way too much stress on me and I just don't need that right now.

Here's to a better week ahead...

Juraimi J.

To the confused & alone pretty girl,

Just what are you trying to do? It seems like you have a problem with me. I already said I was over it and moving on but it looks like you still want something from me. Quit giving me the stare & quit talking about me when I'm not around. If you have something to say, just say it to my face. I expected better from you. I can't believe I apologized to the likes of you...

Saying "Sorry" to the others and not to me... Why? Because I'm not worth it? Sound familiar? Or is it because you think you're better than me so I don't deserve it. Oh yeah before I go, because you're definitely "worth it", thanks for your help yesterday. How rude of me for not thanking you for your hard work.... Yeah right...

Please don't make this personal.

Thanks a lot whoever you are!

Just when I thought I had everything in control, WHAM! Someone comes and messes everything up. I really hate it when that happens. It just happened again. My work schedule has been changed again without me knowing it!? So now instead of working the morning shifts this weekend, now I have to work the 10 hour shifts!!! Why?! Why me?! It doesn't help that I always have the shittiest work schedule out of everyone else and now, it just got worse... I have plans... I have a life too... THANKS A LOT!? Selfish !@#$% ...........

Oh yeah, I'm gonna find out whose smart idea this is...........


Frustrated and angry,

The Real Juraimi J.

The Misadventures of Ju & Far !

Hi! Welcome back...

Work has been stressful lately because of numerous events being held at the same time but we're trying our best to help each other out and keeping each other happy. So far, I think we're doing fine so we just need to keep our spirits up for a couple of more days. Come on guys! Just because we're busy doesn't mean we can't any fun right? Me & Farris have had our own problems to deal with recently and well, I guess you can say we decided to have a bit of fun for ourselves.

Time to go!


Look at all those boxes behind us!


PEACE NO WAR!


Smile...


Don't mess with us!


Farris guarding the container.

Take care whoever you are...


The Real Juraimi J.
"Its not funny if the other person gets their feelings hurt."

I'm Sorry

All right, it seems my last post may have offended you. But even if you say you're not, I''ll apologize to you anyways. For me it just seems the right thing to do at the moment. You said I was being sarcastic but that wasn't my intention. I was just trying to be honest and I think it didn't come out right. Yes, it was a bad idea on my part to do what I did, I should have talked to you instead. You say you you're tired of trying to impress everyone but why do you do you try so hard to do that in the first place? For me, its not necessary. I already know what you can and cannot do. I don't expect anything more.

That day, we had a misunderstanding. That's all. You might not have realized it, but I was bothered by it. But I'm letting it go and moving on. Whats done is done. I don't expect you to forgive me right away but I hope things between us will be back to normal someday.


REALLY SORRY,

Juraimi

Episode 17: Bad days ahead

Hello again! I feel sleepy.... Yawn.... Got to get more sleep into my system. OK! Here comes another update:

It seems my actions from last night troubled some people. But based from the messages & SMSes I received, I don't understand what the fuss was all about. I just decided to go back first that's all. End of story. I don't want to talk about it anymore! Since when did you guys ever care for anybody other than yourselves?!

I thought yesterday was bad but today was even worse. These people from HQ came to my store and asked me questions that I don't want to answer. All 3 of them kept asking & asking and in my head I was like,"**** off people!". I don't need this...

After that, the District Manager came for a visit. Another one?! Luckily for me he left me alone to do my job. Not long after, Andrew came down to give me hell. He told me I couldn't go back and I had to help out at the store. Bloody C.C.B!!! Gave me lots of work to do, more than I can handle. Shit! He then told me to go to the container, take everything out and rearrange the items back nicely. Are you crazy man?!

Finally managed to get away from that place at around 8 plus. Thank God!

Not complaining but really tired,

jOe Raimi

Episode 16: Divas! The whole lot of them!

Hi! Thanks again for dropping by. Sorry for not updating cause I've been so busy with work. Lets begin:


Today I made a new friend. I think her name was Jennifer. We totally clicked from the start. She was a lot of fun to talk to. She was always smiling and laughing. She said she used to work at the store once but somehow I can't remember her. Bummer... But she still remembered Farris. Hmmm... I wished she could work with us cause she would make a great addition to the store but she says she doesn't like my manager. Me too!! Yay!! Too bad she had to leave because we could have talked on and on. Oh and in the end she went back late because someone chose that time to go the toilet. Hais....

Today also was Bob's last day attached to us. I can't believe his name is "Bob". I call myself "Joe". Anyways, he was an extremely helpful guy. I'm glad I got the chance to get to know him. When I first saw him I was like," Macam gangster lah dia..." But once he opened his mouth and talked I was like,"Whaaat?!" This is another guy who should have worked with us. See you around "Bob"...

Oh yeah... Fadhil dropped by the store this week to return his uniform. Nice to see him again. He looked well. We talked for a bit and fortunately Herty wasn't around. Last time three of us were together, big explosion! Extremely funny guy... I miss his lame jokes already. Oh man!

Seems last Saturday, Brader Farris lost his cool with some people. After hearing his side of the story, I absolutely understand why he lost his cool. Got to respect him for laying down the law. Maybe I should do the same. I got some anger to let out on certain people...

Other than that, the rest of my working day sucked to the core. Couldn't believe I lasted the whole day. I won't go into details, I'll save that for another time.

Take care!

jOe Raimi