菜鸟随笔#1 (Account of a "New Bird")

My most spoken language at work (in descending order):

Mandarin, Broken-Singlish (what can be worse than this?), Hokkien, Malay

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My direct colleagues:

My Manager, Senior Supervisor and 2 Supervisors (ALL male)

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My indirect colleagues:

The cleaning team consisting of uncles and aunties together with young lads from Sabah and Sarawak, the stall attendants who are mostly uncles and aunties also.

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The most "shocking" moment on my first day:

Hearing the manager sprouts vulgarity in a closed-door meeting in the office (I think he would have cursed more "aggressively" if a girl is not there)

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The "proudest" moment:

To learn that I am the first female in the entire operation team

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The irony:

To lose 2kg since I started working, even though I am supposedly working in a food paradise

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The most paiseh:

To be called all sorts of names like “小姐”,“美女”and “美美” and you have to respond

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The ultimate-act-blur:

To act as if nothing happens even though you know the young lads and uncles are ogling or talking behind your back

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My worst fear:

That my English and Mandarin will worsen

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The constant reminder to myself:

That I must not act like an Ah-Lian outside work