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August 24 Terrible customer todayI worked in Mcdonalds today, and was shocked by an Aussie guy who came in and behaved like a rascal. The matter was he bought like 2 McMuffins in the morning, but something was missing in his muffins maybe egg or sausage, I am not sure. We are always frustrated about these kinds of things, and it happens sometimes. If it's really annoying and let me feel like to make complain, I would go back to the store either to refund my money or get a new one. This might be common sense that what everyone does.
However, he asked to speak to our manager straight away, and when our crew trainer Sahil came to him, he just started swearing at him:"Look at what the fu**ing burgers you made in the morning, I found there were two .... missing when I got home, you are such a idiot and I have to come back again....." I was there and serving two customers, we all were looking at that stupid man. Sahil was shocked too, and he tried to be nice and said "Sorry sir, that was our mistake, we'll make new one for you now." The idiot man just keep on saying things that really can cause a fight, if he was saying those to me, I might pour a coke on his face. You come to McDonalds and buy the cheapest rubbish food, what expectation did you put on everything? You are not giving any service charge or tips, what you paid is only the damn food, if not satisfied, ok, get away from here, heaps of restaurants around there. We have like plenty of customers to serve everyday and that really cause headache. So finally, the man kept saying abusive language; Sahil asked him to stop swearing and refunded the money to him. We all were saying that such a stupid idiot without brain, one of the customers was joking to the guy at the back "You'd better remember to add the bacon on my roll"
Our manager came at afternoon and asked me about the thing, I told him that man was a knave and sweared at Sahil since he came in the door. He asked did Sahil swear back to him. I said no, he just tried to be nice, and that was the truth.
Later, Sahil told me the guy complained about him to our head office, and I saw the msg he complained...I told Sahil I was your witness of the incident, don't worry, it's not our fault at all.
I think that was the most terrible person I saw since I work there. If we make mistakes like misplaced food or causing long wait, people complain about this possibly in a very bad attitude, that's understandable and reasonable. Well, some people don't mind our mistakes and still be nice to us, we are happy to refund or change for them. That’s why I always assume that Australia people are nice and friendly, or even doubt if they have a temper. Honestly, such things are really common and happen everywhere in China. We would never be surprised by those people. The reasons are China is high hierarchy and people look down working class since they are the bottom of the society, and the pressure is incredibly high in all work position, people need to release their bad mood sometimes. However, after today, I have to change my impression and to admit that no matter how peaceful or developed the country is, there are still non-sense people. In a Chinese slang we say “A piece of rat’s shit can destroy a whole bowl of soup”
August 23 Beauty ContestI saw a poster about a beauty contest few days ago in my uni, I stoped and had a brief read of it, of course I was not interested in participating; however, just wanted to find out what kind girls they are looking for. (Since there are countless similar activities like this in China as well as Australia such as SuperGirls, HappyBoys, many singing competitions in Sydney every year)….I guess originally American Idol was the first program that leads a trend of those competitions, however, that is really a great idea because it inspired Chinese TV producer to grab the potential commercial opportunity to gain huge amount of profit from youth who are dreaming about becoming a superstar someday. All right, back to our topic, the theme of the contest is smart and beautiful, what the ads emphasised is “We are looking for someone who is smart with intelligence, looking is not essential or precondition of the candidates.” Oh, that's fair enough, it seems giving out more opportunities to girls who don’t have a outstanding appearance, as long as you have brain, you could also be the potential winner. Another requirement is candidates have to be a female uni student aged 18-28. What’s the point of that? I have no idea…maybe because it is organized by a University society, but still doesn't make sense to me. I met someone who is a member of the society, and asked when and where is the competition be held, I want to go and see what's the process as well as if the candidates are smart or intelligent to fulfil my curiosity. She persuaded me to participate it actively, why was that? Not enough people? Definitely there is no point for me to participate, although I believe I am smart, but without a perfect looking: not tall enough, not skinning enough, and not pretty enough, I would not show off myself in front of people in this way. Honestly speaking, I personally have a negative impression of those beauty contest, could be jealous from a natural sense of female if I have to find a excuse for myself. Anyone have any idea that what's the point of join this contest? Due to the scale, the content (No idea what it is), the judges (Also no idea)?……Apart from winning prize (a $1200 laptop), is there any further opportunities to sign a contract with any media firm? Or become a model something?? Just didn't see any sponsors that are related to this entertainment industry so far…. Remember there is cost for registration, transportation and maybe clothes expenses. I am not judging or criticizing the contest or the candidates, what I would like to find out is the value will be received from the contest. We don’t do things that waste time or without any purposes, do we?
August 20 想念我最親愛的外婆第一次體驗失去親人的痛苦, 原本以為自己很堅強, 才發現還是那麼的脆弱到不堪一擊。其實外婆離開我們已經2個多月了，或許對於我個人來講對她的印象更加模糊， 我也不記得對她最後的印象停留在哪一刻，只知道是今年三月二號從重慶回來悉尼的哪個晚上。也不記得她跟我說了些什麼，但是她說的任何一句話都很有力量，從來沒有一句廢話，這一點在大概2年前好朋友KENNY來我家送我回去機場的時候也體會到了。他告訴我他永遠都不會忘記臨走前外婆在家門口跟我說的一句話：“禎禎，無論走到哪裡都要記住自己永遠是中國人。”似乎這樣一句話從一個老太太口中說出來不太尋常，我想所有的外婆送自己外孫或外孫女出遠門的時候，講的都是要照顧好自己之類的話，可這就是我的外婆，獨一無二的外婆，從來不會無原則的溺愛我跟弟弟妹妹，相反，常常在媽媽遷就我的時候，她唱的是白臉，因為她知道怎樣子才會教育出有用，有能力的下一代，不要忘記她是大學教授，解放前的研究生，那個年代的知識女性是屈指可數吧，但我就這麼幸運成為她的後代，這也是我一輩子的驕傲，在她有生之年對我指導和教育將會一直影響我的人生，非常肯定。
怎麼會突然在她離開2個多月後才想到把我的感情記錄下來呢？都是因為昨天晚上跟一個朋友在MSN聊天的時候提到她。一說到她我的話就跟開了閘的洪水，沒辦法收住，最後是一邊流的眼淚一邊打字，自己都覺得有病一樣，回來這麼長時間了，時常想到她，但是也很久沒有哭了。昨天居然對著我沒有感情的電腦哭得一塌糊塗，沒辦法，誰讓自己感情這麼豐富。
我的朋友們當然也知道這個消息，每次聊起的時候我都告訴他們我非常想再見到外婆，他們很驚訝的問我難道不怕嗎？怕？這個字我還沒有想到，在回國的那段時間只覺得外婆每天都在家，就跟沒有離開我們一樣，客廳的沙發上，飯桌旁邊，花園裡的凳子上，她的房間裡。。。到處都是她的影子。在我進去她臥室之前總假想她會躺在裡面，進去之後才想起她在這裡永遠的睡著了。我曾在晚上感覺到她就在我的房間，我的床邊，我在半夜裡睜大眼睛希望能在某個角落看到她，因為我們都相信靈魂的存在，我也知道，她其實每天都有回家。因為就這段時間，家裡很多奇怪的事情：三七那天晚上我們在花園給她燒紙，媽媽在一旁說，外婆永遠都非常清楚的記得外公，祖母等等的生辰祭日，一到時間就會準備給他們燒錢過去，沒想到今天我們在給她燒。突然家裡有棵芭蕉數的一片葉子“啪”一聲掉下來，在半夜12點顯得格外的響，把我們嚇了一大跳。媽媽說一定是外婆聽到我們在跟她講話，想引起我們的注意，因為那棵樹的葉子平時用力掰也會很費勁，而且又不是在秋冬天，實在是難得掉下來。這只是一件事，還有舅舅的相框從一堆東西上掉下來摔碎了，它在那裡放了很久，也沒人去動過；樓下衛生間的一個塑膠架無緣無故垮掉，雖然很多年了，但偏偏在這個時候壞；家裡的飯桌也很奇怪的壞了，也許主人家不在了，好多東西都罷工。。。沒辦法去解釋，但是我跟媽媽都相信一定是外婆回家了。
我是全家最後一個知道這個噩耗的人，也許這將成為這輩子耿耿於懷的事情，家裡的親戚朋友除了在美國的大姨婆沒有回來之外，就只有我不在身邊了。連陳玉潔都剛好放假回國，見到外婆最後一面。外婆12號早上去世，原本媽媽，小姨，小姨婆跟她16號要去菲律賓和臺灣，可是她卻一句話都沒說就走了，11號晚上媽媽還跟她聊天聊到12點多，一覺醒來大家卻陰陽相閣，想起來實在是不可思義。因為我正好要期末考試，所以大家都瞞著我，怕影響我，所以我是開開心心回家去，結果機場沒見媽媽來接我（這是從來沒有過的），然後爸爸在車上告訴我這個消息，回家進門見到的是外婆的遺像。外婆總是念叨：我們都是倒著數日子的人了，就算活到90歲也還有十來年了。人家賺錢是為了吃飯，我現在只要能吃飯就能賺錢。是啊，她這一輩子都是為了後代，賺的錢也都存起來，眼睛一閉什麼都沒有了。她做夢也沒想到這麼早就會離開我們，她的醫療條件已經是最好的了，不過走得這樣突然，神仙大概也難把她救回來。還記得她說了要看著我結婚生子，還要到澳洲來度過晚年，因為家裡好多年沒有過小孩子了，她閑不夠熱鬧，我還常開玩笑說一定努力，可以現在大學還沒畢業，她卻永遠走了。
小時候我不懂事，覺得外婆總是很不捨得，不像其他老人家對孫子倍寵得不得了。長大以後媽媽告訴我，外婆不是不捨得花，她把錢存起來自己很開心，兒女有需要，比如買房買車什麼的，她都毫不猶豫的就拿出來，那是都數以萬記，說是借的，可是哪個父母會一定要兒女還呢，因為父母走了留下的還是兒女的。我出國讀書和去年妹妹出國，她給我們的都是美金，而且每年回去也會拿零花錢給我們，她自己很開心有能力幫助兒女和孫子們，是她價值的體現吧。這輩子她就在幫助別人，自己的家人就不說了，媽媽小姨舅舅能夠有今天，都不得不承認有托外婆的福；我跟弟弟妹妹也受她的感染和影響非常大，無論男女老少都喜歡和她聊天，她見得多自然就懂得多，非常之有才；至於她以前的學生們，現在都各有成就，在國內國外的知名人士也很多，但不管是誰，只要回來重慶一定都到家看她，所以一到過年過節，家裡都格外的熱鬧；在我2，3歲的時候，她帶的一些研究生家不在重慶，她就讓他們到家裡吃飯，跟媽媽一樣關心他們，所以這些叔叔們都帶過我，教我認過字；她工作後的工資不但要養三個兒女，每個月還要拿錢給在重慶讀書的大舅公和三舅公，這麼好的姐姐哪裡去找？後來到市委工作後，更是屈指可數的女強人，對老百姓的關心和幫助也是數不清。。。不過最後，她卻一點麻煩也沒留給我們，走得那樣安詳，那樣平靜，連讓兒女操心和服侍她的機會都沒有給，我只能說外婆一輩子不停為別人造福，是一位偉大，無私的女性。
我的床頭掛著2005年外婆來悉尼的我們一起拍的照片，我知道人去世是越走越遠，但是我不想讓她在我的記憶中模糊，我要每天都看著她的微笑入睡。不知道天堂用不用辦護照，她是不是可以很容易的來到我這裡呢？或者有美麗的天使載她飛過太平洋。。。
我會永遠愛您，親愛的外婆
禎禎 2007-8-20
August 19 我的处女作今天不知道哪跟经不对了,居然想起来弄我的SPACE. 本人一向比较落后,对高科技产品没什么SENSE, 所以说虽然好多朋友早就在写BLOG了, 我确一直没这个兴趣和精神, 不过说实话也不知道怎么弄,呵呵^^ 对于21世纪的年轻人来说我非常的OUT OF DATE了.也不知道应该说些什么, 先把以前的照片传了上来,一个因为我的HARD DRIVE不停的坏,现在已经用第三个了(
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估计人品有问题吧,但不知道问题在哪里), 所以以前存的照片都丢了, 现在传上来的都是从朋友那里拿过来的,为了避免再坏掉,就放网上了; 还有就是从来没有用过BLOG, 好歹也尝试一下新的东西嘛,别老这么迂腐了.
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