A Yakult-y Experience... :)

Oh yay, finally another day to input some delicious info about school life... :)



We(FS0803) came back during Tuesday on the revision week, as we had to go for our 2nd Field trip.



Last time was to Gardenia Bread factory [Bread], the familiar brand with us.



This time it was Yakult [Dairy/ milk products], the ever-famous cultured fermented milk drink children seem to crave for... :D



I arrived at around 1pm, and went to get my CASIO Fx-82AU authorized in exam use, and then went to withdraw cash. On the way to the block P/Q, I met with utmost surprise, Madam and Missy1 on their way strolling as well. I walked slower than them and tagged along behind. On occasions I nearly got discovered when missy1 turned her head, but it was not till Missy2's appearance that I was found out. They had a shock at both BX and me, as we seemed to have 'changed hairstyles'. Indeed i have straightened my precious hair, but BX was only clipping up her fringe I think...



I got more attention when ppl started asking me how much the straightening costs, till the bus arrived. I sat next to Shi Hui and remained silent all the way to the factory...[ps: I was reading on PoE] :)



We alighted, and then proceeded to a small room for a briefing. Wow the briefing was real short... you should know what I mean... but overall, I LIKED IT, esp. the part where a bottle of untouched YAKULT was opened and then extracting a few drops with the straw. they were dropped onto something like a glass slide, then the kind gentleman [there to explain to us on the histories, the functions of Lactobacillus casei (Shirota strain) and the Bifidobacteria origin etc.] let us view the MICROSCOPIC view of what is in the yakult.



That, was right after he made us each drink down a can of YAKULT before everything else, including the presentation.



I was like, seeing a pool of tiny rod-shaped cells squiggling their way around each other. I was totally WOWED by the image, but Madam YT and alot of the others were like freaking out totall... You could hear those exclamations amongst the class:



"YUCKS we JUST SWALLOWED THAT INTO OUR STOMACH!"



"10 BILLION BACTERIA JUST SWALLOWED!"



"EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"



"SOooooooooooooooooooo CUTE!!!!!" > this was said by yours truly







:)





The man kept emphasizing on how Yakult is different from the other brands [pls, what other cultured milk drinks can you find in Singapore? Obvious right?] in terms of the strains of bacteria used>



"We use 3 types- L.casei SHIROTA STRAIN, Bifidobacteria and S.thermophilus, while the OTHERS use only 2 types: L.bulgaricus and S.thermophilus"



"Our Shirota strain L.casei has been studied and strengthened during the years to be able to get to the intestines alive. Thanks to Mr. Minoru Shirota, our genius founder."



... and he was also harping on about how pampered Singapore was:



"We only supply straws in the packages IN SINGAPORE, and 100ml bigger bottles IN SINGAPORE[65ml for the REST of the countries], and SINGAPORE IS THE ONLY COUNTRY HAVING THE 4 flavors-peach, orange, apple and grape. See how LUCKY we are? "



True. :)



Then after that he told us how these helpful bacteria can activate the Macrophages in the body to phagocytocize the candida cells, as well as activation the NK- cells in fighting cancerous cells. WONDERFUL, as in the scientific illustrations and real micoscopic videos of the BATTLE OF THE CELLS. cute sia :)



We then started our little walk around the factory seeing the various stages of production of Yakult. Which ended us in the end of the Yakult tour.
We became wonderful advertisers of YAKULT LOLS


NOTICE THE ALTERNATE SHADE IN THE JEANS? LOLS

We bought back Yakult {i bought Yakult Ace light, coz the seller said there were 'MORE BACTERIA' in this series LOLS I felt like correcting her. :) }

Don being splashed by ... mineral water.

oh dear such a busy week that i have no time to blog...

now i tell you more about my work @ Pepper Lunch before the week 16 of hectic presentations.

I was like, working into the evening, and then the whole restaurant was filled with people.
Full house, to be short. The crowds were like already queuing up FOR A SEAT, not TO BUY FOOD, but still, some people still want to challenge us and defiantly queue up, as though they have a table number. I am on the verge of panic of afraid of being reprimanded by Don, and at the same time I had to be FAST! Ooops.

I was like trying to split myself into 4 parts; one for attending to the waiting customers, one for clearing the mess after customers left, one for serving the hotplates and the last one for patrolling the whole area. Don was like nagging me to HURRY UP and be a multi-tasking machine, in a loud tone, and then i was trying my best to accomodate to her wishes, but still I managed to have a taste of CUSTOMER VIOLENCE. SuCkS big time.

There was this family of about 4 who was queueing up for food without a table tag, and Don asked me to tell them to queue up at the glass panel for a seat. The mother was like, ranting about a story claiming that i HAD a seat for her in such a CROWDED situation! she left the queue and tried to find a seat in the restaurant but obviously she CAN't get one. Don then sensed the 'simmering of the curry before the boiling' and came out to reason [in a polite manner] to her. But before she knew it, the sickened lady was somehow being rude and she THREW the cup of mineral water [free from Pepper Lunch] she was sipping onto Don. Luckily she must have failed in her accuracy test, or else Don would have to change clothes. :) [Don was even kind enough to say "THANK YOU MA'AM, THANK YOU!" after she [the sickened lady] left feeling embarassed]. Don questioned me whether I forgot to tell them they needed to queue up for a table, and I said she didn't even ask me. I swear I can hear her screaming and cursing like a madwoman in the kitchen :)

Then on 1 August [i think so?], i broke a pepper bottle after bringing it into the kitchen [joining tables need to do this as we do not want customers to waste sauces!]. I dunno whether Don was joking about deducting $10 from my account for that. Later on, I missed my grip and broke... ... another thing which is the table tag [L-shaped stand, and i broke it such that it wobbles when it stands]. Don looked at me and said : "I don't care, you bring it back to the factory and solder it back for me!" :) [I think not...]

Don then told me to work on National Day and agreed, but then she said : I Know u oni wan to work because of the 1.5X salary right? :) haha she guessed it right.