Ash and I were invited to SOME fun Friday night plans in KL. But we turned them down for respective reasons. I decided to work a night shift and Ashley decided to sleep early to physically/mentally prepare her for her lil weekend trip to Lumut. We are such good girls.
I like working in a cafe. Ever since classes started, I always dread the thought of working a shift after class. But once I'm in the midst of work, I feel this silent contentment and peace again. I like that I'm the only Barista on shift at a time (with a Manager on duty of course). But it's great. It's as if for that few hours I own the cafe and I love handing a good cup of coffee/beverage/plate of hot muffin etc. to customers and wishing strangers "Have a good weekend" and meaning it altho I don't really know the person. And I'm getting paid to extend niceness, warmth and learn about coffee. . . . I sound like a crazy optimist. Haha.
I'm not always an optimist. My usual disposition is skeptical towards anything. I don't know if that's the same as being a realist. But I wouldn't say I'm a cynic. I think there's a big difference between a skeptic and a cynic. But I see the words being used interchangably more often than not. A cynic has his/her mind set on proving something 'wrong' so he/she will just keep looking for arguments to fight his/her stand. A skeptic looks for 'truth' and challenges a stand not to prove a stand wrong but just out of a healthy need to know. I imagine in a sandbox, the kid named 'Cynic' would point out the presence of a new, exotic looking kid to the other kids in a negative manner. The kid named 'Skeptic' would ask alot of questions that might seem too forward to some but with the intention to satisfy a curiosity.
Oookkayyyyyyy. Oh yeah. At work tonight, I kept thinking about how alot of people are getting retrenched/losing jobs due to the current global economic situation. But here I am, a young student, not jobless. I feel like someone else with mouths to feed should take my spot. But I don't think the GIANT CORPORATION that I work for is too affected in this part of the world. My dad complains that the big nations complain too much about this recession. They're only getting a first hit and news broadcasts are making suchhh big deals out of it. Asian continents were just recovering from the 1997 Asian economic crisis, and this recession thingy hit the world. Meaning Asia is facing a 2nd round. I don't know which bias is fair. Or if 'bias' can ever be fair. Like between an oppressor and oppressed. Should you even pick sides? . .. Just thought it's an interesting perspective of the situation to share. Food for thought. Chew on it. Then tell me what you think.. I'm too lazy to think currently. . . I am rambling on.
Fact: 'Lumut' is a Bahasa Malaysian word that literally means 'Moss'.
Kate Lumut. (Kate Moss)
Lumutes. (Moses)
Lumutquito. (Mosquito)
Good Night.
Sofia
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