Going Through Changes

Thursday. That means I've once again failed to get it done in three days. I guess I'll make it into every 3-4 days for you all then. Don't worry, I'll keep it up. I should start keeping notes about the days though, especially the evenings as I'm having problems remembering what I did after work sometime. If I manage to figure out what I did, I don't always link it to the correct day, I think.

With a little help from Bart, however, I managed to just assign all events to the right days again, so here goes the review of the past few days, starting with my monday as the last entry was written sunday night. Monday was once again, another day at work in the laundry, with nothing much to do. There were new people from the Phillipines doing their orientation this day, which lead to the request of me being around on Tuesday for a few hours to help them get their uniforms and get started. A little introduction to the department and such. Monday night was spent at home with Marten and Tommy coming over, and Yatha made his noodles/rice/chicken dish, which was good enough. Hired a movie at Publix (they got a little movie vending machine over there called Moviecube, which lets you rent movies for 1,06 per day. No membership, nothing, and the movies are quite new too) called 21, which we all watched. It's a movie based on a true story of a group of students using a self-designed system to win big money at Blackjack. Was a good one.
Think I headed to bed around 11 or so.

Tuesday I had to wake up at 6, getting in at work around 7 as the new team members needed to be all up and running by 8, for a meeting with Andreas, the general manager.
Helped them all out, and went back home again around 9:30. Stopped at Galleria Mall on the way back to get a little, useful, backpack and the belt one of the managers has been screaming about for so long. Seriously, appearance when I'm stuck in the landry? Anyway, got two of those for 12 bucks, so if that makes him happy... For a few hours, we did nothing much, until Volkan and Marten came in around 5:30 I believe, and we went to Victoria Park for a little exercise in the form of a soccer match. First played around a bit, might have been for an hour or so (with Bart and Yatha too, Georgi was at work). Then, three guys came up to us, challenging us for a game. Volkan joined their side making it Holland vs The World yet again. Had a nice game which we lost 6-3 I believe. Their playing was just a little simpler, more effective. But we had fun, and it felt good to be that active again for a total of two hours straight. After the game, Volkan went home, leaving his PS2 for us to use!
The four of us changed quickly and headed into the swimming pool of the compound for some relaxation and messing around. As there's quite some chlorine in the water, I bought these cheap swimming goggles for 2 dollars a piece for Bart and me, the day after. Those are for next time.
When we got back, we watched the movie Untraceable (also from the moviecube again) and then called it a day. At least I did. I think Marten stayed for a little longer and Georgi drove him home when he got back from work.

Wednesday, my drag at work was broken, as Joseph had set up a meeting after addressing me earlier that week. A meeting about me moving to F&B after all! Got a new schedule, effective this coming monday, starting in Le Marche, the food outlet at the boulevard. They make lovely paninis, crepes and ice cream there, and they got Starbucks coffee and homemade Chocolate Chip cookies. It's open for hotel guests as well as people on the boulevard, so it should be a lot of fun, interaction wise. Monday I start at 7AM, with Pierre, the manager there (according to many, one of the best and most knowledgable people around) and the rest of the week I won't start before 10AM. I guess finally some time to sleep late. I won't have a fixed schedule in terms of 8 to 5 anymore, but I'll manage!
Second part of the new rotation will be done in Banqueting, by the looks of it. The meeting rooms and all involved. Hope we can finalise that in some agreement as that would be quite a way to spend the rest of the year. At work itself, I did little laundry as there were a lot of chores to be done itself, in the rooms, on the floors, and for me as a Runner on top of that. Had a great day that I ended with some fastfood at Wendy's and two (yes, two) movies hired from the Moviecube. Action with Jumper, and a no-brainer in the form of Freshman Orientation. Had a nice night. Went to bed around 12, but didnt sleep until 2, because of the warmth.

Today, I was supposed to have a day off. I woke up at 12, and had a little bit of time to do nothing, and wake up at the same time, before heading to the hotel around 1. Did a bit of work as the housekeeping office, waiting for two meetings to start. The first one was a roundtable discussion with all interns about what can be improved in the program. Lots of feedback all around, so we'll see what happens with all of that. The second one was about the MOD schedule. Manager On Duty. It consists of two aspects, concerning the morning or afternoon/evening. It sounds like a lot of fun, a nice change of pace, but I'll tell more about that in November, as I'm listed for morning and evening duties on 6 and 13 November as it is.
Played soccer in the indoor hall in Hollywood again, 65 minutes, but it wasn't as fun as usually. Other people playing, and the entire setting and such was just different. Nice to get some exercise again, that feels rewarding every time, but yeah. Got another day off tomorrow, and I feel like going to that Irish pub again. Hope we can! Depends on Sabrina I guess, who needs to work that night, but who has Saturday off.

For the departmental change, here is Army Of Me - Going Through Changes