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Saturday, January 14, 2012

My experience working in Universal Studios Singapore

10th Dec 2011
headed down to scape with Desire, to give a try at the RWS walk-in interview.
we applied for Attractions Crew at Universal Studios.
took about an hour till our names were called to a 1-on-1 interview.
my interview lasted for about 15mins, talked quite alot.
after that, i got a hint that my application was successful, cuz i was given another set of documents and asked to head down for briefing regarding the job.
to my surprise, Both me and Desire got through!! thank god, cuz it's not that easy to get the chance to work in USS.
i was totally thrilled, i kept smiling the whole day! =)
next step, is to attend the Training/lecture on 3rd of jan 2012.


3rd Jan 2012
took the staff bus into RWS. reached at 8.30am for the training.
it was freaking DRAGGYYYYYY! the lecture lasted all the way till 6pm. solid. with just a 1hour lunch break. endure!



4th Jan 2012
once again reached at 8.30am.
got our staff pass and nametag today!!
agenda for today was half bonding activities and half lectures. still, it lasted till 6pm.
after that, took a walk around sentosa with desire to check out what renovations were made.
merlion walk completely changed, and guess what? FINALLY, sentosa has a KFC and Mcdonalds. yep u read it right.

5th Jan 2012
ORIENTATION DAY!!!
but have to go through the 3hour lecture first!
after that, our trainer took us to the park to familiarize with the area.
we got express privilege for Transformers! i swear, the ride was Fking awesome!
if u thought shrek4d was good, imagine 10 times better.
we rode Cylon after that, and had to head back to try out our uniforms.
the day ended at 5pm. and the park closes at 7pm. so.........
as staffs, we are allowed to enter the park for free at all times, so i went crazy with my colleagues for that 2 hours! haha.

6th jan 2012
last day of the boring lecture. it was draggy but manage to end at 4pm. once again, i've gone crazy enjoying in the park with my colleagues. rode transformers 6 times. heh.. rode all the other rides btw.


12th Jan 2012
first day of on job training! i'll be attached to Accelerator and Hollywood Theater for 6months. what? i'm in 2 attractions? when everyone else got one. i thought accelerator was a dumb attraction to work in. boy was i wrong!
it was the most relaxed and fun job ever! i wanna work permanent there if i could!
my supervisor trained me at the controls first. super fun pressing all the buttons and controlling the ride! =DD
after that he trained me as a "ride loader." it was really fun too, no stress.
just need to count the number of guest, then open the gates for them. after the ride just check the vehicles.
oh and guess what??
i bumped into 2 of my ex-colleagues working as the same attraction as me! of all places in singapore! still, 3 of my friends who trained with me are at the same attraction as well. i had no problems getting along with everyone here, including the supervisors.
my shift ended at 7.30pm on a high note, couldn't have asked for more. =')


14th jan 2011
2nd day of my on-job training. today i was supervised at the greeting area aka start of the queue line. so sunny and hot! but can tolerate, thanks to the design of our uniform. it's dry fit!
time passes too quickly today, and i didn't even noticed. staff cafeteria were serving different dishes today. afew choices to choose from, but they don't taste too good or bad, considering it's free. i was supposed to have my written and oral test on sunday, but my supervisor thought i was ready, so my manager came over to test me.
whoa, this manager was kind of irresponsible. halfway through the oral test she left. i understand, as cylon broke down and she had to attend to it. but the thing is, she came back 15mins later and continued. once again, she left halfway and came back 30mins later. yeah, it's not over. not long after she continued she left again, for an hour this time. wtf? so what? am i supposed to keep waiting?
when she was back it was 7pm. i'm leaving at 7.30. she didn't apologize and she didn't continue my test. i'll be kinda pissed if i have to do everything all over again tmr.
apart from this, i still enjoyed myself at work today :)
tmr, i'll be left alone to work without supervision. whooo, can't wait!
its really good to work in a place where u can enjoy urself at the same time. X)


sign off,
dickson

*thank god, my ancestors and 11:11 for watching over me and granting my wishes! :)
Dickson at 7:19 AM