Saturday, May 19, 2012
ive had an eventful week this week! (: what i thought was gonna be a week of job searching and interviews ended on tuesday when i found a job! it was really all God's grace that i got it! (: sooooo thankful! (: so now, im working at a japanese restaurant!
its definitely a change from the previous 2 salad bars that ive worked at! it is mostly the culture and language that has made my working experience an eye opening one! firstly, the kitchen staff are mostly japanese, and thus they speak japanese or chinese or some dialects. languages arent really my thing so ive had to learn a few japanese phrases, and i keep mixing them up!!! im really not a language person haha. :P
and another thing that has changed is their style of doing things. i dont like to generalise but what ive noticed is that the japanese really treat their staff very well! it can be seen from the pay (hehe!) as well as the things they ask us to do. i was told that i had to say "onegaishemasu" (which is please in jap) everytime i pass the order to the kitchen, and also when i pass the dirty plates and cups. in the salad bar, everyone just dumps the bowls and stuff into the sink and you never hear "please"s or "thank you"s. haha. also, my boss is really nice, she randomly gives us 15mins breaks when she sees that we look tired (: everyone here is just really nice, and im so thankful for that.. (:
i was just thinking about what i learnt in regenerate camp and i remembered thinking that i wanted to do something worthwhile this summer break. the most natural thing that popped up in my mind during the camp was to find a job, make friends with my colleagues and then share the gospel to them! it seemed like the most obvious thing to do, but when i found this job, all i could think of was how i could work better, be more efficient and how to please my boss. it was hard to adjust to at first, because i had to learn new stuff and i was still getting used to it, but now i think im getting the hang of things... there's one of the girls who works here who has been really nice to me so far, and i really want to get to know her better! i feel that shes the one that i can relate to the most... she was mainly english speaking as well, and is enrolled in the arts stream too! shes not too loud, just a very friendly person that i can imagine hanging out with (: so i kinda assumed that she was Christian cos of the way she was really honest and responsible. she was telling me that she's gonna work on thursdays to saturdays. so i casually asked her why she isnt working on sundays, so that maybe i could find out if she was really Christian.
she told me that she just liked to relax on sundays.. then i mentioned something about me thinking that she was going to church on sunday, and she told me that she was Buddhist. when i heard that, i was seriously really crushed. ): i mean, i really really hit off well with her, and i thought that maybe we could relate on a deeper level ): on my way back home on the mrt, i was really really sad.. like really. learning about all the things written in revelations and in daniel, it just really hit me that if she stays Buddhist, she is not going to share in the joy of victory with Christ, but y'know... ): i dont even want to think about it. i was and am still just really really saddddd D: and just thinking that she is so nice, and i really cannot bear to see that happen to her ): so i prayed for her on the train; i dont think that ive prayed so hard for someone that ive just known, but it feels like ive known her for years!
but i found myself at a loss for words, just repeating the same things over and over again, hoping that God will hear and answer my prayer for her
please please please, open her heart... ):
but i know that it is not in my hands, nor is it in her's either... i just feel soo helpless, but i guess that' s just God's way of assuring me that it is in His hands, and that everything is ordained by Him...
i know God is bringing me through this for a reason and i hope that He will use me to reach out to her...
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