Today, i should blog about my 2 days experience as a part time waiter at Marina Bay Sands. I was working at a very classy fine dining restaurant with my university friend. After the first day, we felt that this job was not for us. It is definitely not because we feel that we are above the job, instead, i have a deep respect for the many employees there. For example, there are Filipinos, China foreigners working 11 to 13 hours a day there and this job requires you to keep standing straight for hours without rest.
In my few conversations with the workers there, i find that most of them left their family behind to come to Singapore to work and they work more than 10 hours per day. Yet, these are the people pushing our economy forward. They do the same th
ing day in and day out, repeatedly without complain. Let me mention that this job is in no way easy though it doesn’t require a great deal of thinking. Imagine wiping glasses for hours and checking for finger prints against the light… and then doing it for 6 hours straight. Glass wiping is one of the most mundane jobs ever… There are some perks to this job, like a decent hourly pay of $9, with free food and transportation and these are the things that make me want to work on the second day.
Anyway, these 2 days of working at the restaurant has taught me a few things:
- Study harder for a better career and thus, future
- Always strive to your fullest and hardest like the workers there
- Remain optimistic even when the whole world seems to be dropping down on you
- Save your money and don’t splurge like the workers there and you will find yourself many times richer
They might not be as lucky as Singaporeans to be born here, but if they keep working hard like that, their future might be better. On the other hand, if a Singaporean work hard like them, we might see the first Lee Ka-shing of Singapore.
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