[Porcelain Doll]

Saturday, July 01, 2006

The stupid weather is killing me and the aircon doesn't help much but shall blog about yesterday anyway.

My internship is starting in a few weeks' time and I went for an interview at Johnson & Johnson on Friday morning. It was arranged by Teach Me which helps disabled youths like me. By the way the office is at International Business Park which is situated in Jurong. But fortunately the traffic wasn't congested as I set off early and I reached there way before the stipulated interview time which was 10am.

When I reached there, I waited at the lobby for Ian, the Teach Me staff who's in charge of finding job opportunities for Teach Me clients. He was stuck in heavy traffic though and he called and asked me to go upstairs first to wait for him.

So I went up to Johnson & Johnson at Level 7. The receptionist was nice and friendly. Ian arrived at 10.15am. Then we were led to the interview room by one of the staff.

I had to go through 2 interviews in 2 different departments. All I could say is that I felt I could have done better if I was more confident. It was my first time going through a formal interview. Anyway they will get back to me in a week's time. Praying for the best.

The interviews ended slightly before noon. Ian brought me downstairs and he left. Mummy arrived shortly after and the taxi came to bring us to Causeway Point.

I've never shopped there before so it was a nice experience. The place looked quite big. We spent quite some time browsing at John Little. Mummy bought a pair of pants for me and some cosmetics for herself.

Then we went to Sakae Sushi for lunch. Cloud talked about the food there recently and I wanted to try it. I dunno if I'm just biased but somehow I didn't like the food and ambience there as much as Ichiban Boshi.

One big problem is that the seating wasn't convenient for people in wheelchairs. The tables were on platforms. However the staff were very friendly and hospitable so we decided to dine there anyway. But due to the strange seating, we settled for side dishes as it was difficult for me to eat bento with the table at a higher position.

Another problem was that it seemed warm and stuffy inside and there were houseflies. Luckily they didn't go into our food. Talking about the food, we ordered salmon sashimi(not bad but not the best I've tried), tempura moriawase(the prawns were big, much to my delight ;p), unagi tofu(this one was good) and soft shell crab(good but a tad salty).

For dessert, we ordered green tea ice cream and mochi ice cream. I loved the desserts. The green tea ice cream was rich. But they just served the whole small tub. By the way the brand was Bud's. Haven't heard of this brand but might wanna try getting it someday. But I couldn't understand why they just gave us the pint. I thought usually they would at least serve it in a nice bowl or cup. Never mind. The mochi ice cream was powdery(mochi is a type of powder used in Japanese cooking) but tasty. It also looked cute. I had the peach-flavoured one.

On the whole, the whole dining experience was OK but not the best Japanese dining experience I've had. Maybe I'm just critical. Anyway we continued shopping after lunch. Not sure if it's just me or the aircon in Causeway Point wasn't strong enough. I felt warm the whole day. But shopping was fun. Haven't shopped for ages. We bought a watch for me and a top for Mummy. We also bought some food for today's breakfast.

At evening, we took the MRT to Toa Payoh Hub where we browsed around and had dessert at the food court. We went home at 9.30pm.

That's all for today's entry. Might go have some ice cream later. I hate the weather. Haiz.

@NGeL | 10:37 PM