Blurry.

Everyone is changing,
There's no one left that's real.
So make up your own ending,
Then tell me how you feel.
'Cause I am so lost up without you,
I cannot live at all,
My whole world surrounds you,
I stumble; then I crawl.

You could be my someone
You could be my scene
Know that I will save you
From all of the unclean
I wonder what you're doing
I wonder where you are
There's oceans in between us
But that's not very far

Can you take it all away?
Can you take it all away?
When you shoved it in my face
This pain you gave to me
Can you take it all away?
Can you take it all away?
Well, you shoved it in my face
This pain you gave to me











The only beauty that I face in this daily offering;
Would be the heart to feel.
Even if it's joy or pain,
It's better than being dead.

Plain Thoughts.

The shoreline looks attractive,
As it drags its own waves back everytime it hits it.
Always moving forth,
Then retreating back into its hidden beauty.

As others sit by the beach,
Lost in the cloud of love,
Some running around, tripping into the soft sand,
Some watching others, whilst keeping their silence.

The waves swallow the pain I cry,
The waves washes away the tears I shed,
The waves brings me away,
The waves swallows me to my death.

Lost in the sea, impossible to find,
Over time, and time again,
Break my bones,
Yet the waves swallow the pain I cry.

Come, and take my hand,
Whoever you may be.
Show me the life I once had,
Show me who I once were to be.

Show me the light that once shone,
Show me the reason why we think,
Tell me, why were my thoughts shoved?
Pull me through this chaos, with a blink.











Even if the problem persists,
Enourmous, like the universe, or small, like a pulp.
Even if there's no turning back,
Just remember to keep your head up..

Spending My Off Day.

Of course, I had to do stuff at the store, which took me about 6 hours to finish up at least half of it. But then again, I don't mind. I consider it a small favour compared to what work really is?

I don't mind, anyway.

But here I am, at Starbucks Ikano, doing my studies for my coffee test thingy. Not to say that I'm taking it seriously, but I find it interesting. Of course, anything that works more than 1 way, I tend to find it interesting.

Here's an obscene fact, but did you know that sex actually halt acne growing activities?

Wikipedia's the bomb, dowwww.











Hoho. Tomorrow's the last day of the puasa-ing season for the Muslims, so I would like to wish everybody a Happy Hari Raya. I doubt I'll be conscious enough to blog about that after midnight tomorrow....hoho..

It'll be interesting to watch things back to normal at the store, and everywhere else. At least when I want to pay for my samans, I don't need to go at certain times to visit the dear policeman. Hohohoho.

Uhhh ... Wheeeeeeeeee XD

Oooowheeee...

Finally, my eyes are red. I remember that most of my managers who are under major stress from the district managers/store managers would:

1) lack of sleep
2) just plain stress.

Now, I'm the one suffering from the lack of sleep. Right after my morning shift, I ran over to Starbucks SS2 and studied the Coffee & Tea Resource Manual which is kind of interesting yet confusing at times.

Oh my goodness

Well, let's just say that I'm getting prepared for whatever's coming in the future. Currently, I'm learning the basics that most of the baristas should know, and touching a little bit on what the District Coffee Masters would consider as basics, but not for those who are going for the Store Coffee Master.

Let's have a chart:

Store Coffee Master ---> District Coffee Master ---> Malaysian Coffee Ambassador

There we go. And I'm currently at..

Barista ---> Store Coffee Master.

Nearly there, at least.

waiting for my turn to take the test, then I'll be one step further in the job I never thought of being passionate for.

Terpassionated, I suppose.











And for espresso/beverage drinks, thanks to our little Art of Espresso class being held by Shukri and Nazmi in our bar last night, I managed to improve on my skill of steaming milk and achieving the good foam for cappucinos, and lattes.

Wwwwooooo.











Makes me want to steal a La Marzocco at times..

huhuhuhuhu..................











Okay goodnights. Is tired.











EOM is coming by ..................... wonderful.

The Journey Begins.

Don't mind me, but my journey has finally begun. After learning about customer service, what's on the menu board, nearly creating The Third Place, managing the partners on floor, and the Back of House work, I finally opened the Maintenance & Cleanliness Manual!

.. And then came the Coffee & Tea Resource Manual.

It began this week, and I've re-read to refresh my memory about the washing processes, regions of coffee productions, characteristics of different washing methods, etc.

And today, I branched off a little bit more.

Out of so many coffee species, if you are still new, you'd know that there are only 2 types of consumable coffee beans in the world. Which is wrong, because there are a total of 3 types.

Number 2, the Long Black that customer would order in Starbucks would be the Italian method of extracting as much as it can from the fine ground espresso beans through the espresso machine. But then again, if you search Long Black on wikipedia, as I have, it shows the Australian style of how they would do Long Black; where it is hot water, then the espresso shots on top, like a Machiato based-style espresso beverage.

The Long Black that we do, would be Lungo, by right.

Number 3, Ristretto shots, where most new baristas are not educated about this fine tasting espresso shot. Consider Ristretto shots the half of a normal shot of espresso. All the old timers in Starbucks would know about this, but it's sad to know that the new partners won't even bother about additional knowledge.












Also, I read not long ago that one of the top 100 jobs to have in the world is to be a Starbucks barista due to the benefits (medical included) received. I think the biggest benefits is that this job teaches you something that you can learn from, instead of it being a normal static job. If you were to work as a clerk, you do nothing but paper works, and scheduling your boss' schedule. As a barista, you get to learn about different types of coffee, and many many more.

I rest my case!

If you know what is the reason behind me studying the Coffee & Tea manual, good for you. But the problem is, what am I studying for?

The coffee master programme, or for my personal knowledge?

It's not wrong for the answer to be both, right?

:)

Even..

Even when the path is rough,
Just keep your head up.
Even when the truth hurts,
Just keep your head up.
Even when all seems lost at a new found land,
Just keep your head up.
Even when a strange deja vu happens again,
Just keep your head up.

Even if you're about to give up,
Just keep your head up.
Even if the wounds hurt,
Just keep your head up.
Even if your heart goes weak,
Just keep your head up.
Even if the fault of others makes you beserk,
Just keep your head up.

Even though the impossible arrives at a time,
Just keep your head up.
Even though you can't reach though you've stretched,
Just keep your head up.
Even though someone's trying to kill you,
Just keep your head up.
Even though you're down, but your spirit's there,
Just keep your head up.

Even if there's another road for you to take,
Just keep your head up.
Even if you suffered due to others,
Just keep your head up.
Even if the sun dims, but the moon is present,
Just keep your head up.
Even if you fail to soar amongst the skies,
Just keep your head up.











Make the best of whatever you do.
After all, we only live once.
Believe in no such thing as reincarnation,
Then only you'll set yourself free.

Hello.

What's immature would be if you had problems, or too many things to face or do, you would run away to somewhere really far.

What's the more matured thing to do, would be that you face and complete the things you're supposed to do.











What's the most immatured thing that you can do is to post up a blog like this....











But I'll just face it anyways. Sooner or later, we have to go through these sort of nonsensical stuff. Both studies, and at work.