Lasagna Before Harry Porter

Finally, after 25 months of working full time at the shelter and waitressing on weekend I decided to quit waitressing job and take three weekends off. By calculation the money I made hourly by waiting tables was three times better than the money they pay me at the shelter. But at the end I left waitressing job, the job that had paid me through community college and a quarter way at UMass.

A month ago, my former boss, a Director of women shelter asked me if I were interested to do a relief work at a transitional house in the city. "The money you'll make there won't be as much as the tips you get now, you know how it is......" she trailed off, "but..." she played with a bait,"they could use a writing group like you did here". I could sense her wide grin over the phone. I told her I would think about it, but the bait was already in my mouth.

I handed my resignation letter. I was a little sad to leave a waitressing job. I've learned a great deal about people as a waitress. It taught me to be patience, stay calm in any situation, quick thinking and most of all is to have sense of humor. Oh yes, the latter is very important. People sure act different when they are hungry. People act funny when they are with people they don't want to be with. And people aren't themselves when they don't know what the heck they are doing.

I waited on customers who thought Malaysia and Madagascar is the same country, a woman who assumed all Asians were Chinese. I waited on two guys who were little disappointed because I said Matt Damon was okay when they said he was cute. I waited on two couples who left a huge tips because they thought I was funny. They ordered Horny Granny, and one of the ladies asked me, "Honey, why is granny horny?" I said, "Oh..........grandpa is dead." I waited on family of eight from Austin Texas with heavy Texan drawl. The youngest person in a group said to me, "You talk funny" which I responded, "That's make two of us?.  I learned a lot of lesson about people which I would never be able to get it from anywhere else.

Waitressing is not for everybody. People think it is an easy job, but it is not. But of course everybody likes to claim her/his job is harder than others.

Now, I'm moving at my own pace at the school, but I'm not worried too much about the tuition fee because the place I work for pay 70% of it. 30% tuition and text books and other school expenses are still a lot of money to anybody like me working in Human Service. It is an underpaidoverworkjob. But, there is certain point in our adult life we want to do something not for the sake of money( Now I'm sounding pathethic). It's not that I deny myself the fine things in life. Extra money is good.....................

After the resume, cover letter and interview and all those interview crap I was told the job would be ready in three weeks. I was more than happy. I elated and exhilarated actually. The first weekend I woke up feeling something was not right. What was it? Aaahhhhaaaa..the whole weekends at home!!!!! I decided to cook something special to celebrate my weekends at home. After all those quick-fix meal and gallons and gallons of fruit smoothies I make every other day, I'm beginning to hate them. I want some real food. Lasagna!!!! I make wicked good lasagna. While my lasagna was in the oven, I walked to Blockbuster. I got myself two Harry Porter's dvds. They were enjoyable. . Harry Porter and his friends and their adventure remind me of the children in The Chronicle of Narnia. I wonder when are they going to make The Chronicle of Narnia into a movie?

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[anasalwa]

Megin,

Thank you for stopping by. I didn't know they already made The Chronicle of Narnia into movies. I must have missed it. I try not to miss BBc's programs, As Time Goes By and GlobeTrek, but other than that I seldom watch the tv.
I went over to your site too. I like it.

[Megin]

The Chronicles of Narnia HAVE been made into movies... The BBC did at least the first four books and they were broadcast in the United States on public television. I don't know if they are available for sale, but my aunt taped them for me when they were on tv ages ago and I loved them.

Your site is delightful, by the way- keep writing! :)

[anasalwa]

halela,
SelamatHariRayaHaji buat Halela.
Lama macam mana pun kita di tempat orang, saya rasa kita akan rindu juga sekali sekala.
Eh...eh...saya bukan tinggal sorang-sorang....

[halela@okinawa]

Selamat hari raya haji, ana...kesian you tinggal alone sana. Buatlah sikit2 cookie ke, rendang ke, kari ayam...pas tu panggil 2-3 kawan to celebrate raya...rasa jugakan atmosphere raya...that is if you still miss raya lah kan? Ada orang dah tinggal lama2 luar negara, dia tak rasa lagi...