Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

After quite not as big failure as I thought it was (look: one post earlier), I started my new job.

'Trainee' means don't get angry on me, Mr Guest.

It's as cool and as hard, as I thought it is this time. It's never boring at the reception. In my earlier job, I was sitting there and waiting and wishing for someone to go inside and then, even not caring anymore, as all the rooms were already taken and I was checking my facebook for the 10000th time and watching movies on my night shifts and it was a job I could actually learn in 2 days and be able to do it normally already.

But here it's different. There is always something to do, things to check, guests coming in and out to ask for your assistance. Hotel system is the most popular one in big hotels, thanks god not Fidelio, but Opera, which looks quite similar to the ones I was working on in China (although still more difficult). I will get my uniform next month maybe, all the stamps with my name, IDs for systems and official e-mail address will be created for me as soon as I deliver them some missing documents.

But, as it is a hotel, it's work connected with people. And believe me or not, this is what I like the most. On my very first shift, I could meet a group of older Americans, who looked like Asians actually, with a nice tour leader called Mike, who sometimes was nice and sometimes I was thinking that he's slowly crosing the thin line of what is a joke and impertinency, but there was actually nothing I could do, but give him a killer smile and thank him for everything (making me slowly loose my patience). There was also a situation in our room, where a guest peed on his bed, which made the matrees damaged. It added him 150 pln to his room charge and a terrified looks on receptionists' faces when we heard about it on the shift-change meeting.

Another thing is that after my Emirates fail, I'm still not over the flight attendant idea of mine. And working where I work from now, I will not forget about it. Why? Because everyday we have at least 5 people from Lufthansa flight crew staying with us. But when I told my new coworkers that I want to see stewardesses in uniforms, because I think it's cool, they laughed at me. "Come on, the flight attendants coming to our hotel are usually older ladies" - one girl said. "I'm working here for 1 year and 5 months and I've only seen around 7 beautiful flight attendants from Lufthansa" - one guy added with a serious face - "One came yesterday".
"But the pilots are better" - added the Girl No 1 - "Although they are older, they look quite ok". I think I can believe her statement, because I saw her husband, who's quite a guy. No matter what they say though, I want to see uniformed staff of some airlines and I'm looking forward to it.

I had another reflection too. I think all the things that I plan or wish about doing come to me very slowly. Like, when I started Japanese studies, I wanted to go to Japan, but it became possible only after considerable amout of time passed. When I started thinking about going to China, it was more than a year after I managed to. Working in a good hotel? It took me quite some months to start my current job. So, every year can be named somehow:
Year 2011: LD year (ok, now, that's a shortcut for something I'm not really ready to confess yet haha)
Year 2012: Chinese year.
Year 2013: I hope it will become Hotel&Dance year.

And 2014 is MY year, the year of Horse, so I believe it's when everything goes my way~~~!

The turning point really is just knowing you're an imbecile.

Well... What can I say.

Till now, everything I wanted came quite easy, so it was just right that the good vibe had to end one day. But why now? Couldn't my good luck wait a bit more?

As you guys know, I decided to try for Emirates just one month ago. I was preparing every aspect of myself to pass the interview. I did things I would never think I would do to get this job. And you know what the funniest part is, I got eliminated on the first stage. Wow. My first impression sucks. I have to fix it.
I know why actually. I was nervous and I was chaotic and I was talking very fast. This is what I was aware of to not to do. And I did it. It was my first experience, so after I woke up from shock and depression I decided not to give up.

Where should I go next?

A few people (even some who I've never met) encouraged me a lot before the interview, and helped me after it, although they might not be aware of it. I want to thank them and try my best next time. I can reapply for Emirates only after 6 months, so in between I will try for different airlines. Even if I don't get any job before those 6 months pass, I will gain confidence and I will know how the whole interview business works.

I asked Mr Google, who told me that I can apply for Qatar Airways till 30th of April. Probably on 30th of April an Assessement Day will take place in Gdańsk too. Gdańsk is a far far away place, but I was thinking that I should go anyway! It's a so-called 'May weekend' in Poland, so I'll ask for a few days off at work and go. At least I will apply online first, which is required in QA. And talking about QA, I also found a blog written in Polish by a girl (from Kraków) who is a Qatar Airways flight attendant. She described all the training, her first flights, her later experiences, and I love all that she wrote.
This is a link for Polish speakers (other people should try it with Google Translate, but it might become weird then)>>> Polish QA flight attendant's blog


Now I'm still at my old workplace finishing my last shifts (the last last last one is tomorrow night). Starting from 3rd of April I'm beginning my new job too. This will also be a challenging job. And I also hope to be able to attend our dance group's performance on 13th of April in Kraków.

I though April will be lazy month, but I think it's going to be a busy one again. And I love it <3

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

Phew... The busy weekend is over. Many things happened over the last few days. I signed contract for my new job...

...and if I don't do well, they will dismiss me without paying anything.

I received magnetic card, which I have to use to open staff door, a key to my locker in our changing room - no 30, my name tag with letters Trainee_Pamela on it and of course my contract - only for two months for now, but if I do well, I will get a long term contract, is what they said.

Unfortunately the next day wasn't too lucky at first, thanks to some circumstances which I couldn't control I was late for the make-up lesson, but I managed to catch up with everyone and I could apear on the photos, which we took as an advertisement of our dance group.

Sakuramai Poland or 桜舞ポーランド yay!

After photo session we had a harsh training, it's the last one before our performance, and then off to dinner with a pint of beer. It was a very tiring day, but I couldn't sleep much, as I had to be at work at 6 am the next day, which meant that I had to wake up at 4:30 am.

Let's stop the time for a few more hours and I'll get some more sleep...

But in the end everything went well and I slept enough on Sunday. And on Monday I sent an email to work that I want to quit. My idea was to send an email for a few days before I'm at work, so that when I talk to the manager personally, he is calm already. Too bad, just a few minutes past since I sent the e-mail, my mobile started ringing like crazy. I set a meeting with the manager for the same day and well, what can I say, he seemed really sad that I'm quitting. I told him about an opportunity I got in Radisson Blu Hotel and that I love my job now, but I just need to get out of my comfort zone and reach higher. He said he understands it well, athough he was planning for me to work more and do more responsible job too. I'm sorry, Mr Manager. I like you, but I need to leave. He praised me a lot lately, so I was a bit embarassed about the whole situation. He was asking me if it's him that did something wrong, or is my pay not enough... I feel bad, because I did feel like I'm belonging somewhere. But I cannot resign for this opportunity given me in the new workplace. It's gonna be difficult and harsh training starting from 3rd of April!

And I'm still thinking about my Emirates career. Of course, I will attend the Open Day and pray to pass it, but even if I do, the actual work or training starts around half a year after the Open Day, when I really need work and cash. I will not give up on my Emirates job. If I fail this time, I will try again!

Generation of people born in 90s! Cheers for our future!