Turning myself into waitress

I wanted to name this post using phrases like 'exploring restaurant business' but the current title fits better. Many times I was saying that I would not work as a waitress since the period of such a job of me is over (without ever happening). But now it is actually happening. Well, most of my friends will be surprised (I am surprised too!) and would wonder why? Wait a sec, I will explain it.

Ok, the world crises is not the reason. However, it a way it might be. For the past 6 months I was looking for a job of my dream in international organisations (I still do to tell you the truth), meanwhile workind on different small things. And then a week ago I got a message on Skype from my friend asking if I am looking for a job. My answer was YES. My CV was right for the job description, I like the promised salary, but I was not very excited about the job title. In short, the candidate was expected to be an adminstrator/manager in a restaurant. But, since I like aventures and new things, I said YES and had an interview which I passed. Though with one condition: ...I had to work for two weeks as a waitress. Here I am, I did work for three days already! It's difficult to explain in detail how it was (as can write a long article, I guess). And I don't want to name the restaurant for the moment. I will simply write some funny things from my three days.

My friends know that I hate when I am called 'babe' or 'baby'. And imagine, one girl who is much younger, smaller and thiner than me told be yesterday: baby, would you help me with...? I was laughing for the next ten minutes. It's sooo funny.

My boss did not tell anyone except for my direct superviser that I am not actually a waitress, but will have some other functions. Thus I was asked for the time being to keep it in a secret. But people ask questions and I dont like to lie. The last questions was: So where do you study? I did not say that I have a master degree, but I had to say something. So I named my home university. Then I was confronted with the next question: Did you do a correspondance course? Whad did I have to say? I said, no, I was a day student. Other questions were: So how old are you (read aren't you 20)? Why do you work here (read couldn't you find something better)? Have you ever worked as a waiter (this one is the most popular)?

By the way, working day for a waiter is 12 hours with no breaks. One works 2 days and then 2 days off.

To be continued... P.S. Since it's my first experience as a waitress, any tips (in both meanings) are welcome!

Finding the best price for books

It's been a while since I use one website to find books I want to be. It seems to be very efficient. Basically what happens is: you type the name and/or author and/or ISBN and press the button. There you go, you have prices for the brand new books as well as used ones. It's soooo easy and convinient! The website is: www.bookfinder.com. Thank you, guys for you excellent job!

Good bye PPP

I am writing this post to let you know, that this blog is no longer participating the PayPerPost system. Therefore there will be no paid posts here. The message on the left will remain here for a month and then I will delete it. I will still keep some of the paid posts, because all of them I wrote not just because they were paid, but also I wanted to promote the websites I wrote about. I've written about myself in those post as well. Thus, that's all about PPP.

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Eyeglasses with Stylish Frames

One who wears glasses knows how expensive their can be. Sometimes it costs fortune to get quite simple ones. Nowadays, Internet and on-line stores make it much easier. Your glasses are just few click away from you!

If you search on-line, I bet you will find many options. To save your time, I would advice to visit Optical4less, an on-line store with eyeglasses. They have many different models, what I like, there are many classic models - simple and elegant. The big plus of the store is the possibility to buy glasses starting from 15$ and the free delivery worldwide when you order 2 pairs and more. Cool, isn't it?

Of course, the on-line store can not make prescriptions for you. Thus, before ordering glasses on-line one should visit a doctor to be sure what are the necessary parameters of the glasses. So, keep it in mind! This is actually what stops me from ordering right now.

The demanding customer will also have different options of glasses. The store sells very different glasses: complete prescription eyeglasses (include Anti-reflective coating for free), tinted sunglasses, bifocal reading glasses, progressive reading eyeglasses, photochromic sunglasses. In my opinion, it's not an easy choice, but again it's an advantage for you as a customer.

Well, there are so many other things to write about, but I think that one should visit the store and see what their have. Pictures say much more than words!

P.S. This post is brought to you thanks to Optical4less.

JPGmag

In this month I uploaded a new picture for the JPGmag. You can vote for my photos on the website. And you votes are very much appreciated! :)

Comme Toi / Like You

I do discover "new" artists and songs thanks to Radio and Internet (Youtube of course) - both from capital letters;). Today I was going home through a park listening to radio and I heard the song Comme Toi by Jean-Jacques Goldman (also on Youtube). Apparently it was written in 1982 (it's very important year:D), so it's the same age as I am. But it's really catching and one wants to sing it along. The funny thing is that after reading the lyrics carefully, they are simply ok, nothing really great. But lyrics are not to read but to listen:) So, just enjoy it!

Belarus is missing a tourist trick with Chagall

This the title of the Independent in which this article appeared. I love Chagall's works and I like Viciebsk (the spelling is wrong according the transliteration rules of the Belarusian Geo names), so I am happy that there are people who promote tourism to Belarus to the place where Chagall was born. It's pity though that the author (Mark Rowe) does not pay attention that "Belarusian" should be spelt with one "s". It seems to be a small thing, but it's important for a serious journalist ;)

The OSCE ODIHR report

The OSCE ODIHR issued its final report on the last parliamentary elections. For now it's only in English. I've scanned the media section and there was no surprise, in short: the media are controlled by the state and serve "the state interest" in their understanding. I.e. those who pay are in focus, the opponents of those are not and even when they are the image is negative. the independent media are sometimes also biased, but it's not so obvious when their circulation is really small in comparison with the state run media.

Nevertheless, I bought my copy of the Narodnaya Volya issue last Thursday in a usual kiok. Thus I can say that Narodnaya Volya is back. Personally, I hope that this particular newspaper will be less biased (UCP party was mentioned in the ODIHR report in relation to this paper) and more objective. Then it will have all chances that people will read it!