Entry 11: Resort World Sentosa... Liberation...

went for a career talk organised by the Resort World Sentosa over at NTU...

career-wise...
there is nothing much...

seriously...
why would they want to hire undergrads as bellman, waitors, theme park crew...
and graduates as croupiers and excorts?...
hm...
i guess they really need intelligent people at the lower levels to make the whole place more intelligent...
and create a great experience for all the tourist...

in case u are wondering...
a croupier is the person whole handle chips and deal at the gambling tables...
according to wikipedia...
the term is used in favour of dealer because dealer kind of implies a card game...
but basically they are the same thing...

hi there i am ur croupier for the day...
don't worry...
i am currently an undergrad at NTU...
so i know my maths...

hi...
i am pursuing my degree at NTU...
and to fund my studies...
i have to do hard labour job like carry ur luggage to ur room...

now talk about service...

still...
the HR person was lively in an otherwise solemn lecture threatre...
i guess everyone was just trying to be serious hoping for some good career prospects...

not to fret people...
there must be success stories around where a person worked his way up from a lowly croupier to become the CEO of a casino...

do let me know if that has ever happened...

and the HR person did mention alot of interesting things...

such as...

how they are trying to conserve nature by imprisoning marine lives in one of the biggest aquariums in the world...
about 30 times the size of an Olympic-size swimming pool...

and how the shopping and dining at the Resort World would be its centre-piece...
because it is located in the center...

not forgetting that the animated cranes there...
would be...
in English...
giant mechanical cranes...
now i guess mechanical is a much easier word than animated...

what i did get from the talk was that Resort World seems to be an exciting place...
i guess they it right promoting the place...
if only this is not a career talk...
and i did not fill up their registration form in hopes...
and i did not bother to bring along copies of resumes in hopes...

and they have a T-rex too...
come on...
anything with a T-rex is cool...
just refer to How I Met Your Mother Season 4 episode 8...
how Barney Stinson got won over to betray Ted by a building in the shape of a T-rex that can even breath fire out of its mouth...















an interesting food for thought...
during a train ride with a friend...
we were talking about researching for people's good and what not...
and we joked about going to North Korea
disarm all the nuclear weapons and bring peace to the region...

i have liberated my people (with disarmament and overthrowing the dictatorship) by enslaving them to minimal-wage jobs over at our Southern neighbours...

sure that would be good for a Nobel Peace Prize...

but as my friend duly pointed out...
they are already slaves under the dictatorship...

hm...
slaves of ur own country...
or slaves of someone else's country...

now that is a hard choice...