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A is for Astronomy
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I don't know if i should boast about this , but i am sure that i am one of the very few teenagers in singapore that can identify a constellation pretty damn well in our night sky without the help of a star map. Not that there are
1) Many teenagers interested in astro
2) Many visible stars to begin with ( Our beautiful light polluted skies )
Hell , it feels funny to be calling myself a teenager. Fiona the teen ?! Wtf.
Anyway.
I get really excited by DSOs ( Deep sky objects . Generally speaking it's any object in the sky that isn't a star or in our solar system. Like nebulae , star clusters etc ) and even more so when there are really detailed images taken by earth's resident magnifying glass , Hubble.
And when i say detailed , i mean detailed. Like the picture above , believe it or not , but those funny looking colourful shapeless globs in the picture are galaxies. Nothing much , but when you consider looking at the full picture http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040929.html you will know what i mean. Like thousands of galaxies in one damned picture ! Now thats something , since we all know that using far to describe the distances between galaxies would be an understatement.
Now you get an idea of how powerful the Hubble space telescope is.
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My manager, the moron
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Okay , he's not THAT bad. But as i have mentioned before in one of my earlier posts , he irritates me to no end. And now i shall add embarrassement to the list.
I really really really want to bury my head under sand whenever he lapses into his neither-american-nor-british-accent-so-i-dunno-what-the-fuck accent and i am right there beside him. It makes me feel that the unfortunate customer he is speaking to assumes that i speak as badly as him . Definetely NOt.
Anyway this is what really happened last week.
**re-enactment**
Fiona : I'm sorry sir , but i'm afraid we don't accept your card here
Cute caucasian blonde : Aww geez s'awwright then i'll pay by cash ( proceeds to open his wallet )
Gopi the moronic manager **suddenly appearing out of nowhere ** : Hi sir how can i helpchu ?
Fiona **suddenly shrinking and trying her best to make Gopi scram** : Gopi , there is nothing wrong.
Gopi ** ignoring his poor harassed worker** : Sir ?
Cute blonde customer : Oh there's nothing wrong don't worry i guess they don't accept german cards here
Gopi : Don't worry sir can i take a look at your card sir ? ( Notice he has a habit of repeating the salutations twice. like "Hi madam good morning madam !" Dumb shit. )
By this time i was already shaking my leg really impatiently. WHATS HIS PROBLEM !? The customer was already almost through with his payment but yet dear old Gopi wants to intefere again. I suspect because he wants to show off his new found lingual skills, God forbid!
Cute blonde customer : actually its really fine i'm rushing for a flight so.....
Gopi : It will not be long sir ( Notice his very lousy command of the language )
Cute blonde customer : Well .... okay *Hesitantly hands him his credit card*
Gopi **Looks at his and shakes his head apologetically and launches into a indiscernible mash of words** : oh arm sho shorry shir bart we dunch accept this card here shir.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Thats what i told the customer five minutes ago !
CUte blonde customer **with a cute perplexed expression as obviously he doesn't catch what Gopi is saying** : Huh ?
Gopi *Smiles fakely* : oh arm sho shorry shir but we dunch accept this card here shir!
Cute blonde customer *grimaces* : Urm okay ( obviously he still doesnt get it . )
Just as Gopi was about to start another round of meaningless banter , i quickly popped the customer's order onto the counter
Fiona : Two regular lattes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cute blonde customer * looks relieved* : Thank you !
He hurriedly grabs his drinks and leaves after winking at me.
I really don't understand why Gopi must embarrasse himself and me like that.
