Whats goes on in the most entertaining, supposedly 'magical' place in Singapore?
You know what I'm talking about...
Resorts World Sentosa. Singapore's first casino, Singapore's first and only Universal Studios Amusement Park, Singapore's biggest convention centre blah blah blah...
I'll tell...
Pain, confusion, screaming, anger, hatred and God knows what else.
Let me start by describing the resort... ITS HUGE!
The WHOLE resort is built on the BIGGEST under ground car-park I've EVER seen. There is a freaking bus route through this car park; a total of 5 bus stops serviced by 20 over buses that drop off and pick up the hundreds of staff working there at various stops, like Casino stop, Universal Studios Stop etc.
To describe the carpark in the quickest way possible: Remember Moria from The Lord of the Rings? All those pillars? Yep, thats RWS basement for you.
Once you get off at your bus stop, you make your way past the lorries that are constantly loading and unloading and you enter the staff corridors, a winding, confusing labyrinth that will have newcomers lost in a jiffy.
I was lost a couple of times and the signs don't help at all. There are like several main kitchens, dozens of side kitchens, trolley bays, trolleys, store rooms, laundry pick up and drop off points and freak knows what else1. The whole thing looks and feels like a complex fortress built only for ONE purpose:
Confuse the FUCK out of the staff so that the Managers can fuck them up for taking their time to walk from one point to another!
Not that I was scolded by any manager... I'm too alert for that... For now.
The Casino oddly enough is boring .
Just people burning away their money in the hopes of winning a grand sum or fortune. The Casino is even giving away a freaking Lamborghini as a lucky draw prize... Who's money do you think they bought that Lamborghini with..??
MICE is interesting enough. The whole complex is ONE HUGE Ballroom that can be separated into 6 smaller ballrooms. Each of these ballrooms can easily, EASILY hold a thousand plus people, so guess how freaking big the entire Ball room is?
They will probably hold the next National Day in there and don't snort cause I KNOW it's possible. The ceiling's high enough to let off a couple of fireworks and if they can roll a lorry THROUGH the ballroom, I'm sure they can squeeze in a tank or two.
Setting up a ballroom for an event however, is back-breaking. Carrying tables, setting up tables, setting plates, unstacking chairs, pushing and pulling heavy-ass trolleys and God knows what else I did today... It is definitely NOT fun. It hurts, it's depressing and there is absolutely NO rest cause the managers are always watching, waiting like freaking hawks for a chance to swoop down on you and tear you apart with their verbal talons.
But once you're done with your work, you can take the time to admire the amount of money and work that has gone into the construction of this epic resort. The chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and the beautiful wooden panel walls will put any Disney castle to shame. Everything is washed or cleaned during the off-peak hours so everytime you walk back in, it's brand new again.
From the staff corridors/labyrinth that services over 10,000 staff workers, to the beautiful designs and architecture that has gone into the buildings itself, Resorts World Sentosa really is an interesting place to work at, full of 'magic' and 'adventure'...
Now can someone get me a fucking map to the staff corridors PLEASE!?
