Fully recharged and full drained

Weekends are my rest days. Even if i have to come back on some Saturdays or stay over late on Fridays, i do not mind. I know i will get a good sleep for at least a night. I did, last night.

I was feeling good and fresh. Everything went on as usual until 3.30am. Very seldom sleep past that time and i wont be sleeping until 5am. Reason? Some of the Filipinos are leaving at 4.45am and i cant sleep. I am afraid i wont be able to wake up to see them off.

So even though i was recharged, pretty much of it have been drained away. I have to wait for the coming weekend before i can restore my energy. Looking forward...Hehe

I just received an email from one of our guests. They were the first few couples to stay with us. They are heading back to England in 4 days and they are emailing their friends they have met during their travels.
The Hive was mentioned in one small paragraph. It was enough. More than enough. I was already happy that she remembered us. In fact, the email was suffcient to tell us that she has not forgotten us.

There also was another English couple who do send us emails telling us how they are doing in the countries they were in. So nice of them

Glad that they have treated us as friends and i will try to constantly be in touch with them. Cheers people!

The Dream Hostel

My dream hostel is slowly taking shape.

There was a time when i don't even know what a backpackers' hostel was, how it looked like and what it does.

Then slowly i got to know of Inn-Crowd and Betel Box. I had an idea how a hostel is. I knew what i wanted on our hostel.

A communal area where there is a lot of interaction and fun.
A kitchen to cook meals, proper meals.
An Internet area, book shelf and loads of brochures

It is slowly taking shape.

Once done, i think.....we are ready for.... A BRANCH! Then i will have dreamS come true

Good start to the month

Been wanting to post an entry but i was busy the last two days. We were full. Yes, 26 pax. I had to reject a German girl who came all the way from the airport and then found out that we had no beds for her.

Sometimes i wonder why they would want to take the risk? They could call the hostels from the airport to avoid any possible disappointments. There are very helpful people at the Visitors' Centre. If anyone of you happen to see any tourist looking lost anywhere in Singapore, please, help them. *Whisper* And if you can, recommend The Hive. Heeheehee....

Well, I am taking a break now. It has been a while since i last worked from 7am - 12pm (and counting). Oops...did i give myself away?

Started with waking up at 5.15am to send the group of Filipinos out. After that, went back to sleep until 7am when i had to give a guest a morning call. And then starts the chores.

Removing the old sheets and sending them into the machine, shifting people from one room to the other, vacuuming the room, ironing sheets, folding blankets, washing toilet and cleaning kitchen.

Sounds like alot of work? No...sounds like TONS of work. C'mon! Give it to me! More more more!

The maintenance guys for the washing machine is here. Gotta go... stay with me for more news on the happenings in THE HIVE

Fire fighting

The aircon just broke down. I think it over-heated thus the compressor gave up

Fire fighting once again! With no way i can rectify the problem, the only solution was to move all 4 guests from Orchid Room into the cosy Hibiscus.

Some love it, one preferred the normal bunk bed in Orchid. I think it's because she had to climb up to bed whereas in Orchid, she's sleeping on the lower deck.

All 4 of them have not seen Hibiscus Room before and were really amazed by the structure and atmosphere.

Hopefully the glitch didnt pull down our ratings...heehee