Went for a job interview and decided to take up the job offer. (i'm not posting any extra info on the job...ask me personally if u want... its no longer safe to say anything online anymore, more companies are monitoring their employees' blogs, just look at A*****)
The world cup has finally ended. Not really a memorable one nor entertaining world cup for me. Brazil went out too early, and they deserved it as well. The final was a tad boring for me as well. (I dun really fancy Italy nor France)
Think i'm better off watching Champs league. Waiting for the new season to start...
Had been playing JYonline for over a month with BC and MK, until last week when we got stuck in the game and cannot continue playing anymore then we gave up the game altogether. It may be good thing afterall cos I feel I have been spending too much time on it and have been wanting to stop playing and concentrate on job searching. Now my wish is granted. Hahaha. Good thing that the 3 of us can quit at the same time.
I have got 2 more weeks before I start work. Gotta train myself up in this window and try to clear my IPPT before I start work. Starting to get fat again at the tummy...
Monday, July 10, 2006
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Stress at home
It seems like there is always something for mums to nag at their children, irregardless of which stage of their life they are at. I'm not spared from this agony as well.
Mum has been constantly hounding me to get a job quickly these few weeks. (the signs were already there when I haven even started my exams) Especially when she sees me playing JY online at home. (it makes the my idler image more complete in her mind when she sees that)
She would always try hints or blantant taunts to make me get a job.
From telling me so and so's son/daughter has got a job at so & so company, drawing $xxxx per month, or telling me eh now police salary for graduates are at 2900, to saying I hope that you quickly run out of money so that you will go and find job to do (when i'm now low on cash and not working... I din ask n will not ask for money from her) and the worst is when i try to explain to her that i'll be losing out if I get $2400 per month, she would say that XXX getting $2400 per month is BETTER than you not having a job now.
Dear has told me that mums' would never understand that graduates finding a job is not like O level people looking for jobs. I really understand what she went through in the 4 months when she did not have a perm job. They probably think that us looking for jobs are just as simple as a walk-in interview to macdonalds.
Mum is a workaholic and cannot stand seeing people at home doing nothing. Thats why she wants me to quickly get a job and start working, irregardless of the future prospects. She dunno what is the difference between a JOB and CAREER.
I just hope mum can a lil' bit more understanding, and not expect immediate results in job searching. Its not up to me whether the companies wanna call me or not. I can try to make it happen but the decision is ultimately not with me. I am also very stressed in finding my job too. I know what to do, just dun keep nagging at me.
The elevator will not move any faster irregardless of how many times you press the buttons.
My job search will not be any more progressive irregardless of how much stress u give me.
Its a common Asian illness that parents dun really like to compliment their children in the face. All I hear is always about all the wrongs i did (or more like what she deem is wrong), and never about the things that I have done to make her proud. I know that she is proud of me in some stuff, but wats the point when she is telling the whole world that she is proud me, but not to me?
Reminds me of the 'I not stupid 2' movie, where the parents would always give encouragements when their kids just infants, and the encouragements slowly turned into castigations as their kids grow older.
I know mum is concerned about me. I just need some breathing space, after carrying so much pressure to meet high expectations since primary 1.
Lets just hope that I get a good job quickly, if not i might get desperate and go for PhD in NTU which will be a super huge mistake...
Side show: Received a call this afternoon from an unknown number when I was in the car. I was getting a bit happy cos i tot it would be a call for an interview, but in the end it turned out to be dear calling me from her office line. hahaha. me cockster
Mum has been constantly hounding me to get a job quickly these few weeks. (the signs were already there when I haven even started my exams) Especially when she sees me playing JY online at home. (it makes the my idler image more complete in her mind when she sees that)
She would always try hints or blantant taunts to make me get a job.
From telling me so and so's son/daughter has got a job at so & so company, drawing $xxxx per month, or telling me eh now police salary for graduates are at 2900, to saying I hope that you quickly run out of money so that you will go and find job to do (when i'm now low on cash and not working... I din ask n will not ask for money from her) and the worst is when i try to explain to her that i'll be losing out if I get $2400 per month, she would say that XXX getting $2400 per month is BETTER than you not having a job now.
Dear has told me that mums' would never understand that graduates finding a job is not like O level people looking for jobs. I really understand what she went through in the 4 months when she did not have a perm job. They probably think that us looking for jobs are just as simple as a walk-in interview to macdonalds.
Mum is a workaholic and cannot stand seeing people at home doing nothing. Thats why she wants me to quickly get a job and start working, irregardless of the future prospects. She dunno what is the difference between a JOB and CAREER.
I just hope mum can a lil' bit more understanding, and not expect immediate results in job searching. Its not up to me whether the companies wanna call me or not. I can try to make it happen but the decision is ultimately not with me. I am also very stressed in finding my job too. I know what to do, just dun keep nagging at me.
The elevator will not move any faster irregardless of how many times you press the buttons.
My job search will not be any more progressive irregardless of how much stress u give me.
Its a common Asian illness that parents dun really like to compliment their children in the face. All I hear is always about all the wrongs i did (or more like what she deem is wrong), and never about the things that I have done to make her proud. I know that she is proud of me in some stuff, but wats the point when she is telling the whole world that she is proud me, but not to me?
Reminds me of the 'I not stupid 2' movie, where the parents would always give encouragements when their kids just infants, and the encouragements slowly turned into castigations as their kids grow older.
I know mum is concerned about me. I just need some breathing space, after carrying so much pressure to meet high expectations since primary 1.
Lets just hope that I get a good job quickly, if not i might get desperate and go for PhD in NTU which will be a super huge mistake...
Side show: Received a call this afternoon from an unknown number when I was in the car. I was getting a bit happy cos i tot it would be a call for an interview, but in the end it turned out to be dear calling me from her office line. hahaha. me cockster
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
From the pits to heavens
This 2 days had really been a quite a roller-coaster ride to me.
Brought Dear and Ah di to the beach for a walk on Sunday noon. Ah Di loved the beach, but hated the water, and never really had any experience swimming before. So this time, I forced him to swim by carrying him into the water then releasing him to let him swim a short distance back to the shore.
He din like his first swim, and ignored me after he hit the shore. After a few more tries, he gradually grew to like swimming a bit, and started to smile after the swims. Will upload the video later when I have the time.
Realised that I lost my wallet at the beach after me and dear went over to Mac, and after going back to search the spot where we walked the dog, we concluded that my wallet was officially lost and we went to make a police report. I was really upset cos a lot of my important identification stuff were in the wallet, not to mention the hundred odd dollars in it.
After that, we sent Ah Di back home and went back to search again, but to no avail. After giving up and returning home again, we received a call from mum saying that a Caucasian came to my place to return me the wallet with everything intact. The Caucasian told mum that he was initially waiting for someone to search for the wallet at the beach, but after sometime he decided to return the wallet to my home.
I was really relieved when I heard the news.
Through mum’s description, I realised that we had saw the Caucasian with his kids earlier on the beach. It was really amazing that the Caucasian took the trouble to take a cab to my home to return me the wallet, instead of keeping it for himself/ throwing it away/ handing it over to the police. I’m really thankful for his honesty and helpfulness. It saved me a lot of hassle in replacing everything.
It is even more amazing after I realised that my wallet was soaked in seawater, meaning that my benefactor had actually fished it out from the sea.
He did not leave a name nor number which I can identify and thank him for what he did. The only thing I can do for him is to wish him all the best in whatever he does, and may his children grow up strong and healthy. He is a really good model dad to his kids.
I really can’t believe my luck in recovering my wallet.
The emotional turbulence I experienced was pretty overwhelming.
TODAY
Was playing JinYong Online with mika this afternoon when I wanted to log off and check my results in case it came out, then mika msged me in the game that the results were out.
I was quite nervous as mum hovered around me wanting to see my results too.
I checked through my degree audit first and it would not show all my results at one go as I have to scroll down to see my grades. I was very disappointed to see a B+ for my FYP. Partly because me and my partner had worked very hard, and a B+ means that my chances of a 2nd upper honours is close to nil.
I was getting more n more upset. Then I switched over to the proper exam results paper to see the final judgement for a 2nd lower honours. To my surprise, I actually got a 2nd upper.
Super happy sia!
Worked so hard for 4 years, and it finally paid off!!!
From yesterday’s lost wallet, to today’s results, my mood has really went from the pit bottom to the heavens! SHIOK!!!
Brought Dear and Ah di to the beach for a walk on Sunday noon. Ah Di loved the beach, but hated the water, and never really had any experience swimming before. So this time, I forced him to swim by carrying him into the water then releasing him to let him swim a short distance back to the shore.
He din like his first swim, and ignored me after he hit the shore. After a few more tries, he gradually grew to like swimming a bit, and started to smile after the swims. Will upload the video later when I have the time.
Realised that I lost my wallet at the beach after me and dear went over to Mac, and after going back to search the spot where we walked the dog, we concluded that my wallet was officially lost and we went to make a police report. I was really upset cos a lot of my important identification stuff were in the wallet, not to mention the hundred odd dollars in it.
After that, we sent Ah Di back home and went back to search again, but to no avail. After giving up and returning home again, we received a call from mum saying that a Caucasian came to my place to return me the wallet with everything intact. The Caucasian told mum that he was initially waiting for someone to search for the wallet at the beach, but after sometime he decided to return the wallet to my home.
I was really relieved when I heard the news.
Through mum’s description, I realised that we had saw the Caucasian with his kids earlier on the beach. It was really amazing that the Caucasian took the trouble to take a cab to my home to return me the wallet, instead of keeping it for himself/ throwing it away/ handing it over to the police. I’m really thankful for his honesty and helpfulness. It saved me a lot of hassle in replacing everything.
It is even more amazing after I realised that my wallet was soaked in seawater, meaning that my benefactor had actually fished it out from the sea.
He did not leave a name nor number which I can identify and thank him for what he did. The only thing I can do for him is to wish him all the best in whatever he does, and may his children grow up strong and healthy. He is a really good model dad to his kids.
I really can’t believe my luck in recovering my wallet.
The emotional turbulence I experienced was pretty overwhelming.
TODAY
Was playing JinYong Online with mika this afternoon when I wanted to log off and check my results in case it came out, then mika msged me in the game that the results were out.
I was quite nervous as mum hovered around me wanting to see my results too.
I checked through my degree audit first and it would not show all my results at one go as I have to scroll down to see my grades. I was very disappointed to see a B+ for my FYP. Partly because me and my partner had worked very hard, and a B+ means that my chances of a 2nd upper honours is close to nil.
I was getting more n more upset. Then I switched over to the proper exam results paper to see the final judgement for a 2nd lower honours. To my surprise, I actually got a 2nd upper.
Super happy sia!
Worked so hard for 4 years, and it finally paid off!!!
From yesterday’s lost wallet, to today’s results, my mood has really went from the pit bottom to the heavens! SHIOK!!!
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