New Beginning

4th day and I think I am feeling good! =)

I quite like the new workplace, new colleagues and new job scope but I am still adjusting myself to it. The feeling is so much better than the previous one. My mum said all I did was complain and complain everyday after work from the previous job. Hahaha. After the bad experience, I finally realised that it is important to do something which you are interested in and not just any other jobs as things may get worst instead.

I managed to take a photo of half of my desk. Shall take more next Monday and show you guys the very high tech phone that they are using. The phone with super good connection that you can even answer it when you are in the other building. Hahaha.

Juliana, my boss, is a pretty nice lady. She really taught me things from scratch as she knew that I had no marketing background and told me that she will let me learn from the basics so that I know what are the ground works in this job before proceeding on.

Tasked with planning itinerary for a group of customers, designing a brochure for the company, sourcing for new ideas of gifts and meeting up with the respective vendors is definitely something new to me and very challenging. This 6 mths will probably be a good chance for me to pick up new skills and be a platform to entering the marketing line and industries other than an association. ^ ^

Was on the transport to Jurong East today and I dont quite feel like heading home.. Messaged friends to ask them out.. Muahahah.. In the end, I headed to AMK to meet Gene and Bang joined subsequently. It was a nice meet up. Catching up and all the lame mind games kept us laughing nonstop. ^ ^ It's been quite awhile since the real 38 club meet up, wonder if that day will ever come again. Haa.

Something which I did from the new Mcdonalds monopoly game. Hahaha. Check it out.
"NEW" Mr Mcdonalds saying Hi~~

School has been demoralising every now and then and at times, so so feel like giving up. Sighs. The communication modules are tough la! I hope I can make it through this semester. Shall head to the library tomorrow.

Good News? Maybe.

I so so feel like whining so if you are not interested, you can press atl + F4. =) I think the problem that lies with me is that I hope to get a permanent full time job instead of being offered a temporary or contract job. That probably is the concern of many people?

I have been thinking it through today after the interview, they told me that its gonna be a 6-7mths contract position with possibility of converting to a permanent job (again). This time round the offer seems much much better than the CDL one. It is position dealing with marketing communications and assisting in the various aspect of marketing and abit of communications in the sense that they do require the candidate to do writing for newsletter and brochure. Definitely something related to what I am studying.. The timing and all is good but its location is farrrrr. It is at Tuas. -.-" The coy is a german mnc dealing with automotive spare parts and this is something new to me. Alot to learn.

I always believe that in life, when good things happen, bad things will happen too. In chinese, people always say "有得必有失" and i seriously find it very true. Because in this case, the job scope is what I feel like trying out and the working hours are good too (they actually have a choice of 9-6 or 8.15 to 5.15) BUT... this is a contract job and its located at Tuas. Damn. Why do one always need to make sacrifices for good things(I consider it a good thing since I have been offered a job for something which I always wanted to try out)? How irony but true. It makes me feel as though I am caught in a dilemma, yet once again. Irritating. I wonder why such process always have to repeat. In any case, the details of the contract has not been finalised yet so, lets see how it goes on Monday. I shall in the meantime, continue going for other interviews. =x

Had a hectic day today, from Science Park to Tuas to home to Holland V to home. Went for interviews and headed home. Met up with Jo and Zann for Jo's bday surprise. Hope you like it Jo! Haha.. =DD It's nothing very fanciful but I think it's nice to be able to spend the special day with someone close to us, so I told Zann that the best surprise would probably be Ryan turning up as our special guest. Hehehe and she agreed! Great minds think alike! Muahahaha. So girl, once again, now that the clock had striked 12 long ago, I want to wish you a very Happy Birthday! Enjoy yourself on this day. =)

*Joke of the day*

The Breko waiter was funny. The 3 of us stood there like fools when we asked the waiter to help us take a picture. We told him how to function the camera and he said ok.. so all 3 of us were smiling to be ready for the picture. Ended up, the guy press and stop, press and stop, and finally said that he cannot take the picture as nothing was captured. Guess what.. the guy took a video of the 3 of us, smiling there like 3 statues for a good 30sec - 1min. Faint. A replay of the video would definitely make us laugh out loud. =P

My friend commented the other day that I dont seem to be in good mood for the past week. I think it was attributed by the fact that I am not working and had nothing to do at home except interviews. I think jobless can make one feels restless too coz I realised that besides looking for job, watching tv, doing assignments, there is nothing else I can do but to sleep. I can sleep like a log these days and I can stay up till 7am in the morning. Maybe my biology clock is having a fun time now to be disoriented once awhile. Lol.

I think I did something wrong, I sent out too many resumes to the extent that I forgot which job is which! Omg lar! When people call, I will just "yah.. yah.. thats right.. may i know where you are calling from?" etc. This is so -.-".

Anw, I saw an interesting job advert on some forums and it says part time facilitator with schools. I saw it several times but it did not cross my mind that I can give it a shot during this period of time while landing myself into a full time job. So I went down today before class.. the interviewer was quite nice, he told me to try it out first to see if I am really suitable for this kind of job and then if everything is fine, we will move on from there. But of course, if a full time job comes along after that, I will go for the full time job. Guess this is the best that I can do as of now, rather that staying home everyday doing nothing except sleep. =)

Seems to me that many people are on a job hunt these days and getting a job interview itself is already very tough, lest landing into a permanent job. Well, wish all those who are in the same plight as me (on a jobhunt) good luck and may we all get a job soon. Very soon!

Disappointment yet again

I was looking forward to hearing the good news from CDL hr personnel today but to my anticipation, what I got was disappointment instead. Sighs. Things just dont always turn out the way we want it to be. I rejected the offer. From the way the hr said, there seemed to be no temp to perm and I decided not to take up the risk of a temp job which offers a.... hourly pay? Oh wells.. I must admit I was indeed disappointed. It's been so long since I last had a job which pays hourly and the rate is.... -.- Anyway.. will still need to press on. press on. press on. press on. press on. press on. press on. press on. press on. press on. press on.

Sunshine after the rain

No doubt I feel happy that I finally "see the light" after the bad experience previously, I feel rather confused.

It's a good thing that I got a job offer, something which I always wanted to try out on - Advertising and Promotions, Marketing Communications, the location is quite ideal too - Raffles and a big firm which I would like to pursue a career in. But it's a bad thing when the position was offered on a contractual basis for 2 months and then with the potential of conversion to a permanent position.

Maybe like what PM said - "There's always a tradeoff.".

Many things went through my mind when the manager offers me a position. I hope this time round, everything will be good. Shall see what the HR says tomorrow. If nothing goes wrong, I will start work on Monday. Very express right? Haha. I hope that the sun will still shine bright after this and good news will await for me tomorrow. =)

Communication

Communication plays a very big role in all kinds of relationships, be it friendship, kinship or love relationship.

Sometimes I wonder why they just cannot sit down and talk in a nice way. One tries to explain, the other tries to defend his own words. End up both cannot see eye to eye and no one is willing to compromise. At times, I also wonder if my brother knows what is compromising and accomodating. I know Dad has his difficulties and I am well aware of all these since I have been helping him in the preparation of those documents and stuff. But my brother doesn't see it that way. I know they have differences in thinking and each of them have certain issue which they are concerned with but all in all, it boils down to the same thing, if they look at the bigger picture.

Sighs, I can try to 安抚 one side but I am unable to 安抚 the other. Its like the meat in that sandwich. I know how both of them think and I can communicate with them both but I dunno how to let them both see things eye to eye. Hopefully my brother's friend can do a better job in getting both of them to see the light and resolve the issue asap.

And at such times, I have this bad thought. Do things always go the wrong way one after another when one is going through a rough patch? From the way things are, I really feel so. Sighs.

Friends' Concern

This morning when I was on the way to interview, I received a sms from Chun. Even though it's just a simple sms, it kind of brighten my day. The reason is because he heard from Perfect about the misfortunes I faced during work and he messaged to encourage me.

Here goes the sms: "Yoyo morning ah su! Heard about ur unfortunate events but dun worry coz pain is temporary, pride is forever! Jia you!"

It may not be something of a big deal but to me, a friend's concern is worth more than any monetary value. Therefore, I am thankful to have you guys, standing by me when I am going through a rough time now. A heartfelt thanks especially to the following =) :

*Jing Ying
- for showering me with your care and concern over the sms-es.

*GCC
- for listening to my grumblings when I have a bad time at work and be there for me when the times are tough.

*Milo
- for telling me that it's finally a burden off and that I should look forward.

*Perfect and Chun
- for the many encouragements that you guys have given me.

*Lena
- for your concern and telling me that if in need, can always look for you.

*Joleen
- for being my partner in job hunt! and of course, your encouragement that I should put the unhappy stuff behind and move on.

*Zann
- for giving me all the tips for the interviews and the various things I need to look out for.

This is the first time I am feeling lost upon working since graduation. There are times when I begin to wonder what I want to do and why did i make certain decisions. Oh wells, I may not be as strong as some may think and you guys definitely play a big role in encouraging me! I will be very very very proactive and hopefully can see the light soon! =)

End of Another Short Chapter of My Life

Today marks the end of this short 2 months chapter in my life (rather, my career life).

I tendered the resignation after thinking over the past 1 week when I am on sick leave. Have decided to end it off since it is causing me so much misery. I hope I am really moving on for the better. I have to be very, very, very proactive from today onwards. I can't afford to take any breaks though it will be good if I can have one. I have arranged for more upcoming interviews this week. I hope something good will come out of it. I am not expecting that I can get a job by the end of this week, I am just hoping that someone will keep calling me for interview and more interviews (be it first or 2nd interview).

My decision has definitely stunned most of you, and that includes my parents. I have been telling them that I am toying with the idea of tendering my resignation but have nvr put it to action. Mum was stunned when I called her just nw and told her that today is my last day.

As much as they have agreed today is my last day, I am still rather worried as there are no written documents to show that they have agreed to it, even though we talked about it. Yup, this is becoz I actually need to give a 2 weeks' written notice but becoz I was absent since last week due to medical, they have decided to use that to offset the 2 weeks' notice and let me go off earlier on the account that there are no outstanding projects with me. Just keeping my fingers crossed ba.

Now really must pray hard hard that I can get a job asap, at least by the end of October. Hopefully God will bless me this time round.

My Cute Friend - JO

I know JO will kill me when he sees this entry but I thought its really cute of him.. And seriously JO, do you know that you brightened our night when we had this conversation with you? Haha... =p So i decided to blog about it.

Here goes the abstract of the conversation between JO and GCC. =D

GCC: hey.. let u choose between these few destination: 1. Kukup, 2. Malacca, 3. KL, 4. Genting, 5. Ubin. and u need to take a boat ride for Kukup.

JO: Genting then

GCC: U sure abt Genting? U need to take a boatride to Genting too. It takes about an hour plus for the boat ride and its sampan kind.. for Kukup, it takes about 2hrs..

JO: Oh crap..

By now, you should know that there are no option of boatride to Genting.. HEHEHEHE.. =DDDD

KTV Time with Family =D

I have a happening Aunt Kym who asked me to book the KTV room at the Community Centre right after our singing session last Sunday and even said want to have a bbq etc.

I must say the the experience at the C.C "wowed" me. When we hear "C.C", the first thing that crossed my cousins and my mind was.... "must be all the oldies". But it turned out otherwise! Besides having new songs, the pricing is damn good lar! So next time if we want to go singing, can I suggest that we be neighbourhood aunties and uncles? =p Its a cheap deal lor! $33 for 3hrs of singing and there's a total of 9 pax. Haha. Anw, I did enjoy myself. But sometimes I hope they will stop asking me to sing hokkien song with my half bucket of pail hokkien. So i trained my "successor" - XH and Justin ^ ^ So u guys better get ready for the session next Saturday.

And yes, I am going again next Saturday. Lol. Alright. Till then again.

Flu bug

For the first time, the flu bug hit me hard. Today is the 5th day. I have been asked by my colleagues to go home and rest after that heard me coughing. Think they are real scared of being infected by me as they kept thinking that there is a high possibility of me getting H1N1, even though the doc says its just a more powerful flu virus. Guess people are just paranoid about it.

Anyways, I was asked by my colleagues to stay home since I havent recover and in the end, I went on a half day leave today to go home and rest. Boring~~~

Happy Mid Autumn = Happy Day

I am happy coz blogspot editing layout is finally back to normal.
I am happy coz I finally spent the Saturday afternoon out myself doing some grooming.
I am happy coz I had a great family dinner today (without Bro though).
I am happy coz I had great companions for candles, sparklers and movie.

The past month has been shitty.

Yes and I really do mean shitty. I am glad this mid autumn brought me some happy memories at last. Work is shitty, making me so demoralised that I sometimes felt like giving up the idea of changing job. But I know I need to hang on. Dad and Bro dropped 2 bombshells to me on the same day, telling me that they have quitted their job. Seriously, I nearly fainted but luckily, Dad has already found a job and as for Bro, he told me that he is going into the property line. I really hope that something good will happen to him. And lastly, I hope something good will happen to me too! Good in the sense that I get good job so that I can leave that "hell" place and no fail modules again for this coming sem.

Many a times, I told myself not to slack but coming home from that shitty place just makes me so shagged everyday. Getting scolded for nothing and nvr gotten any apologies is not what I am there for. I know work is like that but I guess he has to understand that there is a limit to my tolerance level. Working until a point of time when I just said ok and orh to everything that was being passed/said to me is so not me, be it right or wrong. Yes, this is how shitty it is. No sense of contentment or happiness there. Sometimes I ask myself why did I land in such a place? And just feel like quitting on the spot but I need to hang on. =.=

Okok, enough of the shitty passage in this entry. I am kinda looking forward to tomorrow.
KTV session with my beloved family again. Haha. And not forgetting... Phobia2! Wait for me!! ^ ^