Love this part!! So sweet!!! ^_^
Friday, May 25, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
Hey, I Attract Weirdos... =S
It's Friday again!! Yeah!! Gonna meet up with Vanessa for karaoke again!! We'll be going to KBox CineLeisure tomorrow after she knocks off from work... Gonna have our dinner there as well - KBuffet! Oops! That reminds me... I forgot to call up to book a room for tomorrow... =P
Anyway, tomorrow I have another marketing job interview to attend in the afternoon... I just hope it's not going to be another false hope for me.
Well, just an update about last Friday... Tammie, Fang and I actually went clubbing at MOS last week!! Tammie had to leave earlier coz her bf went to fetch her, so only Fang and I stayed later. This is my first time clubbing with only 1 friend, but I still enjoyed it! Maybe bcoz I prefer dancing to R&B and hip-hop music, same as Fang! Too bad Eileen did not join us...
There was this group of teenagers dancing next to us! There were a few gals who danced until very hiong and I think they danced very well! There were 2 of them who are quite chio... Caught this guy sitting at the table next to them kept staring at one of them... Very suay, this same guy all of a sudden approached me and offered to buy me a drink!! I don't know how to react and I hate it when guys approach me in the club... so I told him a straight NO! But he persuaded me and even asked me to help him, which I don't know to help him for what... In the end, I still rejected him! He then gave me a stare as if I owe it to him and walked back to his table! Just felt like laughing after that coz he made himself paiseh bah... And later Fang told me that he went to approach that chio gal who he kept staring at previously! Don't understand and cannot stand this kind of guys!! Fucking desperate is it??!
Later some ang moh guy who seemed to be drunk walked past and put his arm around my waist... gave me a shock!! I faster use my hand to shake his hand off!! Sibei suay!!
That's not all... Like Fang said, I seem to attract many weirdos!! Not long after, while I was taking a rest and just standing there chatting with Fang, suddenly came this black guy (as in nigga) who reached out his hand to me as if he wants to shake my hand... My first reaction was to slap his hand... I don't know why but I thought he wanted to do the type of hand sign which Dear always do with his colleagues at Wine Network... Those brother-brother handshake lah... But then that nigga took my hand and started bouncing to the music while I was just standing there looking at him, still trying to figure out what he is trying to do... After that, I took away my hand and he also walked away!! Kekekeke... so silly! Fang said that maybe he wanted to dance with me... Hahaaa!! Too bad then... Tough luck!
"You could see me, you can't squeeze me, I ain't easy, I ain't sleazy, I got reasons why I tease them, boys just come and go like seasons, I'm PERSISTAN(T)!... but I ain't promiscuous and if you were suspicious, all that shit is fictitious..." - Fergalicious.
Oh yah, I hate that group of ah thiongs who took over our territory using their 'act ignorant' and 'treat others as invisible' skills!! One of them reminds me of our weird lecturemate - Sky!
Anyway, tomorrow I have another marketing job interview to attend in the afternoon... I just hope it's not going to be another false hope for me.
Well, just an update about last Friday... Tammie, Fang and I actually went clubbing at MOS last week!! Tammie had to leave earlier coz her bf went to fetch her, so only Fang and I stayed later. This is my first time clubbing with only 1 friend, but I still enjoyed it! Maybe bcoz I prefer dancing to R&B and hip-hop music, same as Fang! Too bad Eileen did not join us...
There was this group of teenagers dancing next to us! There were a few gals who danced until very hiong and I think they danced very well! There were 2 of them who are quite chio... Caught this guy sitting at the table next to them kept staring at one of them... Very suay, this same guy all of a sudden approached me and offered to buy me a drink!! I don't know how to react and I hate it when guys approach me in the club... so I told him a straight NO! But he persuaded me and even asked me to help him, which I don't know to help him for what... In the end, I still rejected him! He then gave me a stare as if I owe it to him and walked back to his table! Just felt like laughing after that coz he made himself paiseh bah... And later Fang told me that he went to approach that chio gal who he kept staring at previously! Don't understand and cannot stand this kind of guys!! Fucking desperate is it??!
Later some ang moh guy who seemed to be drunk walked past and put his arm around my waist... gave me a shock!! I faster use my hand to shake his hand off!! Sibei suay!!
That's not all... Like Fang said, I seem to attract many weirdos!! Not long after, while I was taking a rest and just standing there chatting with Fang, suddenly came this black guy (as in nigga) who reached out his hand to me as if he wants to shake my hand... My first reaction was to slap his hand... I don't know why but I thought he wanted to do the type of hand sign which Dear always do with his colleagues at Wine Network... Those brother-brother handshake lah... But then that nigga took my hand and started bouncing to the music while I was just standing there looking at him, still trying to figure out what he is trying to do... After that, I took away my hand and he also walked away!! Kekekeke... so silly! Fang said that maybe he wanted to dance with me... Hahaaa!! Too bad then... Tough luck!
"You could see me, you can't squeeze me, I ain't easy, I ain't sleazy, I got reasons why I tease them, boys just come and go like seasons, I'm PERSISTAN(T)!... but I ain't promiscuous and if you were suspicious, all that shit is fictitious..." - Fergalicious.
Oh yah, I hate that group of ah thiongs who took over our territory using their 'act ignorant' and 'treat others as invisible' skills!! One of them reminds me of our weird lecturemate - Sky!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Self-Reflection on Job Seeking...
People always wonder what takes me so long to find a job? Is it bcoz I am too choosy?? Or am I just too lousy??
There are times when I feel that others perceive people who are jobless for a long period of time as useless bum / being too choosy / enjoying life / don't want to work on purpose / cannot take hardship... Whatever whatever...
Why am I out of job for so many months?...
Choosy - Yes!! I am choosy, far too choosy!! And maybe like what others think, I deserve it! It's my own fault for putting too many restrictions to the jobs I apply for!
Well, I believe everyone has their own concerns and criterias when it comes to choosing the type of jobs that they want to work in. Some people may have few restrictions, others plenty! I belong to the second group!
Whenever I get job interviews/offers from companies or job recommendations from agencies, I will start considering about the following factors, which most of the time, caused me to reject them... I admit that this is my bad point!! but I cannot help thinking twice about the job especially when there is an unbalanced feeling!!
"The location of the company is too far from my place!"
"The pay is too low."
"I do not want to work retail or shift hours."
"I prefer 5 days to 5 1/2 days work week!"
"I do not want to go back to customer service!"
"I don't like the industry/field coz I have no interest in it!"
"Aiyah, why must wear so formal?"
Find any of the above familiar?? The bad part is that I can even choose to forgo the job even though I may be affected by only 1 of the above factors! At the end of it, it's all bcoz I am afraid that it might still lead to 'What if I don't like the job and wants to quit within a year again?', and I am just trying to avoid that from happening...
I know I am the type who cannot stay long in a job once I don't like it, even if it's for a year. To others, 1 year is the minimum staying period no matter how bad the job is... To me, it's considered very very long - 1 year = 12months = 365days = 8760hours = 525600minutes!!! Not to mention 1 year... 6 months is already long enough!! And I know I cannot do it!! I hate being stucked in a bad and unsatisfying job, yet having to endure working for long term just to earn the credit in my resume!!! This is why I really have to choose something that I will not regret doing in order to let me stay in the job for at least a year or more!
Adding on to that, I have enough short-term employments in my resume due to all the wrong choices made previously... so many until companies think that I am a job-hopper... And in order to put a stop to this, I really need to look into every single factor stated above so as not to feel unsatisfield with my job and then quitting it again!!! And then I would have to start all over again!
Like I said, there are reasons behind every single factor for me to reject the offer... To me, these are reasons which I am very concerned about... but others may find them unimportant...
Being choosy is not just the only reason... there are many other reasons which again, others cannot relate to (maybe some of them can, I don't know)... bcoz they are not me. It's my life - only I know what I want, what has happened to it previously and now I am determined to live the rest of it in my own way, my own liking!!
Interviewers like to ask "Why do you have a sudden change of interest from customer service to whatever position which I have applied for?"
My explanation: I would like to move on to other areas so as to take on new tasks and pick up new skills.
In my mind: Ya, like real! I never like customer service... It just started bcoz customer service was the first job I took up eversince I graduated from poly, thus my subsequent jobs were offered due to my experiences earned based on my first and previous jobs, which were mostly also in customer service. All other fields require job candidates to have at least 2-3 years of relevant working experiences, where the hell am I going to get those job experiences from if I am not even given an opportunity to be hired in the other areas??! Of coz I need to start off somewhere, and this somewhere suay suay happened to be customer service which is the most shitty job on earth!! And I do not want to continue my life working so miserably to take on all these shit!! But how am I suppose to tell the truth to the interviewers?? Such explanations will definitely not be what the interviewers are expecting to hear bcoz they will think that I am someone who cannot take on challenges!
Then their next concern will be "I see that your employments are relatively short in each company..."
My explanation was of coz given according to what I think is appropriate to the interviewer but then again deep down...
In my mind: Yes! I knew I would be asked on this!! I know what the interviewer is thinking - I am a job-hopper right???... How do expect me to stay long in my job when I don't even like it in the first place but always get back to it only bcoz that's the only type of job which was offered to me at the salary which meets my expectations?? Then again, companies are not willing to hire someone without experience in the other areas that I like, where else can I go then?? Of coz go back to where I have the experience and could get a higher salary lah!!! Even if they do hire fresh grads, I am always not the lucky one to be selected... and what can I do?? Take a knife and threaten the employer???
I have a strong determination to work in the fashion or music and entertainment industry... But I do not have the relevant contacts/network, education and experiences in these areas! In fact, I have tried applying for positions in these areas, went for the job interviews with hopes but left the interview room with feedbacks which tell me that I do not possess the right attributes or experiences and education/knowledge in these areas!! Frankly, despite knowing that it will be harder for me to get into these jobs with zero experience, I still continue trying my luck! But whenever I leave the interview room knowing that I do not stand the chance, I feel really depressed and disappointed!! Perhaps, this is why I do not have the spirit in my job search... bcoz my heart already tells me that whichever other job comes along is still not what I want.
I may be naive and unrealistic about pursuing my dream job... But all I can say is that I want to try, have tried and failed but is still determined to try again and get a job in these fields... All other jobs are juz considered plain boring and uninteresting to me! Sometimes I even think that I am just not suitable to work in Singapore, a place where everything is so practical, stressful and unentertaining, a place where people talk business and education so seriously that someone who is unemployed may even be seen as weird, abnormal and unacceptable in the society...
Afterall, it's hard to explain... and I don't know where I am targeting at now... I don't know if I am doing the right thing by keeping firm on my decision and working towards my goal. I feel that my life is now kinda directionless bcoz after attending several interviews which have given me hope initially, but after the interview, the hope was again taken away by the interviewer, I feel like giving up! The job I want does not want me, yet the job I do not want comes looking for me... Why must things happen in the opposite way?? Job-seeking suxs!!! I'm so confused and tired now...
When is an angel-hearted interviewer going to appear to grant me my wish?? I hope the time will come very soon! I'm really sick and tired of attending so many interviews without positive results...
There are times when I feel that others perceive people who are jobless for a long period of time as useless bum / being too choosy / enjoying life / don't want to work on purpose / cannot take hardship... Whatever whatever...
Why am I out of job for so many months?...
Choosy - Yes!! I am choosy, far too choosy!! And maybe like what others think, I deserve it! It's my own fault for putting too many restrictions to the jobs I apply for!
Well, I believe everyone has their own concerns and criterias when it comes to choosing the type of jobs that they want to work in. Some people may have few restrictions, others plenty! I belong to the second group!
Whenever I get job interviews/offers from companies or job recommendations from agencies, I will start considering about the following factors, which most of the time, caused me to reject them... I admit that this is my bad point!! but I cannot help thinking twice about the job especially when there is an unbalanced feeling!!
"The location of the company is too far from my place!"
"The pay is too low."
"I do not want to work retail or shift hours."
"I prefer 5 days to 5 1/2 days work week!"
"I do not want to go back to customer service!"
"I don't like the industry/field coz I have no interest in it!"
"Aiyah, why must wear so formal?"
Find any of the above familiar?? The bad part is that I can even choose to forgo the job even though I may be affected by only 1 of the above factors! At the end of it, it's all bcoz I am afraid that it might still lead to 'What if I don't like the job and wants to quit within a year again?', and I am just trying to avoid that from happening...
I know I am the type who cannot stay long in a job once I don't like it, even if it's for a year. To others, 1 year is the minimum staying period no matter how bad the job is... To me, it's considered very very long - 1 year = 12months = 365days = 8760hours = 525600minutes!!! Not to mention 1 year... 6 months is already long enough!! And I know I cannot do it!! I hate being stucked in a bad and unsatisfying job, yet having to endure working for long term just to earn the credit in my resume!!! This is why I really have to choose something that I will not regret doing in order to let me stay in the job for at least a year or more!
Adding on to that, I have enough short-term employments in my resume due to all the wrong choices made previously... so many until companies think that I am a job-hopper... And in order to put a stop to this, I really need to look into every single factor stated above so as not to feel unsatisfield with my job and then quitting it again!!! And then I would have to start all over again!
Like I said, there are reasons behind every single factor for me to reject the offer... To me, these are reasons which I am very concerned about... but others may find them unimportant...
Being choosy is not just the only reason... there are many other reasons which again, others cannot relate to (maybe some of them can, I don't know)... bcoz they are not me. It's my life - only I know what I want, what has happened to it previously and now I am determined to live the rest of it in my own way, my own liking!!
Interviewers like to ask "Why do you have a sudden change of interest from customer service to whatever position which I have applied for?"
My explanation: I would like to move on to other areas so as to take on new tasks and pick up new skills.
In my mind: Ya, like real! I never like customer service... It just started bcoz customer service was the first job I took up eversince I graduated from poly, thus my subsequent jobs were offered due to my experiences earned based on my first and previous jobs, which were mostly also in customer service. All other fields require job candidates to have at least 2-3 years of relevant working experiences, where the hell am I going to get those job experiences from if I am not even given an opportunity to be hired in the other areas??! Of coz I need to start off somewhere, and this somewhere suay suay happened to be customer service which is the most shitty job on earth!! And I do not want to continue my life working so miserably to take on all these shit!! But how am I suppose to tell the truth to the interviewers?? Such explanations will definitely not be what the interviewers are expecting to hear bcoz they will think that I am someone who cannot take on challenges!
Then their next concern will be "I see that your employments are relatively short in each company..."
My explanation was of coz given according to what I think is appropriate to the interviewer but then again deep down...
In my mind: Yes! I knew I would be asked on this!! I know what the interviewer is thinking - I am a job-hopper right???... How do expect me to stay long in my job when I don't even like it in the first place but always get back to it only bcoz that's the only type of job which was offered to me at the salary which meets my expectations?? Then again, companies are not willing to hire someone without experience in the other areas that I like, where else can I go then?? Of coz go back to where I have the experience and could get a higher salary lah!!! Even if they do hire fresh grads, I am always not the lucky one to be selected... and what can I do?? Take a knife and threaten the employer???
I have a strong determination to work in the fashion or music and entertainment industry... But I do not have the relevant contacts/network, education and experiences in these areas! In fact, I have tried applying for positions in these areas, went for the job interviews with hopes but left the interview room with feedbacks which tell me that I do not possess the right attributes or experiences and education/knowledge in these areas!! Frankly, despite knowing that it will be harder for me to get into these jobs with zero experience, I still continue trying my luck! But whenever I leave the interview room knowing that I do not stand the chance, I feel really depressed and disappointed!! Perhaps, this is why I do not have the spirit in my job search... bcoz my heart already tells me that whichever other job comes along is still not what I want.
I may be naive and unrealistic about pursuing my dream job... But all I can say is that I want to try, have tried and failed but is still determined to try again and get a job in these fields... All other jobs are juz considered plain boring and uninteresting to me! Sometimes I even think that I am just not suitable to work in Singapore, a place where everything is so practical, stressful and unentertaining, a place where people talk business and education so seriously that someone who is unemployed may even be seen as weird, abnormal and unacceptable in the society...
Afterall, it's hard to explain... and I don't know where I am targeting at now... I don't know if I am doing the right thing by keeping firm on my decision and working towards my goal. I feel that my life is now kinda directionless bcoz after attending several interviews which have given me hope initially, but after the interview, the hope was again taken away by the interviewer, I feel like giving up! The job I want does not want me, yet the job I do not want comes looking for me... Why must things happen in the opposite way?? Job-seeking suxs!!! I'm so confused and tired now...
When is an angel-hearted interviewer going to appear to grant me my wish?? I hope the time will come very soon! I'm really sick and tired of attending so many interviews without positive results...
Thursday, May 10, 2007
What Motivate You To Work??
Just came back from a job interview for a corporate sales position and I was being asked this question - What motivate you to work? Given a choice to choose between money and job position... what will you say???
I actually said job position during my interview. And I went on to explain that when a person gets promoted to a higher position, their salary will also increase! However, while on my way back home on the bus, I suddenly realized that I should have said money instead! Bcoz I am applying for a sales job and I guessed money is the answer they want to hear!! Damn... How can I forget about that? - Monetary incentives would motivate salespeople to try and hit their sales targets in order to get higher commissions!
Now that I remembered being asked this same question during my other sales job interviews previously, I used to say money motivates me and the interviewers all seem satisfied with my reply... and I was even shortlisted for second interviews. I don't know why I said position this time round... Geh kiang lah!! Perhaps at that point of time, I totally forgot that I was interviewing for a sale job, so I just blabbed out what I thought would be appropriate but not my true answer. =P
The overall interview progressed on quite smoothly, except for the fact that I think I answered the above question wrongly... =( And that I asked questions on almost everything about the job and company, but forgot to ask about the working hours. Duhh...
Although I think I answered most of the question quite appropriately, I saw the director scribbling alot of things taking up about 3/4 of an A4 size paper... be it when I am answering his questions or asking him questions! Got a feeling that he thinks that I may be suitable for the position bcoz of the skills I have picked up from the service industry but I think he's still hoping to look for other job candidates with the right attributes for the sales post.
Well well, I will need to wait till probably mid of next week to see if I am selected for a 2nd interview loh. Meanwhile, wish me luck for my next interview tomorrow! =)
I actually said job position during my interview. And I went on to explain that when a person gets promoted to a higher position, their salary will also increase! However, while on my way back home on the bus, I suddenly realized that I should have said money instead! Bcoz I am applying for a sales job and I guessed money is the answer they want to hear!! Damn... How can I forget about that? - Monetary incentives would motivate salespeople to try and hit their sales targets in order to get higher commissions!
Now that I remembered being asked this same question during my other sales job interviews previously, I used to say money motivates me and the interviewers all seem satisfied with my reply... and I was even shortlisted for second interviews. I don't know why I said position this time round... Geh kiang lah!! Perhaps at that point of time, I totally forgot that I was interviewing for a sale job, so I just blabbed out what I thought would be appropriate but not my true answer. =P
The overall interview progressed on quite smoothly, except for the fact that I think I answered the above question wrongly... =( And that I asked questions on almost everything about the job and company, but forgot to ask about the working hours. Duhh...
Although I think I answered most of the question quite appropriately, I saw the director scribbling alot of things taking up about 3/4 of an A4 size paper... be it when I am answering his questions or asking him questions! Got a feeling that he thinks that I may be suitable for the position bcoz of the skills I have picked up from the service industry but I think he's still hoping to look for other job candidates with the right attributes for the sales post.
Well well, I will need to wait till probably mid of next week to see if I am selected for a 2nd interview loh. Meanwhile, wish me luck for my next interview tomorrow! =)
Friday, May 04, 2007
Spiderman 3
Went to watch the long awaited Spiderman 3 movie yesterday night at Suntec Eng Wah with Choco and friends... Another funny movie with a sad ending, but with much more excitements in the show... coz I was always hoping that Spiderman will not get trashed by his enemies!
There's a part whereby Spidey dropped his ring which was meant for Mary-jane while being attacked by Harry, his best friend... I hoped I could just reach out and grab the ring for him coz it seems like it's falling towards us... Hahaa...
I like it when Peter Parker was 'possessed' by the black Venom. Although he became kinda evil but I think he acts really weird, cheeky and funny!! Especially when he combed down his fringe, walked and danced along the streets doing the pointing actions at gals and also changed into an all-black formal suit... he somehow reminds me of the band called Green Day!! Ahahahaaa!! I guessed Venom must be a really good musician since he can make Peter Parker sings, dances and even plays the piano!! Kekeke!!
By the way, does anyone remember the tune of the theme song in the Spiderman cartoon in the 80s?? I was wondering why Spiderman does not have a fixed theme song like Superman and Batman which I can remember??? I went to Youtube to search for the tune but it doesn't sound familiar at all... =(
Hahaa... Obviously, I wasn't very interested in Spiderman last time bah! My favourite is still Superman!! Reason being he is much stronger and more handsome than Spiderman!! Ahahaaa... My analysis of why Superman is stronger than Spiderman - Superman could stop a plane from falling without exerting much strength (in Superman Returns), but Spiderman passed out after stopping a train (in Spiderman 2)! Kekeke... =P
Hmmm... And why isn't there any movie about Wonder Woman???
There's a part whereby Spidey dropped his ring which was meant for Mary-jane while being attacked by Harry, his best friend... I hoped I could just reach out and grab the ring for him coz it seems like it's falling towards us... Hahaa...
I like it when Peter Parker was 'possessed' by the black Venom. Although he became kinda evil but I think he acts really weird, cheeky and funny!! Especially when he combed down his fringe, walked and danced along the streets doing the pointing actions at gals and also changed into an all-black formal suit... he somehow reminds me of the band called Green Day!! Ahahahaaa!! I guessed Venom must be a really good musician since he can make Peter Parker sings, dances and even plays the piano!! Kekeke!!
By the way, does anyone remember the tune of the theme song in the Spiderman cartoon in the 80s?? I was wondering why Spiderman does not have a fixed theme song like Superman and Batman which I can remember??? I went to Youtube to search for the tune but it doesn't sound familiar at all... =(
Hahaa... Obviously, I wasn't very interested in Spiderman last time bah! My favourite is still Superman!! Reason being he is much stronger and more handsome than Spiderman!! Ahahaaa... My analysis of why Superman is stronger than Spiderman - Superman could stop a plane from falling without exerting much strength (in Superman Returns), but Spiderman passed out after stopping a train (in Spiderman 2)! Kekeke... =P
Hmmm... And why isn't there any movie about Wonder Woman???
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