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星期日, 三月 30, 2008

A friend of mine recently accepted a job offer, paying her 1k per month for 6-day week as a kitchen assistant just because she has no experience in that field.


But because she has already accepted that offer, i have nothing to say to her. However, i do feel the urge to share about this to my other readers.


This thing called passion.





(Just let me side-track for a moment. I thank God i went to jc instead of poly. It was only after jc that i discover my field of passion. If i were to choose a course in poly at a tender 16 years old, i'd have almost definitely chosen a wrong course, one that i'd later realize i have no passion for.)


Now, back to this thing called passion.
There's nothing wrong with being passionate.
In fact it's good to be passionate about your job.
It gives you the drive, the motivation to be excellent, the dissatisfaction of not doing well.






But there is this other thing called wisdom.


This friend of mine wants to be a chef. But she has no relevant certificates and no experience in it. She went for an interview a few days ago, and was offered a 6-day week for 900 bucks (which later rose to 1k), including cpf.

Seriously, that pay is pathetic.
To me, the boss is obviously underpaying her on the excuse that she has no experience.

(Robert, this friend of mine who graduated from fass with honors strangely decided to take up a kitchen job as well and he got way higher than 1k per month! With lesser working hours too!)

My friend got nagged at by her parents for not entering a field related to her course of study, and for thinking of settling for such a low pay. She sulked for the next few days thinking that she's only worth 900 bucks.





And then my advice to her was...
to go for more job interviews at other restaurants.

There's more than one restaurant in singapore, and definitely more than one korean restaurant in singapore. Definitely there would be better job offers out there! If she can find a job with a better pay, she'd be able to both please her parents and pursue her passion as well.





And then later the next day she told me she accepted that job offer.
I almost flipped.




There are just so many things to look out for in a job.

Things like...
Career prospects -- where will this job take you to after one year?
Learning environment -- will the job allow you to learn more or will you remain as a veggie chopper for the next five years?
Pay -- at least it has to be reasonable.
Working environment -- how are the colleagues there? You'd have to face them every day for the next 1000 days!


There are just so many things to look out for in a job. To only go for one interview and settling for that first job offer (a lousy one at that) without giving other companies and even yourself another chance, to me is just stupidity.






Rants.
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Today (i.e. 29th March, Saturday) felt totally like a Sunday.
Primarily because there's NO church today.
For the first time since forever, I'm officially attending Sunday Service!

Okay, it's not exactly like I'm going over to the Adults' Group,
it's just that Tertiary Service is scheduled on Sunday, just for this week.
Strange huh.



Anyway... today i went sukisushi with sia.



Hearts sushi.



Well, they charged us for food wastages. (Bad example, don't learn!)


Seriously it's not bad!
But i have a pathetically small appetite so it's never worthwhile for me to buffet.







Feeling like a ballon after eating too much...
I contemplated going home, and ended up at hemisphere,
a cafe in OG building, right beside church!
See it's such a habit that i spend sat evening at orchard!



Floor windows overlooking Orchard Road.


Hemisphere is a nice, quiet cafe right in the middle of Orchard Road,
competing with established franchises like Starbucks and Coffeebean.

I enjoy it's simplicity, cozy-ness, and that there's no need to fight for seats and power points. (yes, there is wireless@sg.) They even offer free card and board games for customers to play with. But of course the variety available cannot be compared to settler's or mind's.



Alone. (yes, i do enjoy time alone.)


There's this mother-daughter couple
who sat on the couches right in front of me.
They played UNO, ate some sides, and chatted.
The girl's only about 8 years old.
As i watched them, i couldn't help but envy their closeness.
That they can simply sit around a table and enjoy each other's presence.

I couldn't remember any moments where i spend time alone with my mum.




And i jumped at my chair at around 730 cuz i thought i forgot to go tuition.
And then i realized...
It's Saturday.
Tuition's on Sunday.

And I laughed at myself.





I stayed till they closed.

星期六, 三月 29, 2008

Had two filming sessions recently.
One for time-freeze assignment,
and another one for MTV assignment.
Both for the same module.




And after these two filming sessions, i am (forever) indebted to two persons.




Suanhui for the time-freeze filming, and zz for the mtv filming. Both of them kindly agreed to be my male leads in the videos, and i'm SO grateful to them!!! Seriously!

Because these few weeks have been killer weeks for us nus students. Projects, assignments, test, deadlines... everything's just piling up higher and higher. I REALLY appreciate them taking time out to help me! Thank you!!!




(feeling tempted to up a photo of suanhui to let you guys see how he looks like. but well, i'll spare him, and patrick. =p)
Something interesting happened today. We were waiting for the 151 bus from school. It came, and it was the newer sort, specially designed for the handicapped and allows more standing area. It has this LCD screen that flashes short messages, and the message for today actually reads "Happy Deepavali."


Despite my vague knowledge on public holiday dates, I seriously doubt that Deepavali qualify as the most recent public holiday. (Shouldn't it be Valentine's Day? LOL) Anyway, some of us noticed that message, and aboard the bus, i dared yizhong to go up to the bus driver and tell him "Happy Deepavali."


After a short session of bargaining, the reward for accomplishing the dare is a double scope of New Zealand's All Natural Ice Cream at YIH.


And yizhong did it! After a while of contemplating and struggle though. He really went up to the bus driver and wished him "Happy Deepavali." The bus driver's expression, according to yizhong, was that he stared back wide-eyed and was lost for words. LOL!


Okay, one double-scope for yizhong then!


Anyway, dares are fun! Haha! I should start daring people and at the same time come up with an inexpensive reward! Haha!




Would you accept my dare?

星期四, 三月 20, 2008

I know i haven't been blogging. I can't seem to find the time to do so.


Here is a list of assignments/projects waiting for me.
1. EL3254 group presentation + facilitation (45 mins long).
2. EL3254 group project (essay).
3. NM3211 biography rewrite.
4. NM3211 profile rewrite.
5. NM3211 feature article.
6. NM3211 meeting article.
7. NM3211 breaking news article.
8. NM3211 online newspaper art design + editing.
9. NM3208 mtv filming + editing.
10. NM3208 freeze time video assignment.
11. NM3208 portfolio.
12. NM3880A group presentation + essay.
13. PC1327 essay.
14. PC1327 midi composition.
15. PC1327 final test.




No wonder every one in class looked so glum yesterday.

星期日, 三月 16, 2008

Got many photos to post....
Cuz i'm too lazy to upload them to facebook or anywhere else.
Feel free to rip photos off my blog, in general.
But credit me if you post them up somewhere else.





13th March, Thursday, at around 12mn...
Paper aeroplanes flew into my living room.
(I thought it was young boys playing around)
Until i took a look closer, and they say "Jesse! Look Outside!"
I smiled.


There they were, hiding outside my house.

Top-down: maurise, zz, carrie



And they surprised me!
They kinda look more like monsters. LOL.



(What's zz doing?)


It was really late. Last buses have left.
And i kindly offered them a place to sleep...

=X



內八!





Next is kuu-poon session on saturday with sia, dxx, joycee and WEN!
(I challenged wen to join us for kuu-poon sessions here, and she took it up. Hoohoo.)


My bday's on 13th march, and joycee's just one day after on 14th march. Both of us are long and slim, and and short hair. They always say we are like twins or sisters or what.


Sweet pretty pink balloons.



And they were for joycee. =)



Bought these balloons for her.

Reason being...
(1) No idea what else to get.
(2) We're both pisceans, so she should be a hopeless idealistic romantic too. Lol. (i'm quoting unreliable source here.)
(3) I like balloons. =X



Out-of-focus. (I dun have a clear photo.)






生日蛋糕自我毀滅上下集。


We couldn't get the lighter to work at first.
And halfway through the cake the lighter worked!

Erm, yea...



Wen and baby indian boy ONE.



Wen and baby indian boy TWO.



Wen and baby indian boy THREE.



Okay, finish. Bye bye...




Next is saturday after service with cg at istana park.

We played for a while, and then some of them (carrie, zz, maureen) sang a series of Gary + Sodagreen songs. Then it's cake and cutting it.




me and kezia. =)
(i din realise my bones protrude out so much.)


Throughout, maurise, the organizer, is in-charged of making sure we don't go overtime. Lol. So fierce. Tak-glam lah.




zz blowing bubbles! HAHAHHAHA. =X



Erm, the point of this photo is "pretty bubbles!"
The bubbles looks really pretty mah.




Okay, that's the end. Thanks to all who remembered my bday and did something about it. I'm surprised that so many ppl remembered, seriously, with the flooding of sms-es. For one, i personally don't have much talent in remembering bdays. So, i really appreciate what you guys did for me. Thank you!

星期四, 三月 13, 2008

Convo.ONE

cong:
happy birthday!!!!
ur 22 HAHAHAHAA

me:
LOL
WHY YOU LAUGH SO HARD?!
22 lor...
=(((

cong:
lol
so old
hahaha

me:
WALAU!!!
HAHAHHAHA




Convo.TWO

atticus:
lucky got bo and zz do layout and graphics
haha
we scored pts there

bo:
i dint do much seriously
i farted alot tho




an early bday.




So the story goes that i met up with sia for an early bday celebration. She has been planning something for the past one week or so already. And i promised i'd have zero expectations, so everything would be a pleasant surprise. Hee.


Went to meet sia after class. I sneaked up behind her while her surprise for me (dxx) appeared and i end up scaring the hell out of sia and spoiling the whole surprise myself. Lol. And she blushed! Wahahhaha!!


And the story continues that we were supposed to have a picnic. But it rained, as with most of my past birthdays, and we went kbox instead for an in-house picnic.


Here are photos of all the food sia prepared. Hoohoo.

And she knows i love sushi.
Tho the standard doesn't really match up but i'm touched nonetheless. :)



Sushi part II.



Sushi part III.



Nuggets (obviously...)



Sandwiches, cuz dxx said what's a picnic without sandwiches? Lol.



Erm, this is a whole bunch of stir-fried stuff. I can't think of a name for it but it's quite good. Prawns, sotong, la-la, vegetables, and some others.



Fried rice. i love prawns!



Overall view. It's a lot of food!!!



Mysterious woman in the dark?
No prizes for guessing who this is tho. lol.



Surprise guest dxx. Her singing improved! :D




These were from dxx. Thank you!! :))

Giant cookie with letter "J" and a :)



More cookies. :)
They're really nice! Not as hard as what sia said. lol.
Maybe i've got stronger teeth! Wahaha.




And then these were from sia.

Chocolates! Cuz i eat chocolate when i'm down to make me feel happier. Hee.



Honey! *shy*


And the last one is super funny. i LOL-ed.

Mosquito coil! LOL. Cuz i kept getting mosquito bites nowadays. Itchy!!





Thanks sia for spending the day cooking and preparing everything. Sorry we didn't finish all the food. You know my tiny appetite. Thanks dxx for your cookies and your secret participation in this whole surprise. And thanks sia again for your lame but thoughtful gifts. Lol. Love you both! =D

星期一, 三月 10, 2008

Updates.




i love kimchi! =D


Went to the IT fair on sunday. It was MAD crowded.

Got myself a 160gb portable harddisk (which came along with an ugly mouse) and a 1gb nano thumbdrive, and got a free pen.





And me and sher li went to have a lil drink at Cable Car.
It's a pub opened by the same boss of ohsho,
and for that sher li gets discounts, so, yay!






me and my cookies n cream cocktail. tastes like baileys actually.



sher li's half-sexy straw-in-da-mouth with semi-fierce stare-in-the-eye plus raised eyebrow.



the "you look better in the mirror" photo, cropped.



:)



i can never get enough of fellowships over slight alcohols.


At mn we decided we should head home. Sher li went for the bill and found out that if we had 2nd rounds, it'd be on the house! (Courtesy of her generous japanese boss) ... !!! Argh, but it was mn already. It was really tempting tho, to stay for a 2nd round. Argh..

星期六, 三月 08, 2008

sia + jesse's ABC.
(see how bo-liao we are)



A: Apple
B: Boy
C: Cat
D: Dog
E: Egg
F: (my gosh the f word)
G: GFC rocks
H: Howhow
I: Idiot
J: Jessehow
K: King (boring)
L: Leaf (boring)
M: Mushrooms
N: No mushrooms
O: OMGLETMEIN!
P: Peter Pan. (-.-)
Q: Q-cumber
R: ROAR.
S: Sexysia! (LOL)
T: Sichen (cuz Sichen is a T)
U is for you lor. (sounds mushy)
V: Very mushy
W: What
X: X-tra
Y: Yunno
Z: Zzzz... it's the end.



... dots...

星期五, 三月 07, 2008

Why i post this ah?



If you leave a comment on this post:
1. I'll respond with something random about you
2. I'll challenge you to try something
3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you
4. I'll tell you something I like about you
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you

星期三, 三月 05, 2008

down down down.




Emotionally weak. And i know it's the result of my physical breakdown + mental fatigue. Rendering me unproductive and moody. Makes me wanna just lean on someone's shoulders and cry...


I don't cry alot. Just the feeling of wanting to cry (that sourish sensation lingering at your nose, your eyes, and your mouth/throat cavity) is enough, i don't need to actually cry out loud. Perhaps over the years my threshold of crying has increased. It takes more to make me cry, more than just pain, more than just discouragements, more than just pms.


I realized what a logical emoist I am. Whenever i feel down, i'd figure out the reason that caused it. I'll do whatever it takes to make me happier (by eating sashimi or chocolate), i'll spend time alone cuz i feel refreshed being alone, and i'll even allow myself some indulgence in emoism. And then i'll get over it, sometimes it takes a day, sometimes one whole week. (Over two weeks of emoism and it'll be termed depression.)


But i'm not sure if i've gotten over this mid-sem crisis.






Anyway, went to the docs this evening. Had migraine again, and it was quite serious. The first time i went to a private clinic near my place. It's called Chin Choo Clinic, and it reminds me of zz, ie. Choo Chin Tiong. =x


Doc's quite friendly, and gave me tons of medicine, possibly trying to give my money's worth. And i learned something new today. There's no such thing as being dependent on painkillers. So for those who have migraine/menstrual cramp, don't gei kiang, bear with the pain and end up unable to work for two days. Just take the medicine...



from the docs. mc + four different types of medicine.

星期二, 三月 04, 2008

randoms.





snail. and SLIME.






Was on my home when i saw this cat up the tree.
I've never seen a cat on a tree before, so it was interesting to me.



And then i managed to catch the cat climbing down the tree. Haha!





The end of randomness.
(Sia cook finish dinner liao not?
i hungry liao. HAHAHHA.)