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Friday, August 22, 2008

just when the going gets tough..it seems hard to get a job..

I still can recall when I was still back in Brissy saying that i cóuldn't understand why people can say that jobs are hard to find when i managed to get a call for interview so soon after i applied for a job. Alas, it was not meant to be, as i dun think the job is suitable for me, and all was gone, that was the one and only job interview i had and i had squandered it.

Taking things slow, steadily applying for jobs and patiently waiting for the phone to finally ring and ask me in for an interview. Since i'm not hte sole breadwinner of the family, i am having the luxury to take my time in looking for a job and working part time back in Scoopz earning my own pocket money. Will be waiting till the end of the month for any calls, if not, i will head back to KL for a short break as well as a couple of days up in Genting Highlands, afterwhich i shall come back to Sg and start applying for Gov jobs in Home Affairs, then again, i don't know if i will be able to get it or be discriminated against since i'm technically not a Singapore citizen.

Reality kicks in and thoughts run amok in my mind, should i have gone to Brisbane to further my studies?? Where would i be if i hadn't taken that step? Money does make the world go round, $$ is needed if i want to go back to Aussie land for my dear friends' graduation in Dec, $$ is needed to buy me a guitar, $$ is needed to get myself a new phone, $$ is needed to go back to Malaysia for a holiday.

Life as a graduate is not all that nice and enjoyable, at least it's not when you are an unemployed graduate. I miss the carefree life i had with so many wonderful people back in Brisbane. I've been having sleepless nights the few weeks i'm back, i will toss and turn in bed for at least an hour before i can fall asleep, the worst was when i only went to bed at 5am on a supposed tiring day for me after work. Lots of stuffs running through my mind, the life i led in Brisbane, the room's big but empty with just me in it, somehow something is missing, and i realised that i missed the company i had in Mitre Street and HQ in Durham. I miss the tuesdays, fridays and sundays where i wait at home doing my things on the laptop and welcome my housemates home after a long day of church activity just to say HI! and pop into bed to sleep. I miss the mondays, wednesdays, thursdays where we have dinner together and the occasional free saturdays when we can do anything. In short, i miss my FAMILY in BRISBANE!!

Family's good at home, but the constant nagging and control over almost everything i do except getting a job, sometimes get on my nerves. Back in Brisbane, i can just not get on MSN if i don't want to be bothered by home. Like how Sharon put it when family was in Brissy for graduation, my "non-government" days are over, and man is it O-V-E-R.

GOTTA SLEEP SOON!! 10am semi-final clash between Li Jiawei VS Zhang Yining. So sad for Feng Tianwei, she lost to Zhang Yining 4-1 in close/hard fought games all deuces, she really gave ZYN a run for her money, FTW's definately the one to watch out for in years to come, can't wait to see her progress and improve for London 2012. Praying hard that LJW wins tomorrow, it's not easy, but we must have faith and belief in our sportsman, so much flak recently on foreign talent but i don't really care. COMPLAINS & COMPLAINS!!..win also complain, don't win also complain, can't stand it sometimes, and you know what i can't stand even more, China sweeping all the table tennis medals, sick of seeing them sweeping the golds, not that i don't give them props for being good, i'm just bored of seeing them. Shawn Johnson finally got gold for the Beam Apparatus Final for USA, Nastia Liukin got Gold for All around , SJ is just adorable at 16, can't wait to see her at London 2012 too!!

Olympic Idols:
1) Team Singapore Table Tennis
2) Feng Tianwei!! for single handedly winning the team event for Sg when she won both her singles match agianst South Korea
3) Shawn Johnson for just being an adorable and powerful gymnast at 16 with that really genuine sweet smile, and her Coach was from China too
4) Stephanie Rice - Aussie swimmer, she trains at Indooroopilly!!..haha
5) Tao Li for being the first Singapore to reach a swim final and finishing 5th, lots' expected from her too (London 2012)