Thursday, February 26, 2009

Rooted trees

I've been cycling quite a lot lately and there is this something that really bothers me, and that is I find that there are so many people out there who are literally rooted trees. No matter how loud you ring your bell, or how early you ring it, they just don't seem to move. Well, its either they are all deaf or crippled. This really irritates me a lot. It makes cycling so difficult. I'm not asking them to give me a whole meter of space, or to shoo onto the road; all they had to do is to side step a little to give me some way to move on, but they just stay there and expect you to find some way to cycle through that 10 cm of space, wtf. These people are really dumbasses. And the best part is, when you just can't get pass and you accidentally brush against them, they 'che' and stare at you as if it was all your fault. Fuck you all morons.

Anyway, I've been working for 2 weeks already, getting tired of reading all those catalogs. Keep staring at the same spreadsheet, trying to improve on it. But, I just got my pay today, yippy. Not a lot, but probably will get me by. Up till now I do not much to complain about the company, other than the less than adequate pantry and the miserable pay. But I will be going to China soon, to visit a factory to access the factory and to settle some details about our corporation with them. Well, it will be quite an eye opener, really really looking forward to it.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

2nd life

I've chosen my next path already. Well just a little update on whats been happening in my life recently. For the last 2 weeks, I've been working part time for this company as an office boy. So basically I have to help out to move their stocks, organise their store, do stock take as well as some admin stuff. Not a really difficult job. The working environment was really good, the staff there were really nice to me. And what I really liked about the place is that they are very flexible. So it was really easy to get along with everyone.

As for my next path, I have chosen to work for my uncle. Went to his office to day to sign the contract. So now everything is in black and white. Well this is important, even for relatives, I think some things should be written clearly, because work is work. Whatever the personal relationship is, we should keep the working relationship professional. I hope I Would not get into any miscom with my relatives. This is really the biggest issue I have with working for relatives. And I must say, the pay my uncle is offering is really quite pathetic. Not really an amount to be proud of. It was quite funny today, when my colleagues asked me what company I was going to. So I told them that it is a local SME kinda company that deals mainly with distribution of electrical products. And their immediate reaction was, "Are you sure you don't want to think about your decision again". Then I did mention that the pay wasn't that great. And they said," Aiya, thats typical of local SMEs, the boss are pretty niao wan", Hahaha, had quite a good laugh with them. Though haven't been with them for a very long time, but I will miss them. Here's wishing them luck and health. See ya all around some time. =)

Will be starting my new job on Monday, hopefully I will be able to do this job well. Actually I do not have any room to fail in this job (because its my relative's company), you know I don't like people to 'talk' during our family gatherings. especially not about how inefficient and lousy I am in front of my mum. Being typical chinese, I cannot allow my family to lose face in front of all my relatives.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Graduate

Some of you might know already that I've been working for DY's friend for the past week. Well its like this, this company is moving their office, so they need some people to help them with the move. And ta-dah, that help comes in the form of ME. Hahaha. Up to today, most of the stuff have been organised already, so there wasn't much to do, so I had some time to myself in office. As I was sitting in the store, I was looking up at the boxes of parts that I had laid earlier. Stacks and stacks of them, all neatly displayed on the racks, and suddenly this thought came to my mind. Here I am, a recent graduate, from a University that does have a little name to it. And on top of that, my degree does comes with an honors. And what am I doing now. Erm, stacking parts, organising a storeroom, setting up a pantry, replacing the mineral water for the office, clearing rubbish and collecting the mail from the letter box?!? Haiz, sometimes I really do not know what to do with my life.

Well anyway, I do have job offers now. And it came from my youngest uncle. His company is hiring someone to take on a new project of this company, so he is offering this position to me. I have to admit that his preposition is quite attractive (although I do not know how much is he offering), but I'm still considering the offer, mainly because I have this thing against working for relatives. Its these relationship reasons that will make the job complicated; and I do not want to take the chance of falling into an awkward situation. On the other hand, there is DSTA. My interview went pretty well (at least I think I did pretty well). So its up to them to decide, will be waiting for their reply, which I am expecting to be out by this week (or maybe early next week). Well I'm considering the offers really seriously, will have to come up with an answer as soon as possible, so hopefully I make the right choice.