Working Woes

As bored as I might have been at work, I'm starting to miss it and the people there. They are really nice, and makes work-life feels so much better, because unlike some people I've encountered, they sincerely want to help you out :)

I digress, after listening to horrific encounters my course mates raved and ranted over the three month period, my colleagues are saints. Cina speaking speaking saints no less. I've probably asked seven thousand no brainer questions all which they answer me patiently and with much clarity. That's the beauty of working with a small firm I guess :)

My first month was filled with nothing. Sounds ironic when I type it out innit. Once, I spent a whole day reviewing past files and that stretched on for days at a time. It was hell trying to stay awake with nothing exactly to do. Later weeks, the company secretary (from a different firm, by the way) decided we interns have had too much time in hand and started loading me  with mortgage loan agreements and twenty other foreign paperwork to be typed out. 


In March, work started to trickle in. The learning process was a frustrating one and even more when I make mistakes faster than i can say hippopotamus. While my seniors could accomplish a task within an impossible timespan, I completed the same task with three times fold the duration. Omb damn stress okay.

In the later months, I got to venture out to client companies which prior to that, got me all jumpy and excited. The glossy gleam in my eyes died instantly after I found out I was doing the exact same thing I do at my work desk only in a different office and a smoker junkie for a boss in place. 


Come the time I was leaving, the work load was crazy hectic. On my last day, I was on the phone bantering with a client until the very last of minutes. One company came by with 14 boxes of raw documents to process and sieve thru. I shudder to imagine the hours clocked in for that one engagement. All in all, I leave a lil bit wiser, slightly rounder and with a whole lot more appreciation for college. 

Teruskan usaha ex-teman seperjuangan =)

Lazy Days Shortlived

People always say, “sorry for not blogging” and on days I feel like reviving this dead weight space of mine, I normally would. Judging from the last three months or so, I’m fairly certain you can get through your day without reading my blog! nevertheless, I always try and remind myself to blog about something of more substance. But just like every other day, it just never happens. Because I am just that lazy and good at procrastinating.

Today I finally manage to sit down infront of a laptop and actually 'feel' like blogging. But guess what? I have nothing to blog about. I feel as if i'm at a bottleneck, where there are too many things happening at one go, nothing much can come out.


On the side note, I've had the pleasure of snoozing my alarm clock for hours at a time just because I can. I've also developed the habit of waking up for breakfast and catching another nap in between some chores and lunch. 

Alas, college resumes this coming Monday. All good things must come to an end, no matter how short lived it was to begin with.

Right now, i'm looking for some inspiration to start packing and like always, it just won't come.

Black Jeans Friday

As most of you should be aware, I no longer belong to the unemployed! Hahaha no, I am yet to graduate and no, it's not permanent. It's just three months of practical training in the auditing/taxing life. My course-mates and I were encouraged to sign-up for internships during the three month long break from college after some very vicious exams in January. And when I say vicious, I mean just that. It's the kind that gives you sleepless nights before the exams, during and after exams, before and after results are released. 

Back in September 2010 I remember sending my resumes to prospective employers. There were tentatively 172 procedures to abide by and most of us hadn't the slightest clue what a cover letter was! Filling up Borang As and polishing up resumes so it'll gleam my way into a fulfilling job. So it was a mighty headache lah needless to say. It's bad when you don't have a printer so what's a girl to do but rely on the self-printing service (which I always manage to screw up despite how easy it's suppose function) in the college's IT Centre which is on the far end of hostel. Things get frustrating when you've a failing memory like mine. Must have made ten trips to the said IT Centre that week; exercise quota for the year reached. Hehe.

My job interviews on the other hand, are funny stories you have to hear someday. My new workplace area is no stranger to me. It was not love at first sight (considering I was seated next to an air conditioning vent) but in time, I've learn to warm up to it. In fact, the air conditioning has been out for a week now. Spouting warm air like a heater it was never meant to be. Hahaha.

The only dilemma I face on a daily basis is the plethora of food options. Wahlao. The alarming number of possibilities on what I'll be having lunch makes my food baby churn with delight.

Since joining this 'company', I am supposedly banned from wearing pants on working days; except Fridays where there's an exception to stroll in office with Polo Tees and Jeans. After abiding by the rule for two weeks I decided it was plain ridiculous and revive my self-imposed rule to include slacks, colourful blouses and cardigans in my every other weekday wardrobe.

Though I really like this no need to study til the wee hours routine, I feel so uselessly tired after work. Also, my colleagues (wah, feels so adult to classify people as colleagues and not friends) are comfortably converses in Canto/Hokkien/Cina..so much for a break from college eh? In some ways working life makes me appreciate Cinallege. I now geddit when people tell me so. Thankfully, its not yet a lesson learn too late. Thing is, how to enjoy college life when I'm already doing so horridly while not enjoying college to begin with.

Sigh.

Immaterial, Hot and Sien Dau are the most overused words so far, goodnight.