Monday, June 23, 2008

Bored to bits...

Well, it's been more than 2 weeks since I last wrote a blog entry. Nothing exciting happened... As usual, a normal average Jane life. Oh! I went to Kangaroo Island on 9 June though, had fun but was heaps tiring! I want to go there again, but this time I want to spend at least 1 night as you can't see everything in one day. I will post some pix in my next blog entry when I'm free (get it, when I'm free... or when I'm not lazy, hahaha).


Anyway, started new job. During the first week, I've already done different scope of valuations, which was very interesting and challenging, definitely stimulated my procrastinated brain! This is what I want man, to prevent myself becoming a "goldfish". No, I'm not talking about my eyes, I'm talking about memory span, ok? As you know, goldfish has very short memory span, I think only a few seconds if I'm not mistaken. Bla bla bla, yeah, boring topic.


Well, to provide a bit of entertainment for you bored peeps out there, here I present a very funny pic of Buddy, my cute lil beagle. Some of you might think it's just a normal pic, to me, I don't know why, it's sooooooo freaking funny! I've seen him poo a gazillion times, yet I'm still easily amused by this, kekeke...


p/s I "censored" the poo part just in case some of you are eating...

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Ironic

No, I'm not trying to sing Alanis Morissette's Ironic, so don't worry.


Starting a new job soon, in fact, I didn't apply for any jobs at all when I was offered for a job position at a reputable valuation firm in Adelaide, let's call it X. I received a call a little more than 2 weeks ago, just out of the blue, from one of the directors' of firm X asking if I was interested in working with them. Wow, hang on a sec, did I hear it wrong? Me? Interested in working at X???????? Oh my gosh... I didn't know I was soooo wanted!


I'm not gonna elaborate how this person knew me, in short, he knew me through my ex-boss. He called the current company, Z, I'm working at and asked to speak to me. Of course, I was caught of guard, as I didn't send out any resumes at all. He knew it wasn't convenient for me to speak in the office, so I sincerely asked for his contact details.


Anyway, fast forward to last Friday, I resigned and gave firm Z two weeks' notice. You might ask,"So, what's so ironic about that?" Ok, for most of my friends who knew me quite well, I spent almost 2 years looking for work in Adelaide, it was a very depressing and definitely confidence-crushing time for me. No one wanted to employ me because 1. I was an international students and wasn't a permanent resident (very troublesome for employer's to obtain work visa), and 2. I had minimal work experience. Now, after working for 1.5 years, instead of me shamelessly and painstakingly calling up companies, they are the ones who call me now. IRONIC!!!!!!! However, I must say that I feel very...successful for being "wanted", hahahaha... Hopefully I'll be able to get my Certified Practising Valuer license next year, have to work my butt off for the professional interview in order to pass it, wish me luck! Can't wait for the new job to start on 16 June 2008.