Tuesday, February 4, 2014
♥ Intense Awesomeness Leaves No Time for Breathing
Trust me when I tell you i'm having an panic attack.
My internship is over!!! Well kind of, considering i no longer have to go to work but still working on my final report. After intense ranting in the beginning stages, 22 weeks of internship went passes so quickly i hadn't had any time to react. Let me repeat the hadn't had any time to react part.
My internship lasted all the way to the afternoon of Chinese new year eve. Which actually been a really pleasant experience (do i start to sound like a workaholic?), which surprises many people because people hate working when everyone else have stopped work. But look, my virgin experience at a logistic company that ends right i after i finish trying out working at all the major events that can happen at a logistic firm. AWESOME =) But working all the way to Chinese new year eve is also the reason for not having any time to recover from the end of it yet.
5.5 work week, $600 allowance, told to work OT during internship are the most unlikely situations that will make anyone feel like going back to the company again. But the bright office, messy flow of forklifts and cargo, work that brings goods to shelves for consumers and the endless silly chatter of my colleagues makes me crave to stay. I have got so comfortable to the routine that waking up at 11 am now that my holidays have started no longer seem to be such an attractive option. I miss the whole familiarity of things that the sudden new year celebrations makes me feel out of place.
New year this year have been such an adventure as well. I actually landed myself for an upcoming interview for a full time job coming Friday. Let me repeat the hadn't had any time to react part. My aunt is currently working in the company, and the company is related to what i'm studying, she recommended me to the company, and VOILA. I have my first ever full time job interview coming. 0.0 I will have to schedule for a time to blink, because so far, there hadn't been any.
So there you have it, lots of changes in a single week.
Trust me when I tell you i'm having an panic attack.
My internship is over!!! Well kind of, considering i no longer have to go to work but still working on my final report. After intense ranting in the beginning stages, 22 weeks of internship went passes so quickly i hadn't had any time to react. Let me repeat the hadn't had any time to react part.
My internship lasted all the way to the afternoon of Chinese new year eve. Which actually been a really pleasant experience (do i start to sound like a workaholic?), which surprises many people because people hate working when everyone else have stopped work. But look, my virgin experience at a logistic company that ends right i after i finish trying out working at all the major events that can happen at a logistic firm. AWESOME =) But working all the way to Chinese new year eve is also the reason for not having any time to recover from the end of it yet.
5.5 work week, $600 allowance, told to work OT during internship are the most unlikely situations that will make anyone feel like going back to the company again. But the bright office, messy flow of forklifts and cargo, work that brings goods to shelves for consumers and the endless silly chatter of my colleagues makes me crave to stay. I have got so comfortable to the routine that waking up at 11 am now that my holidays have started no longer seem to be such an attractive option. I miss the whole familiarity of things that the sudden new year celebrations makes me feel out of place.
New year this year have been such an adventure as well. I actually landed myself for an upcoming interview for a full time job coming Friday. Let me repeat the hadn't had any time to react part. My aunt is currently working in the company, and the company is related to what i'm studying, she recommended me to the company, and VOILA. I have my first ever full time job interview coming. 0.0 I will have to schedule for a time to blink, because so far, there hadn't been any.
So there you have it, lots of changes in a single week.
Trust me when I tell you i'm having an panic attack.
2/04/2014 12:00:00 AM
Friday, October 4, 2013
Currently on mc now, so yes, i can say that i am ill. People often ask me if i am ill when they see that i am having flu. It's a simple question. But it's so difficult for me to answer! Yes, i do feel like shit, my nose is runny and i'm nodding off to sleep though i can't do so during work. The splitting headache is making me so hard to concentrate, all i feel like doing is take the flu medicine and sleep the rest of the day through. But no, if you're asking that whether i am taking mc for the day.(Which most people mean when they ask if a person is ill) I can certainly get mc for the day with such a serious flu, but i get flu every single week. You expecting me to get mc every week?
I don't think so.
I'll get kicked out of intern.
So stop asking if i'm ill. Because i am, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
I don't think so.
I'll get kicked out of intern.
So stop asking if i'm ill. Because i am, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
10/04/2013 11:54:00 AM
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Third week into internship!
Got to the know the place better now, such as where the pantry is. =P Everyone are still super nice to me though my manager for the department is starting to wish that i can work more like a full time staff. My learning at the operations department is nearly done, and with the severe manpower shortage, they just couldn't stop asking whether i would like to join their department as a full time staff after my intern ends. The place is not bad, but as a full time job, i wonder if i'll be earning or just paying the unfortunately incurred store rent. (my colleague worked for 2 years there and never managed to get a full month's pay as a result of store rents) Plus, the crazy OTs of full timers every single day? No, actually i don't think it's such a good place afterall.
The weeks are passing faster than i've thought. Throughout the week when i'm bored in the office i will suddenly think of the things to blog and rant about. But it's Sunday, and i just can't remember much of what i wanted to say today
Got to the know the place better now, such as where the pantry is. =P Everyone are still super nice to me though my manager for the department is starting to wish that i can work more like a full time staff. My learning at the operations department is nearly done, and with the severe manpower shortage, they just couldn't stop asking whether i would like to join their department as a full time staff after my intern ends. The place is not bad, but as a full time job, i wonder if i'll be earning or just paying the unfortunately incurred store rent. (my colleague worked for 2 years there and never managed to get a full month's pay as a result of store rents) Plus, the crazy OTs of full timers every single day? No, actually i don't think it's such a good place afterall.
The weeks are passing faster than i've thought. Throughout the week when i'm bored in the office i will suddenly think of the things to blog and rant about. But it's Sunday, and i just can't remember much of what i wanted to say today
9/22/2013 05:04:00 PM
Sunday, September 15, 2013
It's Sunday! 2nd week into my internship and i'm just hoping i'll be able to try out more things. As i got use to the environment, and getting over the initial amazement at working directly in an office situated in a warehouse, some stuff just starts to surface. Like this is a period where i have to learn, have to get it, and churn out stuff for my report. I can't help but remember i have 22 credit units at stake here and I either will make it, or just flunk 6 modules worth. With the time i situate at this company gets longer, people at the company will expect gradual improvement. I feel that the stress seem to be building up the more i am adapted to the place. With the more things i learn, come the more things i have to do each day. There seem to be an arising confusion of whether i am an intern or a paid worker. Very fortunately, though with the increasingly work load, the company understands that i am an intern, and my whole objective is to go and learn. Very grateful that my colleagues have been inviting me to go and learn at different departments, and they totally don't expect me to work over time. (they take back whatever work i've left and finish it up themselves) Currently, i am trying to keep all those i've learnt in my head and continue to be able to try out more.
9/15/2013 03:57:00 PM
Sunday, September 8, 2013
♥ 1st Week of Internship
A week into my internship, and i am really thankful i got into a company where the people there are so super nice and keep giving me food to eat! A self proclaim mad office who laughs over their own misfortune of the never ending work and awful documents. Since day 1 have eaten from cake to daily snacks and an enormous packet of bee hoon(5 toppings) for breakfast on Saturday marking the end of my first week there. All of them works over time though they say every single day they are going home on time, i'm so not surprise. But what makes it great being there is that they try not to give me work close to my end work time, and completes it themselves although orders from those customers who can't tell the time always comes in at the last minute, or even well after working hours. Maybe it's just the people who work so well together that they don't mind practically living in the office. I think another plus working there is that I feel so young! haha =D At 19, i'm the youngest ever. But my managers are all in their 20s. I think they must be the youngest managers ever. Really fortunate to have no great mishaps having my intern there, as my np supervisor seems constantly asleep. Never bothered to contact me at all during the holidays, and being actually unclear of who my supervisor there is, i wonder just how did he manage to liaise with the company at all in the first place. He actually came to find me on my first day of internship, which i was greatly surprised and relieved, but he's blurness was shining out so brightly that now my whole office knows it too. Imagine when the whole office already know i'm the intern student, and he as my teacher and liaison supervisor, stepped into the office, started to introduce himself and ask for where i'm posted to when i'm just sitting there staring at him. Amusing, enhanced the entertainment level of my first day there. =)
Today isn't what i hoped it will be with my unpredictable nose being stuffy again. I'm just happy i have time to nap though.
Today isn't what i hoped it will be with my unpredictable nose being stuffy again. I'm just happy i have time to nap though.
9/08/2013 03:12:00 PM
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Back from cameron in one piece since Thursday, and going straight to work tomorrow! Honestly panic attack again as i realise all the details that are really just hanging there and not dealt with. I wonder if my supervisor is ever awake! With zero contact from him since i've got the news that he's my supervisor, come people, tell me just what's the use of him there? All that's left i suppose, is to pray, and hope for the best.
9/01/2013 10:24:00 PM
Monday, August 26, 2013
It is the post exam period! And the only word i can use to describe how i feel now is exhausted. Serious, there's never been a more tiring period! The night before my first and last paper, i was really happy that i managed to get all the facts stuck in my head. I was too happy, that i couldn't sleep till 5 plus in the next morning and still had to get up by 6.30am. That done it. I felt like a zombie, though still pleased with the end of exams. Exam day was also my birthday. My friend actually baked me apple crumble for my breakfast, it was lovely, but that day was such an awful day to eat because i just feel like vomiting being so tired. We were all zombies actually. Dragged ourselves off to shopping as a post exam celebration. Which turned out to be so amusing! Insisting that we must celebrate, but in actual fact we were all dozing off and our bags filled with exam notes were complete weighing us down. Fine, mission accomplished. I reached home and celebrated my birthday with my family. Again, it's really great! Had a good dinner with lots of meat, and a chocolate mousse(one of my favourites =P) birthday cake. That night i really just collapsed into bed. But generally, i can say that the day went really well despite being tired. =D The next day had to get up early and prepare for photo taking for my sis graduation. Lunch was mac. Dinner was kway chap. Ok.... Having no diet control for 2 whole days is really suicidal. I ended with a really bad flu yesterday and just felt like shit. This morning didn't wake up feeling so great either. That makes me panic because i'm going to travel to Malaysia tonight! A 10 hours trip on the coach. Congratulations to me, i should have picked a plane ride instead. =/
8/26/2013 05:35:00 PM