Yeah, shit does happens for a reason. I've finally figured out why I keep getting rejected for all the job interviews that I went for. Yup, I'm still jobless. So, why? Maybe, it was 'written in the stars' that I'm gonna have to look after my mum. That almost half of my mum's left leg's gonna get amputated. That my brother and sister are gonna be fucking useless... and so on...
Everytime, when I get that 'reject' letter, I'll be kinda down cos the jobs that I've applied for are those jobs that I really want and interested in. I don't give a fuck about the pay, to me, it's the interest that counts. It's a bonus if the pay's quite high.
Oh wait! One of the job interviews that I went for, I did blow it off on purpose cos it's a shitty job, shitty environment (a call centre in Ubi)... So, went in for the job interview, 3 at a time, not 1 (WTF!), and the 2 interviewers asked us 2 questions - Why do you want to work at a call centre and what's your previous job experience? I gave quite a reasonable answer which was "Cos I love challenges" and they asked, "Why do you think working at a call centre can be challenging?" My answer, "Cos you have to think on your feet and give a straightforward answer when a customer called. And you have to be patient enough to deal with difficult customer." How did I blew it? Well, in the job appln form, I put down my expected salary as $1500, when I've already know that the pay's lower than that. Why did I apply for the job? Didn't want to but some job agent from this company, that I signed up to, called me and persuade me to go for the interview. That's why. Haha, me in a call centre environment? Won't be doing my job, but will be sleeping on the job cos it's a motherfucking boring job!
The other jobs that I've applied for are government jobs and shift work, all except 1 are uniformed jobs. I would much rather apply for a shift work than a 9-5 job/office job cos to me, the latter would be such a chore and kinda like Groundhog Day, if you get what I mean. When you got to work everyday, you'll take the same train, see the same faces on the same train/bus, get in the same crowd, etc... If you were to work shifts, you get to see the same faces on the train for two day, another set of same faces for the other 2 days and your family and friends for the other, other 2 days. And when you go back home, on certain days, you don't get caught in the rush hour. I know some peole might think that it's a dumb reason for applying for a shift work, but that is 1 reason why I want to apply for a shift job. The other reason was on my off days, I can go back to the place that I was attached at during poly and visit all of them.
1 reason why I would apply for a uniformed job is because I don't have to spend hundreds of dollars to buy a totally new set of wardrobe cos I have to wear a uniform to work! I can spend the money on DVDs, CDs, helping my parents to pay the bills and a whole lot of other stuffs.
I've made up my mind. Gonna apply to work at Certis Cisco like my dad. Besides, at the last job interview that I went for, 3 different interviewers asked my why didn't I just work with my dad, he can recommend me, blah blah blah... It was with Aetos, they offered almost the same services as Certis. I was applying for Airport Security Screening Officer (SSO), when my credential enabled me to apply for Auxillary Police Officer (APO). I applied for the SSO position cos I'll be working at the airport, I don't why but I love the airport's environment, even though the pay's much lower than the APO's, only about 2oo bucks lower. The 1st interviewer, an APO, tried to convince me to apply for the APO position cos my credentials are kinda too high for the SSO but fucking suitable for the APO, and I told her straight up that I wanted the SSO job. And she asked me why and I gave a bloody answer that I could cough up that moment which was I don't like handling guns. C'mon, then why the bloody hell did I apply for another job which requires me to handle guns? Haha, my heart was set on that job, that I cough up lots of other reason on why I didn't why to apply for that job. She gave up, another guy came in to "interview" me when in fact, he was trying to convince me to apply for the APO position. He was gonna lose his cool so he gave up, another guy came in. And he ask me why didn't I ask my dad to recommend me to Cisco. My answer? Cos I wanted to work as an SSO. And he too, tried to convince me to apply for APO, and I answered back, "Like you said, "If I wanted to apply for the APO position, why didn't I just asked my dad to recommend me for the job?" and besides my dad told me that if I wanted to apply for that position, he can recommend me." And that was enough to shut him up and end the interview. Told my aunt about it and she said that I was dumb not to follow what they said. I do believe in what I told them and I stand by my decision.
So, why am I applying for the APO position with Cisco? I was actually interested to join Cisco since I was in secondary school but at that time, my dad and mum told me that my dad don't want any of his kids to work there, but now, he has a change of heart... Can't apply for it right now though cos I have to wait for my mum to finished her rehabilitation at AMK hospital, and after she's discharged, I have to wait till she's strong enough. Might be after Chinese New Year, that's what my dad said. My mum's been in hospital since September, since 19th Sep. Was discharged from TTSH on 2nd October, they only cut off half of her left foot, but was re-admitted bout 3 days later due to an infection to the foot. That's when they have to amputated that much, two days before Hari Raya. So, yeah, my family didn't celebrate Hari Raya this year. She might be discharged at the end of next month... Hmm, hospitalised for almost 4 months. That's a record I think, for any of my family members. I don't think my late grandma was hospitalised for that long...
But there's 1 positive thing that comes out of this - I've learnt how to cook!!!