Let's do a JiaWei-style post:
- Shifted house, hot weather sweaty back. Satisfaction when its all done.
- More spending, more stuff bought for the new place = More shifting next time
- 15 Ikea meatballs and mashed potatoes
- Manage to catch you before your dinner today :)
- Used iphone to configure new router, amazing. Too lazy to carry laptop over earlier.
- All alone in a big house, but I'm enjoying it because I know you'll be back :)
- Wished I could be there for the fun night in KL
- Wished you could be back now as well
- Sick of ironing work clothes
- 12:12am, time to sleep, Monday blues.
- Don't read fashion blog and don't love fashion blog, but I love you.
- Valentines Day next weekend! Happy Chinese New year.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
I'm back, I'm gone!
First off, Happy 2010 to everyone. Time flies and a decade gone just like that, still clearly remembering the turn on the millenia some 10 years ago!
This year also marks the Year of the Tiger! Thats two laps for us tigers! Can feel the white hair slowly gaining control over the black already! Well an exaggeration but you know what I mean. I think this is the first year that I will be missing Chinese New Year. Guess this is the first of a few as well, working over here. Can't tell how much I love it when my family is re-united again during my trip back home, although I'm mostly out but really appreciate the little bit of time we spent together.
So, two weeks back home during the Christmas period is over. And I am gone again. Really wished I could stay forever but maybe next time. It feels like a dream being back, and now in this room I've been staying for the past month, I feel a little home sick. I missed my family, my friends and my country. The first webcam session with JiaWei suddenly feel like I have never been back, it has gone by too fast. Just when I am getting used to the surroundings again, I have to leave :( 45 more days till you return :(
Office is still quite empty as most of them took a week off. Work is alright but there is some catching up to do. Besides the daily grind of work, I feel a little lonely here. You guys faster come back! Having takeaway almost everyday for dinner is saddening :(
Well besides that, gonna look for a place to stay soon, hopefully by the end of January. And will apply for CPA too. Hopefully these will keep me busy for awhile now. Life is pretty boring here but lets hope it will turn for the better soon :)
This year also marks the Year of the Tiger! Thats two laps for us tigers! Can feel the white hair slowly gaining control over the black already! Well an exaggeration but you know what I mean. I think this is the first year that I will be missing Chinese New Year. Guess this is the first of a few as well, working over here. Can't tell how much I love it when my family is re-united again during my trip back home, although I'm mostly out but really appreciate the little bit of time we spent together.
So, two weeks back home during the Christmas period is over. And I am gone again. Really wished I could stay forever but maybe next time. It feels like a dream being back, and now in this room I've been staying for the past month, I feel a little home sick. I missed my family, my friends and my country. The first webcam session with JiaWei suddenly feel like I have never been back, it has gone by too fast. Just when I am getting used to the surroundings again, I have to leave :( 45 more days till you return :(
Office is still quite empty as most of them took a week off. Work is alright but there is some catching up to do. Besides the daily grind of work, I feel a little lonely here. You guys faster come back! Having takeaway almost everyday for dinner is saddening :(
Well besides that, gonna look for a place to stay soon, hopefully by the end of January. And will apply for CPA too. Hopefully these will keep me busy for awhile now. Life is pretty boring here but lets hope it will turn for the better soon :)
Friday, December 4, 2009
2009
Looking back the the year 2009, it has been a pretty eventful year and quite a few things have changed. The transition from study to work life, not only for me but for the rest of my friends, has been encouraging. We made some big decisions in our lives this year. To pursue what we all what to do for our future.
In a way, I'm glad that I see the changes in each and everyone of my friends. Being more subdued after a job, being more serious about life. I guess its just a whole new chapter for us. It also marks a different life for me, knowing that I'll be in Australia for the forthcoming years, and knowing that my frankston buddies Steven and Ben won't be here. It just will never be the same without them in Australia. From a lofty bunch, numbers here have cutted down considerably. I guess its just William, Khai and me for now. William may be transfering to somewhere else, to explore new places, Khai likely to be in the city.
This year, I also met a girl that would change my life. I do not know how strong my willpower is to get a job here if not because of her. I'd probably give in and return to Malaysia when Ben and Steven have already made up their mind. Just a couple of months back, I was really unsure of which path to take, knowing that I have yet to pull down a job then. I guess I was lucky when suddenly everything came together as we approach the final months of the year. So Jia Wei, if you're reading this, I'd really like to thank you for who I am today, how you kept me motivated and being optimistic. I hope that I did the same for you too. I know its been a tough year for you too but lets look forward to a whole new year together :)
Besides that, I bought a new car too. Guess I just want one that is really my own. Took up my first ever loan, knowing how complicated it can get if unaware. Knowing the meaning of commitment over a longer term.
Well thats it for now, I'll be heading back to Malaysia in two weeks. I can't tell you how eager I am to go back this time. Knowing that I'll treasure my short 14days stay in Malaysia. Because the next time I'm back, it'd probably be CNY of 2011. So guys, wait for me!!! Christmas and New Year party!!!
In a way, I'm glad that I see the changes in each and everyone of my friends. Being more subdued after a job, being more serious about life. I guess its just a whole new chapter for us. It also marks a different life for me, knowing that I'll be in Australia for the forthcoming years, and knowing that my frankston buddies Steven and Ben won't be here. It just will never be the same without them in Australia. From a lofty bunch, numbers here have cutted down considerably. I guess its just William, Khai and me for now. William may be transfering to somewhere else, to explore new places, Khai likely to be in the city.
This year, I also met a girl that would change my life. I do not know how strong my willpower is to get a job here if not because of her. I'd probably give in and return to Malaysia when Ben and Steven have already made up their mind. Just a couple of months back, I was really unsure of which path to take, knowing that I have yet to pull down a job then. I guess I was lucky when suddenly everything came together as we approach the final months of the year. So Jia Wei, if you're reading this, I'd really like to thank you for who I am today, how you kept me motivated and being optimistic. I hope that I did the same for you too. I know its been a tough year for you too but lets look forward to a whole new year together :)
Besides that, I bought a new car too. Guess I just want one that is really my own. Took up my first ever loan, knowing how complicated it can get if unaware. Knowing the meaning of commitment over a longer term.
Well thats it for now, I'll be heading back to Malaysia in two weeks. I can't tell you how eager I am to go back this time. Knowing that I'll treasure my short 14days stay in Malaysia. Because the next time I'm back, it'd probably be CNY of 2011. So guys, wait for me!!! Christmas and New Year party!!!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Transition
As some may realised, I started a new job recently. No more tiring restaurant work and hair-messer marketing runs. A proper 9-5 office job, routine worklife, 7am wake-up time.
I'm currently working at Voyager Distribution Co., a major company in the Australian apparel industry, supplying clothes to major shopping names such as David Jones and Myer. This huge company is located in Carlton, dead smack in the middle of the city, 2 minutes walk to Lygon Street. I am working as an Accounts Reconcialition Officer in the Accounts Payable Department comprising of about 10 staffs (total of like 25 in the whole Accounting Department). Duties mainly involve reconciliation and helping out on the A/P side of things.
So yeah, that's my September to October Update. Finally, glad to land a job that I have been looking for since forever. Oh yea, and since during the festive period of December, I may come back to Malaysia since the company will be closed for a week. Yay!
I'm currently working at Voyager Distribution Co., a major company in the Australian apparel industry, supplying clothes to major shopping names such as David Jones and Myer. This huge company is located in Carlton, dead smack in the middle of the city, 2 minutes walk to Lygon Street. I am working as an Accounts Reconcialition Officer in the Accounts Payable Department comprising of about 10 staffs (total of like 25 in the whole Accounting Department). Duties mainly involve reconciliation and helping out on the A/P side of things.
So yeah, that's my September to October Update. Finally, glad to land a job that I have been looking for since forever. Oh yea, and since during the festive period of December, I may come back to Malaysia since the company will be closed for a week. Yay!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Decisions
Discarded clothes, unarranged luggages, abandoned soft-toys, dim lights, messy jumbo cards on the floor, overused poker chips, unthrown rubbish. These are the things I see upon opening my room door. I should feel agrieve seeing the mess here at Florence Avenue but deep down in me, I see emptiness. This place used to be all noise and heavy laughter, foul stench and budgeoning footsteps. I used to feel agitated at times when I try to sleep but there was too much noise, but now I feel different. Everything just feel so silent, so dead, so hollow.
Four years now I have been in Melbourne, from a curious 19 year-old living on a 200aud expense per month in Frankston, to a man working six days a week, trying to cover the ever-increasing expense and the holy grail of pulling down a proper job. Times flies, people make decisions, people execute decisions which they believed in. I have made mine, in fact I made it four years ago, and I'm trying to stick with it. But as time goes, one by one we all leave, and soon it will be just me around. It makes me doubt my decision. Is pulling down a good job here more important? or being around with friends back home which makes me a happier person? Do we seek happiness? Or do we want to live a better life in a better place?
As the years aged, I feel distant. Distant from my closest of friends that I've known since high school, distant in terms of geographical proximity and in terms of growing older together. I missed the times when we have loads of fun going about our 'yumcha' session, going on holidays, going to university. I missed the times but I feel I missed out right now.
For now, it remains my desire to obtain a good, professional job here. But with each departees, it blows a chill wind to that desire. I need to be tough for now to keep the fire going.
As the lights in Ben, Marcus and Steven's room when out. I do not know if mine would, but I will keep it on, just yet.
Good night, friends.
Four years now I have been in Melbourne, from a curious 19 year-old living on a 200aud expense per month in Frankston, to a man working six days a week, trying to cover the ever-increasing expense and the holy grail of pulling down a proper job. Times flies, people make decisions, people execute decisions which they believed in. I have made mine, in fact I made it four years ago, and I'm trying to stick with it. But as time goes, one by one we all leave, and soon it will be just me around. It makes me doubt my decision. Is pulling down a good job here more important? or being around with friends back home which makes me a happier person? Do we seek happiness? Or do we want to live a better life in a better place?
As the years aged, I feel distant. Distant from my closest of friends that I've known since high school, distant in terms of geographical proximity and in terms of growing older together. I missed the times when we have loads of fun going about our 'yumcha' session, going on holidays, going to university. I missed the times but I feel I missed out right now.
For now, it remains my desire to obtain a good, professional job here. But with each departees, it blows a chill wind to that desire. I need to be tough for now to keep the fire going.
As the lights in Ben, Marcus and Steven's room when out. I do not know if mine would, but I will keep it on, just yet.
Good night, friends.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Bulan Ogos, Dua Ribu dan Sembilan
Wah, I so long didn't post already meh? I nearly forget my password. Okay, this is to update my friends and families far far away.
Been busy of late, due to ever growing frustration with the same-old same-old, jobhunting. Market doesn't favour the recent graduates, more so in Australia than in Malaysia, even more so for Internationals in Australia. I just knew I couldn't stick to those online applications and the occasional company visits. It just doesn't cut it anymore as things have been stagnant for awhile.
If you guys haven't already know, I took up a career consultant in the form of GradSolutions, who specialises with helping International Students like me obtain a desirable job. I see this as a chance to renew my aggression in my barely litting fire. I cannot afford to see my flickering light go off. I wanna have big big fire, like the bushfire, not like a joss-stick! But deep down, I see this as a last resort because I've been wandering around too long that I wake up everyday thinking of my road of life.
Well as of late things have been better, I'm currently working on two jobs. One at the same restaurant and one as a marketing consultant in GradSolution itself. Yes you may wonder why I took up the marketing job as it seems skeptical at first, like wasting my time with a part time or maybe even subscribing for help only to help them with promotional activities. But I see this as a chance to build up my people-skills and to boost my resume further, not to mention I'm paid based on KPI (Key Performance Index) too. It is a new challenge to me as well as I have no marketing background whatsoever.
Okay, why two jobs then? Because the restaurant job offers a safe-rate and the marketing one tends to fluctuate. On graph, its like drawing a straight line in the middle of a zig-zag. And also the marketing one being flexible, I have extra time to earn some pocket money as well. Six-days work a week, that is how hard I wanna push myself to reach my goal. I have to, I need to and I will. Hopefully there will be positive news by the end of September, which coincides with my house rental contract termination.
Beyond that, I cannot say much. But I am going to set out and achieve what I came for.
Been busy of late, due to ever growing frustration with the same-old same-old, jobhunting. Market doesn't favour the recent graduates, more so in Australia than in Malaysia, even more so for Internationals in Australia. I just knew I couldn't stick to those online applications and the occasional company visits. It just doesn't cut it anymore as things have been stagnant for awhile.
If you guys haven't already know, I took up a career consultant in the form of GradSolutions, who specialises with helping International Students like me obtain a desirable job. I see this as a chance to renew my aggression in my barely litting fire. I cannot afford to see my flickering light go off. I wanna have big big fire, like the bushfire, not like a joss-stick! But deep down, I see this as a last resort because I've been wandering around too long that I wake up everyday thinking of my road of life.
Well as of late things have been better, I'm currently working on two jobs. One at the same restaurant and one as a marketing consultant in GradSolution itself. Yes you may wonder why I took up the marketing job as it seems skeptical at first, like wasting my time with a part time or maybe even subscribing for help only to help them with promotional activities. But I see this as a chance to build up my people-skills and to boost my resume further, not to mention I'm paid based on KPI (Key Performance Index) too. It is a new challenge to me as well as I have no marketing background whatsoever.
Okay, why two jobs then? Because the restaurant job offers a safe-rate and the marketing one tends to fluctuate. On graph, its like drawing a straight line in the middle of a zig-zag. And also the marketing one being flexible, I have extra time to earn some pocket money as well. Six-days work a week, that is how hard I wanna push myself to reach my goal. I have to, I need to and I will. Hopefully there will be positive news by the end of September, which coincides with my house rental contract termination.
Beyond that, I cannot say much. But I am going to set out and achieve what I came for.
Monday, June 15, 2009
June Update
Okay, long time since I posted because life's been mundane. Some updates in June for now, nothing interesting, move on move on.
1) Started working part-time at some restaurant in Glen Waverley, mainly out of guilt more than anything. Roughly 150-180aud a week as a consolation. Well, at least its better than just sitting at home, generating further negative-profit, in hope of a light at the end of the tunnel.
Well, more on this current temporary job. And I stress temporary because it also serve as a motivation for me to find a proper job and quit this as I dislike waitering. But at least this one is pretty slack on weekdays, I can stand and watch TV and wait for customers to come in. Its the total opposite on weekends though. Certainly did not know that this restaurant would be so busy during lunch time. It came as a surprise to me knowing that its quite empty during my pre-working days whenever I pass-by the place.
The 'colleagues', if I can call them that, treats me nice. The atmosphere is good and I can brush up, or probably overhaul, my Cantonese with some of the HK ppl there. Free drinks from the drinks-maker (more polite, because in Cantonese they call it 'suey ba lui' - Waterbar girl) whenever I ask, behind the back of the Boss :P
2) Hmmm, got a call today for a Finance Analyst job. I was abit caught off-guard because I applied too many jobs and I can hardly recall which it was. At least its a Finance one because I only submitted a handful of that. The angmoh over the phone, actually 'pre-interviewed' me, saying he needs to find out more about each candidates and their characteristics as 'there are overwhelming reponses' (Got that like 100000 times from emails rejecting me). I tried to sound as cheerful and as enthusiatic as I can, and answer his questions which knowledge I got. I even went and explain the financial crisis to him, citing some points which I got from Jason's Finance assignment, lolol. Went on to talk about exchange rates and how it reflects on the economy and stuff like that. Hope it went well, because I was abit surprised at the call.
Well, June it is, and I still need a full-time job. Have to be determine! Oh meanwhile, exams are on and people are busy like bees, not much time for me =grr. Roy's coming down to Melbourne AGAIN, bring ur rockband set please rofl. K thats it.
1) Started working part-time at some restaurant in Glen Waverley, mainly out of guilt more than anything. Roughly 150-180aud a week as a consolation. Well, at least its better than just sitting at home, generating further negative-profit, in hope of a light at the end of the tunnel.
Well, more on this current temporary job. And I stress temporary because it also serve as a motivation for me to find a proper job and quit this as I dislike waitering. But at least this one is pretty slack on weekdays, I can stand and watch TV and wait for customers to come in. Its the total opposite on weekends though. Certainly did not know that this restaurant would be so busy during lunch time. It came as a surprise to me knowing that its quite empty during my pre-working days whenever I pass-by the place.
The 'colleagues', if I can call them that, treats me nice. The atmosphere is good and I can brush up, or probably overhaul, my Cantonese with some of the HK ppl there. Free drinks from the drinks-maker (more polite, because in Cantonese they call it 'suey ba lui' - Waterbar girl) whenever I ask, behind the back of the Boss :P
2) Hmmm, got a call today for a Finance Analyst job. I was abit caught off-guard because I applied too many jobs and I can hardly recall which it was. At least its a Finance one because I only submitted a handful of that. The angmoh over the phone, actually 'pre-interviewed' me, saying he needs to find out more about each candidates and their characteristics as 'there are overwhelming reponses' (Got that like 100000 times from emails rejecting me). I tried to sound as cheerful and as enthusiatic as I can, and answer his questions which knowledge I got. I even went and explain the financial crisis to him, citing some points which I got from Jason's Finance assignment, lolol. Went on to talk about exchange rates and how it reflects on the economy and stuff like that. Hope it went well, because I was abit surprised at the call.
Well, June it is, and I still need a full-time job. Have to be determine! Oh meanwhile, exams are on and people are busy like bees, not much time for me =grr. Roy's coming down to Melbourne AGAIN, bring ur rockband set please rofl. K thats it.
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