Anyway, what has happened since the last time I posted anything in my blog?
For one, since I failed the PTC of PTD last time (as detailed in previous post or just scroll down), I failed another two attempts for the same reason. I guess I am the apocryphal definition of insanity then, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different result.
In the pit of desperation and skint, I accepted a job in a well-known multinational financial service outsourcing firm sometime in July 2016 and currently still in it mainly because of a fixed income (...I have an inkling I have been lowballed but I guess being technically a freshie, I don't really have a choice, am I), comparatively plentiful amount of annual leaves (the biggest saving grace of this company when my friends who are working in same sectors are having it bad) and company insurance coverage (yeah yeah adult need to have insurance blah blah). It's still ultimately not the job I wanted to be in for the long run though so...keep your eyes peeled (?).
Let's face it, working in a financial service outsourcing firm which has office in Poland, India and Malaysia, countries with cheap tertiary educated labour means efficiency which in turn means delivering results in shortest turnaround with the least cost possible...which looks good for the sales front but hellish for us, the metaphorically basement dwelling office farm drones typing away in front of the PC, merely surviving daily drudgery at the bottom of corporate food chain.
...and it's almost two years I am in my position.
Bleak.
Then an unexpected thing happened in Malaysia.
The main impetus for me to revisit my blog and splurge my mental vomit onto it again however is 14th General Election / Pilihanraya Umum ke-14 happened and CHANGE indeed. 61 years of hegemony, patronage and complacency crushed by the sheer strength of conviction by the voters in the ballot box and ushered in a unprecedented era filled with visible hope and aspiration. The change of tone in media atmosphere in particular couldn't be more refreshing with factual reporting, keeping the eager public updated regarding the inevitable crumbling of the old regime.
Now, we have a new government committed to drain the largesse, trim the fat and undo the lost decades of governmental mismanagement. Among the first few executive act the new government did is terminating 17,000 "political appointees" in the government (mainly "special officers" in ministries and departments.)...
...AND SHOUTY MCFATCUNT LOST HIS JOB AS "COMMUNICATION OFFICER OF MOF".
REJOICE! IN YOUR FUCKING FACE FOR WASTING MY TIME WITH PROPAGANDA PIECE IN USM LAST TIME. DEFUND POINTLESS DEPARTMENTS AND BUGGER OFF ELSEWHERE, YA CUNT!
...perhaps this year will be the year of change for me as well then! Better, happier times ahead!(?)
Epilogue: ...that's about it really. Thanks for clicking on this post. If you're my friend, probably you have already known most of the stuff I mentioned here through my Facebook or Instagram. I am more active on Instagram these days really so feel free to follow if you want to have manageable and broadly nice things and musings to fill your knowledge about my otherwise humdrum desk bound office worker life.
