Working Life

To describe my working life, I have a lot to telllllllll.... When the time I accepted the job, I have calculated the expected expenses and the amount of the money I could save. The amount I could save is not that disappointing at least. At the very first beginning, I wished to save up to 1K every month. But now I should call it off.

To save money, I have to cook my lunch and dinner, TOGETHER. Cooking by myself can eliminate the hassle to go out to take away. Cooking by myself is not a problem as I was trained to become a professional 'chief' in the UK. My mom was so worried that I could be over exhausted and unbalanced in nutrition. But I do not really care anymore. It was only the way out of saving more money (Many of you may think it is too silly to do so).

Staying in my new room is of my satisfaction. Cheap rental, big room and staying single. Most importantly, I have nice housemates. The first day I met one of the housemates, he told me a lot about Christianity. It was a good thing to share our thoughts and views. I gained some knowledge how many Christians think about other religions. It was upset to me. I am also glad that another housemate shared his unhappiness about his work with me. I think it is a good thing that people share things with you. It makes you trustworthy.

Talking about my work, it was embarrassing in the first day. I sat in the office, flipping through the documents so that I have some rough ideas what the company does while waiting to be called. I almost fell asleep as I waited for 2 hours. By the way, sitting in the office with strangers was so awkward and uneasy. It was so hard to go through. I was assigned what to do later. To tell a truly embarrassing matter, I was caught playing Facebook. My boss suddenly appeared at my back and caught me. I thought 12 o clock is lunch time but actually 1 o clock is. Same situation happened on the next day. I was caught chatting with my brother in MSN Messenger.

In the office, I do not talk so much with others. I do not even know the half of the colleagues' names. I am just good with the Malay girl sitting next to me. I always make silly jokes with her until she is so 'beh tahan' me. As I am always be together with her, another colleague begins to make joke "Datang kerja sama-sama, balik rumah sama sama". It is quite sensitive to joke as the Malay colleague is a married woman.

I am kinda surprised that I still have the mood to do jogging even after I am back to Malaysia. Studying in the UK has really changed the way I live my life. I live in a healthier way of life now.

PS: Missing my UK Life

Job Searching

This week is my second week of working. Thinking back, it has been 2 weeks I was busy for job searching, online application and job interview. The first job I interviewed was PROPERTY AGENT. I have a basic idea what property agent is. Although it was not the type of job i was really looking for and I did not know so well the area of Kota Damansara, I told myself to go for the interview as I could gain precious interview experience. Luckily I had friend to go with me together. At least I was not nervous when I was lost in direction for times. I did not accept the job eventually by turning down the offer through email.

Soon, I had another job to interview. hahhaha. This time it was the job I had been desperately looking for - PROPERTY RESEARCHER or PROPERTY VALUER. Looking the profile of the company only I got to know it was a Malay company. Again, I invited the friend to go with me again since he was so free. I was quite satisfied with my interview performance, although it was not so impressive. It was just that I revealed so much things to the interviewers like my degree certificate recognition. Eventually, I was offered with the salary of 1.5K. Wow, it was surprising for me with the offer as I stated my expected salary to be 2.4k. The salary offered was no way I could accept. Asking them to increase to 1.7k was in vain. However, I do understand the reasons why they offer me such a price. I am not property graduate and I have no experience at all. It was already a bless that there was company accepting me.

It took me 2 days struggling whether I should work for the job. My first option was to work for the job so that I can gain the necessary experience which would be helpful for my Masters degree study. Option two would be working for quantity surveyor so that I could earn better income and save it for Masters degree study. Eventually, I chose the first option. The reason I did not continue my Masters degree is to gain necessary working experience to ensure I am capable and interested in this field. It would be helpful for me in my study later on. I really hope I did not make a wrong choice. Eventually I accepted the job.