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I was thinking of my own working past.
It was fun and enriching.I decided to take the chance to write it and post it up before i go and sleep with peace.
I go and list out how i work like.
When i saw Zhongming working just to earn some money to buy some electronics stuffs,i decided to give myself a try to work the same job as him to venture in unfamiliar world.
A simple part time job to pack stuffs in Carrefour at Suntec.
Sat and sun..12noon to 11pm...
Young colleagues especially at my age or few years older are quite stuck up and all they think of is to kill boredom by doing work.
No doubt,it was proven exactly realistic in that way after i noticed with my few next jobs.
It took me 1 month to decide that it was enough.
1)helped lady where to put the trolley after putting the bags on the taxi boot.
2)the male supervisor was quite gentle and looked after me(eventually i had good impression on him)
3)the two old female superviors were so bitchy that they nagged me especially when i am pulling my socks up to work hard."Learn how to input the code of the product correct?" and "no sitting down while doing work".DOH!It is not like going to kill the store's sales.
4)wierd lockers...the lock has number code combination unlike what ite students do with key for locks.It was so hard for me to understand how to get the pattern right.It took me 30mins for my attempt until i failed to do so.Zhongming guided me how to do.I finally understood.push front and then push back and then push front and then push back until u get the right number combination.WTF!
Wait till you guys try it.I bet you can't stand it on the first few try.*grin*
One year later,with my agency help,i got a full time job.
In fact,i has nothing to think about.Good or lousy job wasn't a question for me too.
Work as die&tool maker/a relevant engineering job in production industry
I must say it was really insight experience i ever had.One of best job i ever had.
I felt like a small kid looking at machines,tools and air-con office the moment i step in.
Awww...the first thing is to go to clinic for body checkup and the boss would check my medical result.
I guessed that it is a must for every engineer or relevant job.
I was given a job to sharpen,polish the items..It was like Design&tech subject(secondary level).Within 1 month,i mastered it easily while the poly diploma holder(was hired 1 week earlier than me) couldn't do well as me.
Odd enough,i had only o level paper at that time.
The manager decide to put me a bit more difficult task.I needed to learn how to mould the things which serve as prototype for our customers.
Indeed,a bit difficult.Not found in any D&T textbooks.
Needed to cultivate my chemistry knowledge to determine the ratio of two liquids and then watch the reaction of two liquids when 'boiled' in the machine.
Not only that,i had to learn how to cut with a scalpel-alike.It was bloody tough to cut silicon with this.
My right hand had a lot of blisters for the first try but eventually with sufficient practise and observation,i masted nicely but not really 100%
Nowhere good as my manager.
i understood why uncle(my closet colleague;work together with him for every project)talked so much good things about my manager.
He came from China and then learnt a lot of things from my position to manager.
It doesn't really matter.What amaze me is his ability to think how to solve difficult task when come cutting the complicated silicon without breaking the item inside.
Seen him in action when he mould and then cut the mould.
Enough said,one of the genius that they can find once a blue moon.
Learnt a lot from him and i could do moulding on my own without help although uncle always worried too much and nagged me.
Comparing to the Carrefour's ladies,uncle had valid reasons.
Fit enough to guide me but not those silly ladies.
I had to make more friends outside my work office(uncle and me only stay there long) because more projects required more heads to do work.
4 male malaysians(similar positions but different roles) who can only speak chinese very well and spoke broken english vaguely and one china colleague(close friend with manager) and as well as another 2 female malaysians(working as accountants and admin officers)
When uncle was not around,Ah Kow was the next close working mate i worked together because manager assigned him to work with me for hugh project.
Learnt his humility a lot and i still have same kind of humility like him today.
I could tell you that he made a good husband because of his humility and high tolerance.
After work,i often asked him along to go out since he got a motorbike.
Uncle told me about him.Joined the company one year earlier than me and he had impressive record like working hard till late.
To work with him,i don't really mind working late.
My longest working hour feat is from 8am to 4am to complete a project(in fact,rushed one).
Ah Man was damn calm person as if he was monk inside.Really man!I 'saw' his heart each time he talked..So calm and relaxing.
Another good candidate for husband.
Ah Wah..hmm a bit flippant person..He may come late but he doesn't mind losing a bit money for his pay for late coming.
Easily passed as a kid who could do many kind of tricks.
Vincent..wah..freeloader just like what uncle said but i never detest him that much as uncle do.
Geradline(sp?)..very gentle lady...i heard from uncle that she obtained diploma from UK.the most trusted accountant...
Caslyn..I thought her name was odd and unique.With A level equalivant paper from Malaysia.working as admin and accountant..She was quite interesting lady and give some concern..
Too bad she seem to think otherwise.She was quite my type but few years older than me.(hey,i also like older women too ^_^)
opps,i forgot his name.Let call him poly diploma holder.His character is something i do not like to mix.He was more flippant than Ah Wah.I am really tired of listening his sex talks.
I thought moulding and cutting were the last task for me to learn.It wasn't!!!!
Boss wanted me to learn how to polish the painting/spray!!!
Another difficult task.a level up!
Aiya,that was the reason why i worked overtime a lot because of painting projects.
Ah Kow do painting while i do polishing the painting.
Nevertheless,i still earned a lot of money for overtime.
In no time,cleanliness was scarce to me!
Again,i thought polishing paint job was the highest difficult task i ever done.
NOT REALLY!Boss took me to jurong factory and he had to negotiate with his customers because of defective things he gave to them.
The customers were willing to give him a chance.It mean i have to fix all the buttons which seem to be oversized.
I had to replace them with smaller size of button.
There was no air-con.hot hot hot..fixing over ten thousand buttons...
I couldn't finish in a day and so had to come back again the next two days to complete it.
Beside that,i also learnt that Bangladesh workers do work as building stuffs beside than contruction workers.
The factory i was in..they were building network with tons of hard disk array..
It may be hot and tough but fun! :P
I crossed my finger...there was the last difficult task...
I was asked to sign the one year contract which mean i had to work there for one year before i was allowed to go to Thailand with them for holiday.
I was not willing but Geradline(sp?) suggested that it might be not fair for others who had done that.
I suggested that i may not want to go since i am not signing..
However my boss was generous and kind enough to understand my situation and allowed me to go Thailand with him and our collaegues..
Honestly,he was the best boss i ever had.You can't find such boss like that elsewhere.
Gave me a lot of opportunities to earn money faster.
Two other bosses(they were brothers to my boss) were a bit different from him and uncle(brother as well).
Uncle..so carefree person
Boss..caring,kind and understanding person
Youngest boss..opportunist person and never been in his office every day..only come few days in a month.
2nd oldest boss..relaxing and doesn't poke a lot into the business.
To see their families..(but hey,i never seen their kids.i guess they never brought them or what).Uncle had been talking about me with his wife. @_@
youngest boss treated me to do massage in dark alley..Lucky,they only strictly offer massage and nothing else.I am not only one but two female and one male malaysian were there.
With much hand signals,i suspect that fat guy who was sitting seem to be boss of the shop or probably triad boss.
At least,no trouble there.Enjoyed a lot..
Sadly,i had to give a small heartache to him because i sent him a resignation letter that will end my 6 months working with them.
Nevertheless,i agreed to work with them until the jobs were complete.
May to June was the busiest period.Not only me,different industries too!
He couldn't persuade me to stay but i heard a lot of interesting comments from him.
Poly diploma holder couldn't make much progression while i do...*was it a flatting compliment?*
You decide it..
There was a day when boss argue with uncle over a small item which was either lost or thrown.
I was the witness because i was with the boss who put the small item in a container.
i had no choice to tell them to forget it and think of other way because this small item act as stopper to prevent the liquid to flow so that it will retain the original shape of the prototype.
I could see that boss was feeling a heart pain as if it could bring a lot of money and understood uncle feeling that the boss anyhow put and so he thought that it was rubbish.
*grin*
That was how you people perceive when you anyhow assume..Believe it or not.You will get the meaning if you know the both sides' feelings.
I never thought that simple machine(Pri 6 science) will work in many ways.
On that day,it seem to be tough to use common trolley to carry 8 or more heavy boxes to bring it back to the van.
I couldn't bring it out of the lift at Bukit Batok HDB flat!
The wheel struck and so i am still inside the lift.There was no gap for me to get out of the lift..Not even the most slimmest woman could!
Due to my inexperience,i kept on trying to be incredible hulk to lift and then push.
but i couldn't because it was fucking heavy!
Boss went down and saw..He chided me for not having enough common sense or not thinking smart enough.
He demonstrated how to do it..I was stunned how simple machine concept applied it and he was spot on for childe me.
the point is i shouldn't push the trolley when the wheel was in the straight line(zero degree).It would move through the gap if i slanted the wheels in 45 degrees,it would move easily..EFFORTLESS and SIMPLE.OMG OMG OMG OMG!
No doubt,he was fit to chide me.I told myself that i needed to use brain than brawls!
Boss took me to somewhere because he needed me to carry a heavy metal to wielder to fix the error in the design.
Somehow his friend wanted to meet my boss up and i was happened to be with him.
Went to nearby kopitiam.Ordered kopi-o for both..
suddenly his friend rebuked me for not showing enough respect.
I thought myself "HOW!" but still,i asked him a little kind(but i think it is not good way to ask) what wrong.
He said that i should paid drinks for my boss.(wah,it is old generation type where bosses expect his staffs to do that.today generation is different from it.It is something you don't get to see this in movie or drama every day).My boss said never mind.
After a drink,my boss offered to drive him back there.
It was hot day...I unknowingly took the front seat..AGAIN,i was scolded by boss for not offering a front seat to his friend(because he was the first person to alight and i should have to unlock back seat.
i thought myself ,"Oh well,i never thought of that.Never mind,i will take it to my stride and learnt such manners."
From this thing,Zhongming and some other people would have argue openly to protest their stupid pride "I see no wrong and i don't know mah!".
This kind of attitude won't do..it was really bad attitude..
Thank god,i learnt a lot from Ah Kow.
Be humble and take things to your stride.
I don't think arguing such things like that would do any good things for me.
I rather quietly learnt from them and improve on it.
Why argue?It is really waste of time.
Zhongming can never understand the essence of it unless he foresee it even i once modestly hinted to him without any direct opinion.
He still doesn't know.If you happen to be one,it is about the time for you to learn how to do it.
With those 6 months experience,i gained humility,+1 smartness,+1 intelligence exposure and diligent.
Next year,i worked in a industry where they cut papers and sell to customers.
A lot of malay guys and few chinese guys...
Uncle(another one,from malaysian) was looking after me since i am new.
Why i wanna work?I want to learn all different kinds of things before i am ready to study on the right course.
i learnt a lot from this job(i worked for 2 months only)..
It was quite bloody long hours but then i learnt that they work on small budget and don't really spend a lot..
It seem impossible to change the direction of the hugh roll of paper(mind you,they are fucking heavy.over 100kg).Just put something on the floor and then push the roll of paper and then shift it.
Look simple when veterans demonstrate it to me but when come doing it,i can't do it!
I gritted my teeth and push with all my strength.
It took me few minutes while for them,it take only 1 min.
OMG OMG.Uncle told me that it is waste of time and so suggested that i need to work on it until i am good at it.
He taught me a lot of methods that need to be done fast with least effort so that i can do more works.
Interesting insight..I never thought of that way..
There was a event...It was shift job.In my night shift,i had break in 12am.
I walked to vending machine(near the gate).I inserted some coins.
Of course,it was so quiet and dropping the coins into the vending machine was heard.
I turned around and saw one adult dog and few puppy.
I froze for a while and quickly inserted remaining coins and got the can.
I was thinking what i should do..
I know i am fearless person but i do not like having scars.(imagine bitten by dogs and got yourself stitched).
Not nice to confront the dogs..I decided to run to the factory and took refuge there.
RAN TO MY LIFE(OH SHIT,it was my first time in my life to flee like that.FUCKING HELL).I tripped myself because i couldn't balance my running.
But then,i quickly regain my balance and ran away..
Phew the dogs didn't caught me up...Precisely,they were barking fiercely when i was running.
I learnt not to fight but look for less violent solution so that i don't have to injure myself.That is why i rarely do that.
i gained +1 understanding,+1 enlightnment,+1 intelligent exposure and more friendly.
After this,the agency offer me this dental job..
hmm,i am not really keen but i asked her if i can try it for 2 week trial with 2 week pay.The agency asked the company and they had no objection.
I made a good friend.
The other working colleagues are a fat guy,boss,boss' wife,boss' daugther..
Not really close because i only click well with this good friend.
Can talk everything especially cars.*wink*
He was very friendly and kind to drink me to nearest MRT so that i can go home faster.
Not much to learn but the most important lesson i learn is "Safety comes first before doing anything"
I became a bit more cautious person because of that lesson.haha.
With all those experiences,i realised that Singapore working environment focus more on cost budgeting.
Based on what Adeline told me in other day that it was a must $6 per hour or more for her,it is pretty hard to get one here in singapore where every company is so concerned about the wage budgeting.
With good understanding about the Costing subject i learn in my hnitec accounting course,i could easily imagine that if i were the director,i would leave two options to long-serving Adeline "Accept the pay cut or you get restrenched"
It is only example!EXAMPLE EXAMPLE OK!:P
It is gotta be realistic.
Want high pay?You need to migrate to other first world country where u can easily get it for long time.
Think carefully when u write salary on the resume.
A lot of our classmates might not be interested with Mr Liew's teaching but i liked because of my working experiences.Everything he said was spot-on.
You may think that it ain't happening.Wait till it hit you for real.
Then you know.
Many of you are too young to give such constructive talks about it.
one of mock interview..I remember Fanghui told something about sales job to Mr Liew and He and i looked each other and gave each other "Oh!shrugh" facial expression.
Inside our hearts,we can easily feel that Fanghui may not know some side of truth but nevertheless he never told.
Easy-going to let Fanghui to dictate the atmosphere of mock interview.
It is true that many of you are too young to realise even at this age.
Few years old,i was like you all.fucking inexperience and too young.
But now,i am like old wily man despite of my age and i am ready to study hnitec.
It is all about clear mind i have.Kar Ho said that i had clear mind.
I hope what i wrote is the clue to the clear mind he had been wondering how i could easily clear my mind.
Those kind of experience that englight you cannot be found in newspaper or magazines.
You have to go through them.Sales and clerk job can't teach you a lot unless you work full-time job where you have a lot of responsbility.
On my first full-time job,i had no time for playing games or talk with family man!
It is like in and out of my home at once with long hours of sleeping!
enriching experiences for me!
With them,i am set to study diploma and i am considering degree after i completed my own diploma.
i like that first full-time job the most becuase i enjoyed the most there despite of a lot of chinese speaking colleagues.
Truth don't reveal itself until you travel on the path hence you know the truth of it.
Learn not to speak too soon until you have sufficient experience to speak of.
Today,i don't go to pub very often.I spend more time at home talking with my mother and doing stuffs in computer and watching.
I am getting more and more like family man today.
No more outgoing guy like i was before.Enough fun.
It is better to avoid unexpected troubles and that is why i don't go pub very often nowadays.
Imagine yourself being hit with a bottle of beer or wine by stranger..
You need few stitches on your head and on that cut,your hair may never grow.
Horrible!You may lose your self-confidence from it.
Not worthwhile.
You can never know when it happen.It can happen in any time.
Don't be so gung-ho especially when there are unexpected events that you don't really want.
So what you are experienced going to pub and u are still hit by someone.
Experienced something doesn't mean you are gotta be saved from it.
It sum my life for now.In future,you will see how my life move on like.
Only You(Korean Drama 2005)
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Characters:
차은재(한채영) Han Chae Young is Cha Eun Jae; an optimistic girl who gets a scholarship to a cooking school in Italy as the prize for winning a cookery contest in Korea.
한이준(조현재) Jo Hyun Jae is Han Yi Joon; the son of the chairman of the powerful Dae Young Group who is looking for his mother who he haven't seen since he was 7 in Italy.
지수연(홍수현) Hong Soo Hyun is Ji Soo Yun; she harbored feeling for Yi Joon for many years in secret but is unable to watch a relationship develop between Yi Joon and Eun Jae without discomfort.
정현성(이천희) Lee Chun Hee is Jeon Hyun Sung; childhood friend of Eun Jae, he follows Eun Jae to Italy with his own feelings for her about be unleashed.
Story:
Jo Hyun Jae and Han Chae Young will lead the drama “Only You (온리유)”. JHJ plays the role Han Yi Joon (한이준) who is the son of the owner of a big business. He studies abroad to get an MBA degree. He finds his true love with an unwed mother Eun Jae (은재) played by Han Chae Young. Eun Jae came across a man while she was searching her mother in Italy. The man had to return to Korea to enlist in military service. Then she also returned to Korea and she found out that she was pregnant.
Picked this drama up based on people voting system in my favourite forums,i was quite impressed how this story consist of 16 episodes.
This lady named,Cha Eun Jae never had any interest in studies and took no heed to listen her mother who preached her to study for secure future.Ultimately,her mother did not want her to study in cooking school.
Nevertheless,she ran away from home with an aim to study food and understand the cooking.
With her much love and passion for food,she came back with a special skill that made food that made people feel something.
*For myself,i wanted to study soccer management but it was heading to no path.To get a job that allow me to manage 11 players to play soccer on the field in europe is tough one.After watching it,i may give it another thought after my completion on ongoing diploma*
The crux of this story is those lies.
Lies:
1)In Italy,Cha Eun Jae and Han Yi Joon bed each other on that night.On the next day,Cha Eun Jae went out to sort her thoughts whether it is love or one night stand.
Jeon Hyun Sung saw naked Han Yi Joon in her home when she was not around.
The lie Jeon Hyun Sung told Han Yi Joon that she was his girlfriend.
It result Han Yi Joon went off hurry without classifying with Cha Eun Jae.
2)Six years later,Cha Eun Jae telling lies to Han Yi Joon so as to keep the secret of their son.
3)Cha Eun Jae told their son that his father was in the heaven.
So much augrish when Han Yi Joon and Cha Eun Jae found out the truth from both lies.
In the end,it was difficult moment for their son to see Han Yi Joon as his father.
So long...
All Han Yi Joon needed time to create a bond with his son and eventually,his son missed him as father not as his mother's friend.
What a day!
Han Yi Joon was determined not to carry the same thing like what his father did with his mother.
Rating:9/10
Underworld Evolution(Hollywood Movie 2006)
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Story(Taken from imdb.com):As the war between the Death Dealers and the Lycans rages on, Selene (Beckinsale), the vampire warrior, and Michael (Speedman), the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.
Beginning where Underworld finished, Selene and Michael are on the run from the vampires. Being the cause of Viktor's death, Selene can only hope to plea to the last remaining elder, Marcus. However, Marcus has already awakened and has become a more powerful creature than before. Now his only remaining goal is to awaken his Lycan brother, William from his eternal imprisonment. With time running out, Selene and Michael must piece together the final clues to unlock the secrets of their bloodlines and stop Marcus before it's too late.
Kate Beckinsale acting as Selene..Nice facial shape...
Wow,I didn't expect to see a sex romp between Selene and Michael in all-action packed movie.
Simple story with decent amount of action.
Rating:7/10
The Pink Panther(Hollywood 2005)
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Plot Outline: Loosely based on the 1964 Peter Sellers original film, where the detective must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond
It is very funny and no substance in the story.
i wonder how girls gotta handle such amusing guy like this guy who want to investigate for the murder and theft.
Rating:7/10
Tony Del Piero wrote and posted at at 10:05 pm
