"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brains."
-J.K.Rowling-
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Dawn descended upon earth. Students got up for school, while others got up for work. Likewise, so did she. Adorned in a weird array of clothes, she felt as though she was going to perform for guitar or CO. She felt really really out of place. By the time the bus stop came into view, sweat started tickling down the side of her face and onto her cheeks. It being the first day, she was still unsure of what bus to take. It was truly frustrating. However, always thinking that Singapore is 'small', she decided to take the first bus that arrives. After all, it's kind of hard to really really get lost in Singapore.
What a wrong decision that was! She ended up at the wrong bus stop and had to walk such a long distance to the right bus stop in order to transfer to another bus. A bad start to a bad day. How apt.
Upon arrival, a hundred different thoughts flashed across her mind as she imagined the worst. The receptionist was nice though. Really sweet and cheery! Maybe she should be a receptionist instead. They knock off way earlier than her too! Yeah, you can imagine what time she knocks off. Late. Really late.
After completing an employment form, she was ushered to her desk and told to wait for the person she would be more or less working under. It was more like a mentor kind of system. Her mentor would teach her all that she needed to know for that job. It was really boring in the morning. Just typing, recording, going blind, becoming cock-eyed. Seriously, she can't imagine doing this for the rest of her life. This was definitely not her thing. The fonts that were used were of font size 8! Can you imagine how that would look with a 60% zoom, on a microsoft excel spread sheet with numbers on 8 entire pages?! It looked like ants that were dead. Scrolling down the page makes one dizzy!
Lunch was okay. Nice. Cheap. It's the EXACT same price as that of TJ's but 10 times more delicious. TJ!! Please revamp your canteen, tuckshop, whatever! It really needs some work.
After a heavy lunch, naturally sleep starts kicking in. Yeah, dUh. Of course they couldn't sleep. Thankfully, her mentor decided to introduce to her more new stuffs! Nice! She'ld rather learn new stuffs than to continuously repeat some things. But then of course, she knew that it is only a matter of time before things start becoming a routine. Gosh, excited though as she was, it was hard to grasp the programme. The programme was tedious, requiring the input of so many numbers before actually entering the screen required! Complicated! However, she soon got the hang of it after a couple of tries. Thank goodness. Stupid as she was, she still managed to churn out a decent piece of work. Sweet!
Thereafter, she was introduced to microsoft excel again! ARGH! The agony. She stared at the computer screen for another couple of hours before she was totally dazed and she could feel her head pounding! What a day. Whoever invented microsoft excel?! Oh right. Bill gates. No wonder so many people hates him.
Took another one and a half hours to get home. Feels as though she was back in AC. Ahh.. Those were the days.
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Woke up at 5! Kept thinking back to the day before, wondering if she made any mistake keying in all those datas, calculating all those figures. By the end of this job, her mental sums better be perfect! It was another one and a half hour to work. Such a long and boring journey. Kept constantly on her feet by the heavy human traffic, she tried to focus her attention on the MOB TV availabe just to draw her thoughts away from thinking of what other horrendous documents will be thrown onto her afterwards. Of course, being new at all this, she still had to be alert and keep her eyes peeled for the stop to alight.
Goodness! It's must be infection or something. She asked her dad for a plaster but he said 'later'. In the end? 'Later' became 'never'. Her wound looks red. Bleeding. Yikes. Feeling feverish all morning. Wonder how she survived the morning. Learnt MORE new things. It looked like it would not stop. But then again, there was plenty of time. New is good. It's refreshing, but the heavy burden of having to remember everything is really not all that wonderful.
Lunch came and went. Time flew past in a jiffy. Before long, she was back at her desk, typing away, squinting at the computer screen again. The infection must be getting worse. She started to get hot and oh dear, breathing started to get harder. Geez. What a nice 2nd day.
However, surprise, surprise! Her mentor decided to bring her to the warehouse as she would need to take the trip down once in a while to deliver some documents. Nice! She would get to walk around. She felt so hyped up all of a sudden when her mentor mentioned it. Yeah, you can imagine how boring it is. BUT! It was really fun to type all those figures. Her mentor kepy saying that she worked fast. Sweet. Feels nice to be praised once in a while.
Her dad fetched her today since she would reach home at around 9. Might as well fetch her so that the entire family can eat earlier. By the time she knocked off, the front gate was locked and they had to leave by the side gate. You know those side doors that lead to the stairs in case of emergency? Yeah, through those doors.
No headache today. Nice! But feels really really sick. ARGH! Seems like she's going to be sick soon!
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Woke up at 6:45. Could hardly breathe at all. Today, for the first time, she managed to catch a double decker bus! Brilliant! She can finally sit on a journey to work. Throughout the journey, she was so worried that she would be late as she had never sat on a double decker bus before. The fact that she caught the double decker bus instead just goes to show that she missed the earlier one! Nevertheless, she was just worried over nothing. Nope, she wasn't late.
Continued with what she was doing yesterday. Made ALOT of mistakes! Sheesh. Had to reprint quite a few orders. There were too many to keep a straight mind while typing into the programme! It was 71 pages long and the size of each page was A3 sized! You know those drawing paper size? Roughly that size. It was no mean feat! Feels a sense of accomplishment when she finally did finish that. Corrected the errors and all.
Lunch was nice. Aside from the fact that her nose is all stuffy. Everything went well.
Learnt another new thing today! In the process of typing a huge file again. But this time, her mentor asked her to do it SLOWLY.
"You everything also do so fast. I'm very stressed leh. 'Cause I'll have to think of things to ask you to do," she said to her at the end of the day.
Nearly got locked in today! Thankfully, the front door to the office (not the building, just the office) was not yet locked. Otherwise, they would have to leave via another way which encircles the ENTIRE building. Yes. The place is like maze. Got lost today. Sheesh! She was heading to another department, and so she walked. After walking for a few minutes, she realised that she was back at her desk. Funny! How could this be? Weird. So she walked again. And she got back to her desk again! Huh?! In the end, she asked her mentor for directions again. Apparently, she forgot to turn at one of the junctions. What a complicated layout!
Her dad took the liberty of fetching her again. So nice.
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Haiz.
I can't breathe now.
Going to watch some TV before heading to dreamland.
I want to breathe though my NOSE!
Sadded. [No such word, of course]
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"It's a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up."
-J.K.Rowling-
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Dawn descended upon earth. Students got up for school, while others got up for work. Likewise, so did she. Adorned in a weird array of clothes, she felt as though she was going to perform for guitar or CO. She felt really really out of place. By the time the bus stop came into view, sweat started tickling down the side of her face and onto her cheeks. It being the first day, she was still unsure of what bus to take. It was truly frustrating. However, always thinking that Singapore is 'small', she decided to take the first bus that arrives. After all, it's kind of hard to really really get lost in Singapore.
What a wrong decision that was! She ended up at the wrong bus stop and had to walk such a long distance to the right bus stop in order to transfer to another bus. A bad start to a bad day. How apt.
Upon arrival, a hundred different thoughts flashed across her mind as she imagined the worst. The receptionist was nice though. Really sweet and cheery! Maybe she should be a receptionist instead. They knock off way earlier than her too! Yeah, you can imagine what time she knocks off. Late. Really late.
After completing an employment form, she was ushered to her desk and told to wait for the person she would be more or less working under. It was more like a mentor kind of system. Her mentor would teach her all that she needed to know for that job. It was really boring in the morning. Just typing, recording, going blind, becoming cock-eyed. Seriously, she can't imagine doing this for the rest of her life. This was definitely not her thing. The fonts that were used were of font size 8! Can you imagine how that would look with a 60% zoom, on a microsoft excel spread sheet with numbers on 8 entire pages?! It looked like ants that were dead. Scrolling down the page makes one dizzy!
Lunch was okay. Nice. Cheap. It's the EXACT same price as that of TJ's but 10 times more delicious. TJ!! Please revamp your canteen, tuckshop, whatever! It really needs some work.
After a heavy lunch, naturally sleep starts kicking in. Yeah, dUh. Of course they couldn't sleep. Thankfully, her mentor decided to introduce to her more new stuffs! Nice! She'ld rather learn new stuffs than to continuously repeat some things. But then of course, she knew that it is only a matter of time before things start becoming a routine. Gosh, excited though as she was, it was hard to grasp the programme. The programme was tedious, requiring the input of so many numbers before actually entering the screen required! Complicated! However, she soon got the hang of it after a couple of tries. Thank goodness. Stupid as she was, she still managed to churn out a decent piece of work. Sweet!
Thereafter, she was introduced to microsoft excel again! ARGH! The agony. She stared at the computer screen for another couple of hours before she was totally dazed and she could feel her head pounding! What a day. Whoever invented microsoft excel?! Oh right. Bill gates. No wonder so many people hates him.
Took another one and a half hours to get home. Feels as though she was back in AC. Ahh.. Those were the days.
---------------
Woke up at 5! Kept thinking back to the day before, wondering if she made any mistake keying in all those datas, calculating all those figures. By the end of this job, her mental sums better be perfect! It was another one and a half hour to work. Such a long and boring journey. Kept constantly on her feet by the heavy human traffic, she tried to focus her attention on the MOB TV availabe just to draw her thoughts away from thinking of what other horrendous documents will be thrown onto her afterwards. Of course, being new at all this, she still had to be alert and keep her eyes peeled for the stop to alight.
Goodness! It's must be infection or something. She asked her dad for a plaster but he said 'later'. In the end? 'Later' became 'never'. Her wound looks red. Bleeding. Yikes. Feeling feverish all morning. Wonder how she survived the morning. Learnt MORE new things. It looked like it would not stop. But then again, there was plenty of time. New is good. It's refreshing, but the heavy burden of having to remember everything is really not all that wonderful.
Lunch came and went. Time flew past in a jiffy. Before long, she was back at her desk, typing away, squinting at the computer screen again. The infection must be getting worse. She started to get hot and oh dear, breathing started to get harder. Geez. What a nice 2nd day.
However, surprise, surprise! Her mentor decided to bring her to the warehouse as she would need to take the trip down once in a while to deliver some documents. Nice! She would get to walk around. She felt so hyped up all of a sudden when her mentor mentioned it. Yeah, you can imagine how boring it is. BUT! It was really fun to type all those figures. Her mentor kepy saying that she worked fast. Sweet. Feels nice to be praised once in a while.
Her dad fetched her today since she would reach home at around 9. Might as well fetch her so that the entire family can eat earlier. By the time she knocked off, the front gate was locked and they had to leave by the side gate. You know those side doors that lead to the stairs in case of emergency? Yeah, through those doors.
No headache today. Nice! But feels really really sick. ARGH! Seems like she's going to be sick soon!
---------------
Woke up at 6:45. Could hardly breathe at all. Today, for the first time, she managed to catch a double decker bus! Brilliant! She can finally sit on a journey to work. Throughout the journey, she was so worried that she would be late as she had never sat on a double decker bus before. The fact that she caught the double decker bus instead just goes to show that she missed the earlier one! Nevertheless, she was just worried over nothing. Nope, she wasn't late.
Continued with what she was doing yesterday. Made ALOT of mistakes! Sheesh. Had to reprint quite a few orders. There were too many to keep a straight mind while typing into the programme! It was 71 pages long and the size of each page was A3 sized! You know those drawing paper size? Roughly that size. It was no mean feat! Feels a sense of accomplishment when she finally did finish that. Corrected the errors and all.
Lunch was nice. Aside from the fact that her nose is all stuffy. Everything went well.
Learnt another new thing today! In the process of typing a huge file again. But this time, her mentor asked her to do it SLOWLY.
"You everything also do so fast. I'm very stressed leh. 'Cause I'll have to think of things to ask you to do," she said to her at the end of the day.
Nearly got locked in today! Thankfully, the front door to the office (not the building, just the office) was not yet locked. Otherwise, they would have to leave via another way which encircles the ENTIRE building. Yes. The place is like maze. Got lost today. Sheesh! She was heading to another department, and so she walked. After walking for a few minutes, she realised that she was back at her desk. Funny! How could this be? Weird. So she walked again. And she got back to her desk again! Huh?! In the end, she asked her mentor for directions again. Apparently, she forgot to turn at one of the junctions. What a complicated layout!
Her dad took the liberty of fetching her again. So nice.
---------------
Haiz.
I can't breathe now.
Going to watch some TV before heading to dreamland.
I want to breathe though my NOSE!
Sadded. [No such word, of course]
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"It's a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up."
-J.K.Rowling-
The stars twinkled on Faith @ 9:17 PM::
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