Drama-Dilemma of my Job-Hunting...

So.

I signed the contract, and finally feeling at ease. But to tell you guys honestly, I wasn’t at all at moments before the confirmation.

I guess I was not trying hard enough in getting a job that nobody called me back. My CV was flying around everywhere asking for even some odd jobs! I couldn’t believe it that I’m an unwanted productive healthy mind! But I was not despaired by these unknown rejections. Well, perseverance does pays off. Here’s my so called ‘Journey of getting employed’.

It started way two Thursday s ago. I sent out my resume to ABC Job Agency. I got a feedback even before I woke up. One HR representative from the agency called me around 10am, while I was still sleeping! Thank goodness I responded to the ringing and pick up the call after a few dashes of self-forced-coughs, to clear my throat. He sounded calm and all. Bla-bla..

“Can you come down to our office for an interview?”

I got no plans, so a few hours later, I was there, face to face with the caller!

That's the reflection of me at Tanjong Pagar MRT station after the interview with the HR personnel

He recommended me to a well-established company, XYZ, with a position as a coordinator. He’s the expert. I said OK, maybe he knows that with my qualifications, I’m suitable for the job. With that, I manage to get a slot and got myself ‘tested’ with XYZ itself.

Beside XYZ, I was also interviewed at another company as a QA Officer (recommended by the agency too) and at the library, as a Researcher with much lesser pay than I expected. Anyways, I preferred the QA job. Although the pay for the QA job is lesser than XYZ, I still wanted it. The environment there is much more welcoming. My instincts could just sense it.

Despite my willingness to get a lower pay, XYZ offered me a job. I found out on Wednesday from the company itself as they wanted to confirm about my expected salary and all, if its negotiable and all, but I manage to get what I want.

Thursday night onwards, what was I supposed to do? I want the QA job. Asked my mom for some advice. She pulled some strings (her good friends). Seems that everyone got the same advice for me.
“Follow your heart.” They said. It was as if I was having boys problem!

I guess the aunties’ advice could not help much. I had a hard time sleeping thinking about it.

Last resort. I called the same HR personnel. I think he got a feeling of what I was thinking. I sounded like a confused soul in love! Haha!! He advised me, talked to me calmly and PROFESSIONALLY, threw some jokes. I felt calm, relax and was able to make the decision. I should have just turned to him instead of the ‘aunties’!! Haha!!

Thanks to him, now I’m going to wait till my first day of work to be commenced. I’m thankful for everyones’ support all this time that leads to this current (positive) attitude of mine.

So to my family, and closer friends I definitely owe you guys something (I wanted to treat the HR personnel too, but I’m too shy!! Haha!!)..

The Wassupz of 14 to 22 april..

Hey-hey! That’s how they say ‘Hello’ in Sweden. Nope, I’ve not been there, learned that from one of my international friends in Skype.

Anyways, I’ve been ‘missing’ again, no updates. I’ve been busy. So here’s the updates.

Saturday: Mendaki Mentoring volunteers outing at Sentosa. And I saw Fad and Angela!! Back, and later at night, me and my family catched a midnight movie at Princess Theatres, Wild Hogs!! Woohoo!! I Loike!!

Sunday: Blood donation.. BUT I can’t donate, again for the 5th or 6th time straight in a row. Lack of iron again, and this time, my iron level fell lower than the last time. So, I’m going to go to see a doctor, and get my full blood count checked (as advised by the doctor on duty)..

Darwina and myself couldn't donate, it's the first 'rejection' for her, many times for me.. That's why we're looking sad..

Monday: Went out with Namira and Jian Hao. Then Nurul (finally seeing her after 3 years!! She was in Malaysia MOST of the time) joined us before her class.

And on that same day, I received A LOT of calls! Starting from Wiwi, then Alex, then Namira, then some interview calls, Azura called, there’s a volunteer thingy called, another interview thingy.. AND MANY-MANY MORE! Well, thank goodness I have free-incoming plans.

Tuesday: The highlight should be my first interview with ‘Company XYZ’. I’m sorry, but I rather not say the name here, because it really makes me nervous! I got to know about this job thru a local job agency. And my so called agent (I don’t want to say his name), he’s so sweet!! Haha!!

Wednesday: I got shortlisted for the Company XYZ!! So I went for the second interview. Then my ‘ job agent’ asked me to go for another interview as a call-centre QA, which is nearby from XYZ, one building away!
For dinner, met up with Alex and my (unrelated-to-any-degree) bro, Xavier. We went Simpang Bedok. It was the second time we were there together(three of us). AND it was the first time ever since I know Xavier, he blanja(treat) me man, you're a full-pledged gentleman bro! Now go ask *ahem* out dude!! But there's a catch. I paid ($2) for my own share of the murtabak the three of us shared as a side dish.. Haha!!

Thursday: “Mardina, good news, you got the job in XYZ!” Job agent sounded more excited than me! Haha!! Anyways, I nailed it, people!! WOOHOO!! I was required to sign the 1 year contract the following day!

Friday: Feeling half-hearted. I prefer the QA job than the XYZ job. And did you know I got an interview with the library too as a ‘researcher’, six months contract, much lesser pay, and they want me to start immediately? So, being in dilemma, I turned to my Mom, asking her to tell me what to do!! She got no idea what to tell me, she asked her good friends, whom I know of course, and she got back to me, with auntie-auntie tone, as advised by other aunties too,.. “Follow your heart..”

I was like, “It sounded like I’m having boy problems!” My mom thought so too. What do you expect, I can’t sleep at night.. I guess I’m gonna write about this ‘Job thingy’ topic in a separate post..

Saturday: Helped out at the Malay Heritage centre.

Sunday: Did some marketing, and now, I’m still feeling very full from my brunch meal. Of course, I’m felling sleepy.. Grr…

I'll be back, about the 'Job thingy' adventure.. Hehe!!

Tata for now..

marDina

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Stuff happens, shit too..

Hallooooo!!!

I’m going to type some random stuff and some ‘wassupz’ that’s happening lately in my microscopic life.

News
Thank SHITness
I can’t recall the date of this article but I have to share this.
Some time back, there was a Beijing lady fell from the 6th storey.
She survived. All thanks to a pile of excrement. (Excrement=Shit)
I am not kidding. There was this renovating/construction thingy, clearing this and that. And that pile of shit happens to be at the right place at the right time!

“Alah Emak Kahwinkan aku..” –Oh Mom, Get Me Married (old Malay song)
There was this new reality tv show over at Italy. Yup, the title says it all. You heard of The Bachelor and/or The Bachelorette right? But this Italian show, instead of the man choosing and eliminating ladies in every episode, this time round, its their Mom who does the work. The mom will end up choosing the most eligible wife for the son at the end of the story. So,.. if there’s such show going on in Singapore, erm, hmm… Nah, I’m not gonna join. Nyeh-heh-heh!

Enough of the news for now. There’s too many weird ones running around my mind. Now, I wish to share some highlights that has been happening lately.

Monday
Not much happening. I was at home. Sometime in the middle of the day, Hadi(his blog link is there) sms’ed me. Tic-toc-tic-toc. He got me donuts (from Donut Factory) and he even sent it to my nearest bus stop!! ARH! So sweet of you!! Thank you very much!! I like it.. *winkz*
I don't know which one i should start with first. Haha!!

Tuesday
Some of you might know I’m a volunteer from Mendaki. Thru this organization, I was privileged enough to get to work(more to volunteer) alongside with people from the Malay museum. I met and made quite a handful of friends(everyone is much senior and experienced than me).

Kak faridah, she travels a lot (in fact she just got back from India, and heading to US next week? For work I guess), friends of museum, she grew up at Kampong Gelam. I learnt a lot from her.

There’s some people from Singapore Tourism Board, the licensed guide; like Tommy (retired military officer), Allison (used to be in IT, now in tourism), another lady (owns a family business), and another lady (forgotten her name and profession).
There was 2 people from Malay Heritage Centre itself. Widyawati, very pretty and sweet lady. And last but not least, the knowledgeable Rosli (grad from NUS in related field, still doing research). Very friendly guy.

With that said, I woke up early, head to the Malay Heritage Centre at Kampong Gelam. I was having a ‘training’ for an upcoming program, Heritage trail walk. The group of us walked all over the Bugis area. It was BLOODY tiring. I did not have the right walking footwear, everyone was sweating, feed-backing about the trail. It was like a trial run. It took a whole of 3 hours for us. Imagine bringing around a group of 30??!?!?! So I heard there will definitely be changes.

Wednesday
Comes today, I went back to the centre, same one. This time we were trained for guiding in the museum. There were only Kak Fariday, Allison and another lady, Marsha. Training us was Mr Khalid, the executive manager for the centre. He is also a curator for the museum. Not only that was my first time in the museum, I learned so much that I want to know more! Mr Khalid also allowed me to come back and ‘study more’ anytime I want,
“Just come over, tell the receptionist my name and that I allow you to go in,” he said.
To enter, I think you need some special passes or register or they only allow you to enter in big group? I’m not sure. No matter what, I am SO going back there soon!!! *Smilez*

Headed home, and later in the evening, I bought curry puff from the motorcycle uncle shouting “KARIPAAAP..” from the carpark. When I got back up at home,
“Cling-cling-cling” goes the bell.
Nope, I was not saved by the bell. It was my ‘friend’(my cousins called him my friend). He sells ice cream, and I don’t know his name, AND he is not my friend, I don’t know that uncle!!
Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream Potong(the one that's sandwiched with the thin waffle biscuits!! *Slurpz*



Haiz, that was quite a handful for the last few days. Tomorrow will be another day of ‘adventure’. I’ll update soon. For now, I just want to read more news!! *smilez*

Tata for now. I love you all!


marDina

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Uh huh..

Greetings to my beloved kakis of the world!! Woohoo!!

I was busy lately and not home for too much. Let’s start with Friday. I remembered having a weird dream when suddenly,…

“Does that makes me KRAAAZAAY…!”

That was my ringtone. Grrr… It was my darling Minah Wiwi!! Hehe! She really “potong my steam”. And because of her, I’ve forgotten what I dreamt about. And what the hell, it was only NOON on the Good Friday when she woke me up! Ok, so I shouldn’t be in bed at that time of the day, I know. Well, she was wondering where I was, and expecting me to be somewhere in Sentosa, for one reason or another. Haha! Btw, I told her again, she got the wrong day of the week. I was supposed to be at Sentosa yesterday/Saturday, and not Friday. Anyways I did not go on Saturday. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to alex-burgerboi and gang for not tagging along with you guys. I am so sorry. Anyways, I’m heading Sentosa, next coming Saturday.. Nyeh-heh-heh!

I could not make it yesterday-Saturday because, I was in Johore Bahru. Just the usual once-in-a-while-family trip. It was an ‘OK’ trip, the shopping, nothing much happened there. I only brought 3 bracelets, and a box of Dunkin Donuts, and some other things.. *GRINZ*
(Bracelets I got, one is for a freakin RM3!!!!)

My Sunday… Sunday-Sunday-Sunday.. Weird Sunday. I have ‘live band’ playing at my void deck. Not really a rock band kind of band. It was the Chinese memorial funeral service kind of thingy.. I have no idea what they call it. The marathon was since last night. I have to admit, it is not that nice as I was squinting my eyes just to concentrate my mind on the Discovery Channel. And another thing. Did I tell you, there was a Malay wedding next block? They have live band too.. And this time, it’s the real ‘gig’ as in more musical-instruments-that-we-are-used-to. Trust me. Both these ‘bands’ were fighting for attention. Imagine both of them playing at the same time. That’s not fusion at all, you have to trust me with that. My goodness. I LOVE music. Just ask anyone of my friends or family, they are my alibis. BUT, this (my)void deck band, is definite not my type. That was the first half of my day today..

After my sis was back from tuition, we headed to my granny’s house, 15 min walk, or less.. Then, we head to Arnold’s, FRIED CHICKEN!! YumYum!! The best fried chicken around ever! Then after our meal, we head to Sheng Siong supermarket at Haig Road..
Back home again, and the band played on… grr..

(Squinting) marDina..

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Fruit Tartlets!!!!!

Hello marshmellows (That’s lame..)!!

Okie, this is the proper entry that I’m suppose to blog about today..
Like what the title suggested. This entry is dedicated to all Fruit Tartlets of the world!!!

Nyiahahaha!!!

Hmm, actually, not really, I would just want to ‘promote’ some stuff that was smokin’ my home kitchen lately. Somehow, people like the fruit tarts that my mom made, and so, they made orders. And I was assisting all the way in making the tartlets. It was cool! Fun, I like!!!!

Here are some sights of the fruit tarts. If you want to try some, just say so, email dina.mirrorz@yahoo.com or call, and wait till the next round we make a batch of it, ok? *smilez*




Now, I am wondering if anyone of you got any recipes for cupcakes. Actually, I want to know more on how to make the frosting or icing (especially the one that hardens) for decorations, for self-interest. Was it called the royal icing? Any kind soul out there willing to share? *winkz*

I think I started to sound so domestic, ‘Martha Stewart’ kind of person. Erm, that is scary. So I’m gonna stop here. BUT I AM SERIOUS ABOUT THE RECIPE if any of you have it of course..

Okie, I love you all..

marDina

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Who's denying?

Hi to all!!

Hmm, I just got back from my Arabic (not aerobic!) language class. Well, actually that was like 2 hours plus ago, now it’s like 1 plus in the morning. My day was ok I guess, the cable guy came over, finally after behind time, I got some extra channels here at home. Interesting I guess. But hey, that’s not the point on blogging today.

My language class was ok. I think when I read some sentences, I sounded like a robot. Too monotone to be a Dina. Haha!

Let me go back in time a little bit. Like you guys knew, I am currently jobless. I might not be anymore soon. Nope, its not the police job YET. It may be an IT job. Yup. Believe it or not an IT job. I can’t believe it myself. How IT? We’ll soon find out. I’ll update on that. But as an IT graduate, somehow, you can’t deny the ‘aura of IT’ around us.

There was one motivational speaker, aka Abang Abu from Ekoniaga, he said,
“Let me guess, you’re in IT. Am I right?”
I was like,
“You’re into black magic?”

Am I that transparent, am I that predictable that everyone could read me like an open book? (Chill Dina, chill..)

*tootz* I was suppose to blog about something else. Okie, I’ll be back. I pLomise. Cya!

Tata!

Back in Black!!

Greetings to all my friend..

Blog Issue
I apologize for disappointing any of you who keeps coming back here with no updates. Well, I am back, after a long almost 4 months? I’ve been around, quiet but around. I’ve ‘renovated’ my so called blogskin, I hope you guys like it. And the linking to other blogs, FINALLY I have it. And if you’re not linked, and wants to be, just tag me with the url. I’ll get it done soon.

Anyways, I am not going to talk about what happened for the last few months. It does not matter anymore. The highlights are anyways, -FYPJ, -Out of school, -Jobless..

But hey, I did not just waste it away. I got some ‘stuff’ going on. That, you’ll know along the way. I will try my best to add in new entries.

MSN, Instant messagings..
Another thing to take note, I’ve not been ‘online’ lately right? Well, actually I’ve always been, but not in msn. I did not block anyone of you. I’m so sorry if you think I did. I got sick and tired of msn for various reasons. I’ll try to drop by, if I feel like it though. Nevertheless, I’m always online in skype. If any of you are in to skyping, do add me. Just search for ‘Mardina’, I should be the only one from Singapore.

So, that’s the light updates. I’ll blog soon – sooner than you think – about some stuff I’ve been doing.. *Winkz*

That’s all for now folks..

Loving you people always,
oxoxoxo
marDina

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