Again a period of slacking from bloggin. Nothing HUGE happened since the last blog. Though i have done quite a lot of thinkings, well, this kind of things are sure to happen when you have too much free time on your hand... but anywae here are a quick rundown of wat had happened since.
Art fair is over and it was really a great experience. Working at the info booth was such a blast and totally satisfying experience. The look on people's face when i am able to help them is just totally worth it. There were even a couple of times when ppl come back to me and tell me that i have been most helpful and resourceful in helping them. One of them even commented tat i am the most helpful and caring info booth guy out of the 4 she had visited, even though i was not able to help her get wat she want exactly. Learned a great lot from tat experience at the info booth. I am sure those experience will go a long way!!
Finally got a job, but it is only for the month of august as a temp replacement for a dude going on vacation. Reception work at Inter-Library Loan at the grad library. Actually doing two people's work. Will do reception work and oso retriving job from various libraries for ILL. Will be getting the famously low library pay of 6.25 an hr for 20 hrs a week starting from aug 4th, but seriously, i am just happy to land on a job after so long. Not just financially speaking, but lazying around too much at home really kills ya.
As a side note, umemployment rate in taiwan is back to a high of 5.1%... which means about 50k plus ppl are rotting at home with no job. The govt is making a lot of short term temp jobs for ppl but in my opinion it is just a act to decrease unemployment figures short termly so tat everything look good before the big prez election next march. most of these jobs are only for 6 mths but oso, some of these jobs are not taken up. WHY? ppl are still too goddamn picky... too hot, too much work, too little pay etc. sigh... i guess my recent experience on job hunts really helps me to have a more focus mind about job hunting next time. HECK, i need the blardy money, might as well make myself useful and earn some money while waiting for better offers to come in!!! really, i dun understand why ppl complain so much about these work. it is money goddamit. money dun just drop off the sky ya noe... ya work and you get paid. be blardy grateful tat you still got a job offered to ya during such bad times. sigh... dun understand the things ppl do.
Just "found out" the list of ppl coming to UofM this fall. dun noe anyone of them, but ONE name sounds suspiciously dangerous. ANDY TAI. I am praying it is not tat senior of mine in RI tat use to bully me during Track last time. sob sob... nitemares. But i really won't be surprise if it IS him... after all, it is his batch's turn to enter uni now after their army dazes. Pls dun hurt me... and yeah. Dunnoe if got any hot chic coming, and even if there is, i won't noe them and probably won't get a chance to anyway since i am not exactly mixing a whole lot with the SSA. I do mix individually, but i dun particiapte in any of their activities. Maybe this yr when i get to know more ppl then i will go join once in a while or something, if not, not much of a biggie anyway.
Hmm... have been having some very interesting convs with this "junior". Talking to him (oso the case when i tok to other "juniors") really makes me reflect on my own position and make me realise the path i had taken and the situations i had met and dealt with. Not necessary with success all the time of course, but it is thru these talks with him and many others tat i get to reflect on the decisions i had made, the steps i had taken and consequences i had faced. Sometimes i had no choice but to say "DAMN i was good"... but MOST of the time i just have to go "Oops... wat the hell was i thinking" or "Ew... i really did that?!?!" and yeah... tokking and trying to preach to young minds make me feel like a million years old.
Currently doing a interesting project for one of the IRC channel. YOu noe those fan-sub works for Jdramas? I am currently helping out for one of them. Shotgun marriage starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Ryoko Hirosue. Of course i dunnoe jap laa... so wat i am doing is to be the scripter. Which means i copy down word for word the subtitles and compile them and send them back to the chief editor and let him make final touch ups before circulating them around online. HAHAHA... taking quite sometime coz i am super amateur of course. But i really wanna do it coz after watching so many jap drama, i feel it is time for me to give back a little. YESH!!! like i always say, i always feel very good when i contribute and is of use to ppl!!! YEAH!!!
posted by David at 7/23/2003 04:18:00 PM