work in progress
*Friday, April 07, 2006*
finally
procrastination should be my second. no my first name. haha basically this blog was set up since about at least half a year ago. i never really got to writing anything here. of course, i couldnt bear to abandon my old blog too! haha
im going through some kind of evolution. not sure whether its good or bad. but im evolving into the typical singaporean. which kinda sucks when i realise that im becoming like everyone else. i complain i scold i compliment (there is some good stuff i do) people regarding many different kinds of issues that span from requesting for waivers of certain fees, of delayed action taken by some organisations and to complimenting a bus driver. haha tell me. how many people my age do this. oh the horror! IM AGEING!
perhaps the cause of this might be my experience at the first company i worked at. i came to understand the power of being unreasonable. if you were unreasonable you would definitely be able to get something that you wanted. or at least a better deal than what u were supposed to have. after some thought i realised that this is a result of the culture we have in singapore. we complain and are afraid of complaints. because of this, when customers in general get unreasonable and threaten to complain to the supervisor(->manager->director->the press------>>>> and so it goes on) we are afraid and to prevent all this find means and ways to pacify them. this is our weakness. and fellow singaporeans make use of this weakness to exploit other singaporeans. and the vicious cycle goes on! haha. this is weird. why am i sayin all this. lol yeah i almost forgot. im ageing.
my stint at IRAS was a really short one. only 2 weeks. haha there was something wrong with me. i was very antisocial. very is the word. during training we had a lot of breaks and during these breaks i would just lie on the table and sleep. when other people laughed and joked i managed only a feeble smile. just to not appear extremely unfriendly. i figured it might partly be due to the fact that i didnt like doing nothing. the people there were really inefficient. as one of my colleagues put it, there was a lot of red tape involved in the the procedures in IRAS. there was once we just sat at our tables and did nothing for FOUR hours. god save me. i was really irritated by that. decided to "give them a chance" and tried doing my job for abt 3 or 4 days. it was so monotonous and yet again there were instances where we didnt have anything to do. finally i submitted my resignation with 3days notice.
i might seem to be rather childish or anything just to quit coz of that. all jobs are supposedly boring and i would just be wasting time at home if i couldnt find a job. but yah im childish. haha my mum sorta told me off for quitting so fast. but i think e time is so precious. i want to go around and experience some other kinds of jobs, work in different kinds of environments. otherwise i should try to do something to improve myself. some of my friends have been taking classes and i feel kinda guilty that im not making full use of my time. lets see what i can find..
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