200 girls in a car boot
Dec. 12th, 2004 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spiderpigI have no idea where I got that phrase from, but it's copyrighted to me. Un-officially of course. I amaze myself at the amount of weird phrases I can come up with. Also, I hope people from my original Yaki (which is down right now because I haven't payed the bills. But don't worry, it'll be up... I think ;D) have noticed the link to this LJ, which I have opened up slightly to the real-life people, and come here for their daily doses. :\ Thank God for journal-locking. Anyway, I've pasted the URL all over the place so no one can complain to me "why can't I read your blog entries anymore". (I hope my Belgian reader finds this.)
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The first week of work was a hectic one, both physically and mentally, and I owe everyone a good detailed entry of it all. Trust me, in this one week, the history of nearly every one was revealed to me. XD;; But now I'd like to jump and celebrate about one thing. SG$1200 a month. For a non-graduate of any kind (uh, well I have my primary and secondary leaving certs), it's insanely high. I actually only expected to earn around $800 a month. Wow. ちょっとびくりしった. I think the hiragana is correct. ^_^()() I doubt that any other Sec 4 currently has a job with this kind of pay, and it's a good job too!
Basically, I'm an assistant secretary and I do everything from photocopying documents, writing replies, collecting and opening mail, answering calls, checking e-mail, serving guests, running around to get mail registered, etc etc. Yeah, that's about the gist of it. It's not a really mind-blowing job, but the amount of things to remember, like where to put what, and recognizing the bosses' handwriting, ate my brain repeatatively. Then again, for $1200, I'm willing to do anything, even clean toilets.
I have to thank my fat and jolly Papa for getting me this job. Without him, I'd be stuck as a sales assistant, an event promoter or working in a fast-food outlet. Not that those jobs aren't good or anything, but hey. I get to sit in an air-conditioned place! The only downfall isgetting cellulite around my ass that I need to spend money on new "office-wear".
So basically, I calculated how I would spend the money per month.
Ah yes, I like the idea of this. I feel fucking empowered.
Whenever I walk to and back from work, I now have this great feeling of accomplishment and perhaps even maturity that I'm working. I've always valued money, but by working, I have found out that it's really tough. You do the same thing everyday, waiting for the day to end, hoping that the week would pass by quickly, and when it reaches the end of the month, PAY-DAY! It's a viscious circle that I don't want to be caught it. Hence, I need to get a job I really love and being a secretary is out of the picture, so much so that I'll throw it out of the window and send into a blackhole. Then again, people are rarely happy with their jobs. There's a quote that I think is really witty: "What time should you wake up? When you're ready to." However, in this world, we just have to hit our snooze alarms and hope that our "five minutes more" won't cause us to be late.
Oh well. In any case, I'm working for a rather big shipping company.Did I forget to mention that I'm working as the Managing Director's assistant secretary? Though the staff number is really small, like there's only nine people. More than half of which is female. Talk about an overload of estrogen. XD There are only four, four old men there. One tall and skinny angmoh (the 2nd in charge), one extremely big-sized and tall (the boss), one's an old man, and one's balding. Imagine my slight disappointment. BUT, all of them are extremely friendly and nice. Which is good, because I'm not exactly your typical friendly girl. The secretary is very talkative and revealed to me the whole history of the staff, and bombarded me with questions about my hobbies and stuff like that. So in this first week, I have discovered that one of them has been in the company for 12 years and has never fallen in love, another was extremely thin before, someone has a back problem, the boss used to have the devil's temper. In return, they all know that I'm a Japanophile and I am a morbid person (in lieu of finding out that the "cute little bear" is acutally sucking the person's blood). >_>()()()
I've learnt how to use an electronic typewriter! I was estatic when I could touch it. Like a mental orgasm. Uh, maybe that wasn't the proper usage of vocabulary. I've also learnt how to answer the phone properly, albeit from "Hello *spouts the company's name wrongly*, good morning" to saying the company's name properly. My hearing has improved too, since almost every one who calls talks extremely fast and muffled. Bleargh.
One funny incident happened on the first day! Which I'm still going きやああああああ over. Bascially, I answered the phone (the call was actually for the secretary) and when the secretary picked up and began to talk to him, apparently he asked about me. It happened something like this.
Secretary: "Huh? Oh, she's our new temp. She's only 16. Yes, you can work when you're 16. YOU CAN WORK WHEN YOU'RE TWELVE! Is she cute? Yes she's cute! Is she pretty? Haha! Why don't you ask her yourself? Hey hey hey, you're too old for her! She's only 16 you know!! And you have a girlfriend!" And blah blah blah. I found out from the secretary that he's 31 and he's Japanese. The Japanese part made me go ":D" but 31 years old is really too old for me, even if I like older guys. :\ I mean, by the time I'm in my prime, he'd be dead or terminally ill or something. XD()() DARN.
The work's been okay. Just that my brain gets overloaded everyday. Sigh. Lunches are awkward because I eat together with the women-gang and they're all very "Chinese", in the sense that they watch Chinese serials (on channels I don't subscribe to), listen to Energy, 5566, S.H.E... I'm not going to say anything about that because the president of one of the fanclubs is 32 years old.
So that's that. I bought a pair of embarrassing bras today. ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAD ONIGIRI ON THEM. I swear I'm quite crazy. :\ I need to review the Japanese centres that I've found.
By the way, since this is the season of giving! In addition to the icon meme (of which only 3 people have taken part in), I shall be taking down addresses (e-mail me or something)! So that you can receive a card splattered with FMA stamps. XD;; More likely it'll be a badly done hand-made card. For those of you who have seen my badly done birthday card to my friend, you know what I mean. Limit to 10 non-Singaporeans, of course my real-life friends, MESSAGE ME YOUR ADDRESSES LIKE, NOW. Bad grammar there, sorry. Yup. Postage is expensive.Ignore the fact that I'm a shipping company's whore now. Perhaps next week, I will beginning shopping for my felt doll supplies and do a sample for you guys to peruse take a look at and hopefully order some from me. I like earning money. Yes I do. And I want my dolls to rape you all >D Hopefully by then, my domain and hosting will be back up and I shall set up a store/site for it. Oh wow, the ambitions I have are overwhelming!
My current anime/manga pimps are FMA (as usual), Naruto, Matantei Loki, Tactics, Meine Liebe... What else? I don't know. But it's mainly Naruto and FMA. :\ YOU EATSES MY WALLET. Speaking of wallets, in return for a pair of $200+++ soccer cleats / football boots, I will receive a $30+ wallet from my brother. Why am I doing this? Because it's the leather FMA wallet. *foams at the mouth* I can also probably use the cleats to blackmail him for a couple of years too. >D
I want Palty hairdye and dye my hair either Peach Pudding or Cinnammon. Uh yeah. WOoh.
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The first week of work was a hectic one, both physically and mentally, and I owe everyone a good detailed entry of it all. Trust me, in this one week, the history of nearly every one was revealed to me. XD;; But now I'd like to jump and celebrate about one thing. SG$1200 a month. For a non-graduate of any kind (uh, well I have my primary and secondary leaving certs), it's insanely high. I actually only expected to earn around $800 a month. Wow. ちょっとびくりしった. I think the hiragana is correct. ^_^()() I doubt that any other Sec 4 currently has a job with this kind of pay, and it's a good job too!
Basically, I'm an assistant secretary and I do everything from photocopying documents, writing replies, collecting and opening mail, answering calls, checking e-mail, serving guests, running around to get mail registered, etc etc. Yeah, that's about the gist of it. It's not a really mind-blowing job, but the amount of things to remember, like where to put what, and recognizing the bosses' handwriting, ate my brain repeatatively. Then again, for $1200, I'm willing to do anything, even clean toilets.
I have to thank my fat and jolly Papa for getting me this job. Without him, I'd be stuck as a sales assistant, an event promoter or working in a fast-food outlet. Not that those jobs aren't good or anything, but hey. I get to sit in an air-conditioned place! The only downfall is
So basically, I calculated how I would spend the money per month.
Savings -> $500
Food -> $120
Transport -> $27 (The joys of a student card)
Japanese Lessons -> Approximately $300
Money left for me to spend on anything I want -> $253
Food -> $120
Transport -> $27 (The joys of a student card)
Japanese Lessons -> Approximately $300
Money left for me to spend on anything I want -> $253
Ah yes, I like the idea of this. I feel fucking empowered.
Whenever I walk to and back from work, I now have this great feeling of accomplishment and perhaps even maturity that I'm working. I've always valued money, but by working, I have found out that it's really tough. You do the same thing everyday, waiting for the day to end, hoping that the week would pass by quickly, and when it reaches the end of the month, PAY-DAY! It's a viscious circle that I don't want to be caught it. Hence, I need to get a job I really love and being a secretary is out of the picture, so much so that I'll throw it out of the window and send into a blackhole. Then again, people are rarely happy with their jobs. There's a quote that I think is really witty: "What time should you wake up? When you're ready to." However, in this world, we just have to hit our snooze alarms and hope that our "five minutes more" won't cause us to be late.
Oh well. In any case, I'm working for a rather big shipping company.
I've learnt how to use an electronic typewriter! I was estatic when I could touch it. Like a mental orgasm. Uh, maybe that wasn't the proper usage of vocabulary. I've also learnt how to answer the phone properly, albeit from "Hello *spouts the company's name wrongly*, good morning" to saying the company's name properly. My hearing has improved too, since almost every one who calls talks extremely fast and muffled. Bleargh.
One funny incident happened on the first day! Which I'm still going きやああああああ over. Bascially, I answered the phone (the call was actually for the secretary) and when the secretary picked up and began to talk to him, apparently he asked about me. It happened something like this.
Secretary: "Huh? Oh, she's our new temp. She's only 16. Yes, you can work when you're 16. YOU CAN WORK WHEN YOU'RE TWELVE! Is she cute? Yes she's cute! Is she pretty? Haha! Why don't you ask her yourself? Hey hey hey, you're too old for her! She's only 16 you know!! And you have a girlfriend!" And blah blah blah. I found out from the secretary that he's 31 and he's Japanese. The Japanese part made me go ":D" but 31 years old is really too old for me, even if I like older guys. :\ I mean, by the time I'm in my prime, he'd be dead or terminally ill or something. XD()() DARN.
The work's been okay. Just that my brain gets overloaded everyday. Sigh. Lunches are awkward because I eat together with the women-gang and they're all very "Chinese", in the sense that they watch Chinese serials (on channels I don't subscribe to), listen to Energy, 5566, S.H.E... I'm not going to say anything about that because the president of one of the fanclubs is 32 years old.
So that's that. I bought a pair of embarrassing bras today. ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAD ONIGIRI ON THEM. I swear I'm quite crazy. :\ I need to review the Japanese centres that I've found.
By the way, since this is the season of giving! In addition to the icon meme (of which only 3 people have taken part in), I shall be taking down addresses (e-mail me or something)! So that you can receive a card splattered with FMA stamps. XD;; More likely it'll be a badly done hand-made card. For those of you who have seen my badly done birthday card to my friend, you know what I mean. Limit to 10 non-Singaporeans, of course my real-life friends, MESSAGE ME YOUR ADDRESSES LIKE, NOW. Bad grammar there, sorry. Yup. Postage is expensive.
My current anime/manga pimps are FMA (as usual), Naruto, Matantei Loki, Tactics, Meine Liebe... What else? I don't know. But it's mainly Naruto and FMA. :\ YOU EATSES MY WALLET. Speaking of wallets, in return for a pair of $200+++ soccer cleats / football boots, I will receive a $30+ wallet from my brother. Why am I doing this? Because it's the leather FMA wallet. *foams at the mouth* I can also probably use the cleats to blackmail him for a couple of years too. >D
I want Palty hairdye and dye my hair either Peach Pudding or Cinnammon. Uh yeah. WOoh.
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Date: 2004-12-12 02:47 pm (UTC)This is by far one of the best reasons I have ever read. I laugh very hard.
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Date: 2004-12-12 03:18 pm (UTC)The first step to world domination has begun!
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Date: 2004-12-12 08:40 pm (UTC)no subject
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