Lucky Me
I had a wonderful day yesterday, everything just sortof clicked together for me. I breezed past my job interview, my football (soccer to some) boots that i thought i had lost came back (ill elaborate later) and got confirmation of something i was hoping for....
The day didnt start out very promisingly, woke up feeling dead tired , after preparing and fretting over my first interview till late at night, i realised just in the nick of time that i didnt have a photo to give to my prospective employer... aaarrgh, rushed to have a photo taken, nasib baik ada yang 1 hour express cuci, kalau tak ....
Went for the interview, didnt scout out the place beforehand but luckily i had time to spare, so had plenty of time , or so i thought.. parking was a horror, even for my itsy teeny weeny little car. Grabbed the first parking space that i saw was free, ingatkan dekat ler in the end found out the office was like 100 meters from where i parked.. aaargh, imagine, 1:30 pm and in a shirt, slacks, TIE and the sun literally overhead, i was sweating like a pig (expression only aaaa) when at last i reached the office. NOTE: check out the place beforehand so u at least know where the actual place is, knowing the general vicinity is not enough, as i found out myself.
Suddenly got cold feet right in front of the office (second floor) so i waited downstairs to compose myself and sent a sms to a dear dear friend for support, promptly got a reply assuring me it would be ok and felt my spirits lift. hehehe. Just a little encouragement can make u feel like a whole new man... had a smoke..(it helps, for me laaaa) adjusted sana sini then went up for the interview.
Was ushered into a waiting room, no one else was around, and only after 5 minutes in an empty un-airconditioned room did the clerk/receptionist give me a form to fill in, without even asking for anything, not my resume , nothing. *growl* all that time lost tring to make my resume as professional as can be and it wasnt even asked for *growl*. I was determined to pass it to some one so i made up my mind to give it to the interviewer even if he/she didnt ask for it. A few minutes after filling up the form and returning it, got ushered to the interviewers room and thank god, it had a working air condition. At last! cool air. Did i mention that i was applying for the job as a customer service executive , well if i didnt, im mentioning it now. During the interview, found out what customer service executive really meant! I dont mean to rant, but couldnt they just put sales personnel instead of customer service executive??? It would clear up a lot of misconceptions..... anyway, got the job, in a way, they asked me to report for work on thursday for a 1 day evaluation of me and for me to see them at their work (or so they say) ... we'll see on thursday..
Even better, in the afternoon, after my daily ( i know someone is making a face right now reading this) football kickaround, found my boots placed in the basket of my bike... i had tertinggal them on saturday evening and when i asked around the next day no one remembered seeing them, typical. Maybe the poor soul that had taken it was wrestling with his conscience and finally caved in and returned it to me. Lucky me!
Oh, bout the other thing i mentioned, i think ill keep it secret for the time being .......
The day didnt start out very promisingly, woke up feeling dead tired , after preparing and fretting over my first interview till late at night, i realised just in the nick of time that i didnt have a photo to give to my prospective employer... aaarrgh, rushed to have a photo taken, nasib baik ada yang 1 hour express cuci, kalau tak ....
Went for the interview, didnt scout out the place beforehand but luckily i had time to spare, so had plenty of time , or so i thought.. parking was a horror, even for my itsy teeny weeny little car. Grabbed the first parking space that i saw was free, ingatkan dekat ler in the end found out the office was like 100 meters from where i parked.. aaargh, imagine, 1:30 pm and in a shirt, slacks, TIE and the sun literally overhead, i was sweating like a pig (expression only aaaa) when at last i reached the office. NOTE: check out the place beforehand so u at least know where the actual place is, knowing the general vicinity is not enough, as i found out myself.
Suddenly got cold feet right in front of the office (second floor) so i waited downstairs to compose myself and sent a sms to a dear dear friend for support, promptly got a reply assuring me it would be ok and felt my spirits lift. hehehe. Just a little encouragement can make u feel like a whole new man... had a smoke..(it helps, for me laaaa) adjusted sana sini then went up for the interview.
Was ushered into a waiting room, no one else was around, and only after 5 minutes in an empty un-airconditioned room did the clerk/receptionist give me a form to fill in, without even asking for anything, not my resume , nothing. *growl* all that time lost tring to make my resume as professional as can be and it wasnt even asked for *growl*. I was determined to pass it to some one so i made up my mind to give it to the interviewer even if he/she didnt ask for it. A few minutes after filling up the form and returning it, got ushered to the interviewers room and thank god, it had a working air condition. At last! cool air. Did i mention that i was applying for the job as a customer service executive , well if i didnt, im mentioning it now. During the interview, found out what customer service executive really meant! I dont mean to rant, but couldnt they just put sales personnel instead of customer service executive??? It would clear up a lot of misconceptions..... anyway, got the job, in a way, they asked me to report for work on thursday for a 1 day evaluation of me and for me to see them at their work (or so they say) ... we'll see on thursday..
Even better, in the afternoon, after my daily ( i know someone is making a face right now reading this) football kickaround, found my boots placed in the basket of my bike... i had tertinggal them on saturday evening and when i asked around the next day no one remembered seeing them, typical. Maybe the poor soul that had taken it was wrestling with his conscience and finally caved in and returned it to me. Lucky me!
Oh, bout the other thing i mentioned, i think ill keep it secret for the time being .......
posted by Althie at 8/11/2004 11:00:00 AM
1 Comments:
"breezed past" your job interview huh? no sweaty palms? heart didn't beat faster? teehehe.
"found" your 'lucky' boots, "got confirmation".. my.. Lady Luck is certainly smiling on you lately, isn't she? *smirks*
don't get too comfortable... *chuckles wickedly* you never know when fate decides to throw a wrench in your works just to jerk your string.
however- good content ape, for your first posting. and you said you don't think you'll be able to post anything good. tu ok la tu. *rolls eyes* men!!!
l8r.
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