No MSN Allowed!

The first half of the week has been quiet. My boss has been away attending to personal matters. I tried to use MSN but Geraldine warned me to not to. I wonder if all workplaces are like this.

I just realized that our agency is the only one with its own desktop computer sitting out in the open for our life planners to use. Geraldine sits inside the office at ther own table with her own laptop, doing her own stuff. For me, I have been sitting outside in the open and using the desktop where all the other life planners are.

I finished my work early and found some time to surf the net. I felt there was nothing to it (everyone needs a break sometimes). I wasn't sure if it was okay to do so here. Geraldine was surfing the net 'tactically' and it was perfectly okay for me to surf the net for my other jobs.

That was until, later in the day, Geraldine told me someone complained to her that I was playing games.

Playing games? Websites with colourful designs, art and screenshots do not equate to playing games. Meh.

Working Days @ Great Eastern

It has been a week at my new job as an admin assistant at Jasmine & Associates. I was the 'understudy' for the current admin person, Geraldine, who would be leaving at the end of the month. So far, it has been quite a peaceful first week. Geraldine always teaches me a few things then goes on with her work. When I am done, I just wait around for more things to do. The boss, Jasmine was away on course this week and rarely dropped by, so I had the whole place to myself most of the time. It felt very relaxing to have no one watching over your shoulder. I hope it stays like this next week. Overall, the workload is manageable, not too stressful and I still have time to play WoW every night when I get home.

The strange thing is that, up to now, I don't even know my exact salary (aside from a range) since I haven't signed any letter of appointment yet. The boss wasn't around most of the time and I only learnt from Gerlandine on Thursday that they don't practice preparing appointment letters. I guess I will try again next week. Hopefully I can bargain with her next week.

Insurance Agents

I went for a job interview for an admin assistant post on Thursday evening at Great Eastern (Eunos). Yup, it's that insurance company. Through our nearly 2-hour long exchange, the interviewer felt that I was a suitable candidate for the job and invited me for their agency's mid-year function on the following day. I wanted to turn down the offer (I'm not even employed yet!) and just stay at home but she hinted that it might influence her decision to pick me.

And so, despite the fact that I wasn't even hired yet (she mentioned there were two more candidates to interview), I attended their function today at Sentosa. The boss picked up several other colleauges at Tampines and I got a ride from there. There were about 10 agents in their little department. We had lunch at the Cafe Del Mar. The most uninteresting part of the day came when everyone started talking about things I didn't understand during the presentation.

Oh, well, I learnt that I was hired and would start work on Monday. As an admin assistant, of course. Though they did hint that I might be able to convert to a 'Life Planner' in the long run. Sorry, but I don't think I will ever dabble in insurance. Wish me luck on Monday!

Rolling Bomber Special!

Earlier in the week, Miya, being the nice person he is, recommended me for a part-time job near my home. I was pretty much bursting with excitement and looked forward to the interview on Saturday. Unfortunately, I was informed just the night before that I was not needed anymore. It kinda popped my bubble. Oh, well. Back to my regular job-hunting routine next week.

All in all, it has been a pretty typica, run-off-the-mill week for me. I still spend most of my time at home playing WoW and only go out only for meals. August is coming; things will change when I go for my annual RT again. That's very saddening.

Oh yes, Chaosmag showed me this crazy funny video which will always leave an impression on me. It starts off absolutely hilarious but gets somewhat deep towards the end. Have a look at:
"Rolling Bomber Special"

And... it appears that Blogspot is broken at the moment and I cannot input any text into the Title field. Tried it with both my computers and it's like that. Edit: Found out from the help forums that I have to point my cursor at the top-left corner of the Title field.

What Have You Done to My Room!?

I went on a little emo-streak last night when I got home. My mother had move around the furniture in my room without letting me know. She had my bed replaced with a new one (which I was actually okay with), but she emptied my cupboards and packed all my 'junk' in several large boxes. I spent the night wading through boxes to retrieve some of the important stuff that I use everyday (like my video games, trading cards, installation CDs, adaptor, cables, etc). I'd take a photo of my room but the USB cable for my camera is lost among the boxes.

Looks like I have to spend some time these few days to undo the mess. I was so pissed last night I couldn't sleep. Parents have no clue about privacy. The new bed & mattress is awesome, though.

Anyhow, I watched the Transformers movie at Ang Mo Kio with the gang (before all the nastiness above). I was hoping to get seats at the new AMK Hub cinema but tickets were sold out so it was back to old & anicent Jubilee. The movie was far better than I expected. One of the nicest movies I've watched in a long time.