iN wOnDeRLaNd... wE'rE aLL MaD...

"Would you tell me please which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't care where--" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.

Sunday, June 18, 2006

An M holiday

Sorry for procrastinating. I am finally back again.

I'll just start from the time when the exams ended. The semester ended really quickly and the prospect of having such a long three month holiday can be stressful for me. It became a huge burden on me to make full use of this period and not waste it like what I did to many other holidays.

The usual routine for many of those one month breaks are not very spectacular. Sleeping till I wake naturally, nibble my lunch for an hour and surf mindlessly or play silly games on the computer. Then I'll take another nap after I get dizzy from staring at the computer screen. I'll have my dinner and watch chinese drama serials and the day gets done just like that.

The day would be good if I get motivated enough to go for a jog, or passionate enough to play CDs and hold a concert, or lucky enough to go for a gathering or a date. It amuses some to see how awfully bland a person's life can be.

Thus when the exams ended, I was anxiously looking for a job. Brendan was with me to register with the job agencies and we went to 4 of them in an afternoon. The funny thing is that he went back to do his taka sales job right after that.

I was offered a surveyor job with the ministry of manpower and I accepted it only to know I was exploited by the agency. Nonetheless, it was a fairly good experience with enough flexibility for a piscean and a people-oriented job scope for the psychologist in me. I shall elaborate in later chapters.

The holiday is going pretty well. Its an M holiday: with movies, mahjong sessions, music lounges and the Ministry of Manpower.