Monday, July 12th, 2004

Time	Event
8:34p	When all seems bleak OK. I whined almost through the day. To poki over sms. To a fellow temp. To my exec friends in AXX. To a chiobu manager. I'm champion whiner for the day. 1) All the interview appointments were screwed up. Respondents were a) Not at their desk; b) Went home on urgent leave; c) On leave today; d) In a meeting; e) Rescheduled the interview. Not to mention the high rate of refusals, or inability to reach the right person to speak to. By mid afternoon, I was throwing in the towel, ready to stomp my feet around the CATI room. And I just (loudly) complained to fellow temp about all those people not at their desks to answer my phonecall. So, with all my internship experience, I decided to go out for a walk. Since M was near the door, I told her I'm going out shopping, and asked if she wanted. Gung-ho-ly, she came along. So we went to Cold Storage (yes, my favourite place in whole of the shopping mall), and she bought 2 tubs of yogurt, while i bought a nice tube of Gatsby Wet Look gel (everybody sing now... GATSBY GATSBY GATSBY...). And I went back to the office, completed 2 more interviews, and happy with my achievements, I immediately announced that I was going home. I realised what was worse than charting. But I met nice people along the way of this job. For example, there was this lady who gave me her mobile number to call her after work, so she could be interviewed by me without having to cram me into her packed schedule. I just called her, only to be rescheduled to 10pm tonight. How nice of her, and i mean it with all my heart. I prayed for her, and I'm sure God will really bless her for being such a kind soul. *aw* And I met another guy who's a HRM, on the lookout for a new job. He told me all about his career achievements, on how he downsized the company and tripled the revenue, and his theory about how people were rubberbands, and you should stretch them to get more out of them. It's thanks to people like him that we're working our asses out with no extra pay/benefits. Well, it works for the company, and probably for Singapore. And that's the way our lives looks set to be. I talked to this manager in AXX, asking her abt the charting job I was interested in temping for. And she rejected me, albeit as nice as she could. Well, the people in the office were all saying that's coz I was gonna be accepted as perm soon. And the mgr did say she'll check with HR director on the status. So HR director really gave me a call via another mgr's (the chiobu mgr) phone, to tell me the usual stuff about keeping me on hold and stuff. So well, the phone call confirmed that i will NOT be hired till early august, IF i'm hired at all. And on the train ride home, the other interview i went for got some more concrete results, telling me i'm shortlisted for round 2 (sounds like Street Fighter huh? But i'm no Chunli). But the time slots he offered to me were all unacceptable by my nicely packed schedule. So he said he'll get back to me. Perhaps never? Whatever. So that nicely sums up my day, not forgetting the interview i'm doing with the nice lady at 10pm tonight, when I thought i'll give myself a treat by sleeping at 9pm for a change. Tomorrow is going to be a better day, because not only do I go to work, I get to serve in bookstore after the churchwide bible studies. It's gonna be phenomenal in the auditorium, because I sure need to get all those energy out. Current Mood: tired (Comment on this)
11:27p	God always shine a light so bright... That suddenly eyes that were blind could see, Hearts that were so hardened could perceive, Ears that were deaf could hear (and not by the physical flushing that I did half a year ago). In my midst of crying out loud (choose to believe what you want to believe) to God, and in the midst of all my whining, ranting and raving, my respondent actually called my house number coz she had missed my call at 10pm. OMG! Composing myself in a split second, I got down to business, only to be stopped occasionally (or rather frequently) by barking (both from dogs in the background and her at the dogs). It turned out that after a hard long OT day at work, she went home to care for abandoned and abused animals. Nope, she's not with SPCA, she's an independent. Sorta working with Noah's Ark, and she believe in no-kill (unlike SPCA who has space constraints), and so, that's how she basically uses her time. No wonder 24 hours isn't enough. And her work is really exciting. Organising events, volunteer programs, looking at how to improve employee engagement in community work. WOW. My kinda job. Sigh, but as long as she's in there, I can never squeeze half a foot in. But it's really great to see someone who believes in what she's doing, passionately involved, and still finds enough time and love to care for animals that fellow Singaporeans have failed to recognise as fellow living things. So during that 40min phonecall (yes, she actually spent so much time with me on the phone for an interview that is of 0 benefit to herself) from 10-11pm. I was so touched that I felt I could do anything for her. Of course, being her, she never expected anything. I did the best that I could. I prayed and prayed for her, thanking God for her love so true, and her impact for the beneficiaries, for her employees, for the animals, and mostly, for being such an instrument of His love to remind us that life is never, and should never be, just about ourselves. I thank God for this phonecall that really encouraged me. Indeed, when we are weak, He is strong. Current Mood: loved (1 Comment | Comment on this)

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