I'll been trying to squeeze so many things into 1 entry, that I'm not sure whats an appropriate title for it haha... The last train home might be remotely suitable, feeling wise. That said, I never liked taking the last train, nor the 2nd last, for that matter. I'm fine with cramping up in a carriage with ladies but nobody likes the feeling of having ur body sticking close to disgusting smelly drunkards.
The tree that was waiting for me when I walked out of a shopping mall.
Well well, so our baby SG boy has reached Sushi-land, and despite his previous whines, he's managed to reach the new place in one single piece. While I was still praying hard not to hear another comment on why the world is so cruel to him, he asked why I didnt ask him along for the SG dinner thgy. Eh coz it's not my parrrrty and if someone were to jio u, it wont be me. I wasnt really sure if I wanted to turn up, and even at the last minute, I was contemplating just heading back. Anyway, I'm not going to be a babysitter for whatever I hadnt signed myself up for, and for sure, it wont be you. Felt bad about not contacting WL earlier about this though, seems like she missed out the mail from the embassy and it was too late by the time I talked to her about it.
The dinner itself, turned out to be much much more enjoyable than I had imagined. It was like suddenly having a breath of fresh air, listening to Singlish spoken by a mass of people (while watching the NDay video). There was this group of ladies who have spent a good number of years in Japan, and gather together like every 2 weeks. That's like so uber cool, despite the fact that they are of totally different age group as me, and stay mainly in the Yokohama area. I wont mind joining them once in awhile, especially since it was mentioned that one of them make good carrot cake! *wooohoooo* There's this other lady who tagged along with her hubby for work, and is picking up Japanese now. Good thing is that she stays in Tokyo and we could kinda hit off so there's more chances of meeting up.
I found a few characters, who seem weird... one of them (who married a Japanese and stayed in Japan for almost 40 years) told me "Learn Japanese for what? I speak English at home with my kids, my husband. I dont want to learn Japanese and will only use English.". Was kinda shocked hearing that coz, it seems like ur making ur own life less enjoyable? Anyway not for me to judge.
My feelings from the meetups with the HR consultanst were pretty mixed. The guy I met at the first firm was very professional, and he is very experienced in the field that I'm keen to move into, and also introduced me to his colleague who has lots of contacts in my previous field (like an extra topping, bonus kinda thing). Too bad I screwed it up somehow with lack of sleep and anxiety, this being my first discussion. But at least towards the end of the session, I loosened up quite alot and could convey my ideas well enough, that he commented "Actually your Japanese can make it.". Thanks but I still wanted to fall dead right on the spot. He seem keen enough to follow up, despite how badly I performed, and gave some tips on how I could change my resume to suit the kind of field I want to do. Maybe he saw the name NUS (and went "wah!", though I dont know why the big deal), or he saw the potential in me (hahahahaha!). Must work on this and not screw up again or he'll lose all hope in me.
I went home, did nothing but read fashion and stoned. Felt like my brain was about to stop working from all that mess I was making myself. I spoke to a few friends during the night, who gave me advices and it all actually calmed me down. Decided to heck it and forget about preparations, just go and say what you want to say, stress-free.
2nd one (the next day) was much better, in the sense that I wasnt much gancheong anymore and made sure I had enough sleep. This guy is much younger (though a manager) and didnt give me the impression that he was very serious about things. Maybe it's just the age? But he did bring up a few good stuffs which I could ponder about, whether I would go for them. All in all, I'm not that hopeless yet and the market doesn't look THAT bad. Let's go for it!
The Geek and I have been clocking in so many late nights, that we basically consume
too much caffeine everyday. How much is too much, you ask? I guess there's no way to measure but your body tells you so. While I was trying to clear the tray for the used capsules yesterday (coz the one I just used didn't really head to the tray), I realized the number of capsules we took the last 3 days had been pretty alarming, and this is not including regular coffee that we make with coffee powder. Where has my resolution to stay
further away from caffeine gone? =(
So beautiful but potent
I know I was supposed to blog about the birthday but I seriously think this post is getting too long and I would rather do something else now haha... bleargh... Hopefully I will have the time to do it this weekend, so I can have something to remember of my first bdae celebrations with the Geek! =)
