Started out with me being jobless and depressed. So I told myself it would be fine and I would make the most out of my time, which I did. Finished Sherlock after much bugging from friends (Thanks to you people, I'm now Cumberbatched, and life has no more meaning besides waiting for the release of season 3...)
Anyway... I also resumed online Korean lessons and started playing around with photoshop. If I was going to be jobless I didn't want all that time to go to waste. I also started applying for jobs at pharmacies around the city and nearby suburbs.
Suddenly realized that my reason for learning Korean deviated from interest in K-pop to interest learning foreign languages. The hell I'm getting old or something...
But by the end of the week 1, I was feeling antsy. I needed money badly. My reserve was running low and I didn't want to ask my parents for daily allowance (although they were more than happy to provide and were worried if I had enough to get by.) The pharmacies got people in, I was still jobless.
Desperate, I called my old manager at the cafe and told him I was happy to cover a few shifts for him. He sounded happy that there was finally a sucker who could work 5 days a week or more.
So much for a few shifts...
So I resumed my job as a waitress, without even knowing what my current wage is. I'm expecting it to be 10 per hour, though I'm no longer considered a trainee. So there I was running up and down 10 hours a day, answering to customers, serving them food, clearing their leftovers, cleaning toilets, entertaining weird little old ladies with no one to talk to. Seriously... They don't pay me enough to do this...
One day a post on our uni cohort's group made me sit bolt upright. A pharmacy in Fitzroy was looking to hire 2nd year students. Fitzroy is a pretty happening suburb, cafes lining the streets, very hip and happening sort of place. I called my unimate who posted the notice and dropped my resume in the place. Few days later during my break I received a call to go in for an interview. YEW! OK actually I never thought I'd get so far. Now what?
So on Thursday I went in for an interview and almost crapped my pants. In fact now when I try to recall what I said or what exactly happened it all seems so surreal (not in a good way). Now fingers crossed. I'll have to wait.
Magically the manager at the convenience store gave me a call and asked me to take up another job. O.O Hmm... didn't you just fire me? Stockkeeping. Go in once a week to check all stock, produce 2 Excel sheets and get paid the exact same amount as before. Sounds... Tantalizing... Accepted.
Today was my last day at the cafe. It was fun being maknae (besides the fact you get teased a lot by the others... Some times a little too much...) Tomorrow uni starts and it's back to swotting. I did not work as hard as I could have during the first sem, which explains the pretty meh results. So this sem I'm going to make up for that.
Second sem, let's go!
