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Sunday, 07 November 2010

  • Gosh, it has been quite some time since i last blog and NOW I am not able to login to my account via Firefox!!

    Anyway, I am now using Windows Internet Explorer...

    Sorry for not updating for the past few months... nothing much going on/happening and I was too lazy to update I guess silly. Will update more whenever I can.

    P.S. How i wish i can enjoy long holiday that we used to have as a student.


     

    It has almost come to the end of the six months of my first job, in another 2 weeks I will be rotating to another department, which I have a mixture feeling of excited, nervous, anxious etc... Life in the current department can be real hectic sometimes, but thankfully there are a bunch of supportive and helpful colleagues who do teach and help me alot. Well, lets hope that the colleagues in the next department will be as nice as them winky

        

Sunday, 06 June 2010

  • Working Life

    I am officially working in OSK investment bank, in which i will be bonded for 2 years and rotated in 4 different departments.

    BUT if i were to quit within this 2 years, i will have to REPAY all the salaries i received.

    shockedstunned  <-- these are the expressions that ppl give me when they heard it...

     

    Well, i would say being able to rotate in 4 different departments, not only allows me to be exposed more, i am also able to learn more things from the different departments. In addition, i will also be assigned 1 mentor and 4 supervisors, in which the mentor will be guiding and helping me throughout the 2 years. So, it is really a matter of give and take... They train and pay u (which salary is higher than dealer's), being bonded for 2 years is really nothing for me winky. Besides, out of the hundreds applicants, only 3 were selected for this program!!! pleased

     

    Thus, is there any reason i shouldnt love my company for giving me this great opportunity?

    Absolutely NO!

Thursday, 29 April 2010

  • employed? unemployed?

    Had my last round of interview with O S K on Monday. The previous 2 rounds of interviews were smooth and i guess i did left a good image to the interviewers. Well, of coz i did, or else i wont be short-listed for the final stage of interview.

    I was really excited to be able to reach the final stage of the interview, as i was the only one among my friends who is able to reach to final stage. In addition, i had rejected all the previous offers and put all my hope in this graduate associate program offered by O S K.

    BUT the final interview turned out to be a disaster as the interviewers seemed to be more keen in looking for my weakness. I was really disappointed with my performance that day that i cried when i told my bf about the interview. Knowing that i did badly during d interview, i was ready to look for job again.

    The next day, one company called up to ask me to go for interview, and i agreed. Not long after that, another company called up...
    co. :"Hi, ms lam, i am calling frm o s k. Do you still remembered the graduate associate program?"
    me :"uh huh."
    co. :"Okay, i am calling to inform you that u are shortlisted for the graduate associate....."

    When i hear this, i wasnt sure did i hear it correctly, or was it credit executive instead of graduate associate...
    me :"errr, credit executive?"
    co.:"No, graduate associate program. You passed the final interview. Are u keen for this program?"

    Hahaha

    Now, i am finally employed! I am so excited right now.
    But still, as long as i havent sign my offer letter, i am still worried that i might not be able to join the program....

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

  • During Jan and Feb, I only attended 3 interviews....

    And there was ZERO interview during mid Feb to mid March....

    Parents started to nag :"Why arent u getting any calls for interview?", "I think most of your friends are employed now, u must be one of the last who are still jobless."

    I thought i must had been to picky on the jobs, and with the nagging goes on daily.... I started to apply for whatever jobs i found on jobstreet.... and i lowered the expected salary from 2.5k to 2.2k....

    Now, every now and then, i am receiving calls daily... and i even had to reject those interviews which offered low salary or unrelated job scope...

    I do have 3 offers now, which i had rejected 2 of them, and considering whether should i reject the 3rd as well....
    Rejected:
    Alliance Bank - Junior executive for Deposits (department), 2,3k, no OT claim, expected to work late hours and on Saturday
    CSC (IT firm) - Credit Control 2k, OT claim available, and only work on weekdays
    Considering:
     IT firm - Business consultant 2.5k, OT claim available and only work on weekdays

    I am still unsure whether to reject the 3rd as i just came back from OSK interview, and there are 3 more interviews on coming thurs, fri and next wed... which offers the jobs i want....

    Oh, i really cant make up my mind.... The 2.5k salary which only require to work during weekdays are alluring, but i am still unsure whether is it the type of job that suit me...

Friday, 26 March 2010

  • Heels/Flats

    As i mentioned earlier, life is boring as an unemployed person...

    So i decided to clean up the shoe rack, only to find out that i actually have 11 pairs of heels/flats inside...  Some of them, i only wore it a few times last year. I guess it was probably one of the reason i nvr bother to get the pair of heels that is still with py

    Anyway i guess the no. of heels/flats i have is really nothing compare to most of the girls/ladies. But dont think i will buy any heels/flats this ENTIRE YEAR.... (PS: Ban and PY, u 2 better STOP me if i caught an eye on those attractive heels in the shops)

    IMAG0059
    Here are the 8 pairs of heels/flats i hav, dumped 3 pairs due to the bad condition.