I just got my results yesterday and as expected, I failed my IA again. This is my 3rd attempt. I passed my Macroecons though. My parents calmly accepted the news already prepared that I wouldn't make it after all. A lot of my friends are very concern for me and are worried if I may really quit school. Well, I think even if I wanna study the school may expel those who fail the same module more than twice. I'm actually feeling quite relieved prob cause I have been struggling with this module but felt sad and disappointed that I couldn't complete my degree. I did not felt sad or disappointed or even cried like how I felt last sem. Prob cause I had already expected the worst and knew I tried my best and know I won't do well. I dunno how disappointed and how embarrassed I'll be when I meet my relatives from Malaysia esp my stern and strict uncle when I see them for CNY 2007. They even gave me few hundred bucks for my studies. I guess I will soon gotta start looking for permanent job soon. I'm trying to look for marketing position still. Hopefully positions that need not require much experience or relevant diploma/degree in it. Just that without such degree, it will be harder for me. But I dun mind starting from scratch as a Marketing Asst or Coordinator actually then I'll slowly climb up the ladder and at the same time, see if marketing is what I enjoy most.

I went for a interview arranged by Adecco who had sent my resume over to this company, P&G who was looking for a person to be the Data Administrator. I went for the interview at 11am at United Square at Novena. The company was huge and owned several floors and even had another office at Novena Square. The interviewer, Donald Tong was good looking. I was surprised to see a young and not bad looking guy interviewing me. Think it was his accent that caught my attention. He had an American accent but he's a Chinese. I wasn't that nervous in the interview room. There was another girl, Chin Chin whom I will be under was present in the room too. She kept quiet throughtout the whole interview. It was my first time being asked so many questions. This interview was quite hard to get throught I guess but think I easily got it throught was because they had seen my resume and had already felt that I was suitable for the job. I was quite comfortable in the interview room surprisingly. It is just customary that they will interview a few more people just to make sure of their final decision. At 4.15pm, my agent called me saying that I was very good they had made their choice to hire me in less than a day.

The pay is good. The working hrs very flexible cause I'm doing data entry with Excel except that it is large amount of data and needed some intermediate Excel skills. I hope I won't screw up with my Excel knowledge or forget the applications. It's a 6-mths temp job but I only need to work 2 weeks a month which is only 10 days a month. I can plan my own schedule. The pay for full-time is $1,800 which is a lot for a data administrator but since I'm working part-time, I'll be getting $900 a month before CPF deduction. After deduction is $720 a mth which is $9/hr. This is considered a high pay. I'll still enjoy medical benefits too and anytime if I found a job, I just need to give a month's notice to the agent to find my replacement if needed. I'll go down to sign the contract with my agent and I'll start work on Monday. It's back to wearing formal office wear again and hopefully Fridays is casual day.

Edited: 8 June 2006, 10:34pm
I just went to sign my contract with Adecco and I will get paid 4 days annual leave, 3.5 days of medical leave and up to $250 medical claims and OT charges & at the end of the contract, I can get 1 month's bonus. I will start work on the 19th (Monday) and not this coming Monday (12th) so in the meantime, I'll still go to my dad's office to help him out. If possinble the company has opening to other depts or positions, my agent may be able to put me to the position if I'm interested.

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