The Orange Julz: I'm Like A Desperate Housewife

Ok.... so I'm not really desperate... and I'm not a wife... guess I should call myself a Moderately Anxious HousePerson.

Just joined the unemployment statistics on May 1st when people celebrated labour day by taking a day off. I took it a step further by leaving my job. Ha ha ha.

Anyway, the current job hunt status is not going that well. I was outright rejected by one who said:

"We note that you are currently pursuing an honours degree in Biomedical Sciences... Unfortunately, at this point in time we are unable to offer you a position which would meet your requirements, i.e. to further your career in a biomedical science related field. The position that we have is for a laboratory assistant, performing a very routine specimen processing task, for which the monthly pay is approximately $XXX."

I found that wierd... isn't specimen processing a biomedical science-type job? Also, just because I am pursuing a "Honours Degree" doesn't mean I will not settle for much less than I have been previously earning. I find it hard to believe that they are overlooking someone with experience and (somewhat) intelligence who is willing to work for peanuts so that he (that's me) can get more experience in a lab.

Speaking of lab experience, our last 4 lab sessions in school had us all decked out in our fancy schmancy lab coats and watching videos of the experiments we were supposed to be doing. Talk about rip-off man... what's more, the videos seemed to be made in the 1970s. I mean what gives man??? You mean to say we paid so much more than other non-science courses just to watch outdated videotapes? They didn't even have the courtesy to allow us to watch it in the comfort of a regular lecture room. We had to wear our lab coats and sit at the ridiculously uncomfortable lab benches. RIP-OFF!!!!!

Anyway... back to my current unemployed activities.

The last 3 days has been wonderful. I felt as though an enormous weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I hadn't realized that my work related stress was such a major component of... erm... the things I get stressed... about? Ah you know what I mean. It's like out of all the things that I am stressed about... school, work, friends, family, life, etc... I'd say work related stress takes up more than 60%. Everyday, even before and after work, I keep worrying about things going wrong at work. Everytime the phone rings, I get a panic attack that some bad news is on the way. Now all that is gone. Just like that.

Last night, I was up the whole night doing my assignment. Right after that, I went to the airport with Weng who was going back to the Philippines for a short holiday with his friends...

*Cough*Abandoner*Cough*

I was also hoping to say hi to surolan who was also taking a flight around the same time but she went into the departure hall early cos her family wanted to do some stuff before the flight. So after ~~The abandoner~~ Weng left, I took a long bus ride to school to hand in my assignment (which I later found out is not due till tomorrow.)

After that, I took another long bus ride home and upon reaching home, I was hit by a sudden urge to clean my room. 5 hours and lots of packing later, I felt quite pleased with my handiwork. It was quite fun as I was blasting my MP3s and ~~dancing~~ shaking around my room while I packed and cleaned. Surprisingly, considering that I have not slept in over 24 hours, I didn't really feel sleepy. So I took a shower and then went downstairs to the 7-11 to get something to munch. I took my time to choose a bag of chips (I got Doritos Cooler Ranch) and a drink (I got a small bottle of Big M Iced Coffee and a pack of Red Bean Soy Milk.). While paying, I picked up a copy of the Today paper and then strolled back leisurely while glancing at news headlines.

When I reached my block, the postman was stuffing letters into the mailboxes. As I had nothing to do, I contemplated waiting for him to finish to get my mail but decided not to when the lift door opened. When I reached home, I called Princess to tell her that my latest aspiration is to be a house husband (hence the desperate housewife theme today) and to listen to her gripe about what a horrible day she's having at work.

After listening to complaints about stuff I used to gripe about, I was lured into bed by the freshly changed bedlinen and fell asleep. I was woken up 3 hours later by my phone. It was Princess who was complaining about how she had just received horrible service from an IT salesman. After that, I lazed in bed for another 15 minutes and then climbed down to my (oh so neat) table to check my email.

After dinner, I started on my Crossbone Gundam model kit. I finally found it after 5 years of searching and it almost cost me a friend. (Right She She?)

Anyway, I was quite pleased with how it turned out. Here are some pics: