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Job Hunt

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

If I ever see another job ad again, I will puke. I’ve lost track on how many applications I have made since July. I’ve been re-reading my own cover letter more than a bajeelion times to check for spelling and grammatical errors and yet I still make mistake. Job hunt fatigue I call it.

But then again, the positive side of it is that my cover letter and CV has undergone many many transformation and revision until it reached the form that it is today. It is a huge improvement compared to the one I first wrote last year. I’ve been reusing that as a template and slowly improved it over the months.

It is no wonder they say that looking for a job is a full time job by itself. I have some regrets about what I didn’t do over the past few years. I should have followed my own path in picking the subjects that I’ve wanted to do. I should’ve not dropped my Diploma of Modern Languages. I should’ve studied a little harder. I should’ve done more part-time jobs, especially accounting related jobs.

I realised how important work experience is in finding a job here in Australia. Australia’s job market is very competitive and demanding. Having work experience gives you an edge when results fail you. On hindsight, maybe I should’ve studied in RMIT instead where I would get work experience as part of the course. But then again, my life would be altered. I may have never met my circle of friends!

Being the eldest of three, I’m more of the experiment, the guinea pig. I do not have any older siblings to advice me. There is no one to tell me that the sayings such as “In Uni, your results doesn’t matter” is false. Having gone through all these, I feel the responsibility of imparting some wisdom to my younger brother, although he can be a little stubborn.

And so ends another day of torturous job hunts. Tomorrow, the hunt begins anew, and the next day, and the day after, and the day after that.

_{Second photo by Charles Seef}

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I Knew It

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

My friends asked me just now whether my parents would mind if I come back late. I replied that I’m 22 and graduated. One replied he will never be released from the shackles and I told him that, I knew my parents would make noise but I don’t care.

Sure enough, dad was pestering my brother to message me to come back and nag why I’m not back. Later he messaged me saying “Why must you stay out so late? You have work tomorrow for God’s sake.” This was about 12.55am. Late? Thats early mate. I don’t sleep till 3am mate.

And so I replied saying:

“I only meet my friends once a week. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink (well once in a blue moon) and I don’t go clubbing. We go out to dinner, then hang out at a friend’s place. I’m 22, been staying overseas for five years and I’m back by the last tram. I’m pretty sure I’ve the street smarts to stay safe. I’m not that bad of a kid compared to most. What more could you ask for? So relax.”

No reply. I came back, wash up and am blogging this shit. We’ll see what they say tomorrow. Not like I give a rat’s ass anyway. I managed to play Puerto Rico and Power Grid. I loved it. Do Germans know how to make great board games or what? Too bad next week is dad’s birthday and father’s day here in Australia. So, round 2 will have to start the week after ^.^

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Graduation

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

“A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that ‘individuality’ is the key to success.”

- Robert Purvis

On the 23rd of August 2008, Jason finally decided to graduate. He decided that he should ditch Uni life and join the grind. He decided to relinquish his power to self-declare holidays and decided to subject himself to the whims of the corporate machine. However he did not realised that by doing so, he’ll be reducing the amount of time he can spend on his most-est favourite-est hobby – Gaming, in exchange for something called money.

The paradox. To fuel my gaming passion I need cash. To get cash I need to work. By working I lose precious time to spend on gaming. Pfft!

I was sitting there with the other graduands, thinking bout the past few years I’ve been in uni, one of the best times of my life. Finally, I’m graduating from The University of Melbourne!

Of course, my uni life wouldn’t be half as exciting and fun at all without my friends. I would probably lose interest in studying without you guys. Thanks to all of you who made it to my Graduation. It really meant a lot to me! Aside from the absence of my girlfriend Jaime and my good friend Chris, I’d say it was all that I wished for my graduation. Simple eh?

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Here they are

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

And so here they are. So far so good. No nagging. I guess, there is nothing much to nag at the moment since I’ve finished my university course and awaiting graduation this Saturday. Trust me it will start once I fire up my first game to play today or sometime tomorrow. Trying very hard to resist it actually.

Couldn’t really sleep last night. Been thinking about a lot of things lately, about life and uncertainties in the future. The distance isn’t exactly helping as well. I really really miss her. It is tough this LDR thing. We talked about stuff last night as well and it did made me feel better. But I still couldn’t really sleep so I watched another two episodes of Battlestar Galactica.

About four hours of sleep later, I’m was at the airport and after the initial hoo hah I’m now at my computer typing away at this blog. At so I sit here lack of sleep, occasionally looking out my window and the city skyline sighing about life.

And with that, I’m signing off and getting myself my 6th cup of coffee today. Cheerio!

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Brunch

Monday, August 18th, 2008

When you’ve just finished your studies and are looking for a full-time job, there will be a lot of waiting involved. Especially, when you are just a fresh grad and every damn friggin job listed on the market requires experience! How the hell are we suppose to get that damn experience anyway?

As I was saying, there is a lot of waiting involved. You apply and you wait. Every morning I wake up, I find myself thinking what to do next. So much so that the only thing I look forward each day is brunch. I get up and whip up something nice with all the time I have at the moment. For example this:

Toasts, hot dogs, bacons, fried egg and a latte. Excellent. Normally, I would just have half a dozen of toasts with some spreads and a cup of coffee. But nowadays, I find myself putting more effort into making brunch. Then after that, I will sit on my chair and think what to do next. Not that I’m complaining since it is pretty relaxing actually, but it must come to an end sometime and I have to return back to reality and the grind.

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