::poof. i am retrenched.. again. =D haha. at least now school is starting so i probably will not go back any time soon.
Still. I have learnt plenty already from this experience, and I will write them here.. now or later. Let's see.. I have worked for a very able yet fun entreprenuer, been under the tutelage of a wheelchair-bound telemarketer, worked with a very short, stumpy, but funny 20+ male secretary, and seen a smoking teenager on crutches take the same job as me and get fired in a month. Did I mention I witnessed my own wheelchair-bound telemarketer in charge get fired too?
And that is just the people in the workplace. The experience certainly opened my eyes to the real world; the world beyond school, beyond fun and games, beyond naivety and ignorance. The world where pain, limitations, and troubles are real and not just childplay. As teenagers we often get caught up in the silliest of things as if the world revolves around us and us alone. It doesn't. Step outside the school and really go into the society, the workingplace, not as a student, just as a normal teenager and you'll see what life for most of us is really about.
We are a priviliged bunch. I am starting to feel that more and more. Previously when I looked at the richer or more talented I would get irritated and disturbed , but now I would count the riches I already have. An able body is already arguably the most valuable possession anyone can have. Add on to that a good academic brain and we're propelled into the 'elite' of the society.
On my last day, this auntie at the workplace asked me which JC I was going to. She was pleasantly surprised when I told her I was going into HCJC and she proceeded to give me her well-wishes and told me how lucky I was and how I should concentrate on my studies(despite questioning me on leaving the job earlier).
All of that just makes me more determined to make the most out of my JC education.. =] I am maturing. =>
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Note: Have any of you been following what is happening in Iraq? Sectarian violence? People cuddled in barricaded homes? Doubled figure death rate per day? And Iraq is only one of the many violence-fested region in the world- the rest we no longer hear about.
While we can laugh and joke about people, races, and violence during our daily conversation, deep down inside I am saving my prayers for the less fortunate people all over the world.
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.May we have peace.::

.:firestarter blogged on 8:40 AM:.
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