Colorless

Friday, February 29, 2008

Bored at work... again.

Hi again!

I'm really bored... shit. I scared when I go over to CSC, it'll be like this too. I finished my work today at 10+, and have been surfing the net and stuff since then... except for a few sporadic assignments that were finished in what, 10min or less?

I nearly wanted to buy 2 Olympus cameras - the 2000Z and the 3030Z - for $80 together. The 3030Z is the descendant of the 2020Z, which was reported to be a very good infrared-receptive camera. I very nearly wanted to buy it right there & then already. Luckily for me, out of my boredom, I went to check the specs and all... Guess what? They're using SmartMedia memory cards! Do you have any idea how old and phased out that thing is? It's like the antique of the electronic solid-state memory world! How antique, you ask. Well, I saw 1GB SD cards selling online for like $8 or so... this stupid SmartMedia is selling for $30!!! No, $30 is not for 1 GB. It's for a 64MB card! Gosh! How many 3megapixel pictures can I take in a 64MB card! Well, I did find a better deal: $40 for a 128MB... but judging from the prices of better quality, better build, and the more future-proof SD cards, I doubt I will take it. It's a shame though, that the buyer isn't including any memory at all.

Oh well... I got myself a new set of mini screwdrivers to dismantle my own mju 800 Digital with. Can't wait. =)

Hmm... throughout the whole day, I browsed through like 2088 Photoshop brushes on Deviantart and downloaded 15 that I thought I might like. I think I'm gonna use these cool brushes for the design of my new blogskin! Which brings me to when I'm actually getting down to doing it... Well, I don't know. It depends on what other activities litter my path for the weekend. I had wanted to go out shooting insects tomorrow, but the weather forecast said that there's gonna be thunderstorms tomorrow... *bleah* So much for nature appreciation. So I thought, well, if I can't go out for photographs, I'll coop myself at home to design my blogskin... coz I really need some leisure art in my life. What do I mean by leisure art? Means doing things at my own leisurely pace, stopping halfway if I want to, or going through the night if I want to. I've had my fair share of stressful art: designing the PL church camp posters and t-shirt. Haha!

Yep! This week we'll be putting up the last of the posters. Actually, the past posters doesn't seem to have drawn alot of attention to them... Even with the use of bright colors and abstract art, people don't seem to notice them. *sigh* Makes me wonder why I'm putting so much effort into this. Last night, Evonne & I were customising the way information will appear, and towards the end of the night, we were like, whatever la... as long as can see can already. People aren't going to scrutinize it anyway. Oh well... Hopefully I'll finish it by tonight so I can have time for tomorrow's activities. =)

And hopefully they'll accept my t-shirt design, or if they don't, just require some minor changes that won't be too hard. Then I just need to think of a simple yet attractive logo for the front and I'm done. Haha!

Lalala! I feel bad for collecting pay without doing much. But there's nothing much I can do if they don't have work for me...

*sigh*

K la, I shall go think of what I require for the cheapest completion of the poster...

Toodles!

Oh yes...

HAPPY 1ST SESSION OCF!!! Wish I were there... =)

Love me if you dare... 16:42
0 thoughts on this post

----------------------------------------

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Dream job?

It's funny how when you get down to thinking really hard about careers that you discover that, maybe there really isn't such a thing as a dream job... Maybe you get a job that you really love, and you're enthusiastic about it, and you do your best and be amazed everyday for various (maybe insignificant) reasons. But how long can you stay like that for? Every job has an interest life span... even if you love that job very very very much, there will come a day when going to work is a chore and you wished u had another job, which at that time would've seemed like what you really would like to do. And it's the same with every job. Why does the grass always look greener on the other side after awhile?

Tuesday, I had the Bible Explained class with Tiffany. And it's funny how Rev Benson just happened to mention career choices, GOD's will in our lives and our obedience. He said something like this:

"Sometimes you wonder where or what GOD wants you to work as. Let's say you're faced with 2 jobs, and you begin to wonder which is the one GOD wants you to go. So you pray very hard everyday but it seems like GOD isn't giving you an answer. And then you grow tired and say GOD isn't listening to your prayers. But why can't it be that either option is equally viable, and what's important is that in whichever career you choose, you honour GOD in what you do. That is what GOD wants."

I think GOD really is amazing... how HE works through others in your lives... even those whom you aren't even close to... sometimes even strangers! Well, I get the message now. It's not where I am... it's how I work... But I still need to know where to go right?

Looking at the list of jobs that I applied for, not considering location and all, I would wanna work at the Australian National Insect Collection... maybe not as a manager, but working with curation and preservation, maybe sometimes even bug-hunting. Identification isn't that bad either... so yeah... that'd be nice. Actually, if I can do that at Sentosa's Insect Kingdom, I also wouldn't mind. Haha! Just that most Singaporeans, well, most people actually, have their hairs standing on end when they go close to one... and they really can't be bothered by what they can't usually see... so, Singapore probably is out on that one.

I wouldn't mind working at TMSI too! The Marine Parasitology course at UQ has spiked my interest in marine parasitology. If you guys had just experienced the course at Heron Island, the labwork, the observation, acquisition, and identification of the parasites in the fishes... like, wow! And "wow" isn't even adequate. I can't begin to describe the amazement and wonder... Right now, I just feel like "whee-ing" and "woo-ing" and "ahh-ing"... hahaha!

Wah seh, I can actually get high talking about the jobs I want to do and wish to be doing. Maybe I should email Tom Cribb to ask for recommendations for parasitology jobs. *grin* No, actually, I'll just send him and email about the recent trip to Heron Island! Mas totally enjoyed herself during the course... =)

Oh, obviously, you can see that I've got nothing to do today... haha! Gavin & MC are doing what I can't do... so... well, if they need some administrative help, I'm here for them. If only my computer lets me surf Clubsnap...

Love me if you dare... 16:28
0 thoughts on this post

----------------------------------------

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Damn post...

I had thought that my next post would be a happy one, with pictures of various birthday celebrations. I guess that will have to be a belated post since I'm blogging from my office and there are things that are more insistent in life than birthday blogs...

Last night, I searched in 11 places but only sent 5 resumes out.

-Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia

-CSIRO, Australian Insect Collection Manager, Canberra, Australia

-BioTest Laborotaries Pty Ltd, Australia

-Some insect education place near the Gold Coast, Australia

-Insect lab technician at University of Melbourne, Australia

-Some place in Sydney but they only want PhDs, Australia

-Sentosa (for the Insect Kingdom), Singapore

-NUS, Tropical Marine Science Institute, Singapore

-National Environment Agency, Singapore

-NTU, Biological Science faculty, Singapore

-A*Star, Singapore

5 I sent to: CSIRO, BioTest, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sentosa.

Tell me where else can I find something that I'm passionate about? Sungei Buloh, maybe? Yes, I will try that tonight.

Ok, I shall go lunch first...

[gone for lunch - free mee siam!!!]

Ok! I'm back! Hahaha! Oh my... Office lunch-ins have got to be the best time of the working day... at least for people like me. I sat at the table with Auntie Cat and some other ladies... I-Ning, Jac, Sherry, Claudia, etc etc... haha! Some of them I don't even know their names! But they were gossiping and complaining about their bosses and what they do, and all the nicknames start coming out... and the ego of some poeple, and their bragging and all... oh my! And even though I have got no clue who they were talking about, it was too funny not to laugh! I guess that's my perk for today! Haha! Wish you were here to hear them. =)

Ok, back to my lamenting. I was saying I don't know where else to look for a full-time job.

Before lunch, I had a talk with our HR, and she advised that I should consider going full-time in the banking sector since it's where the most money comes and all, and considering the plight of my family, I need to start saving money in my bank accounts as well as in my CPF... which is very true... and which is very unnerving. And finally, someone agrees that I'm old... I mean, like, everywhere I go, people tell me things like, "Aiyah, nevermind la. You're still young. Take your time to find the job you want." Unless they were being sarcastic, I think they've all missed the practical side of life in Singapore. Sure, when you're young and healthy, such things are easily dismissed. What happens if you get older and have no savings for medical expenses and food even? Who are you going to be a burden to?

Maybe you can say I don't have faith enough to take things as they come. Well, I can tell you this: I believe I do have the faith to take things as they come. But when I start dying young and start living by a strand of thread, don't take me as a burden. And neither will I drag anyone down by marrying them or what... If I suffer, I suffer alone.

*ahem* Sounds like I'm taking things abit far. Haha! Oh wells... I shall just continue to search slowly... 10 applications a day.

Oh shit! I need to finish the poster tonight if I want to dine out tomorrow!

And I think it's time to change my blogskin...

And I want an infrared camera... *whines*

And, should I repair my Olympus lens cap so that it closes back properly after I turn it off? Not more than $76, the price of repair. But then it doesn't impede my photography leh... I cannot justify the $76. I'd rather buy an infrared camera...

And I need to go out to shoot the lil' critters again... and soon! Otherwise, I shall be smothered by passionless labour, or laziness, or worse! TV! GAH!!!

I should start exercising too... Stupid IPPT... cannot even get a silver. How can this happen to me?! I have NEVER gotten less than a silver... NEVER EVER in my LIFE!!! Shit! *pui!*

Ok... enough randomness. This weekend shall be my passion weekend. Maybe I'll top it off with a passionfruit ice-blended and shoot the pearls at people. Woohoo!

Love me if you dare... 12:20
0 thoughts on this post

----------------------------------------

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Miscellaneous

Haha! I just heard on the radio:

When Extreme released the album "Extreme II: Pornograffiti" in 1990 with the song "More than Words" in it, everyone who heard it fell in love with it - the young, the old, the punks, whoever, wherever - and went to buy the album expecting more of this ballad-style music. Unfortunately, all they heard were hard-rock music, signature of the band. These people who bought the albums then went in HORDES back to music stores to demand a refund or some sort. Hahaha!

Well... just some music trivia. I think I'd be glad buying the Westlife album instead. Haha!

I have another camera on my wishlist. Unfortunately, not counting the red packets I've received thus far, I've already busted my budget before my next pay. =( Then again, some people still owe me money, and I have yet to neutralize my "losses" from giving ang baos to my grandpa, godpa, and godma. Maybe I still have a little bit more to go before I really bust my budget.

Then again, I haven't really been scrimping. Last Saturday saw me spending $70 on 1 set of 2 remote controlled helicopters that can shoot each other down - provided, of course, you learn how to control and manouvre the little bugger to your will first. Haha!

Anyways, about the camera, I guess that really is secondary and I have to try my best to go against my passion to not get it... *poo* =(

*sigh*

Oh wells, back to work! I have 58 files to research by 2 weeks! Shite!

Oh! I've been catching up abit with Fen on MSN after a birthday wish on her thought-to-be-defunct Yahoo! Mail. I really miss her. Haha! And chatting with her brings me back to my poly days... when we were all so (well, pretty) carefree. But now, she's doing her PhD already k! See how much time army has wasted? *tsk tsk* And I have to miss my Bible Explained class tonight coz of IPPT... What the heck...

Love me if you dare... 13:40
0 thoughts on this post

----------------------------------------