So boring!

Every day after work I come home and don't know what to do. I have no entertainment.
I finish bathing and eating by 8.15, so I have about 4 hours before I sleep. And I don't know what to do in those 4 hours.
I was thinking of playing WoW retail version, but I don't think I will have the commitment to play it all the way. No point playing.

Here are a few suggestions on what I can do in my leisure time.
1. Buy a TV in my room.
2. Buy a PS3.
3. Buy both :D
4. Get a hobby like sewing or [insert hobby] etc
5. Read

Anymore? I really can't think of any. Please help!

Bad news!

1st setback:
On Friday, I took a bus to the MRT station with a colleague. He strongly believe that the company will not give me a job after the 6 months. Not because I am inadequate or not good enough, but the department I work for is one that is fit for high position managers etc.

I agree that the department is filled with capable people (i.e they know 4 languages and have Masters and their excel is superb), so I felt very discouraged when I heard that. So, I told him that its ok if I'm not hired in the same department, as I would not mine being in another department. However, he have to break my heart again by saying that the headcount has frozen and they are actually cutting back.

I guess I have to believe what my boss says that if I work hard, impress and the economy improve such that the company needs to hire, they will hire me. Fighting!

2nd setback:
About a month ago, the company wanted to hire me but wanted to have some assurances that I could defer my reservice. The army on the other hand wanted to have some assurances that I would definitely be hired. As both parties needed some assurances, I found it hard to please both. Eventually, the company decided to trust me, hire me and gave me the relevant documents I would need to defer.
However, I found out that in order to be successful for deferring under "New Employment", the job has to be in the 1st 3 months!
I was hired on the 24th June and my reservice is on the 19th October, making it 3.5 months! I am now very very worried that I won't be able to defer my reservice, thus lowering my chance of being hired.

I really hope that the army can open their eyes and for once, don't be so rigid in making decisions. Hope they consider the economy and the job market before making a decision. Wish me luck. Fighting!

On a lighter note, I was intro to this show called We Got Married. Its a reality show where two people have a fake marriage and live together for a few months. Its a very funny show and I kept laughing throughout.
I am also in love with this girl call Hwang Bo. =)

She does not have the typical cute or pretty face but I find her very attractive. She is a bit tom boyish and very sporting. I love her laughter and it is very infectious. On top of that, she knows how to cook and sew! Very ideal wife!
There are so many plus points to her side that I think she is my dream girl. The kind of girl I like. Hope Limin is reading =X
Fighting!

My job

I am currently working in Allianz as an intern in the Property & Casualty Regional Department.
The Allianz branch I'm working in is more of a regional HQ rather than a company selling products. It means that in Allianz in other countries and in Singapore do their work and send the accounts, info etc to the HQ. There the data is tabulated and assessed. I'm working in the HQ.

As it is the HQ, there are many top bosses working there. I am very impressed by the top bosses. Most of them including the caucasians, know at least 4 languages. English, Chinese, Japanese and Mandarin. They are frequently not around as they are in meetings or overseas attending meetings.
Additionally, they are well-skilled in IT. Some of the excel spreadsheets they churn out are fantastic.
I'm thinking of taking a course in MS Excel to be a master too.

My duties include,
1. Monthly reports
2. Compiling of data for strategic dialogues
3. Market research for China
4. Economic research
5. Some secretary duties

These duties might seem easy at first sight, but it really is a step up from a temp job. Alot of things I have to learn myself and google to find out. The use of terms is also very foreign to me. For example, from the monthly reports, I have to write stating what cause profits to be higher or give reasons why the dip in premiums is due to the economy etc.
As I'm still very new, I can't crap on these things.

Although it has been tough to adapt so far, I really hope that they will keep giving me new things to do, as it has been quite boring for the first 2 days. I hope things will start to pick up and I will learn and able to apply it to my work.
If you study very hard, you will certainly enjoy the exam as you can answer every question. If you don't study, you will go to the exam and come out feeling like shit. Thats the analogy.
So, wish me luck and hope I will be able to pick up the pace. Already I am starting to learn the acronyms such as CAGR, PICC, GWP etc.

If you wish to chit chat, please email me at lim.yuan.wei@allianz.com.sg. I will be there =)

Holiday!

Leaving for Australia tonight @ 9.45pm!
Will be back on the 18th June.

Anyway I woke up at 9am today and received the call that I have been accepted into the internship. Its an insurance company and the salary is 1.8k.
Its not sales, but its more of an operations role. The head of department even told me that there might be a chance that I can go to Germany!
Quite excited about it :)

I told them I will be ready to start on the 21th June. So I guess when I come back from Australia, I can start to get ready. However, I asked them if I am offered a job during the internship, will I be able to accept it. The HR lady told me that she needed to talk to the head regarding this and get back to me. Think I scared her!

So what do you guys think?
Its a job that I wanted and its what I want to do, but the main drawback is its an internship that has no guarantee that I will be hired.
If you were offered this kind of job, will you accept it?

Job search

I woke up this morning because of a phone call and surprise surprise, it was UOB. They were willing to interview me for this Management Graduate Program. I scheduled it on 19th June as I will be back on the 18th June.
So exciting!

I don't really know the job scope of this Management Graduate Program yet, and I am going to be really cautious. I will be ruthless and fight for the job scope that I want. What's the point of working if you are not happy with your work?

I'm also going to call the insurance company and inform them that I will be going on holiday, so I would need a decision from them asap. I forgot to ask them in depth what my job scope will be like, and I only got a short overview of it. I will learn my lesson and bombard this UOB interviewer with 100 questions.

Anybody want anything from Australia?

I also have been watching this drama recently. Introduced by Limin.
Its F4!
Limin is crazy over the 3rd guy from left. But I think the last guy looks better. Although his yellow hair sucks.
There are lots of pretty girls in this drama too, and its definitely much better than the Taiwan version.
I like this model cos her boobs are big! A pity she only appear in a few episodes.
Next time, I'm going to come up with my own version of F4. I think this kind of story can earn big bucks.