forsaking all other... jobs
Hello, i come with good news and bad news.
A week after i took the SPH writing exercise, i got an email reply that informed that i 'cleared the writing exercise'. yayness. i lol-ed. such happiness comes very rarely.
the swell of happiness that comes from discovering you did well at school or got accepted for something. so i treasure these spurts of emotion cos they are rare. So thank God.
they are offering temporary employment at either my paper, stomp or razor tv.
:)
However, today i also lost my tuition job. after tuition today, sy's guardian came into the room, said she wanted to 'talk to me' and said they were stopping tuition. cos she's been too busy with school.
ah. i think i saw it coming.
In january, she reduced tuition to once a week, on top of adding SAT writing lessons to her schedule (which makes my el tuition redundant). yet back then she even asked me when i graduate and even when i find a job, would i still be able to teach her just once a week at least cos sy is comfortable with me.
hmm.. and even though in the past few weeks, though i had an inkling that the end was near, what she told me in january kinda made me complacent towards the possibility that i won't be teaching much longer.
So one good thing but one bad thing.
***
I wonder if the real reason is cos my teaching not gd enough. isaac told me a whole year ago when i first started, tt the guardian was strict abt tutors and if she didn't like any, or think they weren't good enough, she'd just tell them 'we don't need you anymore'. This story also stuck with me. now i wonder if i am such a case.
Anyway, i gotta look for other means to fund my ballet now.
Maybe this release from tuition is somewhat timely because the next few wks i forsee is gonna suck my life dry. altho actually, i don't think the extra few hours on saturday morn/afternoon wld help me much in clearing my work. we shall see. God has his ways.
***
Back to the job hunt. well i also have my eyes set on NAC cos it's afterall the national arts body in Singapore. tho they currently haven't replied my inquiry.
As for which temp position to choose at sph, my heart has already started day-dreaming about razor tv, altho my sis's advice is to go for mypaper cos 'written is more credible and will look good on your resume'.
so do i go with 'a first job tt's very fun' (u should see e video clips on razor tv. and the presenter's personal intro clips) or remain focused on 'building a portfolio' cos tt's what matters when it comes to future job prospects.
mypaper wld of course involve the usual thing of being a reporter and writing news articles (Which isn't my forte (yet).)
****
The reality of employers being kind enough to feedback, means i am really in the process of going out into the career jungle.
time to really settle down and make sure i am going into a dream career, something i always wanted.
So if i settle for sph, that means bye bye NAFA, bye bye dance education. (but not bye bye dancer, because i am determined to stick to my guns and plonk my arse at where i dance for a long long time to come :) )
Anyway, one piece of advice i will stick to as i am at the crossroad of my life again was what swee told me:
" Hey girl, next time you really got to make sure you really like and want something when you make your choice ok? Don't always go for what you think is good for others, or what people tell you. You have to make your own choice."
(ok la, paraphrase, this is the gist).
four years at ntu, i found i wasn't very good at.
it's time to follow my heart and finally be good.
time to go back to my neighbourhood roots and at least be myself there. to go razor tv and be a crappy person.
(if end up my voice really sucks for presenting and i can't handle, then it's one more thing i can learn about myself. i nv tried broadcast in sch cos i didn't wanna do editing and be pressured by the grades. but now tt i think a chance has popped up, i shld go and try this 'appearing on screen thing'?)
Sorry la. i know very bimbo. ( haha wait till i talk about my next Bimbo job option my eyes are also on)
lastly, i quote 'Goals are dreams with a deadline'
A week after i took the SPH writing exercise, i got an email reply that informed that i 'cleared the writing exercise'. yayness. i lol-ed. such happiness comes very rarely.
the swell of happiness that comes from discovering you did well at school or got accepted for something. so i treasure these spurts of emotion cos they are rare. So thank God.
they are offering temporary employment at either my paper, stomp or razor tv.
:)
However, today i also lost my tuition job. after tuition today, sy's guardian came into the room, said she wanted to 'talk to me' and said they were stopping tuition. cos she's been too busy with school.
ah. i think i saw it coming.
In january, she reduced tuition to once a week, on top of adding SAT writing lessons to her schedule (which makes my el tuition redundant). yet back then she even asked me when i graduate and even when i find a job, would i still be able to teach her just once a week at least cos sy is comfortable with me.
hmm.. and even though in the past few weeks, though i had an inkling that the end was near, what she told me in january kinda made me complacent towards the possibility that i won't be teaching much longer.
So one good thing but one bad thing.
***
I wonder if the real reason is cos my teaching not gd enough. isaac told me a whole year ago when i first started, tt the guardian was strict abt tutors and if she didn't like any, or think they weren't good enough, she'd just tell them 'we don't need you anymore'. This story also stuck with me. now i wonder if i am such a case.
Anyway, i gotta look for other means to fund my ballet now.
Maybe this release from tuition is somewhat timely because the next few wks i forsee is gonna suck my life dry. altho actually, i don't think the extra few hours on saturday morn/afternoon wld help me much in clearing my work. we shall see. God has his ways.
***
Back to the job hunt. well i also have my eyes set on NAC cos it's afterall the national arts body in Singapore. tho they currently haven't replied my inquiry.
As for which temp position to choose at sph, my heart has already started day-dreaming about razor tv, altho my sis's advice is to go for mypaper cos 'written is more credible and will look good on your resume'.
so do i go with 'a first job tt's very fun' (u should see e video clips on razor tv. and the presenter's personal intro clips) or remain focused on 'building a portfolio' cos tt's what matters when it comes to future job prospects.
mypaper wld of course involve the usual thing of being a reporter and writing news articles (Which isn't my forte (yet).)
****
The reality of employers being kind enough to feedback, means i am really in the process of going out into the career jungle.
time to really settle down and make sure i am going into a dream career, something i always wanted.
So if i settle for sph, that means bye bye NAFA, bye bye dance education. (but not bye bye dancer, because i am determined to stick to my guns and plonk my arse at where i dance for a long long time to come :) )
Anyway, one piece of advice i will stick to as i am at the crossroad of my life again was what swee told me:
" Hey girl, next time you really got to make sure you really like and want something when you make your choice ok? Don't always go for what you think is good for others, or what people tell you. You have to make your own choice."
(ok la, paraphrase, this is the gist).
four years at ntu, i found i wasn't very good at.
it's time to follow my heart and finally be good.
time to go back to my neighbourhood roots and at least be myself there. to go razor tv and be a crappy person.
(if end up my voice really sucks for presenting and i can't handle, then it's one more thing i can learn about myself. i nv tried broadcast in sch cos i didn't wanna do editing and be pressured by the grades. but now tt i think a chance has popped up, i shld go and try this 'appearing on screen thing'?)
Sorry la. i know very bimbo. ( haha wait till i talk about my next Bimbo job option my eyes are also on)
lastly, i quote 'Goals are dreams with a deadline'