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[saya22]

“…retail will survive, as it must, because there are enough of us out there who do - for one or two years, sometimes ten, twenty, or thirty - veer from the path of what we in the book trade call “real jobs.” For the health of bookstores, there are enough of us who ignore the sign in the window: Help wanted. Low pay, few or no benefits, questionable

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[mylittlecthulhu]

Eeeee where are you/will you be working?

[mylittlecthulhu]

And I'm about to quit next year, too :p

[saya22]

MPH! They want me to work at the new outlet they'll be opening in Nu Sentral (the new mall near KL Sentral) so for now I'm temporarily placed at MPH Midvalley =DDD I'll be Senior Exec in Retail Div, which means I get to order books! YAY! Come and visit me when you have time, we can have lunch together!

You're quitting? Man the person who takes your place will have some seriously huge shoes to fill in, seriously. Where will you be going? Or are you going to concentrate on your PhD?

[mylittlecthulhu]

YAY! (Although, lemme tell you, I heard that MPH don't get bonuses, so check that out?)

So you can hang out with Shida since she's at Gardens, cool.

I might do something unrelated for a year, while applying for phd.

[saya22]

I'll check that out, although they gave me the salary I requested so I'm cool with that for now.

I hope you apply for that job, at the Japanese diplomacy I think? It totally suits you from the job description you gave me last time.

[mylittlecthulhu]

Well, if you're happy with the salary, then good :D

Not taking that job, unfortunately, because the deadline's passed. I couldn't take it because I can only leave Kino in January, after bonus.

I might actually start teaching >.

[saya22]

Since they give me exactly the salary I asked for I'm definitely happy about it heheh

Yep, always leave after bonus is securely inside your account. Oooh, which college/uni will you be applying?

[mylittlecthulhu]

Have you already got Dodger btw? It won't be in our Christmas list, but Pratchett's short story collection will be.

Trying for a few Japanese schools. Failing that, probably NUS. My mom wants me to try for UK schools but I'm not keen on being so far away from Japan so near to Arashi's 15th anniversary, so they're in my backup plans.

[saya22]

Haven't bought Dodger yet because I'm ridiculously broke from unemployment, but rest assured once I got my first paycheck I will buy Dodger, A Blink of a Screen (totally gonna buy that from Kino) AND Compleat Ankh-Morpork Guide. Oh and also Struck by Lightning: A Philip Carson Journal as well =DDDD

You'll make a great Japanese language lecturer, I know that for sure, I've seen you teach Kino staff before and your teaching is easy to understand, so yep go for it!