Business...

When it come down to business, everythings tok abt money n profits. So when u do anything for ur work, dun make any mistakes, coz one is too much n can cost u deadly to pay. Recebtly ur company meet such situation. A client came to us , want us to design n print two huge banners, size a abt 5m plus by 5m plus... They will provide the graphics n we need to print 2 of tat size banners for them. After so many times (i believe is 3-4 times) of proofing, we show many crop actual n samples to them for their approval. They make changes to the color, layout blah blah blah... and when everything is finally finalise, we get their approval then send for actual printing. Do u hve any idea how big tat banner is, there is impossible to find a printer tat is 5m long so tat they can print the banner one straight go. We need to tile the design into three to print out the design. Then we will use durable n strong thread to sew them together. Do u hve any idea how much work n effort is required to do such a big banner task. When everything is done, we sent the banners out for installation. Upon fixing the banner up, the client found something wrong n call to bring down the banner n reject back. They realised tat the two banners, one got logo, the other dun hve. And oso the banner wif logo, the logo word is wrong oso, should hve a E at the back... Tis create some confusion n tension to the production plp. Coz they r the one carrying tat stupid heavy banner n install, n hve to remove it when the client reject it. Ur sales colleague immediately call back to ur graphics n wan us to check whether isit ur graphics team side tat forget to add the logo blah blah blah... if it is reali ur mistake, we will become a sin in the company. So we immediately dig back ur proof copies tat we sent to ur client previously. For every proof we send to ur client, we printed two copies. One is for the client to keep, while the other is kept by us. We dig back these proof n found tat since the first time tat we send the proof to the client to see, their logo is alreali wrong, yet they did not realise it n call us to make changes. When everything is finalise, product is printed n installed, then they say logo is wrong. Tis is ridiculous, n is so obivous who is at fault. They oso try to push the blame by saying tat the color is oso wrong, not the color tat we approve. How my boss will settle tis client, is up to him to decide. I here can onli urge my frenz. Those working, pls be alert n dun make any mistakes tat can cause ur company to suffer great loss.

Haha... If u see my previous blog entry, u noe tat now i am doing a NUS banner. I "chong" everything to be done today, n printed out tat huge banner in the morning. The other big smaller banners, oso part of the NUS job, is not handed to me. So i believe tat my tis weekend is saved. No OT for me to do in tis holiday seasons.
New Year round the corner. Okie, i will wait till tmr then i greet everyone wif my New Year Seasons Greetings... (^_^)

Good Job Jinshan........

Today i am pretty busying. The whole morning until 2pm, I am busying wif NUS banner design. It is a 6m by 4m banner. Initially they send us a veri veri low quality picture, expected us to print it into a such big banner. Impossible, so we reject their pic n ask them to give us a better pic. My sales colleague says her client is rushing her to see the proof liao, so basically my whole morning i help to do her proof. The stupid freehand file the NUS give us, is pretty small file size, but wif over hundreds MB of embedded links inside, causing mi to take a long time to extract their links one by one n to reorganise them again in a new freehand file. Now the file they send to us is pretty "complicated" or should i say is veri messy on their way of doing these links. It cause mi to transfer from one MAC to another juz to extract their links out. Stupid. Anyway, since my sales colleague urgently need tis to show to her client, i rush the whole morning for her so tat she has something to show to her client in the afternoon. I do do do until 2pm be4 i finally go for my lunch break. Haiz.

After tat... blah blah blah... she call back at the evening saying tat her client approve on the proof we show to them n can proceed wif the actual. Then she ask mi if we can send the job out for installation anot on Monday, meaning, i who is the one doing the graphics, can i be able to print tis 6m by 4m banner for her in the weekends. Hearing tat, i juz feel tat i am using a BIG stone to hit ontp my own toes. New Year seasons yet i hve to come back to company to work. Haiz... dunno wat my head talk to her n how they arrange. See how first they will do to my tis weekends. Haiz.

Then the whole afternoon, i help to do tis n tat. Onli until evening, near the time to go back home. Another sales colleague bring in another of her job. Her previous proof is done by mi, so naturally her tis job shall be carried on by mi. She ask mi to make changes to the pic, n to add some texts into the content. Blah blah blah of changes. And tis time, i am printing onto another material, using different settings, so i need to internally print a sample for her to see wif the colors, be4 i print another proof wif the changes she mention to mi, as stated by her client. Changes to the color, changes to the picture to make them darker, coz tis design will be placing on a light box, changes to the layout, changes to the content... blah blah blah... Anyway, be4 she leave for home, i get her approval for the changes she made n show her samples. Then i carried on to make the changes n save it, crop it to make the proof n printed it out. By the time i finish, it is near to 10pm liao... Veri late, but at least i get the job done feeling satisfied. Everyone, help mi pray hard for my tis weekend time. I reali dun wan to work tis weekend when other plp is enjoying the holiday seasons. Haiz...

Wow... suppose to be a relax day for mi today... but it ended up as a busy day...

I tink i hvn't update my blog for quite some days liao... so i will back trace my blog into past few days events...

On 24th nitz... the time near to 2004 Xmas, i am watching a show wif 4 of my frenz at Bishan Junction 8. The show is Kungfu Hustle... a lame n funny show, acted by Stephen Chow. The ads i see in TV, seems funny, but when i watch it at the cinema, those sences is not the funniest part. There r many scenes tat r more funny. Like the scene Stephen Chow kana stab by knife three times, then kana chase by the landlord, one slide under the bus, while the other twist her body "gracefully" above the bus... haha... the effects done n use is veri good...

Trust mi it is a good show. But... if u dun like Kungfu show, then i doubt u will like the show...

After the show, we went to a roti prata shop at upper thosom road there to drink coffee n to talk talk until the nitz is late. We watch the show at 21:50(but it started at onli 22:15), n ended at ard 23:40. We reach the coffee shop at ard midnitz n chat all the way until 3++am... The frenz i am wif, r Kit, Weijie, Weifu n Yongming. Kongseng later join in as well... Quite a nitz to talk so much after all of us hve left ur camp liao... A special n good christmas eve n christmas day for mi... (^_^)

On Saturday, 25th December, i stay whole day at home. Damn tired... I dun intend to go out on tis day, coz the next day, I'm going for a BBQ party organise by my frenz... So i need rest.

Then it comes to Sunday... We(meaning my camp mates) arrange to meet at Weijie's house for BBQ. Each of us will bring a food for his pot luck... We ended up wif a lot of food to eat at there... Like Mee hoon, Pizzas(contribute by mi, Hongcheng n Yihao), Soft drinks, Satay, Otah, Chicken Wings, Crab Sticks, Sauseages, Cakes, Ice Cream, Curry Chicken & Curry, Bread for curry, Siu Mai(contribute by Sng), Sushi, Voka Drink, Hotdogs, Pandan Cheese Cake... etc...

A lot of food to eat as lunch n dinner. I oso play a marjong session wif my frenz, which one of them is Weijie's frenz, Phoebie, a pretty n nice girl. Haha... lose a little at the marjong session. No problem for mi.

One lucky thing is tat we didn't toss alcohol at tat day, coz i hve to work on the following day. Oso, this BBQ is oso part of my good memories for my 2004 Xmas day Seasons...

As for today... i tot will be a busy day. But it ended to be a relaxing day for mi. Coz my supervisor, head of my graphics team, is not here. So not much jobs is passed into my hands. I leave at sightly past 6pm today. A lobo day indeed.

I tot i came home n can surf net until time to sleep... Wow... such surfing hours i hve not done for long ever since i start working liao. But, when i start my computer n try to access my internet, it prompt some sort of internet configuration problem... Click here n there n i still can't fix it... so i ended up formatting my computer... Haha... like tat i waste almoz 3 hrs format n reinstalling my softwares... Haiz... When i finally get my computer back to my previous condition, it is already 2300hrs liao... Haiz...

I hope tmr will oso be a relax day for mi... I noe there r some jobs tat i am waiting hve not reach to my hands yet. So i expect to receive them by tmr... Juz hope tat i do a quick job tmr...

5 more days to New Year 2005...
Mi, Jiro/Jinshan/Ronald, wish everyone here a early New Year Day.

MY ADVERTISING PAGE

Name : Kuik Jinshan
Occupation : Graphic Layout Artist
Company : Universal Display Pte Ltd

My LoBang Advertisement

If anyone has any lobang, like printing banners, standees, A1 size or bigger posters, Lamp-post banners, montage, window display stickers, bus body stickers, seasons banners, creating signboards... etc... pls find mi. I can refer u to my colleague(a gal) who is in the Sales Department to provide ur company services to u. Do take note tat ur company onli handles job tat is either big in sizes, or huge in quantity. Do not worry, i, who is acting as the center man, will not earn any commission half way. Do not worry, if u hve any small scale design tat is looking for printing company to print, i can oso direct u to a frenz of mine who is working as a DTP, to assist u to print ur stuffs. Dun worry, standard n normal prices will onli be charge on u. I will not earn any comission thru out.

For example if u intend to ask for ur services to create a banner, it is best if u can provide us a sample font(on hard copy)tat u will like to use it for ur text, give us ur color scheme, n if u wan to add some graphics into the design, pls give us a 300 dpi resolution picture, dimension should be big. If u hve a logo to be insert, pls give us ur logo picture. We r able to trace it out, n give u a color bar, for u to pick the closest color tat u wan ur logo colors to be. All artworks tat u give us, it is best tat u save it in TIFF file, so tat we r able to give u back the 100% quality of ur picture on the banner.

Regardling the prices charged on the type of job, sorri i do not noe. Coz these prices onli the plp from Sales Department noes, i myself who is in Graphics Department do not noe anything abt tis. Tat y, if u hve any lobang for mi, pls call mi so tat i will direct u and ur job to my Sales colleague. She will be able to give u a more detailed info on the condition of tis sales to u. I myself shall help out to create the designs. Thx.

So to all plp, if u urself have anything tat may requires my company printing facilities, or if the company tat u r working wans to design n print something, pls direct tis lobang to me n my company. I deeply thx u. I can guaranteed u tat i will handle ur sales/job myself n do a good job for u.

A Tired Day For Mi, After Working OT On A Sunday...

Today is sunday, i did not go out, i ended himself working OT in my company. Many things to do today at my company. Printing the TP banners, reprint the Gatsby Banner, and lastly done the job tat my head handed to mi on friday, which the client is supposed to see the proof on tmr morning. I ended up working until 10:25pm at office, reached home at abt 11:30pm(i go outside to take a quick bite on dinner)

At least i finally get my color match correctly be4 leaving office, else i may be "diao" by plp again tmr morning for doing a poor job. Lets see how my situation goes for tmr, coz actually yesterday, be4 i leave my office after work, rush down to Woodlands to meet my frenz, i receive a news from my collegue tat the Vinyl sticker i done for window display, short of something. Meaning i forget to add something into the cutting of the Vinyl sticker, resulting the production plp to do an uncompleted job at the site. Ooops... see how tmr the situation goes...

Yesterday i came home late, feeling veri tired, n oso i am on phone line chatting wif my frenz, thus i dun hve time to update the happening event i hve on Saturday. Yesterday, upon reaching the company, i told my head tat i reali need to rush off work at 1pm sharp, coz i hve program in the afternoon. It was a busy morning yesterday, but i still leave my unfinished work for today n juz leave the company sharp at 1pm. I rush down to Woodlands to meet my frenz. We planned to make a one-day trip to Johor in Malaysia.

I exchange Singapore $40 into Malaysia currency. At first i tot tat amt seens like veri little, but my frenz insist tat is a lot liao. Anyway, i do not noe the market value of the currency there. So no issue for mi to exchange how much to go there. The time we spend on bus journey to there, is like ultimately long. The bus queue is so long. Upon reaching Malaysia, we made ur way to a shopping centre(forget the name liao, coz the way is all along led by my frenz, thus i dun reali bother to remember the name of the places tat we visited). The place, the goods sold there, as compared to Singapore, the prices are more or less the same as seen in Singapore. Thus, i didn't reali buy anything at the shopping centre. Then we took another cab(cab fare RM$5) to dunno where again. The whole place sell mostly is pirated CDs, for games, animes, movies etc... The shop is railings down, with at least two plp standing outside, asking customers to come inside to visit their shop. Wow... wat if tat shop is a black shop, once u go in, they pull down the railing n rob u, haha... At tis shopping centre, i bought some snacks to be brought back to Singapore. After some browsing at the shopping centre, we took cab(cab fare RM$4) again to dunno wat place, a place wif many restaurants along the street. Basically we went there for ur dinner. Wow, we ordered many food there. It is a pretty high class restaurant if u compare it wif the others along the street. We altogether ordered 7 dishes of food. Sweet n Sour Spare Ribs, Big Stalk Ka Nan, Deer Meat, Fried Onion Egg, Big Steamed Fish, Big Prawn wif Bread Crumbs(Reali veri big) n lastly Chili Crab(4 veri veri big crabs)... Guess altogether we spend how much for tat meal? It is RM$290, converted to Singapore money is around S$130. Ur head count is 8 person, meaning each of us pay around S$16. Wow, consider cheap if u compare tis price wif Singapore restaurant. Everyone of us eat until we r so full. After the meal, we make ur way back Singapore. Again, we spent most of ur time at tehe custom, queueing n waiting for bus. A wonderful trip indeed. I go in wif RM$90, n i returned back Singapore wif RM$35. Nvmind, leave it wif mi for the next trip to Malaysia.

We reach Singapore at around 10pm, n i reached home at abt 11pm. Tired. On my way back home, my frenz to mi n i told him i will call back to him when i reach home etc... After i bathe blah blah blah... then i call back to him. Surprise tat he catually found himself a work which is DTP(Desktop Publishing). Last week, he juz told me tat printing field is a declining market n hve no prospect. Now he is working into tis related field n he find tis as a veri good market. He says he intend to set up his own company at the age of 28 at the west area. Firstly he needs capital, next he need plp wif the skills n knowledge in tis field to cooperate wif him to set up tis company... Wow, as for mi, tis tinking is still too far. I do see myself earning my first $10 000 in three years time. But as for the money to set up a company, it is still too little. Anyway, now i am still veri empty without skills, i need to work into various fields to gain more experience be4 seriously tinking wat to do in future. Oso, best is tat to take tis time noeing many clients so tat when next time u set up company, they can be ur first batch of clients...

Okie... tok so much liao, the time is late, i need to sleep liao. Tmr still hve work to go to. Need a good rest now.(-_-)sleeping face.

Poor Mood Of The Day...

My mood is veri veri veri veri bad today... A lot of things happen to mi since morning i reach to the office... A LOT... The feeling is like a bit of frustrated, a bit of anger, a bit of impatience, a bit of eagerness, a bit of craziness, a bit of sorriness ... blah blah blah all add up... so compilcated... tat i can hardly describe...

Early morning kana "diao" by my head liao... for messing up one job after so much i hve done for coloring match yesterday, yet i still make mistake. I muz agree i am at fault here. I do wan to get my things done yesterday by printing my designs out be4 i leave. If i find the colors or sure i say i use the wrong match, which is wrong, i will definitely change be4 i leave. Yet yesterday the whole department cum production team is rushing to produce out the designs( X infinity) on Addias, which the queue to print the Addias designs to so long tat mine, which is of less urgent, hve to be schedule the last to print. I hve stay until 10:20pm yesterday to rush for my Shiseido design, n i reach home @ 11pm. Even though i stay so late, i oso dun get the chance to print my stuff n check for the color. Reali veri piss off in the morning. I reach the company so early n has to start job so early. Okie, i admit is my fault for messing up the designs, coz i get distracted veri easily n may set the wrong settings. Haiz...

After tat more cock ups happen, which i dun feel like wan to say here. All i can say is tat after the thing happen, i juz get stunned. I am doing two jobs concurrently at tat time, n when the thing happen, i became veri blur, n veri stunned doing my things. I even can ask my head a veri stupid question, which clearly shows i am out of focus, lossing concentration. Haiz... veri veri veri veri veri sad.

Yesterday i am so shag tat i did not write anything on my blog. Actually i do not hve the habit of writing everyday. I onli write when something frustrating happen to mi... But now, it seens to mi tat everyday is almoz veri frustrated to mi... Ya, wat i wan to say is tat my tis wkend is gone. Why? All thx to my collegue, which i dun noe where she get the client from, order 300 banners to be out on MONDAY, and the graphics will onli be in by THURSDAY. Yesterday, i am busying doing my things, tat i dun noe tat she is in my department, n is oso using ur department phone to call to customer. I reali dun noe tat she was there, until she put down the phone n shouted "YES", then i realised tat she is there. Then she turned to face my head, and say... "Let mi tell u be4 hand, THERE R 300 BANNERS TO BE OUT ON MONDAY, N THE GRAPHICS WILL ONLI BE IN BY THURSDAY." Stunned. She juz like tat find a BIG customer, we(the graphics team) n the production team oso juz like tat hve to work OT for her job tis wkend. Not joking leh, 300 banners, PVC material. Meaning ur printer, esp for printing PVC material, hve to run continuous over the wkend to rush out her big job on Monday. Haiz... Mood spoil. Luckily tis company got paid high OT pay, if not u will see mi grumble thousand thousand thousand times, tat i am onli collecting them a fixed salary, yet hve to work OT for them so many hours... Haiz...

Anyway, i juz wan to summarise my mood here is tat veri veri veri veri poor... is not tat i dun like my job, is juz tat i feel veri frustrated... The feeling is like a bit of frustrated, a bit of anger, a bit of impatience, a bit of eagerness, a bit of craziness, a bit of sorriness ... blah blah blah all add up... so compilcated... tat i can hardly describe...

Maybe i need to wait until next month in between, wait until i see my bank book wif salary in, then my mood will change for the better... Haiz...

"Sleeping Buddha" no longer hve enough SLEEP liao.

"Sleeping Buddha" no longer hve enough SLEEP liao.
"Sleeping Buddha" no longer hve enough SLEEP liao.
"Sleeping Buddha" no longer hve enough SLEEP liao.

If u happen to see my nickname in msn recently, i being using nicks like tired... blah blah to describe how tired i am ever since i start work.

For thursday i stay back for OT doing n printing my urgent designs. I tot i plan everything perfect liao... who noes the next morning i see, shit, the color is wrong. I tink i made a wrong color selection... die liao, tat is a urgent job tat has to be out on Saturday... So at friday, i stay at office until 10pm to get my job designs printed out. I need to check my color options n configuration is correct be4 i leave. I oso need to double check wif the sales person in charge over the color of the print tat come out. Luckily i did not leave early on Friday, coz when the designs r printed out, for the last design, the bleed can't be seen, thus i need to make changes on the spot n send it ripping n to be printed out. A lot of try-n-error is used to test for the bleed coz the problem does not lies in the design or machine. The problem lies in the material we used, which is not long enough to substain the width of the design. Thus, i need to make changes to my design to make the bleed setting smaller. Real lucky tat i did stay back, coz i hve to make quite some changes n testing to ensure the job is approve by both the production manager n the sales person. Tis job has to be sent out tmr, n there is no time room to be late.

Straight after my job on Friday(until 10pm), i fly straight back home. I eat a little on my mom's dinner be4 i fly out again to meet my frenz in Devils. Tis explains y i am late. We danced until 3am++. I dare not to drink much, coz i dun wan to get myself drunk. Tmr i hve to work again. I don't wan to make mistakes my making wrong color configuration or settings, inputting the wrong value blah blah blah...

As for today which is a Saturday, i onli will hve to work half day. Haiz... I pray hard not to get a collegue of mine's job, coz her's has to be sent out urgently on monday(i believe is a last minute sales). Yesi did not get hers, but i ended up getting my boss's sales, which are to be sent out on next wednesday. When my head explains to me the details, i listen n at the same time look closely at the job sheet. It says tis sales belongs to boss, so i muz do it properly, not to make any mistakes. Then i look at the demensions, it says 3ft by 12ft. My mind immediately tabulate the dimensions into inches value while listening to my head's explanation. Then i look into the details, it says 3 designs 25 pieces altogether. I nearly fainted. I quickly mind-calculate it the dimension. Yesterday, i juz grunbled a design 360++ inches printed be4 mine's design, when my design is to be sent out today. And today, i mean now, i get tis design, which i mind-calculate it, the dimension is 3000++ inches, which has to be printed on PVC material. Fainted. It is such a big scale printing to me. Somemore, the date to send out is wednesday, meaning i die die muz sent to production team for them to fix the installation on Tuesday. Tis oso mean tat i lan lan Monday muz all print out, regardless of wat. Today i stay until 3pm to make sure, double make sure my design is correct. No mistake etc be4 i make my leave. Monday shall be another battle day for me, juz pray n hope Mutoh printer to be in good health n dun play pranster wif mi.

Actually, a long lost contact frenz of mine call mi yesterday(i mean friday), saying to meet mi today at 5pm, when i reach home, it is almoz 4pm liao... Somemore last night i went to Devils, when i reached home, it is 3++am, and when i went to sleep, it is almoz 4am liao. Today i wake up at 7:30am. Haiz... not enough sleep. I take bus 8 to my work sleep. Dunno y, i fell asleep in the bus. When i wake up, i see myself at Ubi Ave2, then i tink does my bus drive pass here. Then i oops, i miss alighting at my bus stop. I overslept liao n miss my bus stop. I immediately drop off at the next stop, cross the over-head brige n take the opposite direction bus to my work place. Haiz. U see how shag i am. Tat y when today i came home from work, i reali feel like sleeping, thus i call to my frenz saying i won't be going down liao. Never mind, we will meet again soon.

Next wk shall oso be a busy wk for me. I juz wan to relax myself tis wkend n sleep as long as i like. Cheers everyone. Happi wkend mood.

For two days i work OT feeling Veri hungry...

Yesterday i work two hours of OT... today i work 3hrs then...
My company used punch card system to record the individual staff on their hours clock for OT. So if i am to work OT, half way go for some makan to fill my stomach, then come back office n carry on OT, i oso dunno how to punch tis punch card... so wat i currently do was, do my stuffs even after 6... carry on until i finish then i punch my card out to go home. Tat is y i get myself starving while working OT... i tot my situation yesterday is alreali veri bad, today even worse... 3hrs OT, work until 9pm, my stomach hungry lah... somemore my mom didn't cook today, so i hve to find myself something to eat at outside be4 returning home. By the time i reach home, it was near to ten.

Tis week is juz onli my first wk, n i started doing OT liao... quite surprised to mi. For today OT, i earn quite some $, abt $28.32(deducted for CPF liao). Okie lah, as long as got $ paid for OT, i dun mind doing lor. I prayed hard tmr better no OT, coz my frenz called mi today saying tmr go "Chiong". So i dun wan to work late again. To the most i work another extra hour of OT can liao.

Back home, i bathe, iron the shirt prepared to wear for next day, then brush my teeth. Actually i hve done everything n prepared to sleep liao, but i juz feel "not right"(direct translated from chinese) for mi to not update my today profile in my blog. Thus i restart my com again to write tis blog. Okie... end here.

My Feel On My Job...

Today is my third day working in Universal Display. I finally get to see all the plp in my department liao. I hve not seen two more plp in my first two days. Today i see liao, n i can say they appear to mi, like veri veri obedient type of plp... These character is not the type like Ah Biang... They r rather soft spoken plp, oso look like helpful n courtesy plp... So i believe i won't hve any problems befriending them in the future...

Today is my first time doing OT there... I can say i am not quite prepare for it, resulting mi to feel veri veri veri hungry at around 7pm... I hve to rush finish proof-actual-crop the designs n send it to print... wow take a long time... n oso the material required to print these design, is like transparency type... the ink printed onto there, takes a LONG time to dry... I stay in the office until 8pm, totally farnished... Luckily my Mom does cook today, so i juz went straight home for dinner, else i still hve to find somewhere outside to hve my dinner... I do 2hr of OT today, meaning i earn extra $$$. Deducting away for CPF, I'm earning a extra money of $18.88(yesterday i make a wrong figure, tis is a new update figure) for today... Hurray...

Although tired, it is still worth it. Keep up the good work, n work hard for tmr, Jiro/Ronald/Jinshan... (^o^) -happi face

First Day In My Job...

Today i my first day for my job...

I start wif some unlucky incidents... I wait up veri early today, much early then the time i set for my alarm. I brush teeth, bath, change my clothes, then set my way to Jalan Toa Payoh(10 minutes walk) to take Bus 8 to my work place. I see myself leaving the house veri early, thus when i reach my workplace building, I still should hve some allowance time to take my breakfast at the coffee shop downstair. HOWEVER, things turn out differently. I reach to my desired bus stop, waiting for my Bus 8 to come... after 5 minutes of waiting, I see Bus 8 arrives, then i wave my hand... then the next thing happen veri fast... it is like 5 seconds fast. The bus juz swift and gone, not even stopping at my bus stop. The whole bus is full of plp, thus the bus driver do not wan to stop at my bus stop. I am stunned... reali reali veri stunned... Then i became worried. Thus i wait anxiously for the next Bus 8 to come. Similarly, the next Bus 8 juz swift n gone, not stopping at my bus stop. My sweatdrop roll down my face. Die liao... I first day report for work, dun tell mi tat i am going to get late for it... So i immediately call to my father, ask him whether he has start working. My father is a Taxi driver, so if he start driving, I will wan him to come to drive me to work now. So i activate my father then. While waiting, the third Bus 8 arrived. Surprisingly, it stop at my bus stop tis time, so i quickly board up the bus and go, call back my father and tell him dun need to come alreali... Tis is reali a close shave situation. I reach my workplace at 9am sharp... I tink for tmr onwards, i may wan to walk to Toa Payoh Interchange to take Bus 8 to my workplace. Like tis is much safer to mi. Haiz... tat means i hve to wake up much earlier tmr.

Today my first day of work... wow alot of things to learn. Tis company, Universal Display, is a designing n printing company. My supervisor, is reali a friendly person. As promised during the interview, he is reali willing to teach mi from basics, like how to use the MAC, n wat r the differences between PC n MAC, in terms of connectivity n short-cut keys... Mu supervisor oso take his time n effort to teach mi on the different files formats to use for printing... n how to handle the printers, different type of materials, different color settings, wat is called bleed, wat is called proofeed...etc... My first day of work, I alreali hve some simple task to do. I forget the date liao, but coming december there is a PSG Family Day event at singapore zoo, n there is a banner there. It is bleeded by mi, n oso print by mi. Hurray... my hand-touch(not my artwork) work is out in singapore... I oso learn to create proofeed there, n the reason for choosing TIFF or EPS file formats as outout file in printing.

The company is bigger than i tot... It have the sales department, design department n installation department... when i reach, i am not intro to all the plp in tat company, coz too many plp liao... so i am onli intro to my collegues in my department. I noe two other collegue today, excluding my supervisor. Not much interaction wif them, but i can see they r more obedient than mi, at least for one of them.

Today i go there onli bring my slippers to there. Today i hve hard time absorbing the stuffs being taught to mi... For tmr, i need to bring a pen-knife, notebook, pens and my drinking bottle. Maybe few more days later then i will bring my coffee packets, biscuits etc... to put in the drawer... okie... tis is after story, so dun need to say it here...

If u ask mi whether i regret choosing tis company to work in, I can't say anything lah... coz juz being there for 1 day... see things how first lah... prephaps one week later i will ask myself the same question, then see how...???
I believe tmr will be a busying learning day for mi... Tis wk i believe will be a adapting environment wk for mi...

Devils Bar

I tink i dun ever write something abt my happening at Devils Bar be4... I tink i got 1 week plus didn't go Devils liao... today go there, at least the music until 3 did not disappoint mi... the crowd is there, the pretty looking gals r there to see, n lastly the atmosphere is there... good...

I did promise my sec frenz to organise a sec gathering over there one time... so i tink for tis yr is impossible, coz my income is almoz negative... the faster i can say is oso be4 New Year...

Today, dunno y, i feel my head a little giddy... i keep on dance dance dance... coz the music from 2am to 2:30am is darn good n rocking... then when i stop my body dancing... suddenly i feel giddy... Am i drunk??? Dunno... at least now i am still conscious to write my own blog... haha...

Devils Bar, nice place for youngsters to go...

I finally find a JOB liao !!!

(*sweatdrop*)
(*sweatdrop*)
(*sweatdrop*)
I finally get my job, after 2 MONTHS of job hunting... After tis series of job hunting, i learn the experience tat when u hunt for jobs, dun tink tat u juz send ur resume to them, reply or not depends on them... u juz dun wan to call them to ask... tat is a veri wrong atitude... u will end up die like mi, finding job so tough...

At first, i onli spot those jobs i tink suitable for mi, send them my resume n tat its... i wait for them if they will reply mi... but obivously they didn't... Another lesson learnt is tat, when u went for interview... no matter wat they tell u, and ask u to wait for their reply... dun reali go waiting for their reply 2 weeks or 1 month... coz u will suffer in tis month without any income... u can't deny the chances tat they may "FLY U BIG BIG AEROPLANE" in the end... No matter how many interview u go... still look for jobs at the same time...

Next come to interview... i will classified interviewers into 3 types, the first one reali look into ur skills, if u dunno tis dunno tat, n they r not willing to train newbies from start... then tat interview will be gone... the second type of interviewer, they prefer u show them some artworks, or products u done in the past... show to them so tat they can make comparsion among other interviewees, n then make their choice of selection... The last type of interviewer, is those tat look into veri much how u present urself to them... meaning they look into presentation skills. How u look, whether smart attire or not, whether u r a outdoor speaking person or indoor character person... u muz talk talk talk to prove to them u r a out-going person, n not a shy shy person.

Now tat i found tis job... honestly speaking the pay is 1100, minus the CPF deduction, i will onli take home 880... but tat is onli during probation period... after probation, i will get slightly more(not to mention how much)... Yes, i need to comment something abt tis job... tis boss is alright wif newbies, n he is willingly to train newbies... I went for his second interview juz now, 4 hrs ago... i reach at 2pm, n i go back at 4pm. He wan to test mi on my software skills... which i am not aware of time flies past so quickly... i dunno i being tested there for 2 hrs so long liao... i juz noe mi there most of the time, sweating to do the scenerio test he gave to mi... he give mi three or four scenerios... then i start doing, which i tink is a mess... i am not familiar wif MAC computers... i ended up look back at him when i reali dunno how to do, or i ask him if my approach of doing is wrong... he do oso ask mi some technical question on printing, which i answer wrongly(my final say)... but i somehow did add something on to save mi... During his testing on my software skills, i even press F1 help to search for help... reali dunno how to change tat color in Illustrator(coz i dun hve Illustrator at home, so i seldom use Illustrator)... Then at the summary of the interview... he say is good tat when i encounter something tat i dunno, i look into the help files to answer my doubts... Then he say i pass the interview, he say many things can be learn along the way, no rush... n he tell mi to start job on monday...(^o^) Tmr i need to go library to find books on photoshop n Illustrator to enhance some skills first...

In the first month, i will be doing normal working hrs, under the supervision of my boss... tis can be consider a learning stage in the company... after the first month, i will be schedule to work in the night shift... onli working night shift i will hve DEFINITE opportunity to earn the company OT allowances... which is veri high n tempting to plp... i dun tink good to reveal the rates out here, but i can say is more then 10 bucks per hour... plus meal allowances as well... I will onli see my real income to come starting in the second month... I will make myself work reali reali hard in tis job n to earn more more money...

My boss say i hve high chances to be promoted to assistant manager, monitoring the office job at night, supervising the rest... if tat is true... wow, another added money into my pay... I reali look forward into my pay 3 months after now... pls let the time runs quickly...

Another problem now in my mind... i need to tink of a reason to reject two job offers tat hve alreali being offer to mi liao... The one tat my heart hurt most if i am to reject her, is belinda's job offer on Junior In-House Designer... I like the way belinda present herself to her staff... no big stage like u used to see big boss hve in dramas... she's a nice looking girl, nice hairccut, nice spectacle wearing... i tink i pass her second interview n she offering mi the job... from the way she describe wat the job of Junior In-House Designer is going to do... i believe is reali easy task... the money offer to mi is oso good, location wise is oso accessible from my house... it is juz tat when compare finally pay wif UniversalDisplay, hers lose out a little... The next job offer i get from Softech is a some sort a IT teacher, teaching in schools... for tis offer, the rate is much lower, n i still do not noe the location of the school yet... it will be a 1 yr contract n the working hrs will be 7:30 to 3:30... but i tink i will decline tis offer n still chose UniversalDisplay...

Lastly... for plp tat read my profile here, n currently is still finding a job, pls visit my homepage, then click on my forum. I hve a topic generated by mi there, where i place 11 job opportunites links there... Feel free to see in there...