Yesterday I went to the office with my mind blank, only knowing I should be fine since I left the house not forgetting anything and still had time to catch the tram.

Then, the train I was on broke down halfway. I knew that waiting for the provisional shuttle bus will take a long time, so I booked a cab and spent $46 on the fare. This isn’t the first time I’ve resorted to cabs.

The architect who interviewed me seemed like someone who’d regularly mix with many races and is therefore open-minded and friendly. I left the place and took the bus to the train station. The bus gave off smoke halfway and the driver told everybody to get off the bus! Mm hai ermaaaaa…. @_@ It was quite comical though…

I finally reached home and went for a career fair and then to the immigration office to settle some stuff. I used my phone to check my email and there’s a new mail from the architect just now and – AAAAAAAHHHH!!! “…offer for an immediate start with our firm”! *gasp~*! Really really stunned… I can’t believe it… this really happened…. waaah!!~~in my mind there’s a flashback of the 200+ files in my “sent” folder… all those emails that declined me… the interviews before and the stack of resumes in hardcopy… and I couldn’t stop smiling. Finally, my search is done and I have actually made it. Got an archi job here, after graduation, even despite my abysmal lack of practical training during the course of my studies and mediocre design talents. Yat says he salutes my determination, the architect says he likes my approach to design ~ ermm since when I have an approach?? @_@ Just ~ doing what I can ~ …

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Now I’m praying hard to get my bridging visa before I can start work, because they said without it they can’t hire me yet. The visa’s caused me 3 months of headache! Lots of research effort, time and money had to be spent. I wonder briefly if it’s all worth it but it’s far too late to turn back and I can only go forward from here. Anyway, it’s up to me to be happy here or wherever I choose to be ma..

 

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These days I get worried easily over the smallest matters. There’s a Chinese saying, 急如热锅上的蚂蚁 ”as anxious as ants on a boiling pot” – I told Yat I had a vision of ants crawling on a hot pot and he said that’s me lah!

^^ hehe… just miss drawing mashi-mashi~

 

 

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