Thursday, June 01, 2006
With regards to everything that's happened for the past month or more and the reason why I MIA-ed for so long, well, I have a really good reason
I was LAZY. and BUSY of course, but mainly toe former. Thoughts congeal in my brain if left for too long, and end up being displaced by later events that congeal again all too soon before I blog about them and hence, my MIA status. Do excuse me.
But anyhow. A summary
1. CAP
Here goes my results.
Structure of Sentences and Meaning A+
Reading Film and Cultural Texts A
Biodiversity and Conservation Biology B+
The Life, Birth and Death of Stars B+
Introduction to Jap Studies B
Really ironically, my lowest grade came from a 11o1E introductory module, one that's supposed to be really crap easy and brainless. And the Lit module that I thought I would at the very least fail got me an A. Weird, but true and I'm not complaining. CAP this sem was 4.3, which is kinda better than I expected, and this puts my cumalative at 4.35.
But whatever.
2. Apple
ishop at Cineleisure, which is the Club21 Apple store at the top floor below the cinemas at cineleisure is my current venue of money-making. I don't honestly know what exactly I'm doing there because I'm the least technophilic person I know. The good thing about ishop is, the guy in charge only schedules me to work like 1 or 2 days a week, and its on days that i tell him I'm free. Excellent for me cos my schedule's too messy for any sort of regular job, what with FOC and teh wedding and cheers and an insistent social life.
Its a scary place.
There's absolutely minimal training ("the computers are here, the ipods are there, this is zillah and you can follow her. Ok go on"). and I had the absolute worst day of my life on ,my first day there. I didn't know anything, or anyone, and I had to ask someone for about 80% of the stuff customers asked me. I was as clueless as...as...Jae trying to sell Shakespeare in Borders. Or Vic trying to play Cocktailopoly. Or Junny-wen on a date with a girl (shitdamnscrew!sorry!)
I swear I almost quit after day 1. I came out at 9.30 slightly delirious, rattling on to Jae about mysterious mac devices that would, if connected to one's ipod with the correct wire and suitable dock, park one's car, toast one's bread while simultaneously switching on the television and the ceiling fan. Im not kidding. Do not underestimate that little ipod, there are a surprising number of things a person with sufficient time and knowhow can do with it. And a corresponding number of confusing devices to fulfil these. But anyhow, the second day was a thousand percent better, and I guess I'll still stick with that little fruit for now.
3. cheers
I've finally started proper work with Cheers and I am so glad I'm here. I'll admit I was apprehensive and kinda not sure whether the whole rahrah the little children scene was my thing or not, but Phil was right - it kinda all fits together when you actually start doing it properly. Practising scenarios with fellow cheerios acting like children is ABSOLUTELY nothing like dealing with the kids themselves.
Primary school kids are noisy bratty messes, but they're also incredibly sweet and responsive. At least those I dealt with were - really energetic and enthusiastic, and most of the time fairly obedient. It's really moving to see their responses on their evaluation sheets after the programme - one kid wrote that the only thing he didn't like about the whole thing was the the instructors he liked (ie us) were going to have to leave. Coming from a little kid, that statement just seemed to sincere and filled with possibility. There was none of the coolness and detachment that older kids, or teens, seem to be filled with. It was just...sweet.
And that's why i feel this absurd sense of happy fulfilment now.
More to say, but I gotta go.
Be glad I blogged. I'll be back soon!
