Wanderlust ♥

You try to focus but your focus is not there

It's funny how things change in just 7 weeks. 

7 weeks ago, I was full of enthusiasm and motivation, doing my best to apply whatever I have learnt in school and taking initiative for nearly anything and everything. I went to my first internship workplace with a single thought "To do my best in whatever I can do, no matter how bad/hard it is. So that I can learn." 

Week by week, I was given exactly what an intern was technically supposed to be given -- Manual Work/ Shit Work. However, that didn't get me down cause I believe that I could make at the very least a little change in the company. I was the first to come to work/arriving on the dot, giving suggestions for optimization and improving procedures, expressing new ideas for the company, doing a self initiated proposal identifying the flaws and justifying why it is not beneficial for the company...(Whatever a motivated & enthusiastic human would do)

I won't say my efforts didn't make a difference, because they did. Processes were improved, productivity/efficiency levels increased, time taken decreased, problems were solved. But there wasn't a sense of satisfaction. I came to learn, what have I learn exactly?  This was the question that pondered me many of times, got my emotions and thoughts running wild. At the very least, I applied the things I learnt in school which wasn't too bad.

Just then, I got an opportunity that would make my internship worthwhile -- a trip to the mother company in Germany. But it wasn't as easy as it seems, considering different factors: Human's attitude/ perception & hierarchy mostly. 

I would say I was quite affected by this and I started thinking, my motivation started decreasing. I placed emphasis on things that are worth it in my perception, I go to work for the sake of going. I utilize my time properly so that internship wouldn't make me stupid. 

Status: Happy-Go-Lucky

7 weeks down, 6 weeks to go.

I'm more than half way done. *self pats*

Opportunities come and go, if you're entitled to one, be sure to catch it.
But if you don't, don't fret. Cause there'll will always be another coming your way sometime soon.
Some people have fate in the phase "Good things come to people who wait".
Well for me, I choose to believe All roads lead to Rome.

There's no point wasting your emotions on things can never change.
Sometimes events you meet at work are no different from the encounters during school, the difference comes  in the ways you handle it. Another difference is that there is a hierarchy level at work, which sucks terribly. (You don't know how much I have to say about this, yet it is eventually the sad truth )








Everyone has their own problems in different situations, don't be too hard on yourself/anyone else.
Status: Losing Motivation
5 weeks down, 8 more weeks to go. 

People always say, get a job you love or else you'll dread everyday of work life.

Well, what if you don't know what you want to do, and you take up nearly anything and everything to find out more about yourself?

If you're having this situation, you'll realize that you will end up finding out what you don't want to do rather than finding what you want in the first place. 

But the question is: What keeps you going when you're in a job you don't love?

1. Money

Many people, more than you may know, are working for the sake of working. 
Money makes the world go round doesn't it? 
It's a sad reality when you ask a person, "Why are you working there?" and they answer "The pay's good".

2. People
You go into a place and everyone is a stranger to you, yet sometimes people grow close and they become a reason for you to stay. It's funny how life works. There are times where I don't get why we have to do this over and over again. 
Perhaps it's a way for us to start over in every new instance that we are given.

3. Reason
Sometimes you give yourself a reason to stay. Whatever it may be, it must be strong enough not to be shaken. 
Cause' when it is, you'll start to see all the negatives and the grass would definitely be greener on the other side.
Well, my current reason to stay is that I should finish what I started out in the first place. 
Somehow I seem to be constantly searching for my reason to come to work every single day. 

Status: (Now playing in my head - Just give me a reason)
1st pay check received,  9 more weeks left.
Apparently I got my countdown wrong the previous few posts :(
My heart died a little when I knew :(





Pretty pictures from my La Sardina to compensate for my feeling of emptiness uselessness :')

Rules of Work Ethics

1. Be sociable

Join your colleagues during lunch, be in the 'Team'.  

Team dynamics is extremely important especially when you're working in a small company. Lunch is the only time where people lets their guard down from work and talk about random things for a change. If you don't like to participate/ feel awkward, your presence actually makes a difference. 

Besides, you get to know a little gossip here and there. Don't underestimate the power of gossip, knowing such stuff will let you know about the attitude you should portray and about the different personalities of different people. One day, gossip may save you. (Okay maybe not that exaggerating)

2. Think before you talk

Don't offend anyone intentionally/unintentionally.

Words are one of the killers at work, people never forget. So you won't want to offend anyone cause eventually you would need help from each and everyone at work. Don't create a bad impression on yourself, be nice to everyone (:

Don't make things difficult enough for yourself when work is already a bitch.

3. Never trust anyone entirely
False pretendence
I really don't want to believe this but I have witnessed it personally so yea. Your colleagues may be your friends but your friends will never be your family (unless you marry them that is). But people being people, they will eventually use you, in ways that are obvious or not. In university, there are acquaintances. At work, they are called colleagues. Be sure that you evaluate the circumstances before doing anything major. (That's the best advice, I guess?)

Sometimes I don't want to believe the reality of work, of how it is different from I thought it was. 
But somehow it's the worse environments that make you learn, grow and nurture you to becoming a better person.

12th day of internship, 9 weeks left
Status: Adapting better than I thought I would be

Survival guide 101

1. Be Humble

Age doesn't matter, experience does. Never think you're better than anyone else, cause all of us are on a learning journey. Where every other day brings about new things and new experiences. Being an intern means you get more shit work than normal people does. Don't think that it's just shit, pick out the worse part of the it and transform it so that it'll be better. Well nothing's impossible right?

It is among all these shitty stuff that you understand the flaws of the company. 

2. Listen

Listen to the words people say, about you and about things in general. You'll be surprised the number of things you pick out and learn from these words. 

Sometimes, words they say may be stupid and you would want to give your opinion straight away. Keep your manners in mind and let them finish. Cause this portrays you as a person. 

3.Workplace ethics

Not everyone has the same moral ethics and they would do anything to get their way. It may not seem significant in school but it's definitely reflective in work. Be sure of your morals and stand on whichever you think is right, stand firm. 

4.Speak up

Don't be afraid to speak up. Whenever you have a suggestion, no matter how insignificant you think it seems, suggest it to your boss. It doesn't matter if you get it wrong or if your boss shoots you down. At the end of the day, you're only an intern and your purpose is to learn. So shoot or forever keep in silence HAHA (not that dramatic)

Status: Currently surviving
11 more weeks to go

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Summer


My favorite things to do: Baking - Blueberry Cream Tart

 

Hanged out w this lovely girl for an entire day starting with lunch at Cafe Melba. Tried the Chilli Crab Pizza together w Shoe String Fries. Good meal, lovely ambiance for a homely afternoon. Headed to Loysel's Toy @ Kampong Bugis. Had to walk a pretty long way due to the ulu-ness of the place itself, it's a old 7 storey building at the end of a long stretch of road. Really look like Kampong somehow :/
You guys should try the mocha (apparently this babe above made a huge fuss about how good it really was, claims that it's better than starbucks haha) So definitely worth a try :)

Completed the night listening to her practicing for her gig the next day, it's pretty cool seeing how someone can be able to have so much passion in music especially when it takes quite a significant amount of effort to learn and perfect the songs. I can never be able to do this, sigh just not enough musical talent.

Well, I'm going to her gig tonight as well w yenny <3 p="">

Cycling trip from Big Splash all the way to Changi Village for lunch and back.
Longest cycling trip ever, haven't felt that much lactic acid in my legs since track ._.
Achievement accomplished. (Y)



S.E.A Aquarium 

Finally visited the famous aquarium, ever since the boy booked the wrong aquarium the other time -.- Underwater world, seriously? Anyway, it's really crowded during weekends and the fact that I've been to the Bangkok one just simply concludes that it isn't as awesome as Bangkok's.
I hereby acknowledge that Bangkok's aquarium is the largest aquarium in southeast asia. Don't listen to what others say, when you're in Bangkok, this attraction is a MUST.

Can't get enough of jellyfishes ^^V

Birday parties and more birday parties this weekend :/