new job!
I will be starting work as an intern at Singapore Press Holdings this coming Monday!
Actually, I have no idea why I'm so excited. I've heard so many horror stories, and intellectually, I know that I will get low pay, long working hours and endure high-stress levels. Everyone there has told me that they are seriously underpaid. I have heard all the complaints and more.
But yet, there is still this bubbling excitement inside of me. Despite the rigour that I know I will have to undergo.
I suspect it's because I've always toyed with the idea of being a journalist, of doing writing as a career. Not very seriously, because my extended family has always been one to treat writing as a rather airy-fairy job, but the idea has crossed my mind in my more whimsical moments. A flight of fancy, if you will. Me, writing full-time. Unbelievable.
So this is a most wonderful opportunity. To be able to experience the life of a journalist, while being able to back out of it any time I find the job unsuitable for me. It may not be an enjoyable experience, but there is no doubt that it will certainly be enriching.
And I've always been one who likes to be occupied. I've loaded my schedule with orchestral rehearsals, volunteer work, giving tuition lessons, receiving violin lessons; all these on top of my work (which is mercifully light). I like being occupied. I like it when my schedule has been filled to maximum capacity. I have no idea why. If the authorities don't give me stuff to do, I will end up finding stuff to do anyway. (often NOT work-related, but still...)
So, Monday. We shall see. And just when my schedule was beginning to settle down, too...
[Note] Given SPH's famed working hours, I will probably become a wraith in the Online World. You will probably see only sporadic appearances from me, at the most.
[Edit] If you want to be on the filter that talks about my subsequent work at SPH, please leave a comment. People whom I have met before in RL are automatically on it, plus audaxfemina, dcal, pastles and ztrin.
Actually, I have no idea why I'm so excited. I've heard so many horror stories, and intellectually, I know that I will get low pay, long working hours and endure high-stress levels. Everyone there has told me that they are seriously underpaid. I have heard all the complaints and more.
But yet, there is still this bubbling excitement inside of me. Despite the rigour that I know I will have to undergo.
I suspect it's because I've always toyed with the idea of being a journalist, of doing writing as a career. Not very seriously, because my extended family has always been one to treat writing as a rather airy-fairy job, but the idea has crossed my mind in my more whimsical moments. A flight of fancy, if you will. Me, writing full-time. Unbelievable.
So this is a most wonderful opportunity. To be able to experience the life of a journalist, while being able to back out of it any time I find the job unsuitable for me. It may not be an enjoyable experience, but there is no doubt that it will certainly be enriching.
And I've always been one who likes to be occupied. I've loaded my schedule with orchestral rehearsals, volunteer work, giving tuition lessons, receiving violin lessons; all these on top of my work (which is mercifully light). I like being occupied. I like it when my schedule has been filled to maximum capacity. I have no idea why. If the authorities don't give me stuff to do, I will end up finding stuff to do anyway. (often NOT work-related, but still...)
So, Monday. We shall see. And just when my schedule was beginning to settle down, too...
[Note] Given SPH's famed working hours, I will probably become a wraith in the Online World. You will probably see only sporadic appearances from me, at the most.
[Edit] If you want to be on the filter that talks about my subsequent work at SPH, please leave a comment. People whom I have met before in RL are automatically on it, plus audaxfemina, dcal, pastles and ztrin.