Alrighty then. Let's get into it. For those of you who know me, but don't see me going to college anymore, don't worry! Not that I really counted on you guys worrying, but what the heck. (shrugs) I'll explain it all here, and then some.
Firstly! I'm not dead. Nor have I been hospitalised. I've been just fine and life has been... Fair, to say the least. Secondly, I did not drop out. No sirree bob! If I flunked, quite a few people would have had to go down with me. Because hey, I'm not that bad a student, okay? Okay... Thirdly. Well, there's no thirdly, actually, I just needed to put that there. Two points alone seem so lonely, and we all know what happens when two's a company! Heheh.
So what happened to me anyway? Prepare yourselves for this. Warning. It may be so mind-numbingly blowing, or so mind-blowingly numb, or however you so want it, that you may just be blown away! Or numbed out. Not that I know how that happens. Or it may be just so damn exaggerated that you completely lose focus on everything! Including reading this blog because it's annoying you to death! Woo... (gets slapped by an imaginary hand) Okay, anyway.
I'm working.
Just let that sink in for a moment. Savour the bitter-sweet thought of me, an 18 year old boy, with all my dreams and aspirations, who has yet to even finish college... Working. How? Why? Do these questions not haunt you now?
Well I'd love to continue the over-exaggerated drama which is my current labour status, but I'm tired. I just came home from work, actually, so I'll just clarify things as clearly as I can. The most important thing to say is that I am NOT working at McDonald's! Or Starbucks! I would never go that low... Although free coffee at Starbucks sounds real nice. I'm currently working at Management Dialogue, Wisma Central, KL... As a telemarketer. God damn Jeihan! You're one of those lifeless guys behind the phone that call me everyday, pushing me to buy some product I will never ever need, and certainly never ever heard of!!! How could you?! Now before you go off like that, let me just assure you. Unless you're working as a manager or in an equivalent or higher position of a respectable company, you will never receive my call. Unless I need to borrow some money or ask for a favour, in which case I WILL hound you. Otherwise you're safe.
My company deals in offering "executive education workshops", as they're called, to management levels and above. So basically I call up managers from various departments of a company and try to CON - vince them to participate. And give me their money at the same time, of course. It's a serious business... Not everyone can afford it, at USD 1,480 per person; not everyone can qualify for it, and degrees don't get you very far; and not everyone is interested in it... Which means very little chance for me to actually confirm a paying client for my company. Approximately 1 in every 150 people you call may be a potential client... Read that again. Potential client. Which means they might not sign up.
Damn! Why am I doing this?
Well, two things, really. One, for each successful client who signs up, I make an easy 400 Ringgit. Two, I'm getting paid to talk on the phone. Think about it. I'm sure there are a lot of you people out there who can't live without your phone. Wouldn't it be just plain sweet to get paid to talk on it? Make 5 sales, and hey 2000 Ringgit is yours, just like that! Make more, do the math, and you'll be amazed at how much money you can make! One of my colleagues here once made 8000 Ringgit in one month! But all those glamorous fantasies shatter when you realise that sales don't come easy. And quite frankly, some people can be real dickheads on the phone. They're arrogant, they're stingy, they're annoying... But worse of all they're closed-minded. A lot of people don't seem to believe in further education in the working world. Oh well, they're loss, not mine, as I've been trained to think. Although it would be a dream come true if I could just pick up the phone and secure 20 sales in one day. I'd go nuts with that sort of money.
Oh and as to why I'm not in college and instead working? Well I deferred my semester to start in August. They aren't offering the subjects I want this time around, so I have to wait... A full 3 months. Sucks, I know. But hey, this gives me ample time to make all the money I can right? Hahahaha... Hopefully.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Half a Year
November 21st, 2006. Wow. It's been that long. Since I last posted. Since I last visited this site... Geez louise! What have I been doing all this time? Today, right now as I write this, is May 16th, 2007. That's nearly 6 months! The world has changed! The people are different! And I'm finally posting my third post!!! Not that it really can count as a post since all this is just a sorta rant on how long it took to finally get around posting again.
Ah, but enough of that. Long story short, I've been clubbing a bit, working a lot, shisha'ing every so often and simply just not bothering to write in my little blog. Or was it my biography, as I said in my first post? Damn, I really owe it to myself now. Okay ladies and gentlemen! Jeihan Lee is back in the house, and ready to blog! Um, just don't count on that last part though. Heh.
Ah, but enough of that. Long story short, I've been clubbing a bit, working a lot, shisha'ing every so often and simply just not bothering to write in my little blog. Or was it my biography, as I said in my first post? Damn, I really owe it to myself now. Okay ladies and gentlemen! Jeihan Lee is back in the house, and ready to blog! Um, just don't count on that last part though. Heh.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Oh God , The Procrastination !
Wow.
That's all I can say. It's been, oh, I don't know, weeks, a month perhaps since my first post? Although I did warn you all not to expect constant updates, I didn't think I'd take this long to make my new post. And this isn't even a regular post! Nothing about my personal or past life, nothing about my deepest and darkest thoughts... Just an excuse. Yes it's more Procrastination, as the title of this post says.
Well what do you want me to do about it? 3000 word Study Skills group assignment; 15 minute English Presentation with video - that I'm damn well proud off; two IT presentations - one in Excel and one in Powerpoint; one Math quiz; one IT quiz... Wouldn't you be occupied? I know I would. Heck I am! Oh well, back to my work then, cause after all, I only made this post to occupy my mind with something else from all that work, work, work...
That's all I can say. It's been, oh, I don't know, weeks, a month perhaps since my first post? Although I did warn you all not to expect constant updates, I didn't think I'd take this long to make my new post. And this isn't even a regular post! Nothing about my personal or past life, nothing about my deepest and darkest thoughts... Just an excuse. Yes it's more Procrastination, as the title of this post says.
Well what do you want me to do about it? 3000 word Study Skills group assignment; 15 minute English Presentation with video - that I'm damn well proud off; two IT presentations - one in Excel and one in Powerpoint; one Math quiz; one IT quiz... Wouldn't you be occupied? I know I would. Heck I am! Oh well, back to my work then, cause after all, I only made this post to occupy my mind with something else from all that work, work, work...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
And thus a blog was born...
They say writing what you feel helps you get over it. It, being problems, emotions, and everything else that haunts your mind. But where do you start? Everything you've ever been through in life must have had some form of impact on you, right? To think about it, we all must have an unending supply of stories, ideas, and just plain feelings we could all talk about. We just don't know it. Some of us just don't recognise it, and some of us just don't even care. Maybe some of us simply don't know where to start. Well, I guess if I were to write, it would have to be all the way from the beginning. Of my relatively short life here on Earth. And hey, the more I procrastinate, the more I'll have to think about and write right? After all, each and every day gives us so much more new experiences and feelings to write about.
So perhaps this is the start of my own little biography. Of course, it's going to be biased and certain details might either be obscured or left out altogether. And at least it's a start. Who knows, I might even walk away having understood a little bit more about myself. A good thing since I plan to take Psychology as a degree. What's up with that? No one in my childhood could have even dreamt of me doing something like that, let alone myself! Regardless, I can't be spending too much time in a week on this little biography, so if anyone of you out there is actually reading this, please, do not expect constant updates. But do feel free to leave comments, if any at all. Besides, I only started writing because I really had nothing else better to do and was so damn bored out of my mind one fine day.
So perhaps this is the start of my own little biography. Of course, it's going to be biased and certain details might either be obscured or left out altogether. And at least it's a start. Who knows, I might even walk away having understood a little bit more about myself. A good thing since I plan to take Psychology as a degree. What's up with that? No one in my childhood could have even dreamt of me doing something like that, let alone myself! Regardless, I can't be spending too much time in a week on this little biography, so if anyone of you out there is actually reading this, please, do not expect constant updates. But do feel free to leave comments, if any at all. Besides, I only started writing because I really had nothing else better to do and was so damn bored out of my mind one fine day.
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