Job woes

SG and I went for our second last session as lab assistants to Java programming this time with the PRC kids. Finally something closer to home, phew! However, most of the time was spent struggling to make java files work well with Symantec's Visual Cafe, an outdated(in my opinion) integrated development environment. What a buggy software! It reaffirmed why I hate computers - so marfan!

After the two hours in the lab, we headed to the cafe in PGP for lunch. We both had this Oriental set and shared a hawaiian pizza. The Oriental set was lukewarm, hinting that it is not as freshly-cooked as I felt it should be. The pizza was alright, though a tad undercooked. So the verdict? I'm not gonna return there anytime soon. However it's a good place to chill out and relax though.

We headed back to a computer lab in SoC and continued our discussion of our HK trip. SG got me all excited again, though we haven't planned much. :) Let's leave the detailed planning out - surprises are fun! (those kinds I mean) However, it was along our trip back that made me question my perspective towards my current job hunt.

Until now, I was unwilling to commit myself to a particular industry thanks to the question over the finality of my examination results. I suddenly realised that I am having the notion that as a 2nd lower, I still stand a chance of entering the creative communications industry, but if I end up being a 3rd, I'll be relegated to positions such as administration and *gasp* programming. Now since was this assumption valid? It suddenly dawned on me that I am just hiding behind the facade of not knowing my final results as it seems that the private sector is ignorant towards the classification of the degree I eventually get.

With that, I felt quite bad upon thinking about this morning when I got into a squabble with my mom over my apparent lacklustre attitude towards my job hunt. I even brought in JET and how the decision not to go is costly. I hurt her quite a lot in the end, something which is very unnecessary since I can't do anything to get it back in any case.

Sigh.

Ned Nickerson