Of Beating...
oops... the title is kinda suggestive... no?... try reading it backwards... with some slight emphasis on the Of..... get it yet??
nvm... this is what you get for mixing too much with colleagues that like to joke... anyway, how's life for everybody??
i was asked a couple of questions, by my colleagues and all, the most vital 2 being :
1) why do i wanna intern with Accenture?
2) why work now when it's ur holiday?
Good questions...(this is what an American prof will answer you when he needs to think on the question, or when he don't know the answer the question... :) )
anyway, they thought that this is my very last resort for interning, but actually, yes and no... yes because I was kinda discouraged after going through so many 1st round interviews, (6 if i remember correctly), and not getting through to the 2nd interview... (why so? ... i'd pondered on it... and the answer is.... not to be mentioned here...), so, my application kinda stopped on Accenture KL... No because this is my first and only choice of place to intern with in Malaysia...
and regarding the 2nd question... well, it's my holiday, and I want my holiday, but why the heck am I working... (pretty long hours, and commuting 2-3 hours a day in total)... well, i would say that first of all, i'm a workaholic... and a party animal (but not doing so yet)... so, i couldn't take too long a holiday (i've to take any so far)... thinking about holiday, i only have about 1 week to really holiday before I head back to the States... so, any suggestions?? preferably some duty free place so that I can get my stamina back up to par so that I won't be killed every time once the school starts (reads parties)... so, i'm not really answering my 2nd question yet... so, it's all about packing up ur resume? true... but i value the experience even more... and hence Accenture... (reads long hours... but maximum exposure... maximum learning curve...)
Recently, I read two articles about how unpaid internship is really killing the economy... think about it, a bunch of semi-trained, or even trained and skilled workforce working for free... sounds like a great deal to the companies... but, to think more about it, actually, this is creating a negative effect on the economy at least from 2 ways... firstly, being the increase of unemployment rate, and probably the lower of wage, at least the real wage... secondly, being the creation of a greater gap between the rich and the poor... think about it, for those who are capable of taking up an unpaid internship in a city, they must come from a pretty well-off (or at least above average) family... going into more details will kinda make this post an econ paper... so, i'll spare you guys... :)
so... why the title?? i'm not sick to the point that writing that, for the sake of being sick... :)
this week, i've been getting to the office earlier and earlier... for the sole reason of beating the crowd... first, beating the crowd to the train, then, to another train, and then, to the shuttle van to the office... so, nowadays, i often reached the office at 8am... or slightly before 8... well well, and i often leave the office at about 8pm... woah... who in the sane mind spend 12 hours at the office... not so sure... but hey now, u are making an assumption that i'm sane in the first place... i'm a workaholic..and proud to be one... :)
so, u have it... i'm beating off...oops... i mean i'm of beating the crowd... :)
nvm... this is what you get for mixing too much with colleagues that like to joke... anyway, how's life for everybody??
i was asked a couple of questions, by my colleagues and all, the most vital 2 being :
1) why do i wanna intern with Accenture?
2) why work now when it's ur holiday?
Good questions...(this is what an American prof will answer you when he needs to think on the question, or when he don't know the answer the question... :) )
anyway, they thought that this is my very last resort for interning, but actually, yes and no... yes because I was kinda discouraged after going through so many 1st round interviews, (6 if i remember correctly), and not getting through to the 2nd interview... (why so? ... i'd pondered on it... and the answer is.... not to be mentioned here...), so, my application kinda stopped on Accenture KL... No because this is my first and only choice of place to intern with in Malaysia...
and regarding the 2nd question... well, it's my holiday, and I want my holiday, but why the heck am I working... (pretty long hours, and commuting 2-3 hours a day in total)... well, i would say that first of all, i'm a workaholic... and a party animal (but not doing so yet)... so, i couldn't take too long a holiday (i've to take any so far)... thinking about holiday, i only have about 1 week to really holiday before I head back to the States... so, any suggestions?? preferably some duty free place so that I can get my stamina back up to par so that I won't be killed every time once the school starts (reads parties)... so, i'm not really answering my 2nd question yet... so, it's all about packing up ur resume? true... but i value the experience even more... and hence Accenture... (reads long hours... but maximum exposure... maximum learning curve...)
Recently, I read two articles about how unpaid internship is really killing the economy... think about it, a bunch of semi-trained, or even trained and skilled workforce working for free... sounds like a great deal to the companies... but, to think more about it, actually, this is creating a negative effect on the economy at least from 2 ways... firstly, being the increase of unemployment rate, and probably the lower of wage, at least the real wage... secondly, being the creation of a greater gap between the rich and the poor... think about it, for those who are capable of taking up an unpaid internship in a city, they must come from a pretty well-off (or at least above average) family... going into more details will kinda make this post an econ paper... so, i'll spare you guys... :)
so... why the title?? i'm not sick to the point that writing that, for the sake of being sick... :)
this week, i've been getting to the office earlier and earlier... for the sole reason of beating the crowd... first, beating the crowd to the train, then, to another train, and then, to the shuttle van to the office... so, nowadays, i often reached the office at 8am... or slightly before 8... well well, and i often leave the office at about 8pm... woah... who in the sane mind spend 12 hours at the office... not so sure... but hey now, u are making an assumption that i'm sane in the first place... i'm a workaholic..and proud to be one... :)
so, u have it... i'm beating off...oops... i mean i'm of beating the crowd... :)
posted by Voon Seng at 7:18 PM
2 Comments:
Lolz.. Do you think that as one person in the economy, you can affect the wage rate?
Alas, we return to the question of when does a person's self-interest promotes social interest? What we need is a union for interns.. Lolz..
lol... union... enough of that crap... union best weapon is nothing but strike...(lecturers and instructors alike...)
anyway, i suggest that the gov do something about it, making sure that at least the companies pay a minimum wage or something like that... :)
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