Found it

I was vigorously flipping through the recruit section of classified and reading the tiny words of every advertisement for employment as i had nothing on on thursday. It was quite encouraging as there were quite a lot of suitable jobs that i'm interested in. I called a frozen food company as they were recruiting a driver to send their food. The pay is $1100 per month but the working hours are quite long. Have to work during Sunday as well. I called other companies and found another job as a telemarketer. It was stated 6.5 per hour and the work place is near Buona Vista. I found that the working hours is 9 am - 5 pm during weekdays. I was rather interested in that job but i continued to hunt for other good job offers. Found another telemarketing job in Bugis that requires us to promote mobile phone services. The pay is quite high at $8 per hour. The working hours are 10 am to 5 pm, not too long. Some of the other jobs have already been taken up when i called the companies, even though the advertisements have only been put up for half a day. It doesn't really matter to me as i have a list of jobs to choose from already.

Went to Bugis with Daryl and Liyuan this morning for the job interview for the telemarketing job. I called them but they told us that the person who is interviewing us is only coming at 2.30 pm. It was quite a downer as we met up at 11 am and had 3 and a half hours to spare. We were wandering around Bugis Junction aimlessly and went to the nearby hawker centre for lunch. Liyuan had to go back at 12.30 pm as he got work at 1 pm. Daryl and i headed to Ritz Apple Strudel for dessert after our lunch. I didn't want to waste my money and i was looking at Daryl eating the yummy strudel. We spent around 45 mins in there talking about jobs, driving and everything to waste our time away. Our last stop is Kinokunia before heading to the telemarketing company.

We went inside North Bridge Commercial Complex 03-01 and waited there for some time as the receptionist is rather busy on the phone. When we asked about the telemarketing job, she don't seem to know anything at all and asked her superior to attend to us. He had to clarify some stuff with his colleagues over the phone as most of their colleagues are at the IT mall in suntec. He then asked us what time we called and who we spoke to. I told him the time but did not know who i spoke to. He seemed puzzled and told me that all the job vacancies are already filled up. My heart sank immediately upon hearing that as i thought we had a wasted trip. But a moment after he said that, he continued telling us that he is sorry but they do not need people to distrubute flyer anymore. I was wondering when did we ask for jobs to distribute flyers and asked him whether the phone number that i called in the morning is their company's. He replied no and i knew we were in the wrong place. I called the telemarketing company immediately and asked the exact location again. We were not in the wrong level or unit but actually in the wrong building.

I was really amused by our folly and we went to the North Bridge Centre, the building beside North Bridge Commercial Complex. There was already an interviewee there and the staff passed us the application forms. We went for the interview together and i even took out a file containing my A-level results, O-level results, Testimonials in Sec Sch and JC, and SAT score. It was really kiasu for me to bring that but i guess that was the only stuff that can increase my chances of getting the job as i do not have any job experiences before. However, the interview only lasted a few minutes. After we told the interviewer that we are only going to work a few months, the person told us that they are only looking for people that are able to work long term. He told us to consider for the temporary job which pays $6 per hour with night working hours on weekdays and a full day on one weekend. We told him that we are not interested after contemplating for a few seconds. Left off in a huff and we are complaining to each other about the amount of time wasted on this interview which didn't work out.

Next up, we called another telemarketing company in the same building as well. It was in level 4 and we proceeded up for the interview. There were around 12 people in the interview room whose age group are around ours. We looked at the whiteboard which was written "$8/hr weekdays 7 pm - 10 pm weekend (sat/sun) 11 am - 6 pm" Daryl and i looked at the application form and found out that it was actually the same company. We left promptly and were still jobless. I had checked out the buses going to the telemarketer company near Buona Vista and there is a bus going there from Suntec. We walked in the hot and humid weather arriving at Suntec City rather drenched. Took some time before finding the bus stop and Daryl suggested going to the IT fair. Since both of us were still rather sweaty, we proceeded upstairs where there lies a throng of people. We only managed to walk along the open booths on level 3 and did not go into the exhibition hall on level 4 as the amount of people inside was simply astounding.

After 30 mins of bus journey, we got off at the Normanton Park bus stop and walked towards Rutherford building. The building was much more developed and "high class" compared to the companies in Bugis. We filled in the application form and waited for quite some time for the interview. The people who interviewed both of us was very friendly and she even brought us to take a look at the place we will be working. She said the company pays $7 per hour for A-level students and the working hours are from 8.30 am to 6 pm. Both of us were satisfied with the job terms and she told us that we will most probably get the job. Daryl saw his sec sch friend working there and they had a chat before we left. He told Daryl that it is quite stressful working there but it doesn't bother me at all since i came from a high working pressure environment in Mindef. She will schedule us for a half-day training before we can start work.

I should be starting work next thursday if nothing crops up. I finally got my first job. Got another good news when i came home today. My driving license was mailed to my house.