At last, for almost three days, I finally had the time to surf the net and write my journal again. I've been very busy reporting to the office where I'll be working at so I wasn't even able to visit my site's guest book. I had to go to the office almost everyday to undergo their screening. I had three successive interviews, none of which were easy - to think that I wasn't really interested at the job in the first place. I only got myself involved with this when Popoy, Oliver and I decided to look for a sideline while waiting for the right job. In fact, I didn't even want to work yet. I have only been vacant for a month after school was out and I planned on having a very long rest. I wasn't even vacant in that said month that I was supposedly resting. I was helping around in our family business because my father suffered from a mild heart attack that rendered him incapable of performing his regular duties. I don't even know what job to consider in passing my resume. The only reason why I agreed to join our job hunt is probably my dire need of cash. I needed lots of money because I wasn't able to keep track of all the expenses I've made this summer. I was using my parent's credit card and money wasn't needed up front so I overspent a little. I bought stuff knowing that I can still pay for it. And when the time for the payment of the bills arrived, I couldn't remember what I was thinking when I bought all those useless stuff. My allowance during my resting period just vanished into thin air and left me buried with debts. I bought more than I could pay and I needed money fast. That is why I eventually landed on this job.
At first, I liked the idea of having a job, even if the salary is small. Then, I changed my mind because I needed to rest more and I still have a list of things to study. In fact, my last entry in this journal was about the withdrawal of my application for this certain job. Then I was persuaded onto changing my mind again. And again, and again. I know that I've been changing my mind a lot recently but this time, I'm going to stick to my decision. I'm going to accept the job offered to me. Besides, the salary is not that low. After a training of two months, our salaries will rocket sky high depending on the results of our evaluation. And even if you did not do good on your evaluation, you'll still have a five-figure salary.
Now that I've survived their screening, I've decided that I should go on with it. After making me extremely nervous and uncomfortable during my three interviews (one of which is in front of a panel), I'm not going to turn down their offer. I've also made some new friends while I was going through that process and I think I'll get along with them pretty well once we are all working. Besides, one of my primary reasons for applying for this job is the further enhancement of my English speaking skills, which I believe is a very important necessity for professional engineers.
Anyway, I'll be starting my training Wednesday next week. I hope that everything turns out well.