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Pearl milk tea and job hunting

It’s been a while since I last indulged in food other than my meals. I was very busy the past week. Actually I was attending job interviews and went for my second interview while running a fever. I feel like giving myself a little reward for the hard work I put in.

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The milk tea is so so only. I don’t think I will buy again.

Back to the job…

It is highly unlikely I will be leaving my current job. Why do companies think they can pay so low for people with experience and skills they’re looking for? Why do HR treat every new recruit like a fresh grad? 6 months probation? 16 days annual leave pro-rate to 8 days?

I don’t fancy the points or products by the way. If they’re so concern about getting good people, they should make people feel they’re valued. Not by imposing rules that is only beneficial for the company. It should be fair for both parties.

All I want is fair salary, shorter probation period and give me all my leave even though I join in the middle of the year. I am not someone who take advantage of employee benefits, I carry forward my entire year of leave for the past 2 years and I now have 17 days per annum, I also have proof that I got 3 months bonus based on my performance for the past year in my current job. I will not give up my job for 6 months of uncertainty.

Heat

It is Cheng Beng season. According to an old Chinese poem, it is suppose to be rainy season. This is not longer true. It used to be but not anymore.

There was a shower of rain this morning but it did not wash away the heat. I woke up in sweat. To make it worse, I had to blow dry my hair to take care of some unruly strands resulted from me sleeping with my hair wet.

Yup, I was that tired, I bathed late night and do not have energy to blow dry my hair.

Thank goodness I am forcing myself to sleep without the air conditioning nowadays. Wet hair and air con will be more damaging that wet hair alone. My “injured” hand will also heal better without air con if it has something to do with arthritis.

Please rain more to cool down the heat.