HI! I am Kelvin.

Lalala~~~

Signed off,
Kelvin.

Ka Ching!

I got my 1st paycheck! To protect privacy no pics taken of my cheque :P

Its surprising how I survived 2 weeks of work. Working at Borders isn't necessary my ticket to sweet luxury, but it definitely is an experience. Learning basically everything about my work just makes me realise there are so many other things to learn. I thought my library experience might help out in this job but it turn out to be a complete useless info that hasn't helped me one bit.

Sure, there are some dramas in Borders, but where can I find a place without one? Heck, my own house sometimes felt like a scene from a soap opera, but I'm still the spectator of course :P One good thing about the dramas in Borders is that it usually won't last long. Even if it do, they will just ignore it and move on. Better than not being able to face each other right? That would be terrible, seeing how we have to work together.

Ah.... My paycheck I received today was the 1st penny I ever earned (I don't count that 'Survival' Camp pay as 'earning', more like struggling in hell). It felt great actually, shreds out the feeling of being a useless guy *momentarily*.

I've also received my contract, and wow, the people preparing these contracts must have a thesaurus by them all the time. Either that or their brain is a thesaurus itself. The formality of the letter seemed as if its a royal letter from the king. Not to mention the usual twist 'N' turns, making me flip the page back and forth so many times... Group it up, people... CONVENIENCE IS KEY!

I actually met a lot of great people working there. Not to mention the different... personalities each and everyone displayed at work. Its fun knowing more variety of people now, makes my eyes open wider.

Borders is the 1st place I've ever worked out of my house, so I don't really have any comparison with other places to see which is better or worse. Will I continue working, or regret it? Its still too early to say anything, since its only 2 weeks, but I hope its not the latter.

Things will decide by themselves once my results for STPM arrives. I never want that day to happen, but it will make a HUGE difference. Sigh,I'm not sure if I can handle all that... Just send me into coma and let everything pass.

Signed off,
Kelvin.

P.S. Someone banged my car today. That person is someone I know, but I doubt you will be reading this anyway. For a moment I thought maybe this is the time for me to get a coma, but not :P Instead, I had to go out and check my car, check yours, and delay time from going to a washroom back at home since my stomach hurts so badly =.=lll Luckily my car is fine or there goes my paycheck... Received and flew.

At Your Service

Phew, after multiple rejections, finally I'm able to land a job which I LEAST expected to be hired. Heck, I'm still shocked I was called for an interview. Now, I'm officially a trainee at Borders, Queensbay. I worked for two days already, and finally I found some time to blog about it since today is my day off.

It all started when I call Borders for a job inquiry. They told me there is no job vacancy, but if I am interested I am free to drop by to apply for the job. I was searching around Gurney and Prangin Mall, but since there is not much job available, I opted Queensbay, eventhough it was quite far from my house.

I applied many places besides Borders. I dropped an application in Popular, 2 optic shops, 1 shoe shop, 1 clothes shop and I even tried the gym equipment shop since practically, they do nothing...

The next day, I received a call from Borders for an interview. I had no idea what to do, since my friend working there told me the interview is pretty difficult. I asked for advice, and she told me that the interviewer will ask me about a book that you have last read. I panicked, since its been ages since I read a book... Finally, I remembered that I once read a book in my sisters shelf, called Memoirs Of A Geisha. Its SUPER boring, but since after SPM all I did was help my parents, car driving lessons and games, I might as well read it. As most of you might have expected, I only managed to reach like, if I can recall... half the book?

Going to the interview, I tried remembering the storyline to not mess up later. The only thing I brought were my certs and my passport-sized photos for forms.

During interview, I was a bit nervous, but luckily its not like, 3 managers against me, its just 1 on 1... Luckily the questions are all job related questions, but it is kind of embarassing for me when he asked me to show my certs... I was in such a rush I just brought all the cert I have, so I forgot to take out the certs I got when I was in primary school, and even kindergarten...

Things seemed well, since he asked me to start working as a trainee on Monday. I'm still shocked I got the job... I canceled every job application I applied earlier, and asked for guidance from my friend working there.

On Monday, I started working the morning shift.

Day 1:

I was introduced to everyone there, and was given a tour by Ms. Wendy, one of the Service Managers. She was kind enough to explain the details I need to know as a worker here. After that, she had to do her job, and I was clueless of what to do, since I have no schedule yet. I was thought by another colleague on how to do recovery, and thats what I did for the pass 8 hours... Crouching and standing up for 4 hours, and another 4 hours after an hour of break... My legs... I can barely feel them that day... But, 1st day is always the worst, isn't it?

Day 2:

I came in and checked my schedule, and its kinda delightful to see my name in the computer now. Though, I was paged to go to the office minutes after that for briefing. I didn't know there is a briefing for afternoon shift workers so... Thank god the manager isn't angry...

I was in charge of Information Counter for 6 HOURS! ALONE! My jaw practically dropped till the ground that day. Why? Because nobody ever thought me anything about the jobs in the information counter. I only know how to check for books available... I've only learned how to wrap, thanks to Kak Zura and Chia Ying for teaching me the announcements. I don't mind dealing with customers, but phone calls still scare me. I'm afraid I might offend anyone without knowing. I even embarassed myself when the register called me, and I introduced as "Good Evening, QB Borders, how may I help you?" Urghhhhhh...

Information counter isn't that bad, but its a lot of job after store closes. Not to mention I sounded SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO robotic and angry when I do announcements...

Tomorrow I'm working in the afternoon. I just hope I'm not gonna be in charge of register alone. I have absolutely no idea on how to do cashier jobs... Pray for me that I won't do any more mistakes, 'kay?

Signed off,

Teng Au......

P.S. I'm officially Kelvin Khoo now. My colleagues call me Kelvin now, so friends, do get use to it, hehe...

Signed off,

Kelvin.