Another colourful day
I was triggered by Jan this afternoon with her idea of quitting her job as I’ve done mine for full-time studying. As I’m so used to being in the office the whole day despite I’m so desperate to be so loose with my time, I don’t find that attending classes and doing assignments the whole way is going to amuse me later on. Therefore, why don’t I hitch onto a part-time job instead?
Yes! It indeed sounds interesting to me.
And there she went and gave me a link to few employers who are looking for part-timers. I clicked on one – which was looking for an English classes assistant – which sent my face straight to a smiley one as I saw the link. However, since the requirement was very much lower than my qualification, I started to doubt the payment. And at the end of the ad, there was a contact number and as my curiosity was starting to roar, I just went ahead and gave that number a call.
A lady picked it up. She sounded very much Chinese although some of her pronunciations did sound little bit of American and I was very sure she must be in charged there. And yes, she is a Chinese.
I directly asked her about the post, while she was very busy to know about my qualification. I told her the details of my first degree and my future postgraduate program as well. She sounded so much impressed and interested, but that relieved feeling wasn’t long when she started to tell me that this isn’t the job for me if I’m so in need of money.
The statement sent me to a pondering state. I mean, how low can the payment be? When she told me real rate, I started to calculate. And yes, I think I can earn more in Herbalife rather than this. She went on and elaborated on the schedule and I kept on listening hard.
The place sounds interesting as it is in educating line and I know this heart of mine; it’s hard to resist such passion.
So, I just went on and listened to her. The conversation started to get lengthier than it should when she started to ask me about the place I would be staying for my postgraduate study as she was offering me her place! Not for free, of course, but she was thinking to rent out some of her rooms. And again, she started detailing me everything a.k.a. promoting her assets.
To me, she sounds so pleasant. But it strikes me a question, if I’m staying with her, how about her kids and husband? Will they be comfy enough to have strangers in the house? And fyi, the children are all grown-ups. She stayed silent for few seconds as I asked about it before she started to gag out all the history. Yes, her husband dumped her for another woman who he met online after 24 years of marriage!
I was surprised, but not surprised enough with nowadays of technology. So, there it goes another ruined relationship. We went on talking as if we knew each other like years. She was in my mom’s age and she thanked me many time for making up her day as she hardly smiled and laughed these days. The call went on more than an hour and i had to end it up for my prayer.
And here I am, dressed in weird feeling. But I guess it’s true, only with few words, people can easily create a longer relationship. She displayed an interest to meet me and also wanted to get involved in more serious thing such as setting a business together later on as we’re in the same education line. I will want to consider that – a better prospect for me in the future, and it will also create the real me; a soul with great ambition and dreams.
Thanks Mrs. Lee. I may not know if you ever have an ulterior motive on me, but you did strengthen an idea within me. Yes, you’re right, man can never be trusted. A fortress for ourselves is highly needed and totally depending on them is definitely a very wrong thing to do. I know. By the way, thanks for your wish, wishing me all the best with my coming marriage. I really appreciate it.
