AsianPersuasion
Friday, May 16, 2003
Sure, I can wait ALL YEAR for an answer...
I just got this email today from MTV...you've GOT to be kidding me...
"Hello Lydia,
No, I haven't forgotten you.
I really have been ill, a very bad case of the flu all week and I've been on
sick leave.
You will have a decision monday.
My apologies"
It's like...hey, you can wait as long as we want you to...there's no rush...it's only your LIFE! I've been getting this kind of email for 5 weeks now...(since my second interview) Do all major international companies keep their potential employees hanging like this?? Is there some unspoken rule I don't know about? Or, perhaps it's SARS...or possibly the high unemployment rate in Singapore now...*sigh* This waiting is complete torture! All the possible reasons, for this delay, swimming around in my head...This MUST be a TEST of some sort for me...in this lifetime...hmmmm...wondering when I will find out what all of this really means....
Sunday, May 11, 2003
Waiting, waiting, waiting
So, lotsa people have been askin’ me what’s up with “THE JOB” and I’m like, um…dudes…that’s the million dollar question! If I ONLY knew! I would have written about any new developments in my blog, if I actually had anything new to report….basically…I’m still awaiting MTV’s finance department to approve of hiring me…the producer and executive producer want to hire me…but they need approval from their HR and Finance people…which they haven’t got yet….extremely LAME…I really don’t see what the big deal is…there are thousands of Malaysians working in Singapore.
So, Lesley told me about three weeks ago that she was going to talk to the person in charge of finance and get back to me the next day…one day turned into 20 days…and I’m still freakin’ waiting. I’ve sent her a couple of emails, reminding her of my existence, but she said she wasn’t gonna call me if she didn’t have any news….so I have left it. When Lesley has news, she will call me. I know she’s cheering for me…eventually she’ll call and deliver the VERDICT. Until then, I remain in the dark…which hasn’t been very easy for me…it’s been awful…but I try to be positive about everything.
Thank you to ALL my buddies who have been supporting me…especially Aylene and Esther…you guys have been especially wonderful….as always…I love you *hugs *
E-mail Forwards....These are FUNEEE....( I thought I'd spare all of you yet another forward....) he he he he....
A lady picked up several items at a discount store. When she finally got up to the checker, she learned that one of her items had no price tag. Imagine her embarrassment when the checker got on the intercom and boomed out for all the store to hear, "PRICE CHECK ON LANE THIRTEEN, TAMPAX SUPER SIZE." That was bad enough, but somebody at the rear of the store apparently misunderstood the word "Tampax" for "THUMBTACKS." In a business-like tone, a voice boomed back over the intercom. "DO YOU WANT THE KIND YOU PUSH IN WITH YOUR THUMB OR THE KIND YOU POUND IN WITH A HAMMER?"
Have you ever asked your child a question too many times? My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly. One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch in between errands. It was very busy, with a full dining room. While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, and she was clean. Then I realized that Danny had not asked to go potty in a while, so I asked him if he needed to go, and he said "No." I kept thinking, "Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me." Then I said, "Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?" "No," he replied. I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse. Soooooo, I asked one more time, "Danny, did you have an accident?" This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over and spread his cheeks and yelled. "SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!" While 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing! He calmly pulled up his pants and sat down. An old couple made me feel better by thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!
This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks. What happens when you predict snow but don't get any....a true story... We had a female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked: "So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?" Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard!
