The Singaporean Maldivian

Job isn’t coming and it’s almost the end of the road.

argh. i doubt anybody will notice this update and everyone has given up visiting this blog. But i didn’t make this blog for them, i made it for me. But that’s a lie.

Well, i haven’t been updating coz i’ve been doing what my good friend Zhaki just gave up doing. Wallowing in self pity. And well, Zhak, i guess perhaps you’ve inspired me. Or maybe not. In any case, you’re right though. My life isn’t exactly great right now. Jobless and with absolutely no direction in life. I have no idea what I want to do. The computer thing is something i guess i’m alright at. But is it something i want to pursue as a career? I.T.? I gotta stop feeling sorry for myself and get on with it, with life.

Anyway, i guess i’d just tell everyone what’s going on with me and my sorta plans for the immediate future(read: this year). I’ll start at the beginning…(cue harp music and wavy images). As most of you know, I took up a Tuition Grant when i began Poly. And well, my course was crap. Didn’t really teach us much. Anyway, i graduated in November 2002 with a diploma in Multimedia Software Engineering and now have a 3-year Tuition Grant Bond to fulfil. Basically i just have to find a full-time job with a registered singapore company and work for 3 years. I’m not sure of the purpose of this, maybe to contribute to the economy.

So I looked for a job… and looked.. and looked. The papers don’t seem to have any IT jobs. And then i realised they are all posted online. And jobsDB.com has the most jobs available. So i send my resumes to the jobs i qualify for which are terribly few. I have been so frustrated by the job postings: ‘Singaporean or PR preferred’, ‘Mandarin speaking’, ‘Female working environment’, ‘at least two years experience’. It’s exasperating.

Anyway, i find the few prospective jobs that say ‘fresh grads encouraged to apply’ and stuff. And send my resumes to them, but the following week, i see the same job posted again! I’m not even called up for an interview. Then there was that short stint working at Sim Lim Square in a shop called Superpet.com. Yea, i know, it’s a weird name. I worked there on a trial basis for about 3weeks while the boss asked me to obtain a letter from Immigration about obtaining PR. Ok let me tell you about this letter. My sister received one after she graduated and it states that she can apply for PR IMMEDIATELY upon securing a job. So in other words, the company that hires her doesn’t need to sponsor her for an employment pass. She’s a PR instantly.

So i called up the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority(ICA) and enquired about this letter which i never got and they told me it’s given by invitation only or some crap. Anyway, the long and the short of it is i’m not eligible for this thing and i can’t ask for it.

So it’s been a year since I graduated.. well more… and i now qualify to be released from the bond since i can’t get a job and my Social Visit Pass is going to run out on May 4th and can’t stay in the country forever. I’ve written in to the MOE to get released from the bond and still waiting on a reply. In the meantime, I’ve been making plans to join my Uncle in the States and well, it’s still in the works. But i will be leaving Singapore in the next two months no matter what. Where, i have no idea.

I’ll keep everyone posted.

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