I hate to think that there may be only 2 options for me now:
1. Lower my standard (and salary expectation) and apply for the job that I tried so hard to leave
2. Stay unemployed

Because apparently I’m not good enough for all the jobs I’ve applied so far. An agent called me last week and offered me an interview for a web designer job. Didn’t she read my resume? And when I told her what kind of jobs that I was looking for, she had the cheek to tell me I needed to stay longer as web developer. Hello? Before that I worked 3 years as a systems analyst. How much longer should I be the lowest in the food chain before I can actually move somewhere?

I’m seriously thinking of giving up all this. This is ridiculous. Most of job ads listed 2 pages of requirements and yet I bet they’re only willing to pay peanuts. Why the hell do you need an MBA to do programming??? And why are you looking for someone who is an expert (must have 5 - 7 years experience) in database, programming, system administration, AND networking? Either the poor chap will be the only person who runs the whole IT department (a.k.a working 10 hours a day and must be willing to work on weekends) or they are not actually looking for people (hey, we are just a little bit late/early for April’s fool).

And with each passing day, I look even worse on paper for being jobless too long. Perhaps the next time someone asked me why I’ve been unemployed this long I should just say because bloody people like them refuse to give my a job.

I so need to find a job soon. M·A·C Holiday collection, Temptation, is out and I couldn’t resist the temptation to buy, erm, Temptation. In fear that others would swarm the counter like mad, I reserved a pigment set and a paint set yesterday morning and collected them after my driving class in the afternoon. A little too anxious, you may say, but those women can be crazy when it comes to holiday collection like this. So, better safe than sorry. My wallet, however, is screaming with agony

I’m not qualified to migrate to Australia as a skilled person.

That’s what the letter said. They said I didn’t have the required 4 years of experience. Although I’ve seen it coming, I’m still a little dissapointed by the result. This was something that weighed my mind when I was still contemplating of leaving my last job. It wouldn’t look good on papers. And it seems that I was right after all.

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Job hunting still leads to nowhere. Sent a couple of applications few days ago but no calls yet, as usual. Sent yet another application to a finance company, the 4th time this year. I imagine that they’ve put my name on their blacklist. Or people there are betting how long before this girl send another resume (who needs scratch papers?). But that’s the Murphy’s Law of job hunting. You’ll never hear from the ones which you put your hopes on. It sucks. I wonder when this will end. I’m tired of it.

My sister-in-law just gave birth to a healty baby girl this morning through a caesarean. She (the mother) was still sleeping when I called my brother-in-law and the baby could not be contacted for comments. Probably still busy adjusting to her new environments *grin*. Although I have a few nieces and nephews from my cousins, this is the first time that I become a REAL aunt. Wow! That feels old.

Yesterday A said, “My brother is going to be a dad tomorrow. What do you think he’ll be like when he’s a dad?”. Umm, like a dad perhaps? That’s not an easy question to answer. How do you change when you become a parent?