It gets veryyyyy irritating when ppl KEEP asking you EVERY TIME THEY SEE YOU -- How's your job hunt? Found job already?
-.-
GAH.
I know they are just curious and concerned but it gets reallllll annoying when they have to ask every single time they see you without faillll! -.- It's like.... i just want to get a job faster so they stop asking.
Just.... STAHHHHPPP.
So anyway, I'm starting work tml ohohohoho.... some ppl just cannot believe what I'm doing as a full time job. Because it's soooo unheard of.
Hahah.
Oh yea, probably cos i'm only 1 out of the 2 ppl in the entire Singapore that's gonna do a cappella for a full time pay.
So far responses to my choice of full time job has been reallyyy varied. The mother of my tutee was super excited and thought it was real cool.
A lady at my church was like--- come again?? O.o Oh. Hmm. So... what do you do?
And then, the ultimate comment that ticked me off by a guy in my church--- What, is that a career?
Followed by-- So, you gonna sing in BARS?? -.-
Honestly, I donno if he was trying to be sarcastic or plain stupid. Sorry, you may be my church member but that was just a piss off comment.
What do you mean by 'is that a career'? -.- Well, for your info, I helped you work as a game facilitator for your company's school programmes and after a hard day's work in the hot weather wearing black polo n pants for about 5 hrs, and I only earned $25!!
For 1x HALF an hour gig I do at my JOB, I get paid $100.
TELL ME what's NOT a career now, thank you. #Bitch please #in your face
People are so narrow-minded. They cannot see beyond what is the NORM. Just because it's not the NORM doesn't mean what I'm doing is not a respectable job, or a plausible career, mind you. I probably get paid more than you. PLUS, I'm getting paid to perform. How many ppl in Singapore can say they are being paid a FULL-TIME salary to perform? Of course, no job is a bed of roses, and sai kang comes with every job you're gonna have. But it doesn't matter, bcos I get to do what I like. I have to do marketing also, but that's okay, isn't it better to do marketing for something you believe in and are passionate about, rather than just being a mouthpiece of some corporation?
Still feel like I haven't ranted enough to get the frustration your comment caused me off my chest -.- BAH.
I don't mind you giving me genuinely concerned doubts about whether there is a future in this, cause I myself also don't know, but what's with the Sarcastic- "Is that a career?" comment man.
I'm proud of what I'm gonna do, even if there may not be a future for this. But even if I only stick to this job for awhile, months, or a year, I'm gonna be proud that I can say to my kids next time- Your mother used to be a singer!
HEH. YOU CAN SAY THAT ORNOT.
You another like to sing one then look down on my job. cannot comprehend you #inyourfaceeeeeeeeee
Who knows what the future holds?
Why cancel out all possibility now just because you can't forsee what's ahead?
Even if there's nothing ahead, I believe I'll be happy just for the experience (and not to mention, the $$) for this period of time.
As I was sitting on the chair waiting to be interviewed for a corp comms govt job, (everyone's idea of an ideal, good, normal job) I was sitting there thinking to myself- will I rather come to this office, everyday, doing work I can survive on but don't really like or necessarily feel for, just go about with my work from day to day because it's my job, or would I rather do something I like, but get paid less, not have a normal, nice office, no bonuses, no big company events?
And the answer was very clear to me then that I rather choose to do music.
It was like, I knew in my heart then, just before I went in for the interview.
(And then I screwed up the interview although I tried to fake interest in the job, and left feeling like an complete idiot and failure thereafter.)
But I knew there may not be another time or opportunity in my life to get paid to do something like this. And I wanted the time (plus monetary incentive) and job pressure to push me to grow as a musician and performer. Cause I know i'll be too lazy to really take learning music seriously. By the way, music is by no means easy. It takes alot of time and effort, and it is a skill that is practiced and trained for years. It is an acquired skill that uses up a lot of time and energy to develop, just like how you train in basketball or soccer.
It took me 4 years of Sec school choir training to learn to use Diaphragm & get rid of airy voice.
The 2 yrs in JC was probably when I learnt to develop a strong sop voice.
Then it took my another about 2 yrs to transit from choir voice to pop voice.
And even until now I wouldn't say I'm that good or stable.
After so many years of performing i still get really nervous.
But yeah.
Actually I did not plan to pursue a music career. Neither did I plan to make this a full time job. But it was like for a long time in my heart I felt that if I could, I would. I just never thought I could. I never thought I was good enough. I never thought that I could go somewhere with this. I never thought there would be a future, or an opportunity.
But as I reflected upon my internship experiences, and thought about what I would like to do as a career, all the things I did during my internship didn't seem to fit. I got exposed to what the advertising/ PR/ media/ corp comms industry does.... and I could SURVIVE doing it.... but I would just be an Existence, someone out there trying to make a living.... just doing a job for the sake of a job.
I would be someone following my bosses' orders, doing what they told me to do, writing press releases and articles about what the company wants me to say. I'll be advocating causes and running ads/events for causes just for the sake of it, not because I truly believe in it.
Essentially, I would just be a paid, mouthpiece for the corporation I'm working for.
It gets veryyyyy irritating when ppl KEEP asking you EVERY TIME THEY SEE YOU -- How's your job hunt? Found job already?
-.-
GAH.
I know they are just curious and concerned but it gets reallllll annoying when they have to ask every single time they see you without faillll! -.- It's like.... i just want to get a job faster so they stop asking.
Just.... STAHHHHPPP.
So anyway, I'm starting work tml ohohohoho.... some ppl just cannot believe what I'm doing as a full time job. Because it's soooo unheard of.
Hahah.
Oh yea, probably cos i'm only 1 out of the 2 ppl in the entire Singapore that's gonna do a cappella for a full time pay.
So far responses to my choice of full time job has been reallyyy varied. The mother of my tutee was super excited and thought it was real cool.
A lady at my church was like--- come again?? O.o Oh. Hmm. So... what do you do?
And then, the ultimate comment that ticked me off by a guy in my church--- What, is that a career?
Followed by-- So, you gonna sing in BARS?? -.-
Honestly, I donno if he was trying to be sarcastic or plain stupid. Sorry, you may be my church member but that was just a piss off comment.
What do you mean by 'is that a career'? -.- Well, for your info, I helped you work as a game facilitator for your company's school programmes and after a hard day's work in the hot weather wearing black polo n pants for about 5 hrs, and I only earned $25!!
For 1x HALF an hour gig I do at my JOB, I get paid $100.
TELL ME what's NOT a career now, thank you. #Bitch please #in your face
People are so narrow-minded. They cannot see beyond what is the NORM. Just because it's not the NORM doesn't mean what I'm doing is not a respectable job, or a plausible career, mind you. I probably get paid more than you. PLUS, I'm getting paid to perform. How many ppl in Singapore can say they are being paid a FULL-TIME salary to perform? Of course, no job is a bed of roses, and sai kang comes with every job you're gonna have. But it doesn't matter, bcos I get to do what I like. I have to do marketing also, but that's okay, isn't it better to do marketing for something you believe in and are passionate about, rather than just being a mouthpiece of some corporation?
Still feel like I haven't ranted enough to get the frustration your comment caused me off my chest -.- BAH.
I don't mind you giving me genuinely concerned doubts about whether there is a future in this, cause I myself also don't know, but what's with the Sarcastic- "Is that a career?" comment man.
I'm proud of what I'm gonna do, even if there may not be a future for this. But even if I only stick to this job for awhile, months, or a year, I'm gonna be proud that I can say to my kids next time- Your mother used to be a singer!
HEH. YOU CAN SAY THAT ORNOT.
You another like to sing one then look down on my job. cannot comprehend you #inyourfaceeeeeeeeee
Who knows what the future holds?
Why cancel out all possibility now just because you can't forsee what's ahead?
Even if there's nothing ahead, I believe I'll be happy just for the experience (and not to mention, the $$) for this period of time.
As I was sitting on the chair waiting to be interviewed for a corp comms govt job, (everyone's idea of an ideal, good, normal job) I was sitting there thinking to myself- will I rather come to this office, everyday, doing work I can survive on but don't really like or necessarily feel for, just go about with my work from day to day because it's my job, or would I rather do something I like, but get paid less, not have a normal, nice office, no bonuses, no big company events?
And the answer was very clear to me then that I rather choose to do music.
It was like, I knew in my heart then, just before I went in for the interview.
(And then I screwed up the interview although I tried to fake interest in the job, and left feeling like an complete idiot and failure thereafter.)
But I knew there may not be another time or opportunity in my life to get paid to do something like this. And I wanted the time (plus monetary incentive) and job pressure to push me to grow as a musician and performer. Cause I know i'll be too lazy to really take learning music seriously. By the way, music is by no means easy. It takes alot of time and effort, and it is a skill that is practiced and trained for years. It is an acquired skill that uses up a lot of time and energy to develop, just like how you train in basketball or soccer.
It took me 4 years of Sec school choir training to learn to use Diaphragm & get rid of airy voice.
The 2 yrs in JC was probably when I learnt to develop a strong sop voice.
Then it took my another about 2 yrs to transit from choir voice to pop voice.
And even until now I wouldn't say I'm that good or stable.
After so many years of performing i still get really nervous.
But yeah.
Actually I did not plan to pursue a music career. Neither did I plan to make this a full time job. But it was like for a long time in my heart I felt that if I could, I would. I just never thought I could. I never thought I was good enough. I never thought that I could go somewhere with this. I never thought there would be a future, or an opportunity.
But as I reflected upon my internship experiences, and thought about what I would like to do as a career, all the things I did during my internship didn't seem to fit. I got exposed to what the advertising/ PR/ media/ corp comms industry does.... and I could SURVIVE doing it.... but I would just be an Existence, someone out there trying to make a living.... just doing a job for the sake of a job.
I would be someone following my bosses' orders, doing what they told me to do, writing press releases and articles about what the company wants me to say. I'll be advocating causes and running ads/events for causes just for the sake of it, not because I truly believe in it.
Essentially, I would just be a paid, mouthpiece for the corporation I'm working for.
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