The Lack of Appreciation

It is 4:02 am in the morning, and I just can't sleep. It may be to the fact that I had been sleeping most of the day or that my body had adjusted to the nightly hours since I started my overnight shifts at work.

Therefore, I am taking an opportunity in this restless hour to rant about the lack of appreciation in an office environment, namely my own.

When I first started my first job, I had seen a lot of people come and go at a workplace. Some people quit before they even started. Some didn't work past a month. Some worked as little as 3 months, while others worked as long as years, trying to support their families or themselves. Now, I don't mean to be offensive but I want to make a remark about the fact that I thought people ought to give it a little bit of effort to last just a little bit longer when getting a job . . . Half a year, even. Although I know that that they are positions out there people come to find out they do not like after a certain period of time.

Having said that, it is true that for all the job positions I've held in the past, I'd worked for at least over a year. True to myself and YOU, I can honestly say that I value my job, even when I DO NOT ENJOY doing certain things at work. Those things usually only occur after a given time-frame when I have become accustomed to the pace.

It really upsets me th... [ read the rest ]

~ 30 Dec 2011 // By Ellina // Blog // Comments 0

Finals Week Over

And thus it is over

I am forever more GRATEFUL that finals week is finally done, completed, over with! No more late-night studies, no more killing brain cells over lectures, no more going to the bathroom a hundred times during the night because you've just drunk all the tea or coffee (whatever you drink) that you have. NO MORE FINALS AND PAPERS AND DEADLINES.

I am quite proud, however, of my accomplishment -- that is, I wrote a 14-page research paper for a class within one day. And I mean about full 7-page, 10-pt font, 0.5 margin of nothing but text... Uh, of course what are good friends for? They help you with research when you are just that desperate. Yep.

I think all of us were too lazy to read it over once it was done, though. Heck, I didn't even have the brain or energy to read it over.

Anyhow, this entry is pretty much a summary of the fall semester. Overall, I enjoyed it. My classes were pretty interesting compared to many other ones that I had in the past. Biochem & Nutrition, taken these two together, was a smart idea (though, it was only coincidental, shhh). Medical Anthropology was very eye-opening and intesting; the topics were something to ponder over and what actually happens in real life. Psych of Language -- the class was ok...It was nice because I made friends ... [ read the rest ]

~ 17 Dec 2011 // By Ellina // Blog // Comments 0

<< Previous 1 2 3 Next >>

Content Management Powered by CuteNews