Newsie #14 : 24 September 1999

A BUM AGAIN...

People I have sent my NEWSIES to have been asking me whatever happened to my monthly/weekly updates. That time I had a job which I really liked because it kept my butt turning and my head reeling---I was under a Professional Service Contract (PSC) with PBSP's Training and Consultancy Unit. One of my friends actually commented that it was not a good idea to be back in my old office but, man (or woman), having a boss with good leadership skills, all I can say is "no regrets." I learned a whole lot more in those two months of PSC than I did as a proby for nine months in the other unit I was in. I hope there are more people like her somewhere out there. Right now, all I really worry about is whether I can still hold on to my savings---there's so many things I'd want to do but still afraid to do it lest I find myself without money to spare. I can't even fix my room because of too much worrying! I have to set aside my enrollment at PowerDance for the nth time!!! It will probably be just a dream! Hate it. I'll probably be sketching instead of taking photography because pencils and sketchbooks are much cheaper than buying my very own camera plus the rolls of film---or again, maybe not.

I have to save money because it's very expensive to apply for a new job. Why? Computer rentals, good quality of special paper, personalized stick-ons for my return address labels, and of course I have to have them delivered via Federal Express or LBC or DHL. It's too costly to impress companies. Then I leave them again if I don't like them! Yup, I work so that I can get myself another work until I eventually find work I can treat as play. And in the end become a professional bum, I guess that's what they are---people who have no regrets because they like who they are and what they are doing. My exception would be, somebody who does nothing hard most of the time but earns money easily! Now, that's me as a bum.