Lost in Transition

I'm feeling quite lost...
Really lost...

*cries*

If feels like I've been gazing at a beautiful bubble for a really long time... and it suddenly burst. And I shake my head and look around... and I realized I have nothing...

In DMC, I had my classmates... they were my family, my friends... I knew that they would be there if I had any problems, and I knew that if I needed help, I could always turn to them...

Then I came to STOMP... I thought I had finally found a place where I could actually call "home"..

It... was my dream place to work in...

Everybody is nice, the work is fun, and despite the long hours, everybody works hard...

That was because I was an intern... having that small amount of allowance, which barely could feed me a month was enough, because my final objective wasn't about pay - it was about getting a shining "A" and a nice portfolio to follow...

After 26 January, I will not be an intern anymore...

I will be a full fledged staff of Singapore press holdings. With the psychotic working hours and late night shootings, weekend overdrive and heavy logistics...

All this, for approximately $45 a day. Which amounts up to less then $800 a month without CPF..

$800 divided by [9 hours (minimum per day) x 5 days (minimum per week) x 4 (weeks)]
= <$3.50 cents per hour.

45 hours a week is the minimum, which can go up to a maximum of over 60 hours a week.

Wouldnt that cause me to be earning less then $3 per hour?

Even MacDonalds staff can do better...


The reason why I'm in a dillema, and not outrightly rejecting the offer is because:
1) I love the people at STOMP
2) I love the work at STOMP
3) I will be able to write in my job experience as "Worked for Singapore Press Holding as an AV Producer".


They will not offer me any higher, not even that of a university intern (which is allowance as well), or an A level graduate...

Thats because I "have not" completed my diploma yet.

And until I get the slip of evidence that I have completed my diploma, they will not offer me any higher...


and the problem is because of the extremely slow polytechnic administration, I would most likely obtain my diploma AFTER I'M IN THE ARMY.

like wtf for.


what can I do with $800 a month???

even a toilet cleaner would be able works less and earn more then me.

=/

*sigh*