Things On My Mind

People And Jobs

It's natural for the ordinary person to have to search for a job at one point of his or her life. Jobs are the things that give us the finances in order to survive. Some people are fortunate enough to get the jobs that they enjoy and gain a sense of... satisfaction from. Seeing a result of your work is one of the greatest things that you can experience, whether it's a small puzzle you've put together or a novel that you finished writing.

But if there are people who get the jobs that they want, there are surely people who do not get the job they want?

First impressions really make an impact on the observer. Although they are not always 100% accurate, they have a lasting effect if it's a one time meeting.

In grade six, I went to a camp of some sort (I now unfortunately do not remember the major events of that camp, but I'm sure I had an amazing time) with my class and a few others. We were going throughout the day cycling stations and at one point of the three day camp my group and I ended up at the cooking station.

Cooking was merely just making smores over a fireplace, nothing to get over-excited about. Now my memory gets fuzzy when I think about what happened, so bear with me if you were there and I recall something wrong.

What I remember is that my group was finished with the station and it was a free block (or something like that). So we split into our little groups and went off. I also remember it being very cold and rainy (at one point at least) and that brought a little group (including me) to the fireplace (yes, where the smores were made). We were cold and wanted to warm up, so we asked the cooking station guide if we could start a fire. She immediately turned us down, being somewhat angry and dismissed herself.

As she walked off, I remember one of us (I can't say who because I would like to protect this person's identity on the off chance that the particular guide I'm talking about stumbles upon this post) said something along the lines of, "She should quit her job if she's unhappy with it."

It's funny how a memory like this can come back to me while I'm sitting in the hot tub at the swimming pool looking at the unhappy face of a life guard.

Who knows? Maybe the guide (and the life guard) was just having a bad and miserable day. She might have been a really nice person if we got the chance to meet her and spend time with her. And that's why I like to make good first impressions that last.

I've kind of wandered off topic here. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that if you have a job that you really dislike, I feel... bad (I don't know if that works) for you. It must suck to go to your work everyday only to get back unhappy.

Provincial

Sorry for jumping from place to place while talking about people and jobs. I figure that it kind of fits together in the end, so I won't change it. I'll also apologize for another post without images. I have no idea if you don't mind or if you do, but I will try to put some up in the next post.

Anyhow, if you have been curious about the result of my Provincial exam, then here's the part for you.

The Provincial exam was... honestly not that difficult.

Hold up here though. This is from my perspective and I still don't know what I got on the exam, so I might just end up thinking that it was easy but end up looking like an idiot at the end of it all.

But yeah, I didn't have a lot of trouble with the exam (provided that it was multiple choice and was also an e-exam). Overall I feel good about the outcome of it, although I'm apprehensive as to what percentile I got on it.

The End Of This Post

So those are my thoughts for today. Nothing really out of the ordinary, just the usual.

I heard about biometrics in a song I was listening to. It seems like a really interesting topic that I would like to talk about in the future (if I can ever find something to apply it to). Maybe I'll put up something about that in the near future. Anyhow, to conclude my post as per usual, I will give you a number that doesn't really mean much. That number (for today) is an 8.

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." - Martin Luther