Phobias

Let's talk about phobias today...

I'm sure plenty of people around the streets of Singapore would agree that we all have at least one or two phobias right?

Phobia:
1)A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
2)A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

I personally have at least 5 phobias and still counting...
Let me tell you about one of my secret phobia... (well almost secret anyway)

Well ahem.....

I.....


I am very afraid of job interviews and the first day at work...
(-_-;)

Hmm... A bit of over-dramatic am I ?

From a very young age, I've have been afraid of meeting and talking to total strangers...
Especially the talking to strangers part...
I guess it is partly due to a lack of experience...
I said partly because I've been taking Oral Exams since I was like, in primary one? and yet everytime it was nearing to my turn, I nearly freak out...
I'm so nervous that my knees keep shaking...
My voice keep trembling...
I cannot cannot cannot look at the examiner in their faces...
(But then luckily my results have always been good... *smirks*)

But I'm very afraid of job interviews because they are quite similar to Oral Exams, with harder questions sometimes...
Oral Exams and Job Interviews:
- you have to queue up for your turn
- you have to enter into a room where your examiners/interviewers are waiting for you...
- you have to sit facing them
- first impressions counts
- they will question you!!!!! (the scariest part)

*gasp* *gulp* (breathing very shakily now)

I especially hate questions like this: (as told by my friends or hear-say...)
- may I know how will you contribute to our company etc...
(you have jobscope when you hire people right? that means that the person will contribute to your company according to the certain jobscope lar!!!)
- why must I hire you?? (you have vacancies)
- what certain qualities in your personality that would make hiring you an asset to our company? (...)

(>_<)!!!!! Want me to write you an essay?? Please, spare me the agony of answering such questions..... (some part-time jobs like distributing flyers also requires people to answer these kind of question...) Ok, so maybe such questions are important just in case you have over 1000+ applicants for 80 places only... But I (and many others) HATE HATE H-A-T-E it all the same...

Now the next part, if you very luckily get the job...
The First Day At Work
- first impressions counts again
- meaning cannot be late
- meaning must wake up freakingly early
- meaning must spent a bomb on your attire for your workplace if you do not aready have the suitable clothes
- and just in case you get lose... (happens to me all the time), wake up earlier then the freaking early and bring extra $$$ for a cab...
- not to mention the new information you have to jammed into your head...
e.g: what I need to do for my job, where is the nearest toilet, when is breaktime, how should I do my job...


(-_-;)
Now I know why many of my female friends wants to be a rich tai-tai when they grow up.....