Life goes on… in Amsterdam!

First time in my life, I worked in a foreign country and earned money!
The story started on Monday, after I came back from Cologne, Vik found me an online job search company in Germany (http://www.jacktiger.com). Feeling lazy and not really motivated (as my first job application in Germany was turned down 6 months ago, and ever since then I did not apply for anything anymore), I registered myself and quite reluctantly browsing through the jobs available there. I must say that it was Vik who helped and motivated me a lot throughout the whole process, end of Monday I applied for 2 jobs from that website, doubting the possibilities of them taking me.
It was really hard work though, as I have to write my cover letters in German and frankly speaking, my German is not that good yet (and after my 2 months ‘free-from-German’ holiday in Malaysia, it gets worse than before). So Vik has to help me to do the proofreading and making amendments and all… Well guess what, about 20 minutes after my second application was sent, unbelievably I received a reply asking for my full CV. Hahaha, that must be a joke, I told myself at the point I saw the email, but part of me was happy too. So I took some time to look through my funny German CV, and sent to them, hoping that somehow, somewhere, someone or something will like it… (will continue about this job next week).
As for another application, no reply and whatsoever.
Then on Tuesday afternoon, my mobile rang. I picked up the phone, and then a lady started talking to me (non-stop, bla bla bla)… When I finally hung up the phone, I was laughing to myself, hahahahaha, Oh my God I got myself a job! It was the application which I didn’t receive any reply from, it is a rice company, Tilda is the brand, and my job is to promote Basmati rice. As the promotion in Frankfurt was just yesterday, and the coming promotions will be in Düsseldorf and other cities, so it was a one day job for me. I am very happy with the payment, 10 Euro per hour, fair and square… The job was simple, I didn’t have to sell anything, just cooked some rice, let the passers by tried the rice, gave away 500g pack rice for free, and then cleaned up the booth, that was it. Ohh and I was busy the day before reading about basmati rice (all the documents are in German… so you can imagine…)
Not a permanent job (I don’t think I want to do that permanently anyway), but a good start for me in Germany, and it does encourage and motivate me a lot (I talked to total strangers in German, man… I still can’t believe it!), as I am now more convinced, that getting a job in Germany is possible for me. Vik is proud of me too, and I really have to thank him for the support and love, without him, I would be so lost…
Life goes on, wish me luck, I’m looking forward to a better job! :p

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