Skip to main content

Life is a competition, unhealthy sometimes

 Aug 12th, 2024, 2101. 


Hi readers, it's me again after quite a long time. I have no idea why but I'm so scared to write as it has been a while I didn't write. I'm just afraid I might sound stupid but if I keep on waiting then nothing's gonna change :) 


I'm currently having my 3rd week of being jobless, useless fresh grad. Laying in the living room, binge watching love classics on Netflix - I might be so proud to express that The Notebook will be my all time favorite!!!! I cried a lot and wonder how I got nailed to every plot, but the movie is just so relatable as hell. I'm not talking about the difference between statuses, but the lenses of both genders perceiving the love itself is just excellent and truly impactful. Yep, now everyone might think I'm so comfortable staying in my crib instead of setting my wings to fly out there, finding jobs or to fulfill my fate as previously got architecturally tortured. Thank you people for being typical minded human - just grateful I'm not on the same spot as you, perhaps I may be further front away. My topic to think isn't just about "is he/she working?", but broader than that. 


My head has been so miserable thinking of future. I was so disappointed to the current industry as they are too demanding on winners by cheating the competition itself. Imagine, this whole working industry is a big, fat competition. Everyone have to participate and those who win will get the job. The organisers are the industries, the employers


So the industry demands assistant architects who are capable of using advanced softwares - even the ones we HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD OF. Being in IIUM, they are so obsessed of manually drawn drawings, manually crafted models and manually everything! I quite enjoy the process till now, as hand-crafted things and stuffs would stimulate your braincells, making them more active and sharpen your mind as well. I love seeing my impromptu sketches and doodles for its imperfect shapes allow me to think of more wild ideas in my head. Therefore, it can be seen from my humble portfolio that both first year and second year feature some hand-drawn drawings for our final projects, while computerized presentation are only on our final year - and this one we learned only the very old fashioned basics, as today's technology is growing bigger and wider to explore. I even did my final year with the help of my friend. Not cool, you think? 


Being a Raihana, I am always liven up by my own positive spirit. You will never know the darkest hour I have passed through, with the littlest flame of motivation, to lighten up the whole view! You can tell how I fluently smile on every phases of my life. Ask anyone or yourself, so rarely people see me at my lowest and you think it's easy to be that calm during the storm? I am always holding on to how the Islamic scholars coping with their patience and I hope I could be as strong as they were. But right now everything seems to test my patience, and I already giving up I think, as I got too many requests doing so :) 


The spirit to study and to finish what I have started regardless what I have gone through the whole final semester was still there. Giving all it got. Hence, before anything happens to the small, tiny flame, I'd better get going; where recently I have received some messages relating to job offers. I applied around 8 architecture firms, and I got 1 interview from this one company, and another 3 portfolio reviews from 3 different companies. Long story short, as hinted from your early read up there, they are too demanding and I was quite shocked. 


I was angry, upset and frustrated with the market requirements. The employers somehow don't even know how to use the computer but they've been expecting you do everything advanced for them? All you can see from their eyes is just fucking money! Therefore, to simplify, the working industry is like a competition and you are free to participate with whatever you have; your legs, bikes, and even jets. The organisers (employers) already know who's going to win the competition, obviously, the ones using jets, idiots. - So tell me what in the world is this kind of competition when you already picked your winners? Is this fair? I asked my bestfriend and so furious of his answer, but I'm gladly let you all think of your own answer and just keep it for you and others if you want. 


Um, let's just call him Ahmad. 


Ahmad's answer: Fair competition 

Reason: The ones using bikes and legs have to upgrade themselves la. Don't complaint when someone has more capabilities, instead try to be like them


He might sounds right, right, everyone? Butt here, let me break it for you; everyone has the ability to walk, to ride the bike, right? But NOT FUCKING EVERYONE HAS THE FUCKING CHANCE OR ABILITY TO OWN AND NAVIGATE A FUCKING JET, RIGHT? The ability includes financial, knowledge, and other essentials needed to fucking have a jet. Is it fair then, only jetters can be the winner? Nope right? 


I can, invest some of my time to fucking learn the softwares. But to remind, all architectural softwares cost you heaven and hell, the cheapest you would have would be around RM 40k, and that's original. My university software license is about to expired soon, as I'm graduating now. I may perhaps have them from Shopee, pirated ones. But last time it cost me my RM 5.6k worth Dell gaming laptop because of pirated SketchUp I used during my first year. The laptop burnt as it rejecting the viruses the software had. Now yep, I have a whole brand new gaming laptop from HP, got it on my final year, final semester. 

Now you see the obstacles right, to upgrade my fucking legs to a fucking jet? I don't have that ability!!! And I'm quite in doubt to spare my laptop for another damage made by the pirated apps or softwares later! I fucking have no job, no source of income so let's not have my neck on the chopping board. 


Therefore I'm hoping for chance to work somewhere, and use their licence to develop new skills using licensed softwares. And from there I'll try to explore more and more while sharpen whatever they-called-it-basic skills I have. 


and this is just talk for ones having legs. What about OKU? Aren't they involved as well in the competition? So do you think it would be fair for the OKUs? Competing with ones using jets? If we implement Ahmad's statement, we will just go at the OKUs, shout at them " WOI, U KNOW U DONT HAVE LEG AAA, UPGRADE LA TO HAVE LEGS. PERHAPS TO HAVE TURBO WHEELCHAIR? " - ha it's going to be like tis la. Is it still fair?


Thus, the question here would be, " how are we going to make things fair " or " who's fault that everyone is dying obsessed being the victim of one's arrogance " ?? The answer is simple, THE ORGANISERS!!!!!


It's not the jetter's fault, nor the player with one leg, but everything can be changed by manipulating the organisers. The organisers (employers) should open up for job quota that make sense for everyone and not just to fulfill his stomach with fucking money and projects. If they are keeping on picking up winners even before the race start, it would never be fair for everyone. It's just I'm so mad because what is the use of having this bachelor degree, if the ones they are so looking forward to are the ones with skills, without considering their study backgrounds? Am I trained to do job during degree? 


Nope. 


I was trained to crunch my brain to small pieces to critically think of philosophical issues regarding the course. So? Why are they so greedy, they think there would be more benefits to hire non-bachelors as they can serve them low salary and they are made to do non-stop works. 


Stupid!!


------------------


After a week of taking breath and being patient, I have decided I may touch some of the softwares. Pirated pun pirated la mampus la sampai bila nak gini. So I might learn how to use some new softwares and try to adapt using it, hence I have both bachelor degree and the additional skill. I'll make the employers gulp down my portfolio, until they got choked if this is what they want. I fucking spent a lot on my degree lepastu sukahati je taknak hire aku lol.


 Bye. 













Comments

Popular posts from this blog

got offer letter for degree!?

jum'ah barakah, 17th September 2021 - the day after tomorrow will be Zuzu's birthday. while yesterday was her love life's, Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah of Pahang. 😝 it's nearly 2 weeks since I got my degree offer letter, YESSSS ALHAMDULILLAH HAHAHAHA I finally got invited to experience another 4-days-straight of sleepless nights (looking for a longer period 💓), another more days to puasa suddenly (submission days are always exhausting that I'll fall asleep right after the deadline until maghrib XD) and to more and more of rejection and "BURUKKKK" from mon lecturers 😄 (since i wasn't born to draw but i WILL in shaa allah, we'll see 😏). if you followed my previous story about me being so dramatic about what i want to pursue in degree,  i mentioned that i wanted to go for QUANTITY SURVEYING so so bad. -definitely a decision to make after my ideas got rejected so many times, i was compared to other people a lot (direct & indirect way) and ...

6 days in Konya, Turkey. & Life as a Turkish 👰 experiences and recommendations. ☕

🌼🌼 Life as a Turkish 🌼🌼 Selam aleyküm, people! günaydın !! 😚  it's been ages since i last wrote about " Who am I? (family version) ". if you haven't read it yet, go read it after you read this entry i'm writing right now. 👼☁ nesılsın? (how are you?) if you're doin good, elhamdulillah. if you're not, reveilles-vous bientôt. 😊 (this is french language. 😆) so maybe most of you readers (most are my friends and fam 👩) knew that i went to Turkey last March. i spent 10 days there, 4 days in Istanbul which is my all time fav 😍, and another 6 days well spent in Konya, the most beautiful historical and cultural place i've ever been. but between 6 days in Konya, i also went to Cappadocia, which filled wth old cavessss and hot air ballon, we went to Sille and Aksaray. 😋  elhamdulillah, indeed God hears to every du'a. it took me 4 years , i keep praying and praying and praying in every single of my sujood. i know it is impossible sometimes for ...

PMS never felt this awful.

March 25th. One thing that no one will ever ask, but tonight sounds so melancholic, with my ears now stuffed with " Melancholy" from Spotify. Life is currently so sad.  I am alone - with realisation of that particular one who might accept me more than I do to myself? But what am I doing now? Break his heart is the only specialty I'm good at.  I slowly noticed how some faces are just masks they put on. Yet you are to spare forgiveness and acceptance for them as it's part of their "survival".  I hate it when people mock my opinion and don't take my words seriously.  I am exhausted of being selfless for those who dont even know how to appreciate. I am burning out, for too tightly holding on to myself and the things they considered as dignity and pride.  I want cry my heart out when they told me they have spaghetti, and I was all starved for it, but then they ate it without any guilts. I feel bad, when that one old lecturer who favours me fell sick because I...

As reckless as I could.

 26 October 2022, padre's birthday. \\ It's vital for you to turn on Peterpan's Mungkin Nanti before indulging into this entry// Currently having my time, though I have tons to be think of; 1. Heritage, since I am one of the group leaders. It's never sounds easy to handle 25 people to go oversea ya know. 2. Design, I did some research about our upcoming furniture project for RnR before asr today and cant wait to vomit the idea on butter paper trrow. And 1 last thing is the stupid folder I need to prepare for Journalism Club (clap hands everyone) for we'll be having a workshop soon this Saturday but I'm planning to ask the program manager trrow night, REHEARSAL.  I know I often prioritize my schedule but there's always reason why things were so better back then., maybe because I wrote a lot. So indeed I am here because I am in need of this, I have to write this story.  From my previous post where I spilled there was this one guy who likes me, now let me tell ...

and there we go again..

November 17, 2022.  And there we go again, quarreling about the school-break. I feel sick every time I knew that I won't be able enjoy the holiday I deserve like everyone else. Kau bayangkanla harini cuti untuk PRU-15 sampai Isnin next week, and aku masih lagi mereput kat uia ni - Kalau boleh, Sabtu nanti je baru balik tu pun agaknya kalau possible balik hari ke uia, memang aku balik semata mengundi and sambung suffering kat kampus.  Lagi aku geram, ofc la aku budak architecture ni takde maknanya balik right on time, mesti kena awal sehari sebab kitaorg ada model lagi tak setel. haaa ni aku nak mengamuk jugak kalau dah balik awal nanti progress masih lembap and masih mengemis extension. dah la next week ada baki 4 hari je before mid sem break. so ada baki 3 hari buat model, hari keempat tu presentation. tapi in between tu juga bukan hadap design je, subject lain pun nak submission jugak. Pastu mid sem yang patutnya cuti 10 hari starting on 26th of November, boleh pulakkkk dior...

Nervousnyaaaaaa esok Dean's Cup Debate Championship!! >< // bismillah to experience

 1st June 2021, Tuesday, currently in jelousy >:( hm! * IDEA  is our society name. it is AED but read backwards. AEDi.  umm basically i placed the title before the championship and now it's already 2 days after the debate 🤣 so i still remember that day w here Asad texted me asking if i interested to join debate representing my course, archi & env design (AED, if ur new). when i was in secondary school, i did joined some debate competitions since i was 15 and i got the title 'best debater'. I was in that team with my bestfriend, Ainul and my forever friend, Hidayah. these 2 idiots were the best when it comes to talk-back episodes. still fresh in my mind how we got prepared; always 2 weeks before the competition, find legit EVERYTHING related to our motion, collect informations from buku karangan biar ayat power and figure out what will the opposition come up with. oh well.  now it has been nearly 10 months i am stuck in the campus. 10 months with no tv. 10 mon...