I recently watched two movies. One was Kingsman and the other was The Foreigner. Well watching them makes me realized that wearing suit and tie is really something else. It will make you look elegant. With class. And all the good things I can think about. I would like to wear one, honestly. But in the current place and situation I detest it a lot. For the record we are not wearing those kind of suit and tie. But we do have a uniform. Call me crazy it is fine, but I still want to share my opinions anyway. I mean I know the advantages of having uniform. We just lack the coat. If we wear a coat then we can exactly look like those people from the Kingsman movie.
Now why I hate wearing this formal uniform? Well before I say so. Correct me if I am wrong but those kind of clothing came from the Western countries for a reason. And so why do the rest of the world has to follow? Even in the days that we are no longer a colony of a rich western country? It would have been so convenient if only we are not in a very hot place. Oh please do not argue with me in saying that we have a so called winter. I am not complaining about the weather but our winter is not like the winter of the rest of the world. So we do not really need layers of clothing especially on our summer. And the maintenance! In this age where no ironing needed cloth is available they still insist on issuing us uniforms that ironing is needed. How I hate ironing. And it is also consuming electricity. With little salary they are expecting us to consume the electricity just to iron the uniform. Hmp.
So for me the most convenient uniform will be any jeans and polo shirt. The ones like in Giordano where ironing is not needed. Not sure if it is called polo shirt. But then I know there is nothing I can do about it that I end up just ranting about here... Ranting about it is all I can do and it will never change in a million years to come. Even if the company no longer has the money to provide us new sets of uniform... And the next topic is language. The main reason why I am trying hard to learn a language is for a career change. Admittedly I am getting older. But then in spite of it I cannot stop working. How can I support myself until the day I die if I don't have a work? And in the past I supported my family (bread winner) so there was not much savings in my bank account. Until now I still have some responsibilities back home. I had been thinking hard on what do I have (something special) that I can sell to my future employers to hire me among the sea of young candidates. I feel that only language can save me.
In the past I tried applying for a job in Canada, Australia and New Zealand as they are English speaking countries but tough luck. Been trying for a decade. Time to give up. Tried finding employer in some European countries but still nothing. I admit that there is a pain in my heart seeing how some European countries welcomed people who are now creating chaos in their places but not giving a chance a law abiding and working person like me that happened to be from a third world country. Oh life. Just because you are fair don't expect the world to be the same to you. So maybe after my stint here in the Middle East I will try to find my luck in some Asian countries. Maybe Japan. Maybe Taiwan. Maybe Singapore. Maybe China. Maybe South Korea. But before that I must learn at least 3 languages.
I wish I started learning years ago. But back then I do not know how. I do not have many friends who helps me. I mean I found out audio learning languages on my own. No one told me. I stumbled upon Pimsleur languages by luck. I know I have to learn how to read and write too. But hopefully that time will come for me too. Because for now I am all about listening and speaking. As I have said repeatedly in the past I do not have much time. At least by listening I can do it while working. Or doing some household chores. This is the best kind of learning for me. At first it is hard. But as I keep on listening to the same lesson/unit repeatedly it becomes easier. Patience is a virtue. I know when I am done with Pimsleur I will be needing other materials. And lucky me I have other materials available at home. I got them all freely from the internet.
Right now I am trying to learn Nihongo and Mandarin. I wish I can only share those lessons here since I got them all for free. But unfortunately until now I do not know how to embed audio in a post.
Now why I hate wearing this formal uniform? Well before I say so. Correct me if I am wrong but those kind of clothing came from the Western countries for a reason. And so why do the rest of the world has to follow? Even in the days that we are no longer a colony of a rich western country? It would have been so convenient if only we are not in a very hot place. Oh please do not argue with me in saying that we have a so called winter. I am not complaining about the weather but our winter is not like the winter of the rest of the world. So we do not really need layers of clothing especially on our summer. And the maintenance! In this age where no ironing needed cloth is available they still insist on issuing us uniforms that ironing is needed. How I hate ironing. And it is also consuming electricity. With little salary they are expecting us to consume the electricity just to iron the uniform. Hmp.
So for me the most convenient uniform will be any jeans and polo shirt. The ones like in Giordano where ironing is not needed. Not sure if it is called polo shirt. But then I know there is nothing I can do about it that I end up just ranting about here... Ranting about it is all I can do and it will never change in a million years to come. Even if the company no longer has the money to provide us new sets of uniform... And the next topic is language. The main reason why I am trying hard to learn a language is for a career change. Admittedly I am getting older. But then in spite of it I cannot stop working. How can I support myself until the day I die if I don't have a work? And in the past I supported my family (bread winner) so there was not much savings in my bank account. Until now I still have some responsibilities back home. I had been thinking hard on what do I have (something special) that I can sell to my future employers to hire me among the sea of young candidates. I feel that only language can save me.
In the past I tried applying for a job in Canada, Australia and New Zealand as they are English speaking countries but tough luck. Been trying for a decade. Time to give up. Tried finding employer in some European countries but still nothing. I admit that there is a pain in my heart seeing how some European countries welcomed people who are now creating chaos in their places but not giving a chance a law abiding and working person like me that happened to be from a third world country. Oh life. Just because you are fair don't expect the world to be the same to you. So maybe after my stint here in the Middle East I will try to find my luck in some Asian countries. Maybe Japan. Maybe Taiwan. Maybe Singapore. Maybe China. Maybe South Korea. But before that I must learn at least 3 languages.
I wish I started learning years ago. But back then I do not know how. I do not have many friends who helps me. I mean I found out audio learning languages on my own. No one told me. I stumbled upon Pimsleur languages by luck. I know I have to learn how to read and write too. But hopefully that time will come for me too. Because for now I am all about listening and speaking. As I have said repeatedly in the past I do not have much time. At least by listening I can do it while working. Or doing some household chores. This is the best kind of learning for me. At first it is hard. But as I keep on listening to the same lesson/unit repeatedly it becomes easier. Patience is a virtue. I know when I am done with Pimsleur I will be needing other materials. And lucky me I have other materials available at home. I got them all freely from the internet.
Right now I am trying to learn Nihongo and Mandarin. I wish I can only share those lessons here since I got them all for free. But unfortunately until now I do not know how to embed audio in a post.
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