Things On My Mind

The following are going to be a series of unrelated rants. Just things that have been on my mind for awhile.

Money – or the lack of it

Today is October 20th. Normally I get paid on the 10th of every month. The set up is a bit strange where the company pays AIESEC and then AIESEC transfers the money to me. So even if the company pays on the 10th, I normally don’t receive it till the 12th or so. But this month, its late. Its ridiculously late.

When you’re living pay cheque to pay cheque you kind of need to have consistent source of income. No one warned me that I wasn’t going to get paid on time. My landlord was asking for rent. I had no money. So by last week I asked someone about it. Apparently the bank account didn’t have money. There was no mention of when money would be coming in and when I would get paid. I asked for an advance so I could pay rent and this was met with the most unhelpful and rude response.

The thing is, I know there is money in the account. My coworker had to withdraw some the other day. If there is money to be withdrawn, why is there no money to pay me? Its utterly ridiculous and the source of so much stress. I’ve been in a constant bad mood because of this. I hate not knowing.

I asked my boss this morning about it. Apparently its been transferred already but I still haven’t seen it. Here is hoping I get it before the weekend.

People being sick

Everyone around me is sick. Its utterly ridiculous. I’m in the office alone right now. One has a throat infection. Another stomach problems. Someone else is nauseous and is throwing up. Teachers are dropping like flies. Everyone has a cough or sore throat.

My theory is the weather. It literally went from 20+ degrees to 10 overnight. People were not prepared. People are going out without jackets, not bundled up enough. Just generally being idiotic about the change in weather pattern. I like to think that years of living in Vancouver where the weather changes 5 times a day has prepared me well for the sudden change from summer to winter.

Time to drink copious amounts of tea and eat oranges. Gotta keep up my strength and immune system.

AIESEC and CC

My flatmate recommended me to apply for the social media manager position for the congress committee for Global Leaders Summit. And so I did. I went to my interview last night. I’m not sure how I feel about it.

The interview was interesting. They kept asking the same questions just phrased differently. I got a bit annoyed trying to put together unique answers. Maybe it was a language thing or maybe they were just testing for consistency. Who knows. At the end of the interview, I had a long list of questions for them. I almost felt  like I was interview them, not the other way around. My general feeling, and this is from both the application and the interview, is that they really don’t know much about social media and are only using it because it is the “cool” thing to do and because its hot. Granted, I did do some research on the previous year’s conference and their online presence is almost non existent.

They also sprung on me that I would be required to be at the conference the whole time. Its 3 weeks long. I don’t know if I can take that much time off and not that I want to take time off to go work at a conference. Holidays should be for holidays. So I guess we’ll see.

Homesick

I think I miss home. It could be the change in weather that is making me a bit emo, but definitely, I think homesickness is starting to set in a little. On Thanksgiving this year I was thinking about how I had spent it the previous year, surrounded by friends and family. I think I had 3 different turkey’s last year.

I miss sushi and good Chinese food. I miss bubble tea and dim sum. I miss being able to read signs around me. I miss reading actual books. I miss people. I miss my cat. I miss my own bed. I miss Vancouver and everything it has to offer.

I feel like this feeling is only going to get worse. As we head into the holidays, its going to be difficult to not want to hop on a plane and head home. If only flights weren’t that expensive.