Sup3rnality

This happened Monday morning at around 11am:

I was listening to the noise on the tv, not paying too much attention to what was going on cos I was on the laptop at the same time; the remote control was too far away for me to bother getting up and turning the tv volume down. My mom was on the couch, snoozed off while watching whatever it was on the tv screen.

I was engrossed by the laptop as per usual. My head was spinning from my wondering whether W-K will be calling me anytime soon and from the dream of my being hired by them... I guess I've been so worried and have been overanalyzing my interview too much that it's been messing with my brain like those little birdies that circle around when you bump your head in cartoon shows. Ah yes, welcome to the crazy mind of Linzy.

Then, my phone rang.

I looked at it like it was a lifeline and dived for it in a flurry. The screen read: Wolters-Kluwer. My heart leaped and I went to the kitchen where it was quiet and talked to Mr. Raymond (from before).

He told me that my interviewers found me capable in handling the job, coupled with my passing the tests, and they...jengjengjeng...would like to hire me! I could have screamed and jumped up and down like a madwoman if not for my wanting to sound professional.

I listened to Mr. Raymond and some of his explanations. He didn't say much, but promised that he would call next week to confirm some things so I could come to the office and discuss my employment further. He wouldn't be able to see me this week as he had to go somewhere. However, he did declare February 2nd as the date my employment commences; although I am not clear on whether that date would be the date I first come in, or that I will be sent for training as was mentioned in my interview *shrug*. I don't know all that for sure yet, but it's just good to know that I am gonna be given a job! And paid for doing something I like. Hehe.. Happy happy happy me *gigantic grin*.

Apart from that, he did ask me to name a price for my paycheck *grin*. I'm glad he said that I gave him a reasonable asking price that he could work on (Mind you, Cyberjaya's cost of living is high). So I'll be looking forward to a hefty paycheck...albeit, with the huge rent that I would potentially pay and all the bills included, I'll probably be left with just a little to splurge on myself and people I love.

Other than that, I'd have to wait til he calls. He said that I could always call his assistant should I need to ask anything. I tried calling today, but no one picked up :P

It took me a while to write this (four days, in fact) mainly cos I was still in a daze. I cannot believe it, and it is only today that I feel much better to actually say it quite freely. On the tippy-top of that, I still am abit wary of shouting it out to the world. In my mind, without anything in black and white, and my having not meet them yet; I feel as though they can take back the offer just like that. I have this fear that maybe they'll reconsider and hire someone else instead. I'm very sure they won't do something like that, now that they've told me they've hired me, but I wanna be safe and very very sure. I wanna see them and talk it our and then really be sure that they've hired me.

But for all intents and purposes, they have verbally told me that I am hired. Yes, I am a future sub-editor for Wolters-Kluwer and will start work on the 2nd of February 2009.

Yeay!!! My first job! Woo-hoo! Yeay me!

Wish me luck!

Love, Lin~

P/S: Dear Anonymous reader/commentor, I hope that you, too, have been hired. Would be nice to meet someone I already somewhat "know" during training. All the best!