Summer Job...搵食艰难！

This long long summer holiday I am not going to go back to Malaysia even though I miss it a lot. Why? Haha....because I going to work a replacement job here. Ideally, working in architect firm is my priority, however the situation is looking a job is unbelievable difficult here. May be it is my individual case, I've sent out at least 15 emails to varies architect firms in Edinburgh, the lists were gotten form the internet. Two weeks later, I didn't get any response, it is so worrying! Actually architecture job is not easy to get in Edinburgh as well, because most of the 'big' firm operate in major city, here more of small practices. Moreover, my profile was not 'excellent' and I don't have a wise network here. I have no idea which firm got vacancy or what the company profile is? But I just keep trying to find as much as possible. 

The good news was today I received an email said they very interested on my portfolio and application, and make an appointment for interview next week. But don't happy so early, it is not confirm yet until we meet up. Anyway, I found the looking job process is not as easy as my expectation, it is a great lesson for me indeed.

做为一位外地人，要在这里‘求’份职业真的不容易。不只是我在寻找暑假的的工而努力，我那千里寻‘夫’的女朋友也面对寻工的烦恼。我们这里算是无亲无戚，朋友也不多，一切都得靠自己；而她面对的难题肯定是我的好几倍，因为她在这里整个世界就只有我一个。寻工整一个月了，没有多大反应，是爱丁堡太小了吗？这里比起其他城市，确实是比较古老，没有唐人街，超级购物中心也坐落在离城市很遥远，最多的是古堡=.=

等到了今天，寻工终于有了些消息。就在今天星期四，有一间西药店叫她去面试，晚上又有一间华人餐馆叫她去试工。本想一切都有着落吧，就在晚上八点钟她不幸地闹肚子痛，我们还商量要不要去华人餐馆试工；虽然我们求‘工’心切，但我不可能看着她病还要她去见工吧？我就叫她打个电话去那店跟老板说是否能改明天，但是老板却把这工完全取消了。我们当然也无可奈何，毕竟这事不又我们做主。放下电话不到五分钟，西药店又打电话来说今早的面试不成功了。哗，不过是十分钟我们就失去了两份工作的机会，真的祸不单行！

在马来西亚的日子，我们真的不会想到找工的困难；但现在我们成了这里的‘外劳’，终于体会到外劳的心酸了，真的是‘贫穷夫妻百事哀’。我知道我们应该不是在这国家里最糟糕的那一个，还有许多非法外劳他们面对的其是我们所想像到的？过程中学习了不少，这样的遭遇只会磨练我们的意志力和人生经验，我们总会有成功的一天的。