Another morning departure to meet up with Riefky so he could give me my DVD (see previous post) before his return to Azerbaijan where he's been stationed for the past year or so as an employee of big-time oil company Schlumberger. He's a smart guy, which is obviously how he got the job, and I hear that it pays very well. The downside? Well, for starters, Azerbaijan isn't exactly a tourist hotspot (again, from what I hear. For all I know it's probably a nice place to be), and it looks like really heavy work (pre-Azerbaijan Riefky wasn't exactly the most strapping of specimens, but now it looks like they've been pumping him full of steroids). And on a more personal note, I doubt my mediocre grades would get me in, even if I wanted to work for them in those conditions.
Oh well, I guess all I can do is hope that there are other avenues that offer an equal amount of financial security but don't require outstanding grades. Daniel said that I wouldn't want to work for companies that have a 2.75-ish GPA prerequisite anyway, and I, for one, hope he's right. And I'm too keen on being a management trainee, something which apparently is what all the fresh graduates - regardless of what major they actually took - are pursuing.
I was watching the DVD prior to writing this, and come this paragraph, it has just dawned on me that that could be a potential future. While watching, I was quite oblivious to this particular implication as I was yukking it up at the cringe-inducing antics of David Brent (note to self: must find all
The Office-related paraphernalia. That show rocked (the makers decided to end it after just two seasons - talk about going out on a high), and its many awards (including Golden Globes for best television comedy and best comedy actor for Ricky Gervais as David Brent - you may have seen him from those MTV ads as that sarcastic record store owner who thinks Ronan Keating is in the Backstreet Boys) were richly deserved. But now that I think of it, being in a dead end job with a myopic, delusional and incompetent buffoon for a boss could very well be what's in store for me at the workplace. Good lord.
Also today: met up with Leti (my ex-girlfriend) at the boutique where she works (a nice place called HLG, on Jl. Kemang 1C No. 10 (behind the mosque near McDonald's Kemang. Go check it out). Strictly unplanned, as I just happened to be in the neighbourhood due to my appointment with Riefky, and so I ended up fulfilling a couple-of-weeks-old request of hers that we meet up sometime. I must admit she looked nice, and seemed more at ease as opposed to a few months ago, when her boyfriend split up with her via long-distance phone. A much improved person.
But no, we're not going to get back with each other, mainly because neither of us want to. That particular option was closed off over two and a half years ago, and we've both moved on since then. Things are much better as they are, namely a relationship of mutual caring bordering on the platonic as opposed to getting back together just because it's familiar and convenient. No, I've had my fill of Leti-related mistakes. Time to take what I've learned from that and make some new mistakes with someone else. I'm way overdue.
