FIFA World Cup fever

Well, as I mentioned in my previous post, part of the reasons why I decided to stop working is that I would love to follow the FIFA World Cup closely. And with the tournament about 13 days away from now, I figure I'd love to put a couple of my views on it as well as increase the number of posts for my blog. =D

The team and player I'll be rooting for: Portugal and CR7

Well, basically the main reason why I will be rooting for Portugal is because of this man: Cristiano Ronaldo, the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or winner and captain of the Portugal squad. He's my favourite player because of his style, characters and attitude towards the game. He single-handedly lead the Portugal squad to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and will of course be the catalyst for a successful tournament for Portugal. HALA RONALDO, HALA PORTUGAL!!!

The team that I hope to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany

Although Ming(he supports Germany) doesn't think Germany will win the tournament, I personally feel that this team is deserving to win the football's biggest prize. Since came out as runner-up in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the youth development of Germany's football has produced many outstanding young players that have become some of the best footballers in the world. Coupled with the fact that this team has been consistently finished among the top in previous tournaments(3rd in 2006 World Cup, 2nd in Euro 2008, 3rd in 2010 World Cup and semi-finalist in Euro 2012), I believe it is Germany's turn to nail the prize and prove to the football world they are the next best team.

The player that I hope will shine in the tournament: Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney has once been hailed as one of the best players in the world along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi but he and England have been unable to perform to the expectation in previous tournaments. However, seeing that there are new bloods in the England squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, I believe that this tournament is the perfect opportunity for Rooney to shine and give England a good run in the tournament.

My pick for the Best Young Player award: Neymar

Seeing that Brazil is one of the favourite to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup in their homeland and Neymar is their star player, nothing less than winning the Best Young Player award is needed for Brazil to live up to the expectation from the entire nation and the football world to be crown world champion for a record six times. He certainly need to pick up the scoring load for Brazil and play like the legendary Pele. On that basis, he's my pick for Best Young Player award.

Here's the 2014 FIFA World Cup official these song: We Are One (Ole Ola)

Note: all those written above are purely what I hope would happen in this World Cup and have nothing to do with knowledgeable analysis of football since football is not the sports I play with passion.

Last day of my first job

Today marks the last day of work for me as an administrative assistant in Agile Solution Sdn Bhd/PC Mart Sdn Bhd. This is the first paid job of my life and I've worked here for about 4 months, from 6 February 2014 until 30 May 2014. I could have continue to work here for a bit longer because my tertiary education does not start until August 2014. However, I decided that I am done with this job for several reasons.

1) I've managed to shake off the first-time-working tag from myself before working in the field of my study in the future. At least when I seek a job after graduating from university, I have some working experience(I even manage to get a recommendation letter). Plus, I am feeling more and more boring doing my usual tasks and have no motivation to learn new things about business software.

2) I feel that I'm kind of underpaid and being exploited. RM7 per hour is reasonable for a part-time office job. The problem is that although my official job title is part-time admin, I worked like a full-timer(Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm) for the company. So, the fact that the maximum I could earn for a month is RM1260(my college friend, Audrey, earns around RM1600 per month as temporary worker) and I did not get EPF and SOCSO coverage, I could not find any better reason to continue working other than I can earn money(not a lot) if I continue to work.

Quoting from Ming: Typical Chinese employer is stingy and would always exploit employees to the max.

3) I figure I'd like to enjoy the remaining two months of my pre-univesity holidays. I can use these two months to have a good rest as well as getting ready physically and mentally for university life. Besides, the 2014 FIFA World Cup is about to begin on the 12 June 2014. Won't miss out the chance to follow this tournament closely when I can still find reason to do so. Most importantly, several of my close friends are coming back to KL for semester break and I must spend quality time with them before I begin my tertiary education.

On a different note:

I bought this from a shop selling old and unwanted books of all sort at Sg Wang 3rd Floor. Guess how much it costs me? A MERE RM5!!! 

Stealing a chance to be lazy from working time(it's the last day of work and I feel a little rebellious) after I went to bank in money for the company at a bank, I was in the shop searching for books that are worthwhile to buy(the 2nd time actually. couldn't find any book worthwhile to buy the first time). I managed to spot this book. And I thought: WOW this type of book can't be costing just RM5 if you're going to buy from Kinokuniya. 

Feeling excited, I tried to search for other volumes to complete the whole set but to my disappointment I couldn't. Well, perhaps I expect too much from buying in a shop where the majority of the books are old and unwanted. Nevertheless, I purchased this book in the end because I just could not let this go when it only cost RM5 and it's about the course I'm going to study in university. 

Not bad for a bit of light reading for just RM5 about my degree course before starting uni huh? Feeling Hermione-ish xD