Carving out a meaningful career is far from easy, just ask, well, shit, anyone. Finding a job isn’t the problem, and it never has been. People who claim that they “just can’t find a job” are full of shit, and … ( read more
Three Ways To Temp A Kelly Girl
The contents of this confession have been deemed for a mature audience only.
In my twenties, there was a short period of time when I had to resort to temporary work in order to get by. On one assignment, I … ( read more
A Life in Citizen Journalism
Having been made redundant for a fourth time in a career that had only just past half way of my working life, I decided that getting angry and frustrated was not going to keep my prospects of working up until … ( read more
Children Of Fortune
( A few weeks after tsunami in 2004 as a volunteer I made a visit to Sri Lanka to collect stories relevant to 2004 Asian Tsunami. I collected many authentic stories stranger than fiction during my short stay in Sri … ( read more
E-Book Publishing: One Size Does Not Fit All
You’ve done it! After months and months of toiling away at the computer, you’ve finally typed your last period and saved the final version of your newly written manuscript. I bet you thought you would never finish it, and now … ( read more
Unsupervised Forklifting
When you work a job that requires you to get a forklifting license you definitely need to know some of the regulations and rules before you can get approved. There’s a ton of general information regarding how high to stack … ( read more
Fantasy cinema – what is its true value?
Fantasy: a genre of fiction where, in cinematic terms, anything is possible. Directors are rewarded for venturing way beyond conventional plot lines and sets by millions of cinema goers, who flock to the screens to get their two hour’s worth … ( read more
From your waitress
Hi. I’m your waitress. Can we talk?
This is a codependant relationship, and if it’s going to work out, we need to get a few things straight. I really want this relationship to work because we both know we need … ( read more
To All The People Who Rent Hotel Rooms
I’ve been working at a large chain hotel for quite some time now. I have come to learn how to read you before you even set foot in my lobby. I would like to share some of the nice, weird, … ( read more