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• AIR CONDITIONING (what a perfect time to publish this entry). At least this should make the bosses happy that I’d rather work longer than leave this building and go melt away with the rest of Vancouver in this unbearable heat.
  

  Whether or not you were born here, you’re a true Vancouverite if you bitch about the weather, be it hot, cold, or rainy. Complain away!

  - @blandcouver

• Free 24-hour gym … with a tanning bed and towel service (you know how they always make you pay extra for that at other gyms). It’s definitely not one of those dinky community center-like gyms either.



• Free Starbucks coffee, free tea, free hot chocolate, etc. at the coffee stations on each floor. Even though I buy my own coffee on the way to work, I have my own stash of Chinese/Japanese teas and I rarely drink hot chocolate… at least it feels good knowing it’s all there.
• Relaxed atmosphere. There’s no one checking up on me every 5 minutes and everyone is chill. I even took a nap in my cube during lunch once when I was severely hung over.
• No dress code. I can wear whatever I want! The only thing is that one day I’ll be really dressed up but the next day when I’m feeling uber-lazy, I’ll be totally fashion faux-pas-ing it (like I’ve been doing this entire summer because I just don’t care about summer clothing). I wonder if anyone notices since I sit with mostly guys anyway.
• Lots of meetings/events/BBQs with free food and beer. Although I don’t take advantage of it all the time… can you imagine how much I’d weigh and besides, I have my own stash of unhealthy snacks at my cube. Plus I don’t drink beer which means I’m wasting one of my benefits!! Oh well. They should serve free bubble tea!! Hyukhyukhyuk.
• The “Gourmet” Cafeteria. The caf has it’s hit-and-misses (like that day they decided to experiment with sushi with processed cheese) and I only eat there a couple times a week but the staff is nice, the sushi chef always makes me my specially ordered chopped-scallop nigiri (sooo good), the salad bar is always good, the breakfast wrap is muy awesome. They also have poutines (my favorite) at the grill station but the gravy sucks. Too bad for me.
• Boyfriend gets to reap away at my benefits. Like the gym… good thing for him because he lives 3 minutes away while I live 20 minutes away. *inserts jealous glare here*
• Cheap games. I get my Sims games (the only game I really like) for very cheap. Gotta thank my company for wasting my life away especially with the release of Sims 3.
• Pay and benefits. Blah blah blah… uninteresting but it belongs on the list.

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But anyway, the whole point of this entry: I was reading a discussion about students not being able to find jobs after graduation and although it makes me sad that I missed out on some of the little things, my company did do two rounds of layoffs when this recession started and I'm thankful that I'm still here. I AM lucky to have a fun, secure and good-paying job in my field that I love (that also has benefits like a TANNING BED) so I have to admit that everyone else's problems makes me feel better about myself. Hyuk hyuk hyuk (that's my new laugh).

And to all the graduates who can't find a job right now: DON'T FEEL HOPELESS! Just suck it up for now and you'll probably find an awesome job later on. :)

The good thing is that if anything were to happen in the future I do have a plan: I'm going to go back to school!

I haven't written anything about my personal life in a while (this IS a personal site) so I just thought I'd update. Post is private of couse because I like to know whose reading this shit. =)  [login to continue]

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