Job

            Hello readers! I am sorry for not writing on my blog for a month because I am committed to a job. I will not have time to blog every day and blogging a week will be my schedule from now on. I worked at the National Environment agency (NEA), a government agency. My job is as a Temporary Environmental Health Assistant for three months. The agency oversees the environmental conditions in Singapore ensuring the Singapore’s population to be aware of the dangers the environment posed. It is in charge of the land, water and air conditions making sure it is safe for the population and also the natural habitat.

            I had worked for three days now and I think the job is pretty straightforward apart from the tiredness which accompanies you when you work. I work from 8:30am to 6pm from Mondays to Thursdays and to 5:30pm on Fridays but I get to knock off from 3pm onwards when we are done for the day. I am very thankful for this job and the privilege which it bestows on me because the salary was around $1800+. This is a high salary considering this is the first job which I have. I can consider myself lucky at this moment. There are no jobs in this country that have quite a high pay by my standards and going home in the early afternoon when the rest of Singapore are still working. Of course, this salary will not be enough for people who wants to live a luxurious lifestyle and I’m content with it. I am planning to save at least $1000 every month for a rainy day. I am a chronic saver by the way.

            I am now in a training phase for two weeks (I get pay when in training. This is like heavens!!!!!!!!) tagging along with the permanent staff to sites throughout Singapore. I noticed that my job scope is inspecting whether there are mosquitoes inside the gravitraps (black circular trap containers) placed outside common corridors in Housing Development Board (HDB) when observing the staffs at work. The traps comprises of two separate circular containers which fit each other. The top container have a type of small ring which juts out of the tip of it as a stopper for the container to hang itself. Its inner surface has a sticky thing called the glue lining            wrapped around it. The container’s size is quite small so much so that the residents will not noticed it being there. At the base of the top container, it has a net. The bottom container has two small holes on the same level as the base of the top container. The container was filled with hay infusion water. I don’t know if I can divulge the information behind the designs and the things on the container. It is best if I don’t I think.

            That is it for this blog post. Stay tuned for next week’s post!!! So long, readers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!