2006/03/29

Start working as a cleaner

I started my part-time job at a boutique named "Topshop"finally. I got the job through a website: norwich.gumtree.com. I owed this to my flatmate.

It is in the city centre of Norwich. Just 6 minutes walk from my flat. I need to work 2 hours every morning from 7-9am, six days a week. So I cannot sleep until 9am anymore!

Getting a part-time job in the UK is not as easy as everybody thinks. At least not in Norwich. Not only job opportunities are less here, I also feel that some of the local people seems cannot accept the existence of foreign students. I was asked to attend an interview not long ago, later I was told "your qualifications are too high for the position(housekeeping)", "we are fully staffed at the moment. " Maybe I was the unlucky one. My advice to friends who are intend to work while studying in the UK is to make sure your university is located in a city that provides diversity of job opportunities. For example: Manchester.

2006/03/27

Farewell












This is our last lecture of Contemporary World Development, in Room 01.08 of Elizabeth Fry building, UEA, on 27 March 2006.

Our course convenor is Mr. Ken Cole. There is one thing he always reminds me :
Different people describe the same thing from different perspectives due to their different background and experience. Objective reality is subjectively perceived. Things went wrong when some people began to close their doors, when some people refused to listen to others.

Our coursemates clapped their hands.
This is what Ken used to do when he was trying to explain : social and individual are interdependent.