Hi Assalamualaikum,
Salam sejahtera dan Salam 1 Malaysia. Bersama saya Eqa melaporkan dari New Zealand secara langsung ke Astro Awani.
Hahaha apa macam okay tak aku jadi news reporter. You know what, suprisingly i ada la jugak consider news reporter as career path despite its own challenges. Tapi yeah takpe kan berangan.
Okay guyss what's up. So today aku nak tells my fun and nightmare stories about my part time job in New Zealand. I have done the Malaysian version of it in the past, but you know time flies so fast that I've got time now to tell part of stories in my life. Anyway sorry kalau this post macam sangat ma-nglish. I guess that's how I am now a very rojak Malaysian.
Okay masa first year aku datang New Zealand, I always wanted to have a part time job. But I waited till my 2nd year to get one just because aku nak fokus belajar first year and you know just try adapting myself with this whole new system of education and lifestyle sini.
So masa second year aku pun hunting part time job and alhamdulillah dapat kerja kat 1 Malaysia stall at food court ni. Aku also ada others few part time job aku buat kat sana. You know living cost tinggi and I want to live a decent life - travelling, shopping. So I worked hard for it. Without further ado, let's get to the point.
1) Malaysian food Stall @ Food court
Pada 1 hari yang indah aku pergi beli makanan kat food court ni. And idk masa tu aku macam terdetik hati untuk tanya whether they needed helper tak that time. Terus bos tu hire aku and aku start la kerja kat situ. I think I stay about a year and a half. I love working surrounding food, I guess korang yg baca my old post tau yg aku dulu kerja pizzahut and thai restaurant. I really enjoy kerja pizza despite their stupid low capitalist wages.
Tempat tu kecik je it just a standard food court punya stall. Ada 2 lot. Kitorang jual all kinds of malaysian food. Ada roti canai, roti tissue, nasi lemak, nasi briyani, mee goreng, rendang daging and all sorts of Malaysian food. It was really fun to see local - Mat salleh enjoying our beloved malaysian food. I never tau being so proud of being Malaysian. I just realized how precious our food are especially when I moved here. Itu lah orang kata benda dulu depan mata tak reti appreciate, bila benda dah takde baru nak mencari-cari.
You know what's funny, I felt like malaysian desire to go abroad so much and then when they sampai sana they still looking for Malaysian food balik. Guess what, cause our food is unbeatable. Really. I always looking for Malaysian food for my lunch. I guess a bit part of myself yg traditional ni still ada and I have pride at Malaysian food.
What i love the most about the food stall is the boss is so kind. He always let me bring back food home. Sometimes a lot. And I always munching peanut while I was working haha for snacking. I used to being a kitchen assistant at pizzahut so I guess I okay je do all the kitchen prep. For me it's really a chill job. Tapi time busy memang busy la. And also senang nak solat sbb owner malay so dorg paham. That is one of the job I really sayang and have to quit sebab they have to closed down because of covid. Really sad for it to be happen. I mean kalau tak best why would I stay for a year and a half. Their food is really authentic malaysian food. Owner pulak orang johor so I mmg suka gila ah food kat situ.
Manis moment and bad moments pun ada tapi sbb owner aku jenis yg tak toxic so If it's just one worker toxic dia tak effect sgt compare tu boss yang toxic. You know what I mean. Best part ah kerja situ aku belajar masak and kitchen prep. I learn about being efficient in preparing food. I really want to thank cik yazid and achik to teach me a lot. Achik yg banyak bagi wise advice and never once being petty to share me cooking skills. And Cik Yazid yang always layan my weird story although dia malas nak layan tp still angguk dengar aku sembang. Also dia sabar je dgn perangai clumsy aku yg tak pernah ingat muka customer. And also Mak Itam yang felt like a mother to me. I always thought you guys like my family. I definitely will visit you guys in Malaysia soon. Nasib baik kampung aku dekat je dengan dorang.
Thanks la Cik yazid for hiring me, I know I am such a headache but really, thanks for accepting me as who I am.
2) Cleaning 11 tingkat office building
Okay guyss. I told you guys I've got few others places I have been working since I've live in NZ. So aku kerja sini time end of my 2nd year and during summer break. Aku tahan 4 months je.
Here's why :
- They give me 3 hrs and 15 min to clean the whole building. So basically the building ada 11 tingkat. But ada 4 orang pekerja. Setiap orang buat 1 chores. Whether it's vaccuming, clean toilet, wiping or clean kitchen. But 1 chores for the whole level. Even if there is deep cleaning needed they don't even give us extra hours which is extra sucks.
- Always have not enough supplies and we have to figure out how to keep everything in stock. Kena topup tissue everyday sbb apparently dorang pakai tissue system macam tu. Yang very incovenient. Should just toilet rolls instead.
- Work division was hardcore unfair. We have 1 supervisor and 3 staff. Yang aku tak puas hatinya. Supervisor aku really cut corners and do the easiest scores which is wiping table je. Bukan wipe tingkap ke cermin. It's really not fair and he didn't even help his subordinate when we needed. He just arah other staff to help even other staff have already full on their plates. I really hate him so much for doing that. It's really hard to explain to him our concern sbb macam cakap dengan spender basah. Btw he's from india and really stubborn. Idk la but i hear It's really need strong head to work with Indian. They just really stubborn. Not try to be racist but I have top be careful afterwards. Not everyone obviously but tu lah. Haih And aku with another staff je yg have to switch chores every week. So whether aku buat vaccum or clean toilet
- Manager is useless. Me and another staff which is actually my friend try to talk with her and express our complaints about the supervisor tapi sbb dua dua sama bangsa sama india. Cakap dengan dia sama je macam cakap dengan spender basah. Tak bergerak macam tu je. What worse when manager try to take side on the supervisor which idk what you thinking mam. Kau tak kerja dgn dia, Kitorg staff yang kena tahan hari-hari. Thank god it's just 5 days a week. And also aku pernah eh sakit period cramp so dalam policy company boleh je inform manager kalau takleh dtg sbb sakit in less than 4hrs before. So aku inform within that time. Guess what dia cakap just try to wait for period cramp to be okay and kalau okay datang je la kerja. I was so speechless, so aku cakap aku rasa aku mmg takleh dtg since aku tak larat. Dia still insist to call like an hour before work pastu aku cakap aku memang takleh baru dia mengalah jugak. Like hellooooo where is your common sense. I get kau tak cukup org but you the manager there must be backup and better system when this happens. There is so many bad things about thsi company and how they actually manage their staff. Fucking unbelievable
- Crazy amount of work : Okay bila aku cakap crazy I really mean this. 1 person to clean 33 toilet in 3 hours. Tell me how it's not crazy. On top of that they demand a deep cleaning for 2 lvl at least for everyday which taking more times. I punya nak adapt tu sampai I have to clean 1 toilet in only 5 min which is macam lunatic. Nak kena topup tissue lagi like kau gila ke. I have only have total of 15 min for 1 toilet men and ladies and then OKU toilet. Kalau terlebih masa I will be running out of time. As soon i finish one lvl i have to run like I was in fucking marathon to get to the lift with my big ass loaded trolley. Sorry ah aku swearing tapi bila ingat balik camne tah aku tahan.
- Itu toilet punya cerita. While kalau kau on vaccuming. Kau kena help org toilet collect all the toilet trash from the whole building. This take at least 30 min and you have to run again like a fucking marathon. Baru we can start our own job. See la macam mana tak gila. Lepas habis to kena vaccum emergency stairs the whole building pulak. Dah tu supervisor aku buat apa. Bawak perut je kehulu hilir. Dia selalu bagi alasan tak cukup masa nak supervise. Luls I bet he even checked our own work. I don't even know what he was doing, sbb dia selalu siap awal and lepak kt room. Vaccum pulak office of course la kena check 1-1 bawah table dorg. Mula2 aku kerja situ aku rasa macam this is fucking impossible, tapi idk how I cuba jugak buat. Tapi memang penat takyah cakap macam haram. Aku rasa aku lose weight gak ah. Balik je rumah kaki aku macam menggeletar nak jalan pun susah. Obviously company ni mmg gila labour abuse. Nasib aku tak report je kat Jabatan buruh sini. Bila aku cerita kat orang pasal job ni no one can believe their ears.
- So my tips kalau nak cari kerja cleaning at least find 4 hrs min and ask them how big is the building. Cause I can say all cleaning job is a very physical job and need set of standard fitness to be able to cope. Anyway different company different policy.
Btw on top of these crazy job I also kerja kat malaysian food stall in the morning and this cleaning job at night during summer. Literally my life just being so pathetic to find money to survive. Tapi aku happy sebab dgn duit ni la aku mampu nak balik malaysia every year and visit my family and also bring back gift for the. I also grateful that I able to help my family when dorg susah.
And then guess what aku berhenti and balik Malaysia for few months and then Covid happens. Aku mmg dah stop kerja cleaning tu sbb hardcore sangat. But still keep the food court job. Since nanti aku nak study dah I can only manage 1 job at a time. Adalah kerja sampai around march ke april. Pastu Lockdown hahahahaha. Dan saya pun tanam anggur for about a year. Yeah a year without income. Nasib Mara ada tapi kena ikat perut la. Korang yang eager sangat nak gi abroad ni you guys need to know the reality. It is tough. Apa yang org study abroad semua share apa yang desirable je kat social media. That's why our mentality thought it is better out there. It is better yes if you look at the high living wages but also high living cost. I don't even have to say how much I pay for the rent. You guys can google it by yourselves. It's crazy.
Citer dia memang la it's 3 times bigger currency dari malaysia. Dah tu bila kau duduk sini kau still kena beli all groceries and necessities and berapa je kau boleh saving. Boleh kalau kau tak beli apa apa. Just ikat je la perut. Bagi aku rugi dah dtg jauh2 tapi tak explore negara ni. Tak travel and it's such a waste. You have no idea how beautiful New Zealand. It's another whole universe of nature. Whether is wild or not. It's fascinating. My best view i will say Ruapehu snow mountain and Sunset at the Wharariki Beach. It's so beautiful. Bagi aku nature kat new zealand ni is so untouchable. They do really care about the environment. Things that we should try to incorporate it back home.
So while aku stop kerja for while I've got to focused more on my final year as a film student. Sumpah challenging. You have no idea to shoot during pandemic camne. Dah la buat documentary. Pening sis, anyway it was a great success. I will talk about it in a different post and yeah just talked about it. Btw kerja aku tak habis lagi. I've got one last job
3) Cleaning at Museum ( Early morning shift)
When I said early it is really early. Waking up at 4am and go to work at 5am. Pastu ends at 9am. Actually this is my current job. After aku habis study I decided to stay for a bit and manage to get this job you know sementara cari kerja in creative fields. It's not that I want to kerja cleaning but I have to survive. So what choices aku ada. Boleh je kerja retail ke apa tapi sbb kerja ni early morning so it won't meddle much time during the day. So aku boleh buat my own personal creative project or just improving my skills. Cause aku still nak keep active buat stuff that really is my passion. This job is not so bad apart from waking up so early. You got to come to museum it's a great place to start your day. Kalau ada lebih masa boleh tengok the exhibition and baca all the history there. It's so fun to me.
Actually I really interested to work at a museum or working on an exhibition project. Really keen. So I thought working here I can learn a lot of stuff too. And it's a physical job yeay to improving my fitness level. Aku actually ada macam impian untuk bawak this whole new experience of museum to Malaysia. I just thought museum kat Malaysia sangat basic and boring and tak innovative. Museum should be exciting and inviting sbb you know it's the place where we learn about the culture. I hope that Malaysia will spend some budget to work on our museum so we can protect our heritage. It also could be improve tourist industry.
Kerja museum ni okay la tak hardcore sangat cleaning yang penting siap ada break lagi. Supervisor pun really chill baik je sgt memahami. 1 je cons dia : bangun awal pagi which is kena tidur awal which is aku tak boleh. When you are such a night owl. It's a struggle to change the routine haha. Aku sampai terpaksa ask my best friend to help call me from Malaysia. Guna whatsapp ah. Aku set je alarm tapi kdg2 brain aku taknak bangun sbb to deep in sleep. So tu je la citer dia. Aku baru je kerja tempat ni so I don't see what worse yet. I hope I can stay for a quite time.
Korang doakan la hidup aku dipermudahkan rezeki kat sini. Aku cuba guna this platform to help giving people knowledge and also sharing my real experience. I bet you won't really see much about the reality of living abroad. It does come with many stakes. But at the end of the day It's you call to choose. For better or for worse. You do you alright.
Sekian saja my post untuk kali ni. Semoga kita bertemu lagi. Aku macam nak keep posting every month la. Hopefully aku boleh istiqamah. See you next time. And yeah feel to ask any question.
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