Someone in my last entry said that I should stop degrading trash ladies because they are working hard to earn money for themselves and their families.
Sigh *tired tone
I need to clarify this for those who don’t know. Nowhere in my entry did I write something negative about garbage collectors. I was only making a joke about the jobs I’ve had. I am not degrading anyone by profession! Especially not trash men or ladies because I happen to be a trash lady myself wtf.
Ok I’m not one RIGHT THIS MOMENT. But I used to be! For a whole year. For one year, I cleared trash cans and collected beer bottles to recycle, and once I even found a used sanitary pad in the paper recycling bin WTF.
I even had to mop the floor where bloody drunkards spilled alcohol. And I endured people avoiding my gaze because they felt awkward talking to the person who picks up their trash. And people nonchalantly tossing their garbage at me when I was clearing the bin.
Here’s proof of my garbage collector career.
I did it to earn money for myself so my parents wouldn’t have to shell out more than what they were already paying for my education.
So please don’t think that I don’t know what it feels like to be disrespected. Or how hard it can be to earn money.
#13: 26 February 2009
Our Apple Escapades today! This picture is of all our hard work in packaging and tying up the apples in pretty blue ribbon so they look nicer when people receive them.
(the colors are so pretty huh! And all I did was press Auto Correct in Windows Picture Manager)
Will blog more about it later! Took a lot of pictures to be kiasu…except at one point when I thought I lost my camera and we had to use Darren’s.
Comments (18)
pretty picture, really pretty! (the second one i mean. the first pic very gangster-like hahah) 😀
who scolded u!?!?! *rolls up sleeves. hate people who judge without knowing what happened first cause then we’d have to re-explain and explain
aww the apples look pretty!
I think that being a garbage collector is the most underrated job ever! No one seems to appreciate them enough because without them, well be living in a HUGE dump.
Kudos to you Aud!
princess aud aud..
dont bother too much what ppl talk about you.. as long as u knw what u said/did/wrote is nothing wrong then it s ok..
the apples look nice..makes me so tempted to donate jz to get it..
In some places garbage collectors are also known as sanitary engineers. Though they don’t earn much for a living, they make a whole lot of difference in the city.
Wow, the apples looks so nice and tempting, even Snow White would be fooled twice by the wicked witch. No pun intended. Good luck with the donation drive.
sanitary engineer?
u gotta be kidding me.
=P
hey, i know this sounds stupid but how do u tie the ribbons in such a perfect way?
i can never do it and i would like to learn .. can u teach me? 😀
windows picture manager? Try picasa! 😀
That look like a nice place to party! 🙂
Windows Pucture Manager… haven’t try this a lot, got Auto Correct? What does it do?
oh dear! you dont need to explain yourself to people that don’t understand what is jokes all about.
you’re doing totally awesome alrighty?
aiksss…we should be on the same team instead, so we can cam whore all the way. hahahaha
wow! i respect u giler babi la!
i have problem loading your blog’s photos..am I the only one who has this problem?
OH so that’s why those apples are! I found a few in my fridge and I was like “wtf why my mum so hiao go wrap up the apples wan old people are crazy”.
been readin your blog for couple of weeks now. am very motivated to start my project 365 today.
keep the interesting pictures coming in! =D
Respect….”sanitary engineer”
Wow, this certainly is a shocker, i didnt know you use to be garbage collecter to pay off your tuition, my respect for you has just grown.
Your parents paid for your education? I thought you said you took a study loan?
mimi: i received a financial aid package from my school. its made up of several parts – grant (given by the school), loan from the school (which i have to pay back) and the rest was paid by my parents. i worked to earn spending money for myself so my parents wouldn’t have to fork out more