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Norway10161 Posts
Do drugs!
I do know what you mean. Me myself is these days stuck in a corner office, but during summer there is absolutely nothing useful to do so I scour the internet constantly to be entertained. I hate it.
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Start playing a MUD. Text-based so you're not fucked if someone checks to see what you're up to.
Or go bug your boss and see what he's doing and make him explain it, and ask him stupid questions. Either he'll talk to you or give you some button sorting to do to keep you off his back.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
oh but my 'boss' is my DAD .....
oh playing a MUD is a good idea actually .thanks
haha do drugs i would like to do that xD
i read bbc a lot too. oops forgot to mention that.
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I'll take your internship at a law office and you can take my joblessness so you can sit around and draw all day. k?
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
On July 24 2008 16:58 decafchicken wrote:
I'll take your internship at a law office and you can take my joblessness so you can sit around and draw all day. k?
sure man ez choice
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
just fly over to hong kong first it'll be like the first ever TL HK MEETUP ROFLZ
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but hey you get paid at least right?
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
well its my dad so he kind of doesnt really need to pay me i mean he gives me allowance i dont really mind if he pays me or not :/
i'd rather be doing something i'd want to do though right?
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Since you're sitting in a law firm office, might as well get yourself something to do then.
I'd seriously consider bugging the boss (even if it is your dad) for something to do. Or at least for someone less busy to bug for something to do. The worst thing that can happen is that he'll fire you and you can stay home with nothing to do, but you no longer have to worry about the boss catching playing games at work. If the job's not paying, there's really nothing to lose, is there?
I like grabbing random material from around the office and reading it, and asking people what this or that means when I don't understand what it's talking about myself. Since it's usually work related, it helps when I actually get assignments too.
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Ur 20 years old and you still get allowance??? You are living the dream sir.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
i guess. haha well i got a few things to read. i have 2 huge files in front of me. but they're boring as shit fuck. TL is more intersting lol
and i dont wannnnnnaa doo lawww stufff 
o well.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
On July 24 2008 17:28 Rambling. wrote:
Ur 20 years old and you still get allowance??? You are living the dream sir.
haha o i dunno i guess so lol >_> if i had to work for my own money i wouldn't mind either really instead of sitting here. like i'd go to starbucks or something.
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CA10835 Posts
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Hey again alffla!
I also did some work experience in a Hong Kong law firm whose boss, although not my dad, was a good friend of my dad's (!). I guess you are around Admiralty?? I too, found it really fucking boring lol. I remember just going to court most of the time as there was pretty much nothing I could do in the office and everyone else was so busy.
How big is the firm btw? In my experience the bigger firms have much more developed internship programs to stop you dying from boredom. The one I went to in HK had just 3 solicitors :S
Also, as your boss is your dad and you can be more frank with him. Ask him to sit down with you and explain exactly wtf is going on with a particular client. It makes it soooo much more interesting to read whatever documents there are once you've got a background. You prob have done this already though after 1.5 weeks and was still bored like fuck (understandable!)
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I am in the same situation..
I am working as a volunteerer in hospital (Queen Mary Hospital, HK), was pretty boring as we are not allowed to treat patients. I just sat there and watch doctors diagnosing and treating patients.
The experience is quite interesting at first, but sucks afterwards because you have to work for 4 weeks to get a certificate. Sigh, recently i tried to chat with the nurses and other fellow volunteers...
Your situation is more boring though i guess T.T
Just speak to him face to face show him that you are really determined in doing art....
good luck mate =P
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If you actually do nothing why your dad want you to be there anyway. I know nothing about cube reality other then film cube but it doesn't sound like it they didn't have PC and so on.
It actually sound good to me, doing what you want not being brothered by anything and being paid for it. I hate to draw  .
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I'd rather get a paycheck for my work with my pops than an allowance =p
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I hate working with my Dad. There's nothing to do, and I feel like I'm getting paid for doing nothing. Most of the word I did was licking stamps. Although, he's telling me I'm going to be in charge of making the fliers... Hmm. Looks like I'll be getting so moola soon.
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On July 25 2008 02:19 Hawk wrote:
I'd rather get a paycheck for my work with my pops than an allowance =p
there's no tax on allowances. and their generally in cash.
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On July 25 2008 05:06 decafchicken wrote:Show nested quote +On July 25 2008 02:19 Hawk wrote:
I'd rather get a paycheck for my work with my pops than an allowance =p
there's no tax on allowances. and their generally in cash.
I'd love to get your allowance if it's comparable to my 40hr salary, haha
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Sucks man. I learned the hard way this summer that internship is really a poor excuse for cheap labor.
edit: Although I will add some serious thoughts on your position --
An internship is really what you make of it. Your managers aren't convinced of milking you for your time because they know it doesn't cost anything to keep you there. At my internship, half the people never show up and are never asked to do anything important. The reason I'm in a leadership position is because I got myself involved from the start. With an internship, you can't just take the attitude of I'll do what they tell me when they tell me. You really have to take initiative. Interact with your supervisors, and ask them what you can do to help. Maybe if you get involved a little more, the experience can be more rewarding.
More: You'll always start out with menial shit. Depending on the office, if you prove your worth, people will start trusting you with more important stuff. That's the fun part =)
I stick by what I said about cheap labor though. I work harder for free than my friends are getting paid $15 an hour for as a Sales Leader at Express.
But I love hearing how passionate you are about art. Good luck with that!
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United States7488 Posts
I can sympathize a bit I think...
I have been working in this law office since June 16, 2002.
I began to dislike my job sometime around June 17, 2002. I stuck with it because I was younger and it was decent money. Over six years later I now have my own office (with a window to boot), have worked here longer than everyone else but the owner, always get first choice of hours/vacation days and recently got another of many pay raises.
I still dislike my job. I can't wait to get out of it. I am bored at work each day, usually browsing around online for a good portion of it. When I am done with school and get my degree I am getting a job that doesn't have anything to do with law. It just doesn't fit me at all.
edit: I've got about 1hr and 30mins to go for the day. I keep clicking on all the forums hoping something new and interesting pops up.
It hasn't.
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Why do something you hate if you don't have to? I say pursue your dream if that is an option.
The thing is, people often want the best of everything. In other words, many people would love to do art or writing or something creative or something fun, but they ALSO want the huge salary that goes with things like being a doctor or lawyer... or even the not so huge, but still more than adequate salary that goes with office administration or accounting or... you get the idea.
Be artist, but don't be surprised if you don't make much money. Doing something out of love means being willing to do it for little or no money.
I resonate strongly with what you are saying. I have NO intention of pursuing a career. I intend to only do part time low-stress low-pay jobs and pursue my interests, which include art, writing, music, and simply being, the rest of the time. I have no problem with not making much money. Poverty is a state of mind. Frugality is great. Simplicity is great.
If you can feel alright with a greatly simplified lifestyle, and you can be frugal, I say go for it. If it doesn't work out, at east you know.
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