so here i am with an update of my life. sort of.
I am working for this amazing 'profit for purpose' company. Hired as a copywriter originally, but now I deal more with the graphic side of our branding. because apparently nobody else there is that messed up in the head.
the good kind of messed up though. :P
so I design stuff. help around with people's charts. sit back and listen to what people need during meetings. photoshop glasses and mustaches to a turkey (don't ask). come up with catchy lines. make people laugh when I can. all that and other stuff.
like i said, i'm SO proud of what we're doing. we're, as tacky as it may sound, trying to make the world a happier place and everyday i can see we're moving forward.
and yes, we're all working hard. we call our CEO 'Waldo' because she goes around the world like literally every day. She could be in Tokyo one day, and Amsterdam the next, then back to San Francisco the day after that, straight into a meeting with us. I don't think anyone in our team ever get the appropriate amount of sleep. Yes, we're all tired. But it's okay because it's worth it. I complain about it, sure. But I don't think I would ever want to stop doing what we do. After all, the world isn't gonna change if we just wait for it to change.
as of now my status still falls under the self-employed category, because I'm still under my OPT and when I joined the company they were just getting started. but... ok. you know what's great about being a taurus? it's that you obsess over certain things (which you can totally see from all those glee posts) and you get those things done. even if your pay is low (just because i work over here, doesn't mean i get paid a lot). i'm lucky enough to be a taurus AND have a good immune system... also, mincutness :P
So. as I was saying, i'm not a real employee yet. BUT they recognize everything I've been doing and now they're talking to their legal team about promoting me into becoming a permanent employee, spending a lot of money just to make sure i'll have no problem changing my student visa status to work visa. to be honest, when I got hired in the first place, i wasn't even sure if they'd keep me around— let alone sponsor my work visa. not to mention that they were actually the ones that initiated the discussion. i'm like.. the luckiest person in the whole world.
having said that, i still don't know what that means regarding the possibility of coming home. I mean, god knows i would looooove to go back home and just hang with my friends and everything. But, you know... opportunities don't come twice. they really don't. case in point --> JT and Britney. :P (nudge2 nandia & andrei). i'm sure eventually i will come home, once someone explains to me wutthadealio with the application process and all. like, do i need to go home and apply for the visa from jakarta? or can i submit the application here? those sorts of things.
so. you know. cross your fingers for me. like, all of them. and your toes.
better yet, start a prayer circle for me. i'm looking at you Andrei, o high priest of amitabacanism.
hope i don't screw this up.
-snd