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  After months and months of academic limbo, I am finally done with MUN (I hope).

  I've waited too long for this, I want it to end.

I've been sent to various departments,
red tape there,
red tape here,
but there's one last red tape to go through,
and then I'm finally done with MUN.

  Which means right now I'm applying for jobs. Professional jobs, not the job I am currently in (part time turned full time because I'm done with school kind of deal).

  One of the nastiest thing I noticed on the job market is that there are a lot of false job postings. Most probably scams of sorts.

  So let me tell you about my journey, and I'm gonna use this company as an example:

MWN Technologies Inc.

  I first found out about this company on indeed.ca. They had job posting there: Data Analyst (Entry-level). If you scroll down to the bottom, it tells you to apply directly on the company's website, a common practice amongst companies when they post their jobs on these kinds of websites.

Just in case the link is taken down.

  And thank God they did that. If I were to just apply directly on to indeed (which is also completely normal, by the way), I would have had it. 

  Anyway, I read the the whole thing. Although there are a few typos, I figured they're just human error, yeah? That's when something set off. 

  After spending literally months looking at data analyst job postings, there's something copy-pasty about this job posting. Although lots of data analyst jobs have similiar responsibilities and qualifications, this one is just... going weo weo in my head (that's the siren sounds btw). So, I started googling the company up.

  Nothing. Hmm...

  How about the contact us section? Only an email? No phone number? Alright.....

  Oh hey, they have their address right there! Let's look it up. The results shows a completely different company. Heck, it could be outdated. Outdated addresses are super common here in St John's, cause no one bothered to update it. But this is Toronto though! Well, let's give em the benefit of the doubt.

 Since there's still absolutely nothing, whatabout a Facebook page? Companies usually have Facebook page right? 

2 likes, 3 followers

6 photos total.
Either a dogshit social media team (in Toronto!)
or something way more sinister...

According to the "about" section though, the company was created on May 3, 2017. If the information is correct, I would then assume that they didn't update their address on their homepage, as its 2 years too late (still giving the benefit of the doubt). But don't you think there's something shady going on here? Here's the Facebook page if you wanna check it out: Click here, don't worry it's safe.

  Either way, there's lots of things wrong with it. I tried to look for more information on google and it gets way way way dodgy. I decided to not apply to this job because of all these circumstances.

  Honestly, I spent like 2 hours of my free time on this. It's kind of aggravating actually. If I'm not working, I'm using my free time to look for jobs, and there's so much research to be done, not just so I could make a resume and cover letter than does not guarantee the HR guy to read, but at least hopefully consider above some of the rest; I also have to be vigilant and not fall for these kind of... fake?? jobs? A wise man once said, "Looking for jobs is a full-time job", and man, it's super annoying and aggravating. I barely have any spare time now.

  I told my friend about my life now: about how I go to work, and if I'm not working, I'm looking for work. And she said:"Wow, you're so disciplined!" Hah. I don't know if I should be flattered, or this is just the reality that I am in right now. The thought of doing this for even one more month scares me actually. Imagine, for the next few months, I'm doing nothing but working and looking for work. Heck, I've cooked for the first time in like 2 weeks just now, because I decided to set time aside for myself finally.

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  Bah, it's almost May, and look at what St John's look like:

I just wanna clear out all my winter stuff,
but I can't...

  Freezing rain today. Of course, with everything encased in ice, the place actually looks uniquely beautiful. Lots of pictures of it on my social media. Would be quite nice, if it wasn't the fact I almost slipped like three times while walking. I fell once the other day, landed on my right butt, hurts for the next whole week. My left butt on the other hand that time was also hurting from getting (literally) kicked in the ass constantly in kick boxing class, so I was (also) literally butthurt for the entire week.

  Speaking about kickboxing, I don't see myself getting fitter, but I do see the effects of me getting, at least, fitter. I can do push ups, and all the other exercises more easily now. Unfortunately, I'm still stuck at 3x10 reps of push ups. Basically, because I do feel myself doing certain more exercises more easily now (or at least, it flows better), I decided to push myself more on those exercises, so by the time it's time to do push ups, I'm kinda tired already. I'm trying to do thing where you clap your hands when you push up. Right now, I can't even do a complete one. However, I get to push myself up high enough to clap once, then fall right on my face, every time.

Not really practical, but fun to say.

Sometimes I wonder, why am I learning phrases like this.

Isn't nettle the plant that stings you?
Also, these imported Polish teas are like, almost half the price of the other teas.

While these imported British teas can go to hell.
 $7 for 12 tea bags.

Also, there was an iceberg next to Signal Hill the other day.
It was also super misty.

  That being said, if MWN Technologies turned out to be legit, then... my sincerest apologies. I take back everything I said, however, stop looking so sketchy please.