JOB WANTED

To hunt for job is not an easy task to new graduates especially that the world is experiencing global crisis now. Unemployment is rampant in all countries. Some people find jobs using the internet, some find in newspapers and some do a bit odd things to get the attention of potential employers. An example is a picture below with a caption from yahoonews.com.


Jobless university graduate David Rowe wears a sandwich board advertising his search for employment as he walks along Fleet Street in central London, September 22, 2009. In a pinstripe suit, silk tie and with polished brogues, Rowe appears the epitome of a successful London city worker, except for one glaring difference - he's wearing a sandwich board that says "JOB WANTED".

Source: www.yahoonews.com. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty. September 22, 2009.

Let's study:

Vocabulary:
epitome = typical example (She's an epitome of elegance.)

rampant = happening without control (Swine flu was rampant in Mexico.)

brogues = regional accent (He has polished brogues.)


Discussion:
What is your dream job?

Are there many good job vacancies for you in your country?

Does everyone have equal job opportunities in your country?

Give 3 jobs:
= which you think are the best jobs in the world
= which you think are the worst jobs in the world


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Let's talk...

What springs to your mind when you hear the word 'marriage'?

Would you like a husband or wife older, younger or the same age as you?

Do you think a married couple with a very big age gap would last long?

Do you think it's ok to divorce?

Here in our country, Philippines, divorce does not exist. Divorce is illegal. So, it is wise to choose a partner whom you'll forever deal with. Difficult, isn't it? But, that's our law.

On the other hand, how would you react if a 107-year-old woman is looking for a hubby again?

Let's read the offbeat news below.

107-year-old Malaysian woman seeks 23rd hubby

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – A 107-year-old Malaysian woman says she is ready to marry for the 23rd time because she fears her current drug addict husband might leave her for a younger woman, a report said Monday.

Wook Kundor made headlines four years ago when she married Muhammad Noor Che Musa, a man 70 years her junior in northern Terengganu state, with pictures of the couple's wedding splashed across regional newspapers.

But Wook is now looking for new love as she fears that Muhammad, 37, who is undergoing voluntary drug rehabilitation treatment in the capital Kuala Lumpur, will leave her once the programme ends, she told the Star newspaper.

"Lately, there is this kind of insecurity in me," the paper quoted her as saying, showing a photograph of the smiling, wrinkled-faced centenarian wearing a Muslim headscarf.

"I realise that I am an aged woman. I don't have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone."

"My intention to remarry is to fill my forlornness and nothing more than that," she said, adding that she felt lonely without her husband by her side to celebrate the coming Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr next week.

Wook said she planned to visit Muhammad on the second day of Eid if her neighbours were willing to drive her to the capital.

Muhammad, who was a lodger in Wook's house, had previously said it was "God's will" that the couple fell in love.

Source: www.yahoonews.com. "107-year-old Malaysian woman seeks 23rd hubby". AFP. September 14, 2009.

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