Saturday, July 16, 2016

New job?

Hi Me,

Have you successfully lived through the one month notice and is now enjoying the free time you have on hand?

I hope you did.

I hope you are exploring the off-beaten path of Singapore and maybe some popular places you have never been to.

Are you sending out resumes in search of a new job?

I know the market is really bad now and job search is hard but I hope you don't give up. We can get by. It is important to find a job we like and is willing to spend the extra time doing. Why work for the sake of working? What's life to it?

And I hope the medical scan comes up alright and we are no longer under medication.

From Me.
16/7/16
10:49pm


Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Garden Centre

I'm starting to regret not penning down my feelings when I was working back at the garden centre. I can't remember the exact feelings I had back then.

It was a mere three weeks from my last day at the garden and I'm already feeling very distant. In fact, it felt like I left my previous company ages ago during the first week of work at the new company.

I tried hard to recall the feelings I had back then but to no avail.

What I know was I felt very miserable, sighing all day and was angry at myself for not tendering soon. As I worked, I become comfortable in my work and as according to mom, the more comfortable I am in my work, the less likely I am leaving the company.

Now looking back, I had an easy life. Which was also the reason why I wanted to leave.

The first year was rough but I got better after some time. Now I'm having a rough time adapting, and I'm not sure if this is the company I want to stay for long.

During my free time, I would look at the photos taken when I was at the previous company.

I miss the time that I can just walk out of my office and take a stroll at our retail centre if I have completed my work. I miss creating content for our facebook page. I miss chopping brochures, posters. I miss talking to my designer and crack lame jokes. I miss eating snake with my visual merchandiser though actually I have nothing on hand. I miss talking to my sales staffs - well not all of them. I miss messing up the cat. I miss buying canned drinks from the vending machine. I miss changing money at the cashier counter. I miss attending to sponsorship requests. I miss showing the journalists around. I miss MSP supplies- Alex. I miss talking to the Lee, Said and the accounts dept.

And don't be surprised, but I miss bringing the invoices to my director for signatories.

I can't imagine I was just moving plants three months back for CNY. Now it seems years ago.

As of now, I don't mind taking of these back. Even if it means no pay raise. :(

Friday, February 12, 2016

Cross-Road

Dear Me,

I'm currently at a cross-road, contemplating whether to remain in my job or to tender right away. And if I tender, should I only look for permanent job or go ahead to do contract in order to gain more exposure.

The economy isn't good right now and resigning may probably be a bad decision. However, I feel that should I not take the first step of leaving, I will be trap in this company for quite a bit time. I may just be following the footstep of my manager, a possibility I do not want realised.

I'm in a dilemma and don't know what to do, uncertain which path should I take.

I'm also considering letting go some of my piano students, particularly the ones that leave far away. This will free up some substantiated amount of my time. Coincidentally, these students' names all start with "Ch".

My supplementary income would greatly decrease. I hope I managed to find a job that works on weekdays only. So at least I can have one day of rest. It kind of seems my body is wearing out.

So will the future me in one year's time found a job and had let go some of her students?

From
Moi
12/2
4.03pm