I was scheduled to make another visit to the red dot island the following week. Having completed my first interviews with both companies I had returned home on Wednesday, 22nd June. The following week, I would make another trip on 30th June, this time in preparation for ROM. Ms. Somewhat had informed me that I needed to be there a day earlier (friday) for the pre-ROM briefing and preparation. And...
Interviews can be a nerve wrecking process for anyone. You realize that there is only so much you can prepare and the anxiety and tension that comes with all the preparation can sometimes be overwhelming. And here I was, in Singapore originally scheduled to meet the partner of my former company and now I had to prepare for another one. And to throw a gauntlet and make thing more complicated I had...
June 8th. I had just finished my last MBA exam. I was the only student taking the exam at the university campus. Hands aching from writing my paper, I decided to celebrate the completion of my exams by indulging myself in a lego set before heading for daily mass at SFX. Glad the exam was over I spent the next few days chilling and gearing up for Ms Somewhat’s visit that weekend. We were...
Ending 2015 and Starting 2016 I ended the year with mix feelings. There was an announcement that my sector would be undergoing a restructure and things would be changing (Another oddity that I felt in this company – the constant restructuring one had to endure). Under the new structure, there will not be departments any more but now instead the CHRO will be assigning us to around 30+...
If you would have told me about a year ago that I would be leaving my job just after working for about a year I would have scoffed in disbelief and told you I am not a quitter. I had developed a penchant for being tenacious during my university years and as well as my working career and I wasn’t gonna give that up so soon. And yet here I am after about a year leaving my job. This one year has...