Job Change

I know it has been a while since I last wrote. It seems that I have been losing touch with OD. Completely forgotten abt this website until I received an email from the diary master one day.

Well, lots have happened since my last update.

So I’ve gotten a job, started on it last November. It was a job in a local University where I used to work a few years ago. In the same faculty but now in a different department. Somehow I dont like the environment and job scope. I thought the job description sounded interesting when I went for the interview but somehow, after working there for a little while, I started to feel out of place. The people I had to deal with do not make me feel comfortable. The job duties make me feel I’m not contributing at a level I should be. I feel I can do more and contribute more. Even the colleagues do not make me feel at home. I had a new colleague (another executive) who joined a month after me and I’m lucky she’s around. If not, I think I’ll be bored to death. 

I tendered my resignation 2 weeks ago. Immediately I felt so much relieved. I talked to my boss abt the job duties that is making me frustrated a couple of times and I knew she wanted me to stay. She knew I was leaving without a job so she actually suggested I stayed while looking for one. But I declined. My colleague said I was braved to quit without getting a job. Lol. Anyway I think I would be able to fully concentrate on getting another job if I dont work. Excuse? Maybe. 

The good news is, I went for a job interview one week after tendering and I had an offer the day after the interview. Great. I was too happy that I accepted it immediately. Now that I was happy to have a job or that the salary matches my current job, but this job will be able to allow me to gain all the exposure I need in another industry. Especially now that I’m abt to complete my part-time studies in human capital, it’s a blessing to be able to get a job in this area, bearing in mind that I do not have much experience at all. Yes, I’m happy even though I have to take a 20% pay cut and plus the fact that this is going to be a 1 year contract.

Next week will be my last week in office, after which I’ll be clearing leave. I’m hoping for time to fly faster coz I’ll be going to overseas with J during the first 2 weeks in May. We’ve already booked our air tickets to NY and a land tour as well. We’ll have 3 days free and easy before joining the tour. It has been sometime since we (and I mean we – the two of us) last flew overseas for a holiday. The last time we did so was also to the United States, but to California for our honeymoon. I think I’m really getting excited over this. 

But I cant get too excited yet. Because I have an exam tomorrow – to be exact, in a couple of hours time since it is already 2.10am now. This will be my last module and seriously I’m scared of this paper. Our lecturer has warned us before that it is not going to be an easy paper coz we’ll need to be very familiar with the manpower legislation. Geez. I just hope to pass this paper.  

Anyway, I think I ought to sleep now. Need to wake up 5 hours later for a final revision before taking my paper. Wish me luck. Heh. 

Saturday, 0213 hrs.