Salam my friends,
This must be a treat huh! I write 2 articles in one sitting.
I told you sometime back that I had to take VSS (Voluntary Separation Scheme) from my previous employer. So that actually happened in September 2016. That was done and dusted.
Before it was done and dusted - I was terrified. I am a single mom who just committed a big mortgage on a house just before my previous company announce the VSS. I was in a pit big time! Like any normal kiasu Malay women - I applied for jobs left and right. Linked-in, Jobstreet, friends and families recommendations, re-wording my resume (at least 3 times), applying on-line at many-many companies website, I even applied part-time lecturing (thinking if I cannot get full-time job, i still can live on part-time jobs).... Alhamdulillah, finally I managed to secure a job.
So here I am since last October 2016, I have joined another company. Alhamdulillah, everything is fine now. But with this new job, my whole life scheduled changes. The travel time to and from office takes me about an hour or more depending on traffic of the road on any given day. The work at my new office is more compare to my previous company so I had to stay back at office more often. After many considerations however, I don't feel my situation is all that bad. My life schedule does change for the better somehow. I have less time, but that makes me treasure and appreciates the time I have more. I see my friends less often, but we continue to contact each other via whatsapp and I try to find time to see them. I have to put in more effort to see my friends, but because I put extra effort, I appreciates my friends more and I miss them even more because we so rarely can see each other.
I still see my children during weekends (I'm a weekend mom since my children decide to stay with their father)... actually just my daughter. My son has entered into Matrikulasi and is only allowed to come home once a month. Me and my daughter have great mother-daughter time. We eat out, we go for swims (ok, she swims - me just sit in water, berendam), watch movies, etc etc. Life is still good... Alhamdulillah... Thank you Allah. I love you and Rasulullah... Good night my friends...
This must be a treat huh! I write 2 articles in one sitting.
I told you sometime back that I had to take VSS (Voluntary Separation Scheme) from my previous employer. So that actually happened in September 2016. That was done and dusted.
Before it was done and dusted - I was terrified. I am a single mom who just committed a big mortgage on a house just before my previous company announce the VSS. I was in a pit big time! Like any normal kiasu Malay women - I applied for jobs left and right. Linked-in, Jobstreet, friends and families recommendations, re-wording my resume (at least 3 times), applying on-line at many-many companies website, I even applied part-time lecturing (thinking if I cannot get full-time job, i still can live on part-time jobs).... Alhamdulillah, finally I managed to secure a job.
So here I am since last October 2016, I have joined another company. Alhamdulillah, everything is fine now. But with this new job, my whole life scheduled changes. The travel time to and from office takes me about an hour or more depending on traffic of the road on any given day. The work at my new office is more compare to my previous company so I had to stay back at office more often. After many considerations however, I don't feel my situation is all that bad. My life schedule does change for the better somehow. I have less time, but that makes me treasure and appreciates the time I have more. I see my friends less often, but we continue to contact each other via whatsapp and I try to find time to see them. I have to put in more effort to see my friends, but because I put extra effort, I appreciates my friends more and I miss them even more because we so rarely can see each other.
I still see my children during weekends (I'm a weekend mom since my children decide to stay with their father)... actually just my daughter. My son has entered into Matrikulasi and is only allowed to come home once a month. Me and my daughter have great mother-daughter time. We eat out, we go for swims (ok, she swims - me just sit in water, berendam), watch movies, etc etc. Life is still good... Alhamdulillah... Thank you Allah. I love you and Rasulullah... Good night my friends...
Quiet interesting blog, mummy! Teach me how to improve in english pls
ReplyDeleteHi there Syahmie. This is a first time I have comments from a young one. Thank you very much, Syahmie. How to improve your English? Just read lots of story books, my dear. During my teenage years, i love reading romance books a whole lot. My mother had the worst time with me and my other sister who loves reading romance books, back then. Weekends were totally filled with reading books we borrowed from friends or the one we borrowed from a used car book seller at Central Market. We commute daily to school by public bus and we passed Central Market everyday. Actually, my English is not all that good. It is useful for daily communication but that's it. One of my niece has better vocabulary than me and she reads a whole lot of English books and her English is like at least 3 times better than mine... Read books that you like, even comics that is written in good English, watch movies or dramas in English and try repeating after the actors and actress to master the pronunciation... it's ok if you sound rather ridiculous doing so because who do you think will have the last laugh... enjoy reading and learning English, Syahmie
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