'If you enjoy what you do, you will never work another day in your life' - Confucius

I used to think, how true can the above phrase be? Not until i landed on something i finally enjoyed after more than 10 years of working experience.

Not that the all my previous job didnt make happy or wat..but it all had something as yeast factor to boost my work. My first job was at a legal firm, and since young i wanted to be a lawyer...but my parents wanted me to do IT back then, so when i landed a job as a support staff at a legal firm, i was thrilled. The interest was there until i was forced to dust books, which made me think the only reason i am there is to do a basic housekeeping job and not something related to my studies. So i switched to another job, which is a Dotcom company.

Its very true, a dotcom company can bloom like mushroom, rapidly but die fast...same goes to this company but i learned a lot while i was here, the pushing factor was the $$$, good enough for me to continue my part time degree. But i also learned a lot of troubleshooting, MIS management and of course,learn how does a helpdesk, ICT operation works. I joined the company as one of the pioneer staff and my line manager was a very supportive lady who constantly teached me on how to suit ourselves at work. Besides $$, it would be the presence of my manager that made me stay there longer. Not until the economy crisis hit, there were retrenchment but though i was not involved but the economy was so bad and the job scope was so dull that i was loosing all my technical skill sharpness. It came to a point, there was nothing to be done daily. We only had to go to office, sit, chat, surf d net and then leave back home. Many would agree, it would be a dream job becoz we do get the pay at the end of the month, but some how being young..i felt i needed more room to learn. I was with this company which i share most of my career memories, for almost 3 1/2 years.

Next, moving on i went to a bigger company, a private limited company, which was in the market for expansion. Here i met a different set of people,characters as the company is a very large organisation. I learned a lot on different culture, character and work ethics from this company. The motive behind working for this company was the location. It was situated at the middle of the city amenities. However, short lived happiness, this company also had a downfall and had to restructure. I had no choice but to find a new place to survive. I joined this NGO, which only comprising 4 staffs, a very small organisation but more things to be done and more productive based. However,we lost the funding and we had to move.

I came to a point, am i a JINX to all the companies i step in too? I was very worried and concerned, not a single place i had an oppurtunity to actually shine and contribute the knowledge i have gained and carried with me all this 10 years. I almost lost hope until i joined the satelite pay tv. It was a golden oppurtunity for me to contribute, however at this place, when i finally settling in and comfortable, a horror striked me, bad office politics. Since i am not good in licking people's shoe or fanning (is there such word in d dictionary)?, i didnt make it..i was retrenched, when i was hospitalised. Later only i found out, i was not even in d retrenchment list but due to favouritsm, i lost d battle...

Anyway, to cut d long story short...d place i am currently attached too...i am blessed..so far no jinx from me. I have a very understanding line manager who understand my needs as a staff, who can put himself in my shoe at times and support me. Not to mention the business/project managers, who do understand my health conditions and are always there to back me up.Of coz, bout the working colleagues, there are no exceptions, also have been there. Even though i am not well but i am happy to work at odd hours or contribute as much as i can becoz i enjoy wat i am doing...not only becoz of the people, environment but also the job itself, all packaged in one box, specially wrapped and send to me,by someone above.

GOD has finally answered my prayers,slowly but effectively, as my journey all this while was to mould and tweak me into a better person to handle and be flexible on everything thrown at me.....i am no longer a JINX..

Praise the LORD, Amen....