Leaving Day Agreed!

Hurray! My leaving day has been agreed with line manager today and it's going to be next Friday, 6th Aug. I'm very excited with new opportunities in my next stage of life! Thanks God for giving me peace and a thankful heart!

Hurray! Out of Prison to a New World!!!

Minute before I went into see dentist, my company phone rang and it was the Company Director. He left a voice message and I phoned him back straight away. He told me in a serious voice that the request for voluntarily redundancy has been accepted by the company. He asked if I'm still ok to take it. Of course it is because I requested it myself!!!

He then said he'll need to get in touch with HR regarding when the notice period starts, the handover of work and when I can leave the company. Therefore, there is even more wait but at least I know I should start my NEW JOURNEY properly now.

I will need to work hard looking for another job, for other ways of generating income and helping my husband to move forward with property investment. God please guide me through this new journey and give me wisdom.

Another funny thing happened this afternoon is the conversation I had with my husband, he asked me "How come my wife suddenly change so much? Are you still my wife?". Then he said he's happy that I'm up for change. He also encouraged me to stay focus and work hard with goal that I set. I believe the 'Rich Dad Poor Dad seminar' does have an impact on me, specially seeing Kim (Robert's wife) so successful in investment. I always believe woman can do well too! Add oil Carmen Chan!

Decision Day!

Today is the day where the Director suppose to inform us who would be made redundant but thanks God I feel so peaceful and happy in the morning, specially after speaking to my close friend in Hong Kong. I really miss them a lot, all the girl's chat, the fun and the night we stay up till late to play games. Thanks for being my friend, you are all so important to me!!!

Meetings were arranged to see us individually, first one at 11.30am and me at 12.15pm, while the colleague on maternity leave is on holiday (so she's not coming in). My colleague came to the office early to prepare for the meeting. He looked upset and angry with the consultation process, but I can understand why because he's got 4 children and a wife to look after. I feel his worry as he is the support of the family. He fights for the family's living and during the meeting, we could hear his voice even though we sat outside the meeting room. He's really fighting for survival.

For me, this job is not as urgent as I don't have children to look after. I have always want to have some freedom and take a career break and therefore, I don't mind voluntarily redundancy. No decision has been made today and posts are still at risk. The process is so so so long, when is it going to end???

My 1st day of consultation period

Yesterday was one of the most shocking days in my life, I received an email at work from the Solution Director who called for an urgent meeting the next day (which is today). The email and the agenda didn't say much about what the meeting is for, apart from saying that the Government spending cut has an immediate impact to the organisation.

I guess under this market condition, this meeting must be about redundancy and therefore, I just had to prepare for the worse. I'm glad that I wasn't as sad and as negative as I expected, and thanks God for giving me peace and hope for the future.

My first concern and thinking from the email wasn't about whether I'm safe in the job, it was about how I can move on and generate income. After attending the Rich Dad Poor Dad Seminar, I learnt that there are lots of opportunities out there where we can earn income, apart from stuck at work. Therefore, I believe this maybe a good opportunity to start something new in my life and start working hard for my dreams. I believe when people have dreams, they work hard to get it. It's definitely my case as I had many dreams when I was young and now I've achieved them.

In terms of action that I took from this bad news, I had never be so efficient to apply for jobs. I had already applied for few jobs and been to a recruitment agent. I've also started to write my blog as Internet can definitely generate extra income. I guess I will share more later on this after I do research and testing.

I will also keep updating the blog for how this new journey works out for me. Hopefully it'll be a bright future blessed by the God.