Meeting up with Andrea tmr for job searching matters.
And after that I have a second round interview at Gimmill for the position of HR Exec.
There will be opportunities to travel and thats why I wish I can be offered the job.
However, salary issues are never mentioned during the first rnd and transportation will be a prob cos its rather secluded.
We will see how it goes.

Actually I was offered a job as Mgt trainee at Strategic Partners last week.
Its a 13-26 mths program, after which, if nthg goes wrg, I will lead my own team of Financial Consultants.
In the process, I will go thru training with 4 depts, each for 3-6mths.
Namely,
Sales & Marketing, Projects, Training and Managerial.
I declined the offer cos Im not interested in the finance sector tho i know thats where all the big money lies.
I alws tell myself that my first job must be sthg i rli like and have passion in.
A job which will make me wanna climb outta bed to go work.
Preferrably, a job that gives me an opportunity to travel.
Thats why I rli hope that tmr and salary issues will go smoothly and Gimmill will offer me the job.
Anw, many have asked me why I went to apply for the Mgt Trainee position when I know that I wont wna a job in a financial services co.
Well, here's how the story goes.
Actually, I applied for the position of Events Co-ordinator on JobStreet,
Then I went dwn for the first interview w/o knowing what the Co is abt.
Because their website doesnt provide info to outsiders who aren't their clients, i supposed.
the first rnd of interview was rather short.
J didnt tell me wat the position requires me to do.
She said if im shortlisted for 2nd rnd interview then I will get to know.
She didnt even tell me wat the company specialises in or anthg.
I have to ask.
Then she told me financial services.
I was alil letdown aft that but thought that I wont stand a chance to be selected for the 2nd rnd. (Due to some probs i created for Stephanie, J's assistant, before the interview regarding the time of my interview)
Surprisingly, they called me in the aftnoon and told me to go dwn for the 2nd rnd interview.
So i did and the interview was damn draining!
It was almost 2hrs!!
Poor Bestie had to wait for me in town.
I was interviewed by J again and her manager, Eu, whom I will be working under and trained by.
Eu asked me sooooo many qns that I was brained dead aft that.
Immediately, she said that she was pleased with the way i answered her qns and the way i present myself and i was given the letter of offer by J.
However I knew that I didnt want and wont wna see myself in that job so I declined.
I took 20 mins to convince J that I shd be given time to consider and discuss with my parents first.
After that, she finally let me off by showing me her beautiful BLACK FACE!!
She didnt even said bye to me.
Merely said this " we don't anyhow recruit our mgt trainees. this time rnd only two vancacies so i hope u'd treasure this opportunity. E has high hopes on you."
I didnt like her attitude.
And everyone, I applied for events co-ordinator position and not mgt trainee!
Drama.

I went in with so much enthusiasm and drive.
Made countless new friends and life was beautiful and exciting in the first year.
I was surrounded by so much love and joy.
Sadly, campus life in year two did not follow suit.
In fact, it was a total opposite.
Qte a no. of my gd frens left aft a yr in SIM but not only that.
So much happened and so much heartaches.
Betrayal.
Misunderstandings.
Fights.
U name it,
I experienced it.
It was indeed a dramatic year.
I thought thgs like that only appear on national tv.
I have nv ever cried so much in any stages of my 22 yrs of life before.
Friendships,
Family,
Financial health of family,
Love.
They were all in undesirable states.
I was extremely disheartened.
Down and out.
I skipped so many classes that I did so badly in year two.
I broke down during exams and eventually didnt appear for the Marketing paper despite many persuading words from my other frens.
It was simply a horrible and bitter year.

The beginning of the "new" me was when I started my final year.
I wanted to start afresh.
Just concentrate on studying and nthg else.
Many sensed the change in me.
I didnt talk as much,
laughed as much,
joked as much,
smiled as much,
chill out as much,
and I didnt take the initiative to start a conversation or to meet up anymore.
I was emotionally and mentally fatigue.
I didnt wanna mix ard.
I wanna live in my own world.
Many started to worry.
Even at home,
my parents were worried.
I kept to myself all the time and locked myself up in the room all the time.
I have not said this to anyone before and nobody rli know wat rli happened and how bad it was.
But now I am ready.
Ready to tell and share and face everyone again.
Like before.
Life is short and I'd rather spend my remaining life being happy and share it w many of my loved ones ard me than to live alone in my own small and pathetic world.
This time I really hope I can finally succeed.
Its rli time to wake up from my "nv-will-come-true" dream.
He's with another girl alr.
Thats final.
That's reality.
Time to get my own life back.

I read my old blog entries and realized how much Ive toned down.
My life used to be so colourful and vibrant.
Now,
as my nick in msn shows,
"A blank piece of paper".

Thursday's meet up with bestie and eug made me realized how much we have truly grown.
How much we have matured.
The topics we had in our conversation will nv be the same anymore as compared to college days.
Its now to the working adults world.
Like it or not.
Bestie will never be the bubbly old Sharon, like the first day I knew her, anymore.
We are all facing increasing pressures and problems in our new phases of lives that make us lose our smiley faces.

The film Evan Almighty taught me a few thgs.
When we pray to god for sthg,
he doesnt give us that thg.
He gives us the OPPORTUNITY to achieve wat we prayed for.
Thus, i thank god for giving me the opportunity to make me grow up and being a stronger person.