It will be only the 3rd time I'm doing this since I started working in 2002. 8 years since financial independence and I'm on to my 4th. Is still hard to do it, going up to your boss with a white envelope in your hands.
Nevertheless it has to be done. With what little workload I have now, I am more acutely aware of the buzz and liveliness in this familiar yet somewhat untrodden grounds I have just returned to. The work is familiar, the industry is not; the people are warm and caring, the surroundings are not (not with all that racket going on in the Jurong Gateway development!); the distance is a comfort but the journey a pain. Weighing it all, the conclusion is that friendly grounds are also possible on the greener patch of grass closer to home in Bishan.
And so it is. Just like you said it would be. Life goes easy on me. Most of the time.
Never realised how much these lyrics spoke to me. I have really had God's grace and mercy upon me throughout my career. I studied HR, yet He led me to fully exploit my linguistics ability. ALWAYS (and I repeat, ALWAYS) seeking to venture out, He brought me to Shanghai. Intending to leave for SSEAYP jobless, He provided me an environment to learn more than I ever had in a job to return to. Now that BB is on the way, He yet again paved the way for a work environment closer to home to facilitate that.
In God's plan, there is no randomness.
This was recently highlighted in S's blog. No randomness. It was not random that when I first went for SSEAYP interview in 2003 with seemingly high chances of going, I ended up meeting the better half when I joined the contingent in 2006 instead. It was not random when I went for the interview with CPG but ended up working for Trane in Shanghai. It was not random when we started trying for BB whilst still attempting to go ahead with Mount Fuji, and instead we were blessed immediately upon return.
In God's plan, there is no randomness.
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