sign of achievement?

i finally received my letter for my confirmation yesterday!!! yipee yey!!!

getting confirmed was a sign of meeting expectations at work? what was happier was getting a slight increment upon confirmation. i know... most of you will be thinking, so what? well, it was a pleasant surprise to me as i had actually negotiated for my pay package when i joined and was told by HR that there will not be any salary adjustment upon confirmation. so even if it was a 2% increase, i was pretty happy! at least, that means my bosses must be pretty happy with my performance to give me an increment when they don't have to.

just the week before, i got praised by my chairman during my management meeting! hehe... quite happy coz it was the first time! so i guess, i am happy for now.