when will it ends?

thought i can finally scream out loud that this is over... who knows there will be so many twists and turns!

shortly after i made an appointment to meet the 3 heavenly kings to tell them my final decision, i received an sms from the VP of marketing & ops of my franchisor. he just found out about my resignation and wanted to meet up for lunch. at lunch, he was asking if i was keen on working for them instead. he did not officially offer me as he wanted to find out if i was keen before he speaks to my bosses...but from what his "kah kia" told me, he saw from my body language that i seemed pretty certain of my decision to join the new place.

then the 3 heavenly kings actually thought it was a good idea to join my franchisor. this was such a surprise! it was more of a selfish reason for them as they thought that if i joined them, my bosses can ask them to let me stay and help till end of the year before joining them.

so what's my decision? well...although my current brand is definitely a much bigger brand, more established, i am not so sure about joining them now. the head would say go for it, but my heart is leaning towards the original job offer. am i confusing you? i am confused myself. just got to trust my guts and go for what i have decided alr. let's not let a little distraction gets in the way.

it should be d day

it has to be... tomorrow i will reply my management of my decision... but obviously, i didnt really need to reconsider. it is more like i hope they finally accept it and allow me to inform my team and do what is necessary - TO FIND MY REPLACEMENT. of course, in my heart, it will not be easy to find someone to replace me. i am a bit thick skin lah, but i always think i am the best mah! lol! please let them accept and it will no longer be hush hush!

hush hush

given my resignation letter on friday... but was told to keep it hush hush until further instructions from the 3 heavenly kings from 16th floor.

very much wanted to tell my team, to prepare them but can't...

if you asked me how i am feeling - excited, elated, hopeful, relieved, stressed out? i am also not sure... too much hush hush has given me mixed emotions... oh well... let's see how it goes...

what a month!

usually when i am missing from my blog, it means there is nothing much interesting happening in my life. it is a totally opposite story for the past weeks of absence! september has been such a busy and eventful month for me!

1) realised on my calendar that i have so many friends' birthdays in september - hence many dinner plans (some belated celebrations in october!) and 1 pink party (trust LL for her theme parties). so once again, happy birthday to my dearest lil'c, ms seaweed, LL, LP, mountain tortoise, Jenny, Judy and Corina... what a list! then there is my girl - kim (1st oct), so still within the same period!

2) the perks of being a marketing manager - free tickets to all sorts of entertainment events! singapore was in the limelight in sep with F1 night race again! was invited to F1 race at the suite with food, drinks (free flow of champagne for me!) and most importantly air-con! great experience for me... then was given a last minute ticket for F1 rocks on the same day! had to give up watching no doubt at fort canning for F1. so benefitted my dear fren *wink*.

had my first experience of watching a 'live' recording of singapore idol. while others queued to grab their seats, i got ushered to my 'reserved seats'. that's the perks of being a sponsor! haha!

then there was free tickets for the gala premiere of the movie 'FAME'. really talented bunch of young actors, definitely sang well to make me wonder, why can't our singapore idols be like 15% of their talent? oh yah... the funny thing - i was sitting a row behind the singapore idols!

3) wedding of 2 of my store managers. it has been a long time since i was jie mei, emcee and co-ordinator for a wedding. although stressful in a way, it was an honour to be entrusted with such important tasks for the couple's big day! tiring event as we started the day early in the morning, rushed to the hotel after a quick change of clothes and the dinner!

4) the last and most important thing that happened in sep... i was referred for a job interview... experience a few first - an interview via skype, another session at a hotel business lounge... quite different from the usual office interviews... so what is the conclusion? i will be taking up this new job and tendering later today (9 Oct). will review more after i tender... i trust my friends here to be hush hush abt it till the dotted line is signed!

quite an exciting sep for me ya? october is going to be equally exciting (i hope)!