I'm going to be relocated to KL.
Soon.. maybe in less than a month's time. I thought deep and hard about this and eventually I decided that it was worth a try. Definitely, I will leave behind many things here and the closest to me would always be the hardest to leave. What would the exact date be? I'm not sure yet. I'm due to start working on the KL stuffs be 16th Sept, so the time frame would be anytime from then onwards.
Over the past year of work, life has transformed quite a bit for me. Many of the friends have been busy with their own life and moved on. My routine is still pretty much the same, just a bit less disciplined that what I had previously. No longer am I training 5-6 days a week, 3 days week is considered good now. I'm sparing a bit more time to meet up with dear and occasionally meeting up with some friends.
As life going on, you will realise who are the ones who will consciously make an effort to keep in contact. I used to be the one who does that, but now busy and a little tired, has rarely done any linking up. I'm glad that there are still some who still remembers me. Being able to meet up at times rekindles some of the fond moments we previously shared. Some practises such as gift exchange has carried on with the 2 of you, and I treasure that. Thanks. =)
Going back to my relocation.. I was being told about the possible relocation sometime back, and I had to make a decision. If the relocation package is good, there wouldn't have been so much trouble deciding. But the issue was that it simply wasn't that appealing. So why did I still want to take it up?
The package offered a slight increment, with lodging paid, car provided for and transport claims available. But the increment doesn't really justify the sacrifices I have to make to uproot myself from the comfort zone of family and friends here. Moreover, I will be shifting into an unknown territory, where language is an issue (They speak a lot of canto), and the working mentality is so much more different. Comparing a shift to HK and KL, the contrast is vast. It's like shifting into a third world city... well not exactly that "third world", but still the system is so messy, the roads are dirty, traffic is very bad, air is not that clean.
That being said, all seems so negative and why am I still going? What's the one thing positive that overwrites all these concern?
Opportunity to learn.
Within a year of work, I've changed several job profile, and picked up many new traits and skills along the way. This time round, I'm heading over the KL as Retail and Marketing Manager to head a team of marketing/ reps/ branch managers. I'm really curious what is the thing they see in me, that gives them so much confidence to put me in this role after a short stint of one year. I know I am capable of doing things, but this is really out of my expertise and I'm not confident of delivering.
I'm still young and at the same time green. Working isn't always just about money and at times you won't know what you lose out until you try it. So is it all worthwhile? I don't know. I'll know it when everything is over and back in Singapore.
