Great, awesome and incredible news! I got THE job! And divinely after one month exactly from my resignation from my previous job =)

THE job is with the Singapore Manufacturer’s Federation (SMa) in a Research & Corporate Communications position.

It is THE job cos it not only met my specific criterias, but exceed as well with the following reasons:

1. To get the job by end of February 
2. The scope of work must have an element of me being involved in the corporate magazine
3. 9-6pm and 5 day work week
4. The salary as requested met
5. Good profile and stability for my career to help me in future
6. This job would enable me to be in touch with the global marketplace
7. Location- Jurong East is near my home

I know for sure that landing this job is not because of my capabilities but due to God’s favor as my soon-to-be boss mentioned that he was willing to overlook my past record and inadequate experience.

I also know that it was due to this ‘favorable’ circumstance that that particular department was going to be non-existent cos almost the whole team had left, hence he was desperate to hire someone to fix the situation. 

While waiting for my interview (2nd round), I also found out that I was the only selected candidate for that day. Therefore, I believe if there were other candidates that met their ideal requirments, I would not be his automatic choice.

So you can say that I got the job thru the ‘back door’ =p

Credit and glory really goes to God! He is faithful and true to His word*!

Thank God for His mercy and those that have kept me in their earnest prayers.

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)

*Related previous entry here>>>

Though I had spent only two days of the Chinese Lunar New Year (CNY) in Singapore, it was still definitely a fruitful time of catching up and bonding with my family and friends.

Here are some of the pictures taken over last weekend…

MY FAMILY

MY FRIENDS

Woody, Amy and kid Wayne

Ah Boy and me with our lucky ang-pows (red packets) =p

Some preparation for the greatly anticipated IR with my neighbourhood soccer kakis from Clementi.

And here’s something nostalgic…

BEFORE

                                                                   AFTER

Looks like the 3 of us (Daniel, me and Ricky) have grown out of our uniforms and incidentally we posed in the same positions we did some 20 over years ago =)

Since this week has been mostly focused on love and romance due to Valentine’s day, I thought I share my love story…

Those who knew me from my past will all have this to say about me, that I changed girlfriends like I change underwear… that was just a way to describe how frequent I would had been seen with a different girlfriend each time with my group of friends.

I started had my first ‘steady’ (a term used to refer as girl/boyfriend among teens) when I was 14 years old. This was quite late oredi you know… =p

By my 21st birthday, I had oredi lost count… But the last count that I remembered was 50!

I guess it is due to my dysfunctional family background (divorced in my teens), influence from peers and my discovery of manhood that led to this rampage with the opposite sex. These factors were the springboard for growth of wrong attitudes, understanding and behaviour in BGR.

(1) Fear of being alone

I was one that was afraid of being alone and when a girl couldn’t be there, I would just get another almost right away. So that was a vicious cycle that destroyed many of my relationships.

In retrospect, the fear of being alone was due to the fear of facing my issues or problems that needed to be confronted. Hence having someone around occupied my thoughts and distracted me from those stuff that needed to be confronted.

But of cos, at that time I didn’t know.

(2) Masking my insecurities

Due to my sub-conscious inferior complexity, I also ‘leverage’ on the girlfriends I had to gain security with my peers. It is the same as how we would place confidence on our job position or edcuation qualification.

So the more beautiful or the more girlfriends I had, equated to my high capability and my peers would look up to me.

(3) Heightening my low self-esteem

I again sub-consciously, relied heavily on people’s approval on me to gain some sort of esteem that I was okay by their acceptance. Therefore I had developed an unhealthy way of measuring my esteem by getting as many girls to like me.

So the more girls I liked me or the more girls I had, it equated to me being accepted and that felt great.

MY TRUE LOVE:

However one night in 2000 all these started to CHANGE. I re-dedicated my love to Jesus!

It was there and then that I truly tasted LOVE which I had never felt before in my whole life. I was ambushed my His love when experienced His forgiveness over my sins and that captured my heart; how good He really was.

Since then and till now I am truly able to embrace, enjoy and experience singlehood like I never did before. Though of cos there has been its up’s and down’s, but with Him, I was able to focus on my personal growth and my pursuit in His destiny for me as His love is never-ending, never-enough and never-failing.

And of cos, I have learnt to relate with the opposite sex with geniune love, care and respect =p

God did a miracle in me and His love is so sweet and real cos if it were not, I would not be able to pledge and enjoy my singlehood with Him these passed 5-7 years.

Jesus is my true love and may He be truly yours too =)