Finally, it's been a year since I went down with depression and life's still full of ups and downs.
I took on a temporary job as a telemarketer on the recommendation by Marcus, but I have to apologise to Marcus and Bangli. I failed to settle in the job as this job is very unsuited for my character. I decided to quit after just 4 days on the job.
Back to Team F.R.E.E. , it's been finalised that I will relinquish my position as Chief Coordinator for my successor Zizhe on 31 December after our Team's friendly against a new Team on the block. Hopefully with a new boss, the Team can climb to another level. As for my role, I'll be a bit-part player who will scout for new blood and recommend to the Team.
I've just applied for an accounts job in a public listed estate management company that is very near where I stay, a 5 minutes walk from my home to be precise. To top it all off, this company is the holding company of the franchise estate management firm that my brother is holding a senior management position in. I do hope I get this job though... It's gonna save me a lot of money on travelling and food as I can always walk home for lunch, as well as the flexibility of waking up at a much later time for work, given that I can run to my office from my home in less than 5 minutes. And my brother doesn't know about my job application... I'll love to see the shocked look on his face when I turn up at his office.
With regards to relationships, there was a little light, but a very dim light... mainly because of my phobia towards girls in general. I am scared... to be honest... I appreciate the little help Jean has offered in me getting to know this girl, but I rather things take its natural course, she seems too nice a girl for me...
And I'm now busying buying X-mas prezzies for my close pals. The guys who have been through my toughest patches. I'll never forget you guys. And for X-Mas, the activities are gonna be so packed...
And for this year, I have managed to achieve 2 of my biggest material wishes. 1 was the iPod, and the other was a handphone upgrade, which I changed out my cranky Nokia 6600 (I'm sure many will welcome that change, especially Shuhui and Alan.. who endured a lot of my "accidental calls") to a O2 XDA II Mini. Guess my current PDA, the HP 5450 is about to serve a new master soon... I'm still thinking of whether to sell it or to give it to my brother as a X-mas present... I have the next 2 days to think about it....
- Phil -
Well, a long time since I've been away and I'm now back with more things to share.
1) I've officially quit SIM. Although I'm still in correspondence with UOL, my degree provider, but I have decided to sever all ties with SIM after much consideration. I have been in a bad relationship with SIM with regards to the Study Loan issue, and I don't want to waste everybody's time. Next, I'm also way too distracted to study as well. Lastly, I hope the time I have after deciding to quit SIM can be used constructively to generate revenue. I'll still be taking my time to complete the degree; I'll be retaking my failed 3 modules for last year this time, on top of the Corporate Finance paper, which I will be taking a lot of time to study for these papers with my friends in SIM, who know about this. I'll probably sign on with Stansfield for my final year, which will be a lot more relaxing if I clear all my 4 papers, with Auditing, Financial Reporting and 1 more additional module of my choosing.
2) I'm now on the hunt for Temporary Contract Jobs until the end of March. If you have any Accounting jobs, do recommend to me yea...
3) As for F.R.E.E., I'll be officially stepping down as the Chief after my upcoming big game against a rival Team whom we had some differences with. This game means a lot to everybody in our Team, especially to me as I want to step down on a high. I'll be training up a lot on my gameplay during this time.
4) I've recently redone my room and changed my furniture positionings in the hope of a new 2006 and a new start. I've also begun clearing up my old things and throwing away things that are redundant to me. I want a brand new start, a brand new me. I want to start being a different Phillip for 2006.
5) Something struck me last night as I was attending the wedding dinner of 1 of my neighbourhood friends as well as my Teammate in F.R.E.E. Apparently he got into a shotgun wedding and he's in NS now. But I took a look at myself and I asked myself whether I am ready to go into a new phase in my life. I want to look for somebody to grow old with, but am afraid to do so. I want to quit thinking like a kid and begin life the adult way. But I just find it hard to... At my age, a mutual friend of the groom and I is the father of 2 kids, with the elder at 5 years old. Seriously, time I think like a man and not like a young teenager.
- Phil -
