Pkchukiss - Reality Wine

Things got a bit poignant and I nearly stayed overnight for my last day, but I guess that was just about it. The end of the road has come, and as with all good things and bad things: the time has come to leave.

There was compelling reason for me to stay on for the next month, since school doesn’t start till April; and I have not yet received the results of the posting exercise! It besides being premature, it looks a little dumb to give up on one month’s income. What’s more, I really enjoyed working with my colleagues.

My reasons are clear: it was hard for me to quit, even after I have indicated back in October. Some really bad customers ground on my nerves so badly, that prompted me to seek out alternatives to my current job scope. My colleagues were always there, supportive and helpful whenever I ran into the runt. They enabled me to soldier on in the face of the adversity. However, given that I was going back to study soon, it won’t make my resignation easier if I did it nearer to the start of school.

I kept pondering whether I would be able to take the cut and sever my job when the time came: it was a tough decision, and 2 weeks ago I made up my mind to quit come end February. It was a snap decision (that came after a lot of grey-matter burning), and I subsequently gave my notice, taking care to keep the rest of my colleagues in the dark. I knew that they would want me to stay, so I decide to let them know only on the last day.

Most of them were shocked by my sudden revelation on the 28th, but they accepted it. That day was quite emotional for me, since I had gone through quite a whole lot with the project team mates. We decided to have an impromptu party in the office pantry, since most of them worked way past my ending time.

Ms Sh. M was kind enough to come down on her off day amidst the torrential rain to accompany me and DG shopping for dinner. You would realise that Ang Mo Kio holds some of the best curry puffs, satays and fried chicken in Singapore! There was also halal chinese food that we took-away, and brought it back to the office under the rain. Too bad I forgot to take any pictures of the food, which really made our neighbours extremely hungry just taking in the strong whiff of curry, rojak and fried oyster omelette. That overtook fast food with its satisfyingly sinful contribution to our fats.

Everybody also signed a farewell card, and presented it to me before I left, along with a CD compilation of our outings - you will be amazed just how sneaky the photographers can get!

Now that I am back at home, jobless and penniless, I am going to concentrate on the writing course that I enrolled back in June last year. Yes! It was that long ago since I last submitted my assignment! For a course that stressed on doing it at my own pace, I was really stretching it! I don’t know what will my teacher write in my next assignment evaluation.

“Student is so busy that he can write in a blog, yet take 4 bloody months to submit Assignment 2.”

It is time to hit the books!

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