Shedding off the secret of being offered .....

a career in Shell!

Well, it is the first of October today, and it is time when i can happily announce that i will be re-entering the work force after retiring to increase my education level 4 years ago. Why a secret, cos apparently, there is a vacancy available and i am the only one among the gouramnians team singapore who is a graduate and could start early. So as to not increase the anxiety of others, the Shell HR, Grace, informed me not to tell until Oct. Nonetheless, one smart detective among team singapore had actually sniffed out the secret before i wrote this post.. hmmmm. Smart! =P

Thinking back, it was fun while in the Navy and rather sad that i have decided to leave, and left. Miss the days back in Tuas Naval Base and shipboard life, with fun and laughter and a whole lot of stress too. Well, good news is, will be meeting up 10 fellow officers from RSS Vengeance tomorrow night for dinner. Good to have a chance of catching up. Looking forward to it.

Was supposed to sign the contract last week, but was postponed till tomorrow, but was yet again postponed to this wed cos the HR gal, Jennette had to go out field. But i'm ok. As long as they dont retract the offer. =P

Well, felt very lucky to have been offered the opportunity to work in shell after a 3 month process. Applied for it in the first week of Jun, and it was the first resume i had sent out. Received an online questionaire a fortnight later and subsequently an interview in Jul. As my time was taken up with the solar car project, it was at the back of my mind, which was nerve racking at times as it was a long 3 weeks wait before i received a response. =P And off i went to the magical land of Gourami for an intensive experience, met plenty of fun and able people and of course, enjoyed myself. =D

So, here i am, sitting i front of my computer, smiling away as i feel very thankful for being lucky enough to be offered a job at Shell. Hopefully, the people there will be fun and have a good work environment like in the navy. i guess work stress will be present, and i hope that it would be of a level which i can manage. heh. And yes, this is the reason why i am going for 2 short trips, one to phuket with the solar car team members who are still unemployed xP; the other to bring my mom for a holiday before i get all busy again. Very happy to be bringing my mom overseas again (the 1st being a backpack trip to Europe, and yes, my mom is tough though i carry the backpack while she carries the day pack =D) as she had been delivering newspapers to support the family for more than 20 years already, so want to fulfill her wishes to visit every corner of planet Earth, well, maybe i bring her to a new place every year. heh. =P Wanted to bring my dad over, but unfortunately, someone has to stay back to deliver the papers. hmmm...