Realized i miscalculated my countdown hehe.. one day slower :P (typical!!) Hmm... 3 days...
3 moments that i will cherish :) I wished i could captured them in pictures but i don't have..
1.
The moment when i recieved the Top 10 advisors cert in my companyI never really achieve much in my career life, unless you count the employee of the month at Ubar years back! (faizah got it too :P Only becoz we were the only ones working ? HAha!) Yup, i was into about 5 months in as a financial adviser. The road was super bumpy, and it really was difficult. I had no warm market, didn't really ask my friends or family as i wanted to proof myself independent.
I almost gave up when i didn't clear my first case in my first month, where almost everybody, especially the girls, were closing multiple cases in their first days! So there i was working my butt off, think i cried afew times even, when my first few clients decided to cancel their plans. I had only garnered that much confidence when my pillars of hope(clients) turned on me. I guessed i was really patient, or i was mad, and i continued working. Till the time i was at Orchard doing roadshow when i closed about $10K worth of cases in 3 days.(that was like my production for 1 month) Luck turned and i was pushed up :)
I'm glad my colleagues were really supportive. As of now, i have reached another bump. Didn't close any cases for the past month. Feeling really stucked. My position as top 5 went to 13! Yes, thats how easy it is to slide down. I'm not crying, coz i know i will go through it no matter what.
2.
When my ex and i exchanged our first kiss(oohh~~)
Yup, just in case some of you dont know already(shame on you!), i swing the
other way. Haha! Yes, that moment was really funny and mind-bobbling. Then, the both us were in army and we were like almost best buddies, teasing each other, playing pranks. Never would i thought
it would happen as he plays soccer, games... you know, those typical Straight guys stuff.
So that particular night, we were fooling and wrestling around again , and somehow we ended in the toilet. And there i was, being pinned by him against the wall (OHH shut up you ppl!) I don't know what went over me, but i just told him i liked him. The feeling of rejection or outrage just never occur to me. And thank god... he replied he liked me too! That answer, even though was something i wanted to hear, i would never dreamed of in a million years! And just then we kissed... puppy love of all puppies. The feeling of emptiness just vanished right there....ironically, our army mates were unknowingly chilling out at their bunks outside, unaware of whats blooming in a place where boys were trained to BE men.
3.
During Pass Out parade in NS when we searched for out parents midst the mass of army boys
Yes... that moment was so precious. We have finally graduated from BMT and all of us were standing in on this big marching square. There were hundreds of people. When we threw our hats to symbolise freedom(or good bye tekong!), the MC asked all the parents to come down from the viewing area to find their sons. Like everyone else, i was anxiously, almost frantically searching for my parents. As you know, we were all black, bald and wearing the same uniforms, so it was close to impossible for our parents to differentiate us hahaa! When i finally saw them, i gave them a bigggggggg hug and we just kept taking photos. Not much words were exchanged, only our eyes met, expressing much more than anything. Well, i totally missed them more than anything. Anyway, tougher times followed... haha! but i was really happy THEN :)
Have been dying to try it coz it looks like a bloody mess on a plate.. literally(partly due to the red sauce they used for the meat). Yes, they called it mutton chop, A localized indian-western dish uniquely available at those friendly prata coffee shops. Ordered mine at one near Cuppage today and was greeted by a pleasant sight(well.. partly coz it's $6 bucks).
