Ok, as it seems like things are more or less confirmed liao, I think I can now reveal the 轰动 change which is about to occur in a month to come. As what Spy P (who kept badgering me last Sat to tell her the news) had guessed, I'm leaving my current workplace (of 6 years!) to enter an entirely new job scope in November. Technically speaking, I'm still working within the same company lah, but its just that the job functions between my old and new jobs are like hundred world's apart, and plus, my office location will also change (for the better actually, cos my new office is like way way nearer to my home).

The process of finding this new position, going for the interview and receiving confirmation that the new place wanted me, all happened in a matter of 2 weeks only. But because I was still waiting for my boss to give me the blessing to move, nobody could really guarantee I could move eventually. I myself also did not 抱着太大的希望, cos from where I come from, its well known fact that nobody can confirm anything as long as the big bosses up there have not given their nods of approval. Even now, I'm still like a bit 战战兢兢 over the final decision cos my boss happened to be away last Thurs and Fri and till now, he still hasn't made any response to the news of me moving out. Sigh...keeping fingers CROSSED!!

Perhaps you've guessed, the person's job I'm taking over is none other than Ms. Prada's. Heh heh. Interestingly, I've actually been eyeing this position since 2004, but as I was then still not 'ripe' enough to move out yet, I had to give up the thought lah. It was later that I got the info that Ms. Prada (whom I knew back in 2001) had took up the vacancy. Then earlier this year, I casually repeated this 'story' to Ms. Prada lah, and lo and behold, in early Oct, she called to ask if I was still hankering after this position. It seems that she's going off liao, and the first suitable candidate she thought of (so claims she lah) was me. Heh heh.

I of course couldn't wait to say YES, and after she notified her Manpower officer about it, I was told to go for an interview with Ms. Prada's boss (yes, the one who tried to rescue me from the cursed toilet) the week after. Wah lau, I was so nervous before the meetup...kept trying to predict the questions he would grill me, and then plan what intelligent answers I should give. Most fortunately, it was more of a 虚惊一场 cos the Boss was very nice during the entire 1 hour, and instead of asking me questions, just gave me a general summary of Ms. Prada's job scope and 反而 kept asking if I had any questions. That had me struckdumb for a while, cos I definitely had not thought of any INTELLIGENT questions to ask...haha...dumb idiot!

For the past 2 weeks, I've been talking a lot to Ms. Prada about her job duties, and the functions she's (and I in future) expected to perform. Its actually rather scary cos its only after hearing from her, that I now fully appreciate how sheltered I was in my current job. Over at my new place, I'm pretty much alone as I'm the only person performing that particular function in the department. And I even have 2 staff working under me! Imagine that!! At my place now, I enjoy the freedom of being a 小职员 who doesn't have to manage any subordinates at all. And whatever we do, I still have my supervisor who will help to answer for our actions. Over there, its an entirely different issue liao. Besides my core function, there are still a couple of other roles I have to take on and I worry if I can shoulder all these responsibilities leh. This Ms. Prada very funny, after she briefed me on the extra 'ECAs' I had to take on, she was like smiling away and saying "heh heh...now got reservations about the job right?".

Actually reservations I don't have lah....I mean I cannot always stick to the same easy life forever right? If I need to learn to stand on my own 2 feet, I think I had better start now than later lah, cos I don't want to get too comfortable in my old job that I start to 抗拒 any new jobs which come along my way. At my age now, I figure I can still take more obstacles and difficulties that appear in my job. And from what I see, this new position which I'm taking over will definitely give me more exposure in my company and hopefully improve my ability to adapt to new challenges. And whenever I feel doubtful as to whether I've made the right choice to move, I'll always remember what a good mentor of mine, Lynn, had mentioned to me once.

"Everybody worries about the unknown and unpredictable, especially when one takes on new job functions. But isn't it exactly these unknown challenges which make life so much more interesting and worthwhile to live? At any point of time, we will never be able to know if the current decision we've just made is a good one. But that is fair, cos no one can guarantee what happens in the future. What's more important is that we believe in our decisions and take on whatever happens because of the decisions which we had made in good faith."

Must so remind myself of this in future.