A New Challenge

Recently, there has been a challenge which went viral on the net, Facebook especially, about ALS awareness.  It's a challenge where people are made to pour ice-filled water on themselves and donate $$$ to the research on ALS cure.  Then they challenge their friends to do the same.  Last time I look, the challenge has raised more than 90M dollars!  What a fun way to raise awareness and funds for a worthy cause.

Then came another one in FB, among my friends especially.  I don't know who started this but right now, I am nominated.  And this is how it goes:

I need to put three inspiring and positive posts on my FB wall for seven days, and I nominate three friends each day to do the same!

I think this is an incredible way to inspire others that's why I accepted the challenge!

I think this is also what prompted me to go back to my blog.  I will post them here first before FB, because this is where I let my mind wander freely without fear of judgment and ridicule.

So, off I go to my first positive thought for today! See you on my next post!

On and Off

How many times have I done this?

Sometimes it takes so much time before I get back to my blog.  I get preoccupied with some other things.

My last post was about a job interview and it happened a long time ago I completely forgot which company it was as I am writing this blog!  So you guessed it right.. I didn't get it.

And there has been one other call since then but sad to say, we did not agree on the package.  I cannot lower my package because I know how much I am worth! :)  It's their loss ha ha!!

Anyway, there's one more email I received from an HR executive in Doha but when she tried to phone me, I was on the phone with a friend!  Talk about timing!  I don't know if she'll call again.  But I am not very optimistic about new jobs right now.  

My favorite boss was recently terminated from our company and I really felt bad.  Since he left, i felt like I am in limbo.  It dawned on me that all my work depended on him!  Since his replacement came, he has not oriented us yet on our new roles.  That's why i have a lot of time in my hands right now.

I ask forgiveness from my company for using my company time in some other things  he he...at least until my new boss hands me down things to do!!

I just pray that he realizes that I can help him and that he needs me. :)

PS to job interview

Well, I did not make it.

But I'm not bitter.  Maybe, I'm better off where I am at right now.

I am still learning a lot in my new post, courtesy of my new boss.

If only the rumors about salary raise is true!

I will be having second thoughts of leaving.

But I'm not yet done...

I filled up a job application online to a company's website and I'm quite happy the HR emailed me the next day and asked for my CV and my salary expectation.

Well, tell the truth, it got me excited.  It has been a week though and never heard from them again.

i will follow-up tomorrow and hopefully, (fingers crossed) the result is positive.

But whatever the outcome is, it will never deter me from trying.

God has a plan I know, I just need to poke Him a little from time to time I guess. :)

photo courtesy of http://www.aipvt.com/aipvt-method-of-filling-of-offline-application-form/

Funny

Got this from an email.  Can't help but share.

One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked,  “My dear child, why are you crying?”  The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family .  The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with pearls. “Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked The seamstress replied, “No.” The Lord again dipped into the river. He held 0ut a silver thimble ringed with  sapphires.   “Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.  Again, the seamstress replied, “No.” The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble. “Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.   The seamstress replied, “Yes.”  The Lord was pleased with the woman’s honesty and gave her all three thimbles to  keep, and the seamstress went home happy.

 

Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water.

When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, “Why are you crying?” > Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!”  The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney.

“Is this your husband?” the Lord asked.

Yes,” cried the seamstress.

The Lord was furious. “You lied! That is an untruth!”

The seamstress replied, “Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a misunderstanding.  You see, if I had said ‘no’ to George Clooney, you would have come up with Brad Pitt. Then if I said ‘no’ to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I then said ‘yes,’ you would have given me all three. Lord, I’m not in

the best of health and would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so THAT’S why I  said ‘yes’ to George Clooney.   And so the Lord let her keep him.

 

The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it’s for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest of others.

That’s our story, and we’re sticking to it.

 

Signed,

Women everywhere

 

Answered prayer

This is a post script to my December 1 post.

Happy to say that I got through the Lead Auditor's exam landing in 2nd place. Whooooopp!!

Now I have additional skill in my CV hehe..

And really, it helped me a lot.

Sometime in February, when I was released from the project because it is already on its final stage, and downsizing of manpower is inevitable, I was saved from termination by this certificate.  The QA in Area Office is resigning and the top boss has no one yet to replace her until I came along with my certificate! :)  Coincidence?  No, God is at work here, answering prayers.

And I am very grateful.

Welcome surprise :)

I received an email from another company's HR requesting for a job interview.  I never expected this and quite frankly, it got me excited.
First off, I am not familiar with job interviews.  I only had one (which was for my job right now) and it went for no more than 2-3 questions, which are job-related all, 10 minutes tops!
Part of the excitement was I didn't know what to expect.
I came to the interview half an hour early.  I was not trying to make an impression, it was just that I thought the interview will be at 3pm when it was scheduled at 3:30!!

Good that the interviewer (the QHSE Director) agreed to move up the schedule :) .
And it lasted for an hour!! I would say that it went well.  I hoped I gave him the right answers to job-related questions.  I hoped he found me suitable and right for the job.

Then I went to another interview with HR.  Same thing.  

When I went in the first time, I was half-hearted about all of this.  Because I am enjoying my stint in the area office right now and my boss is very much ok.
But after the interview and seeing a brighter prospect for the future, I began to wish and hope that everything will turn out right.

I don't know if I will get the job, but right now, I am putting everything in the Lord's hands.  Only He knows what's best for me. 

So I surrender everything.

All is well, all is well

Been a while... 
Came to a point where I didn't know where to go... I decided to invest in knowledge (at my age) by joining a group for a Lead Auditor course.  It was not cheap. :( and it was not easy either...
We were all 16 in the group, and we met for all Fridays of November, the afternoon of the last Friday being the exam date.
Our tutor was an Indian national and he is very good. He made each meeting interesting and kept us awake in the afternoons. 
And then the exam day came...

That's how I really looked like, I guess hehe.  Panic set in...and just like what our tutor taught us, when you're nervous, tap your chest lightly, while telling your heart that 'all is well, all is well...'  that , all of us did.
I hope I did ok in the exam.  The results will be known in 3-4 weeks. So there'll be a lot of praying and finger-crossing these coming weeks.  
Good luck to me. :)