Tuesday, April 9, 2013

New life

Let me tell you a story.

A friend of mine was quitting and besides him, there were two other people recommended me to take the job. It was a very last minute decision, and what awaited me that time, was i foreseen how much workload i need to cope. A week passed, he managed to hand over part of what he had been trained for two months in Penang, to me in 4 days of time. My friend, or shall i say, he is still my supervisor, left for a better offer which granted him a chance to be with his family. It was indeed, a very good news. Now i want to explain why he still my supervisor after that he already resigned? Because, he broke his agreement with the company, and he is still a responsible person, so he got to guide me to judge whether i am competent to take over his job. This was his boss (now my boss) explanation.

Anyway, the main thing is i changed my job, and i am very unhappy. Not because of the workload, but the true face of my ex-boss, the one i worked for nearly 5 years. He probably don't understand, yet of certain things he had spoke to me over the phone, hurt my little heart. Now i am taking a new job because of him, and i also have to let go my Phd project because of him too.

I just came back from the grant defense meeting of this Phd project. It was a relief after the meeting, because i decide to let go, regardless how much time i've spent to work up this protocol. He is probably giving away this project to other people anyway. Unless i am very generous, i am happy to help up. But, why should i do this?

All these while i never say No, and i too efficient, which put me in difficult position. When you're in a position, whereby people agree your performance, but just because you are not pharmacist, not doctors, not a permanent government servant, you are nothing.

I've experienced that.

However, i appreciated all the opportunities, given by my ex-boss. Most importantly, i don't see this as i deserved to be treated that bad, it depends on how you see the things that God put us through.

I learned from zero, and today, i have experienced more than other people, though i was paid less.
I got no credit, yet, i feel contented (forcefully sometimes)

So, for this new job, i will commit like i always do. Just ignore me if i complain too much on blog or facebook, it will be just an emotion swing.

Start from today, i am a study coordinator. No more an academic researcher. And yeah, good bye my Phd project.


2 comments:

cklim said...

stay strong puan

lulu_ma said...

looks like I've missed a lot of news here. anyway, bad or good, who knows? it may turn out to be the wisest decision you've ever made, just keep going and make the best out of everyday! good luck!