Series of good news ^^

Hello there!

Finally I m free again to update my blog. I have been busy with life although I m not working at all.

Well, as you can see from my post name : "Series of good news" yup, today's post will be the good things that happened within this two months.

And the first news I m going to announce to all is that, I m legally married. hahaha
My bf proposed to me in July this year during our Europe trip, and when we returned to Singapore we thought everything will be normal and life carry on till our ROM and Chinese wedding next year.

We have been looking for our future home since march this year, but couldnt find any suitable one.
However, we did saw a few nice one in July-August and after much negotiation, the deal was confirmed! And for the procedure and transaction to proceed successful, we decided to ROM first. (Shall not elaborate more on the details =P)

And the two of us were so crazy, one night my bf called and told me that we should ROM first, and two days later we got our  date for ROM, Venue, Licensed Solemnizer and etc all fixed!( if you are married , you guys will know what are the procedure are.)

So yea,we got married on 19 Oct 2014, which is 5 days ago from now. haha

Good News no 1 and 2 :
- We've got our home! 
-We are Married !

I have been browsing online for jobs after I came back from my Europe and china trip in Mid august. And yea, for those who were once aimlessly looking for jobs like me, you know how dreadful it was! But I must say that I m consider quite lucky, as I received quite a few phone calls from agencies and companies two weeks after I submit my resume online.

I was quite stress during the past two months as I have been dealing with the preparation for ROM, learning driving , job seeking and also attending interviews.

Within these two months, I have attended 3 interviews with those recruitment firms, and 6 interviews and numerous calls from those insurance companies asking me to join them as one of their financial planner. I must say, those recruitment firms are wasting my time.  I got no Job interviews from them at all. and they wasted my Photographs and paper... -.-' .Out of the 6 interviews I got, only 1 of them is introduced by them.  I got the other 5 on my own.

The first interview I went which was way before my trip was an interior design company. I was considering a career switch and thought that interior design is fun and I can learn more about design since I m interested in it. But after the interview, I was told that most of the interior design firms in Singapore are more on sales based and those who sits in the office doing purely design are not being well paid and most of them are foreigners. The worst thing is that, there is no basic pay! so it means that if you cant closed a deal you will be eating air ..... so yea, I rejected the job offer and fly off for my trip.

The 2nd interview that I went to (introduced by one of the recruitment firm)  was a big construction company starting with the letter B. I have nothing bad to say about this company, management and the interviewer. The interviewer was nice enough to show me ard the company and all, however, both of us feels that what they are looking for and what I m keen of are totally different. So once again, I rejected their kind offer.

The 3rd interview was from an Authority starting with B also. I must say I m super duper nervous for this interview! When I was told that I m being shortlisted, they informed me that I m supposed to sit for a written essay test before the interview starts! 
So, as u all can see,my English sucks like hell... so when I knew that I need to write, I m so panic and I started flipping newspapers and online journals..(hoping that my English will improve abit and know more about Singapore building industries) .

So the day for interview came and I proceeded to a big empty room to have my written essay. It was disastrous, the questions they asked were so technical that i don't know if those nonsense I am writing were answering to their questions.-.-"
The  interview begins after that . I must say the interview did not go well too. Perhaps I m not impressive enough for the big shot? And 3 weeks later, It was my turn to get rejected by them . >_<...

The 4th, 5th and 6th interviews I had was with NUS. My furture employer.Hehe
One of them is under campus infrastructure, 2nd is from school of design and environment(SDE) and the last was from department for Chinese language.

I missed out the one for Chinese department and the one from SDE had not get back to me(but I think most probably would not get back le!)

And yup, I got the Job offer from Campus Infrastructure(SPACE). Although all these 3 are NUS jobs, the interviews conducted were quite different. For the one in SDE, I was only there for interview with their board of directors but the one with SPACE requires me to do a written essay with informal interview and 2nd round for presentation and formal interview. It took me quite some time preparing for all these interviews and that also explained why I went MIA for the past 2 mths. 

After the two interviews ( which end at 29 Sept) with SPACE, I finally got their call on 10 Oct informing me that I m being selected for the job! Hahaha I was overjoyed as I was in the midst of preparation for ROM ( like finding mua, dress, accessories, flower bouquet and etc ) and planning the a one day SG tour when bf's family come to Singapore; the job confirmation was definitely a great gift for my ROM and I m glad that I don't have to go for another interview which was being arranged and fixed earlier.

Good news no 3:
- I GOT A JOB!

The management in NUS was so kind that they knew that I had been packed in the mth of OCT and they allowed me to start work in NOV. SOYeah! I m Not jobless anymore! 

I m now happy yet nervous about starting my new job. Hope everything goes well! ( pray hard)


Will be back for more updates with photos taken for my ROM and Europe trip 

Loves,
Reindeeru