Stopped Blogging for 2 years

I have stopped blogging for the past 2 years, after my training trip from France. I got bored today and somehow stumbled back to my blog and decided I should start posting something today.

Well, things have changed during these 2 years and I have left Thales Aerospace in May 2009 and joined a local SME in July 2009. I stayed in the SME for about 9 months and I met a few incredible people: Agnes, Desmond, Mervyn just to name a few. Although it was a short stay, I was hired as the Quality Assurance Manager there. It was my first post as a Manager, and I am glad I consider myself doing a reasonably good job there. I think a few of the colleagues I talked to also felt the same thing, and I hope I can perform to at least the same level in my new job.

I left the SME at end of April 2010 and I felt more confident getting a job now than before. Maybe the job market is getting better, and I had attended quite a few interviews during the past 2 months. In fact, as of today, I had 2 job offers, 1 tentative until the business discussion proceed and the investors agreed to start a partnership with a China supplier, and another job offer which is confirmed, which I will meet up with the hiring manager in mid July to view the operations before I sign. The salary package for the 2nd job offer was satisfactory, but not fantastic, as it meets my lowest expectation. A few of my friends told me the salary package was not good and I should re-negotiate or re-consider. Maybe they are correct, but so far, this is the better of the 2 job offers that I have, and the salary offered is better than my last drawn pay. By the way, both job offers are Manager and Assistant Manager job respectively.

I hope things will get better, and I can stay with the company much longer. It will be a big sacrifice for myself and my family, including my parents, but at least it is a start. Hopefully, it will lead to better things later.