Thursday, 2 July 2009

Remain where I am

I have been retained to practise as an Advocate & Solicitor in my firm.

This is good news for pupils who are focused on practising law in one of the largest firms in the country. But for those who have intentions of leaving law practice aside at the moment or having some wild dreams to fulfil, this imposes a huge dilemma.

The good news happened on Thursday evening. My master came back from his meetings, and upon seeing me, he abruptly told me "you're confirmed, congratulations. So you just go and pick a room, and you will be working under: Firstly, X; Secondly, me; Thirdly, Z.”
News travel fast. The next day, people knew about the news and congratulatory greetings flowed in.

My master didn’t ask me whether or not I wanna stay on; he assumed so. I have no guts to approach him and request for some time for me to contemplate as I don't have a better excuse. Well, it ain't a good idea to tell him “Yeah, y’know, because I wanna be an air steward.”

I have done some thinking. There is no Singapore Airlines Cabin Crew Recruitment at the moment and I am pretty sure there won’t be any in the near future amid the global financial crisis and the H1N1 pandemic which takes a heavy toll in air travel industry. I don't wanna leave this firm, remain jobless for god-knows-how-many-months, waiting for the cabin crew recruitment which I might not even get it.

So for now, I think I would stay on.

3 comments:

Ivan said...

good decission to stay =) ...better than u do nothing haha ... im waiting for it as well =) that's why im doing part time now =) hopefully we can get in together...

Anonymous said...

Phew! All my air stewart friends never went back to their "intended" jobs because the years went by too fast. At the end, they found themselves being too old and not willing to start all over again from scrap (who would at that age?).If you manage to excel in 5 years in your current job/profession, you would see what I mean. Travelling? By then (when you have excelled of which i truly believe you would), you can go where ever you like!

Congratulations and good luck.

Fron middle-aged regular reader of your blog.

Jinlan said...

Excel in wherever u r, and ur job can simply take u to anywhere in the world. :)

That's something i believe too.

Congrats! :)