Singapore Girl?
Seems like my decision to quit law sparked off a whole chain of events. Whilst I definitely enjoy magazine work, i'll be leaving end of next week to join... SIA as a flight stewardess?!
Life has a really strange way of going about things sometimes. I've always toyed with the idea of joining SIA but never really seriously considered it, partly cos I only *just* make the height limit of 1.58m. Anyway, a close friend of mine applied... and when she told me about the interview date I got keen on it too... the thought of being colleagues & flying together just seemed so attractive. So I sent in an application too.. went through the barrage of interviews & tests... and tadaah!~ Sadly, my friend sorta chickened out halfway and didn't make it... but I did make friends at the interviews and it's been an interesting experience so far.
My dad is not thrilled, as expected. But I think it fits in with my career plan just nicely. There probably won't be any openings for full-time writers at SPH for at least a year... and I've been told that freelance writing is more lucrative anyway. Besides, I like the flexibility of freelancing... I don't really enjoy the sitting-in-the-office bit of my current job as I work better late at night... on my home computer. And as I see it, flying with SIA sorta complements a writing job. It'll allow me meet more people & see the world ( more to write home about) and pay the bills when there aren't any writing assignments coming in. *fingers crossed*
Al isn't too pleased either, which I don't really understand since he kinda gave me the go ahead when I first asked him if I should apply, "Since you're not doing anything, just apply lor!" Maybe he didn't expect me to get selected? Anyway... he's been really busy with schoolwork lately, which suits my current hectic schedule alright I suppose. I'm glad that he seems to be more focused on doing well this year. We're both working towards our futures, which is great. I'm just concerned that we don't seem to be working together towards some common goal. ( Unless he thinks money is our common goal?) As I see it, we're both moving forwards... but on diverging paths... >_
Life has a really strange way of going about things sometimes. I've always toyed with the idea of joining SIA but never really seriously considered it, partly cos I only *just* make the height limit of 1.58m. Anyway, a close friend of mine applied... and when she told me about the interview date I got keen on it too... the thought of being colleagues & flying together just seemed so attractive. So I sent in an application too.. went through the barrage of interviews & tests... and tadaah!~ Sadly, my friend sorta chickened out halfway and didn't make it... but I did make friends at the interviews and it's been an interesting experience so far.
My dad is not thrilled, as expected. But I think it fits in with my career plan just nicely. There probably won't be any openings for full-time writers at SPH for at least a year... and I've been told that freelance writing is more lucrative anyway. Besides, I like the flexibility of freelancing... I don't really enjoy the sitting-in-the-office bit of my current job as I work better late at night... on my home computer. And as I see it, flying with SIA sorta complements a writing job. It'll allow me meet more people & see the world ( more to write home about) and pay the bills when there aren't any writing assignments coming in. *fingers crossed*
Al isn't too pleased either, which I don't really understand since he kinda gave me the go ahead when I first asked him if I should apply, "Since you're not doing anything, just apply lor!" Maybe he didn't expect me to get selected? Anyway... he's been really busy with schoolwork lately, which suits my current hectic schedule alright I suppose. I'm glad that he seems to be more focused on doing well this year. We're both working towards our futures, which is great. I'm just concerned that we don't seem to be working together towards some common goal. ( Unless he thinks money is our common goal?) As I see it, we're both moving forwards... but on diverging paths... >_