already going forward into August for 2012....
which is the last month where PX is in the twenties~ still 29++....
also the first month where PX steps into the thirties~ turned 30....
the BIG Three!!
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suddenly tried to recap my life journey today....
(cos someone commented that i stayed out of SG most of my life~)
so started to track back my "milestones"....
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Year 2002:
started my first real job in GSK
(which lasted for 3 years 8 months)
met great mentors and people who had so much life and work experiences....
i'm glad that i had the chance to "get into" GSK "easily"....
had the chance to learn, accept challenges and prove my capabilities....
wanna open up the horizon of opportunities for myself!!
Year 2006:
flew out of SG to Brisbane to pursue my Bachelor degree
(exactly 1 year)
8 months of hard work and studies....
12 months of memories with great friends....
learned how to adjust and adapt to a whole new environment....
living on my own.... with all the freedom i want....
my way~ my style~ my life~
starting to look forward to the opportunities that will open up....
thinking more about what i would like to do or work forward to....
Year 2007:
yet there's also the "burden" of being the only graduate in the family~
don't like the invisible stress....
at the same time started not "getting used to" living in SG....
wanna get out and work overseas!!
(remembered UK or Japan was top on the list, in the end~)
started to work as a research associate....
the furthest location ever in SG.... from Jurong East to Changi!
the shortest resume ever too.... 6 months!
but it's an important stepping stone for me towards a research work....
Year 2008:
(a contract for 18 months in exchange for a 2 years bond)
grabbed the opportunity to do research work finally....
on top of it, it was in US....
a place i never really thought of.... or wanted to go to....
amazingly life always brings you to places of unexpected~
AMRI Albany (STRAT trainee)
to be train as a research chemist....
really learned everything from scratch for research from US~
from zero to One.... ?!?
great mentor.... teammates.... projects....
awesome experience in Albany....
gained so much!!
friends, work experiences and life experiences....
got my driving license too!!!
Year 2009:
AMRI Singapore.... an actual research chemist~
back to SG to "serve" my bond....
different working culture and people....
totally dread it from the very first day/week....
the greatness of the time in US never fades....
wanted to go back to US after my bond....
but things got real bad in US.... unexpectedly?!?
in the end, i did completed the bond for 21 months....
Year 2011:
away from SG again....
a total change in career!!!
something that was thought to be "impossible"....
it's really a very different field which i'm not trained in... at all!!
going with the "gut feeling"....
i purged into being a ALT....
Assistant Language Teacher in Japan....
teaching English to young kids in schools!!
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looking at all that and made a count....
in my twenties
for 10 years, i was living in and out of 4 countries!!
though i'm actually out of SG for a total of 3++ years only....
it's still counting on now~
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so what will be like in my thirties.... ???
hope it will be as amazing and good as it gets...
