A Very Late Update

After a long hiatus and some pushing by Sam, I finally got down to putting this update down before my procrastinating Dark Side keeps me away from doing it again.

It's been such a long time since I updated the blog. Basically since I left my previous company and joined the new one - about 16 weeks ago. Gosh, it has been so long ago! Yet it felt like only yesterday that I was sitting in my old spacious cubicle and slacking surfing working.

Where I am working now, I got no cubicle, not if you count the 1m by 1m desk that I am using now. I must say the on-job training is wonderful, curriculum well structured and will lead me to professional accreditation. The instructors are experienced and knowledgeable though I do feel that they are erratic sometimes, which puts you off from asking them questions. To them, a question is an insult to their teaching ability and as welcome as a fart in a crowded lift. Nonetheless, the old-school methods used in some of the training exercises are truly amazing.

Oh yes, I do enjoy the flying around very much too :)

In a nutshell, there is not a single minute that I regretted choosing this new job over the last, though I had to take a severe pay cut and being put through the most gruelling training I have ever been on. But I'm savouring every minute of it. I have always wondered what I have always wanted to do and never been able to find an answer, but today I can honestly say that what I am doing now is something that I will want to do for the rest of my career.

I now have a new group of colleagues. Some good, some bad, some neither here nor there, but some are truly detestable. Good friends are hard to find these days, but I am glad to have found a small clique within to hang out with. We help each other out during the training and keep everyone on par with the curriculum so no one gets left behind.

There is also a group of soccer mates to have a game with after our training ends for the day. We play once weekly but so far I have been nearly injured twice so I guess I won't find it a hurry to join them any time soon.

The first phase of the training will end next February. The second phase will take me to Perth, Western Australia for about a year and thereafter to Brisbane for a further couple of months.

I'm looking forward to it!