Do you still remember when was the ambitious you wrote in essay when you were young?

During young, I dreamt to be DOKTOR or GURU. With the age number is getting higher and the dream is also getting more distance from me; and NOW = TOTALLY GONE!

Back to 2003, I was finally graduated from the college. Mum was very sick n hospitalized. Very fortunate me, I was immediately got a job thru my girl friend Carina’s recommendation.

I joined a reputable international bank worked as an admin staff. The office is located in PJ. The most tiring of this period basically it wasn’t the job, it was on the traveling. I need to ride 30mins motorbike to the nearest commuter station with interchanged another in the KL town. The entire journey will takes around 90 minutes to reach the office and longer if it’s raining season. Back then, there was nothing to do in the train except staring. I stared at passengers in the train, they most probably will stare me back and I stared back again with fierce eyesight. This staring thing lasted for 5 months. I decided to drive to office directly instead. There were few times I slept in the train and missed the station. The moment I opened my eyes I already in the final station which I required to retake from the opposite direction. :(

Titled as admin but the works were actually ‘BAO-GA-LIAO’. Responsible for flight / accommodation arrangement, purchasing, filing, training and event arrangement, stationary, reporting, claims, asset management, software hardware licensing etc etc etc. Beside administrative works, I was also doing IT support. There were ONLY 3 admin staffs included me supporting over 1-0-0-0 people under a roof. I was the only male gender in the team which I also required to taking care of PC, support phones, pages, laptops, projector, VPN, PABX, servers and printers and etc etc etc. In additional, I required doing building maintenance too, what it means by that? Office plants, server room, office equipments, and TOILET facilities!! Almost every twice a day the Indon janitors will ran to me and shout “TANDAS SUMBAT, TANDAS DAH SUMBAT”.

It was very tension to go work everyday because my desk phone will be ringing endlessly and every call will caused you PROBLEM or PROBLEMSSSS kau kau. My body was getting weaker with the longer period I worked. I’ve slept twice in the office, once was monitoring the contractor testing the power system and another time was decorating balloons for next day event. DAMN the balloons. DAMN the event.

After 8 months, I’ve finally waited for the bonus month. I patiently waited and waited, day by day. Finally the money has banked into my account. My first working bonus in my life. These money really came from blood and sweat. I submitted the resignation letter immediately after the next day of bonus. Even though I do not yet have any job in hand but my mind was set to leave the place. Of coz I was lucky that I gotten a job in short period after that and my life was continued, changes made accordingly and became who I am now.