Fun and games

Last week, I was so caught up with all sorts of things. The weekend was chock-a-block full of errands, I was up around 6.30am both on Saturday and Sunday, and this week again, work has been completely flat out.

In the recent weeks, I had two rounds of interview with an internationally reputable company for a role, which I have no clue why I even applied for it in the first place. Sometimes I find myself doing silly things, and the most silly of all, is letting my nerves get the better of me during the interview process. I found it so daunting, and of course when I am nervous, I speakreallyreallyfast. The third stage was a GMA test (psychometric) and a personality test. I think I failed this part, as they rang yesterday to say they were not going to proceed further with my application. I was extremely disappointed with myself, but of course it was a big learning curve for me.

Looking on the bright side, the role was not something I was very keen in pursuing. Put it this way, if they advertised it in my company, I would have disregarded it. The other point was that if I was successful (which I am not), I would have to divest all my investments in shares. Jules, you clearly do not have a million dollar portfolio here.. lol. However, that would have still resulted to some financial loss on my part as the current financial situation is bad bad bad. Did I mention that it was also applicable to my other half? Therefore Grumpy would not be allowed to own any form of investments in shares too, if I ended up in that company (which I will not).

While all of that was going on, there were many things happening at my own current work place too. For the first time, in my career, I had to sign a confidentiality agreement with my company. Over the next few months, there will be many changes in the office, and while I may have some knowledge of this, I am strictly not allowed to share it with anyone at all. Quite sad, really.

The flip side of this is that I will have some brief opportunities to travel overseas (short term) for work over the next few months which is always a bonus for me. So while I am keen to start a new challenge at a different work place, it is also very tempting for me to stay put and to support my boss over the next couple of months. So yeah.... fun and games!

This weekend, I look forward to staying home and chillaxing with my dog. Grumpy has requested that I 'sleep in', or at least try to get 12 hours of sleep!