counter offer II

now I'm bombarded with offers. I get a second counter offer from my current employer. life is getting tough here.

my prospective employer promised me a higher pay (and more after confirmation) and freedom in deciding things. but the place will be a little bit further. I'm in the middle of charting my future steps when the second offer came that offer me a higher pay starting next month. but the draw back is it'll be still on contract basis.

what say you?

intellectual discussion

we had an intellectual discussion on construction contract today. it was a heated one but quite fruitful. it had been a long time since I involved in a discussion where no one will say "I had the experience in that matter before. you're wrong".

interview

I'm going to be interviewed again tomorrow.

just wait.

wanted II - a new beginning

I received a phone called from an organisation asking me to see them next week. this will be another junction of so many junctions in my life. when my younger kid born at the time I left my home to work far away from home few years ago. I gave her a name which means 'the light of a new beginning'.

this may be another beginning that may end in yet another new beginning. but I hope the end of this beginning will be in 'the light'. regardless whether the end is a new beginning to another road or I finally reach a final road. but, let it be in 'the light'.

to the journey

being a leader

yesterday I had a chance to join a quality meeting chaired by one Project Manager. don't get me wrong. this project manager is managing a USD billions worth of project. his style of conducting a meeting, commanding respect and solving problems reminded me to someone else. she's a president who headed a yet another multi billion investment & development company. I worked in the company previously.

their style are strikingly similar. their focus are cannot be shattered. their skill of solving a problem is above others. they think out of the box. they trust their people. they both have a very clear direction of the way a project to be drove. and so on...

now I started to understand why my first boss, who's believed his 'on an auto-pilot mode of motivation' is a flawed leader.

wanted

I was wanted by this one organisation... wait for the rest!

deja vu engineer

today I made the same mistake! I tried to be perfect, correcting wrong things. and I might fall in the same trap. I've denounced ethic not long ago and may be I should stick to that. let the works belong to others be forever theirs! don't be an ethical engineer. forget it and live with it!

revolving world

it has been a week since I reported duty for this new job. this is my sixth work place but the environment is still the same. in any of this place, I can find a 'play-safe' personality, care-less, super self-motivated, want-to-be-leader-but-minus-accountability etc. all are the same. perhaps other people see me the same as I observed them. the world is certainly revolving. I just love to watch people!

machine

this particular component of a bigger machine is to cool down its product, copper rod. I had the opportunity to visit this factory as a part of energy audit process. I had a big respect to those who worked in the factory for their dedication and contribution to the nation's economy. thank you every one!

defender of principle

yesterday I started a new life at a new job place. but wait. it was not a new life. it was just like the old ones. but, finally I met a man with a same philosophy as I am (or was). he is a staunched defender of his principle. few times he quit his job due to that philosophy. he defends and nurtures his subordinates constantly if they put their effort at the correct pace. sounds that we may get along well. but he talks too much...

job opportunity

all praise to God. I've received two job offers. both located closer to my home. now I must decided which one I should pick.

interview

I'm going to have another interview tomorrow. this job, is I get it, will bring me closer to my home. sometimes things are so close but somehow you cannot reach it. I pray that I get this job. it has been a very long three years period. too long.

work

am I going to work tomorrow? am I working again after these dis-illustrious months?

the shortest interview ever

on 10 to 15 minutes. that was the time taken to interview a project manager by an organisation with about USD 30 billion worth of property. there were 5 candidates for two posts and I was one of them. but only me was the damned. may be they already have the people to be appointed. so why spend more time. get the damned people in just to fulfill the quota and do the report to the management. the hell with integrity!

interview, again

another job interview today. I'm sick of attending interview now. last time there were very few interviews session but now I'm sick of it. it cost me money but no result. worse than gambling.

gambling

I got another call for interview in the coming Monday. what else I should do than attending interview. it's very painful. even attending an interview cost me some dollars. attending an interview for me is just like a gambling. it's a bad habit with lot of loss. you'll reap some money along the way but never can cover the cost. only a small fraction of people with good luck will hit the jack pot. or in the case of job interview there is another factor. you need to know somebody. I believe in that factor because now I'm no more fell into the 'live by principle' maxim. you know somebody? use them!

lives by principle

last time I was a stern believer in 'I live by principle'. but up to this moment, when my life was shredded and what is left is only hope, if any left, the maxim is only for philosopher and people with money. there's almost no value in it. the philosopher can only talk about it. they are paid for doing that. and for the man with money, I want to share a quote from my 'man with money' friend: "... now I recognised that if you got money what ever you said will be heard by people. ... I found that people will laugh at my stupid joke and they even laugh although I've yet to arrive at the punch line".

well, bye principle. just do whatever you want as long as you're not get caught by the law.

job and kids

I got a call today offering me a job. but I must again hit road and again travel 800 km away from my home because the offer was from my previous company. why is it happening this way? and also today I got a phone call for up-coming interview. gosh, the odd of I'm getting an interview is now stands at 4-to-almost 150 applications or about 2%. with that percentage, how much is the probability of getting a job? to date none.

interview, again II

I've finish the interview. don't know the fate.

interview, again

so I'm scheduled to have yet another interview. after a devastating interview session last week, I better be prepared so this one. and I don't whether it will be fruitful one. I very much hope it is. I very much hope it is.

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