Journey to the World

Monday, June 13, 2005

my first marriage

I have been working in marketing department in this resort since March 2005.

I made a lot of phone calls to people I love and respect for advices if I should quit or not. The reason I'm here 'coz I believe that I can work as much as I want and see the result fast. I was expecting the real dynamic and exciting working environment and some fun assignments. However, the reality is in the opposite. People here are quite slow and relaxed. The JD of mine wasn't clear. I was put in different departments and tried out something new for a short period of time and struck in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes I wasted my energy on something that my (acting) boss later decided not to go for it. I was quite exhausted and disappointed...

7 days ago, my direct boss arrived. She came with 3-year experience in marketing from one of the biggest cosmetic firms. She is young, smart, energetic, sweet and pretty and she was an AIESECer. All my senses was lured and blinded by her attractiveness...:0) She was willing to share her insights and quickly give me the assignment to satisfy my enthusiasm. She told me this was only her honeymoon period, but it seemed that people wanted to hunt her down! She felt overwhelmed with all the information and pressures...

I was given a very good advice recently: Learn to slow down your path. Life now is completely different from AIESEC's. I am quite convinced that it is. However, I never want to calm my fire and stay passive like others choose to be. I only have one life and there're so many things in this world that give me that chill.

Anyway, this is only my first marriage.

(But AIESEC is always my secret lover...)

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