Monday.

I decided that I’ll forfeit my return ticket on Cathay Pacific and instead I bought a one-way ticket on Jetstar so that I can return to Singapore on Sunday instead of Wednesday. I don’t think my boss is particularly impressed with me for that, but I’m doing all these because I want to hang around in Singapore longer to meet all of you whom I haven’t got time to meet for the past few days. So now that I have a few more days here, you lot know what to do la hor…

The past few days have been busy for me. After Commencement on Friday, I spent Saturday, Sunday and today meeting friends. And I’ll spend the next few days meeting other friends. Boy, it sure is a busy schedule for me. Generally when I meet my friends, the topics are always similar – how crappy my job can be at times, how I have to change my mentality to adapt to the mentalities of the kids in school, etc. All these talks, however, prompted me to think more about my time in Hong Kong. To be honest, and I think I’ve said it before, this teaching job is really not my ideal or dream job. And i know I probably won’t stay in this job for too long. But the problem is that I’m not getting other job offers at this point of time (maybe I haven’t been trying hard enough yet). So inevitably I’ll start thinking about my options. Is returning to Singapore an option? I would think it could well be. Is staying in Hong Kong to try to slug it out an option? I think it is as well. Is moving to another country an option? That is another choice worth considering. So at this point of time, I’m hoping to be in a place where the best prospects are. I think it’s only human nature that I think that way. What I’m getting in Hong Kong right now is disillusion because things have not happened in the way I hoped for, and I’m in a job that offers very little in prospects. Since I want to be in a job that’s perhaps more exciting than this current one, it’s natural for me to want to try something else. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.

Thank God I’m going to have 2 more years to consider where I want to be – I think I’ll decide where I want to be after I’m done with my Masters. For all I know, I might be offered a good job with good pay during these 2 years.

Slightly confused, but I’m not worried yet. At least I know the chances for me getting offered for an extension in my current job is quite high.