Events in my life.

Hey you, Its September 9th 2013, as you may remember from my previous posts...I've changed careers completely. I went from Chef to Car Salesman and its been...different in an enjoyable way. Like being a Chef, learning to be a Salesman is on the job learning...you must observe how your colleagues chat to the customers, how they nudge products, how to construct a suitable deal, how to suggest a car to what the customer said and much more! Also, the flat that I bought a short while ago has now been rented out! Should be getting in my first rent cheque at the end of this month! WOO!!!!!! Can't wait! Life has thrown me a bone, shame I have nobody to share it with...DAMN IT!!!

It was Sunday 1st September... Work usually starts at 12pm on Sunday but because it was the first day of the new reg plates for cars, everyone came into work early. As my colleagues were very busy with delivering cars to their clients on a tight schedule...I was left to do odds and ends such as greeting customers and taking them out for test drives. A couple came into the showroom and wanted to test drive a Seat Ibiza....my mentor told me to grab the company's trade plates and the keys for the requested car. So off I went to grab both items...I've been here for just over a month and know pretty much where things are or where they should be...however...I not able to find the trade plates... What happened earlier was another colleague of mine had done a test drive with a customer and left the trade plates in that car...long story short, he didn't put the keys back onto the board where they're usually kept, I couldn't find them, my manager gave me a ballocking for n...

Guys and girls, This I think is predominantly a Chinese thing or at least I think it is due to none of my non-Chinese friends experiencing anything of a similar sort. From what I've come to understand from my relatively few years of existence...the kids in each family have their niches. The older ones takes care of the younger ones and the younger ones either act like spoilt brats or grow to respect their older siblings for the care they provided. Then everything is good! Fab!! For myself...I don't know why it is...different to quite the other end of the scale...I am the eldest of 4 boys, I've taken care of and to a degree...raised my brothers while in my earlier years. Parents worked long hours so it was my duty as such...when I grew tall enough (...literally) , I was working in their Take Away Shop...later when they had a restaurant...i worked there too. My brothers mainly worked in the restaurant part time too, when times were tough...however...that's kinda whe...

It would seem like life has thrown a bone my way after nearly a year of mistakes and horrible events...Firstly I got a flat in Aberdeen - Scotland! (Yeah Me!), however it is in joint names with my folks and it'll be used as a rental instead of for personal uses because its very near city centre...photos later! Secondly, on Monday 8th July, I went for an interview for a Sales Executive position in Dundee...of the 100+ applicants, only 34 including myself were chosen for the interview itself and it was pretty intense for myself as I was up against many seniors in this field and I came from a very different background and had no knowledge of what the employers was looking for! Thursday afternoon came and I got a phone call say I got a job if I wanted it and I can start any time I can! So on 28th July, bye bye Chef Uniform, bring on 29th July...HELLO NEW JOB! AND I CAN GET A COMPANY CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Life is sweet at the moment! For all my friends, brothers and sist...

Am I hitting some form of crisis? I am 26 coming on 27, I am about to leave a job without another one lined up...I feel that I am in a rut...a really shit one at it. I've spoken to my best friend and he suggests one of two things. Travelling or do another degree, I do like travelling but I never travelled alone...its a personal opinion that if there were two or more people going then at least you feel you always have one person you know. When I did do some travelling, it was always with Lin...she made me feel needed by being there for her when travelling... I can't be bothered with another degree that'll take 4 years to result in a piece of paper and debt. What ever happened to the days where you can apply for a job and do academic studies at the same time? WHERE did they go?! I even wonder if there are such jobs any more! I seriously don't know what to do or which direction to turn too...

2013 hasn't been a kind year so far, the death of my grandfather was sudden but not unexpected, my grandmother who usually doesn't share much emotions has cried, felt depressed and is mourning over the loss of her husband of 60+years, hearing her cry the way she did at the funeral literally crushed my heart...and to top it off, Saturday 8th June, morning at about 4:07am, my aunt who is 53/54 years old has died. She had cancer which spread to the brain, a stroke that paralysed her left side and she only retired a year ago...She has worked all her life and didn't even finish primary school... These deaths that has occurred so suddenly has...some what punched some fear into me...should I work so much? Is there any jobs or careers that will allow me to enjoy life as a source of income? Should I bother with a job? How much time do I have left? What the Fuck am I even doing? Is this some form of "early-mid-life crisis?"...Bloody Hell, thinking about this jazz makes me...

This past week has been very hectic...I am currently in Hong Kong while I am typing this...Hmm...Let me start from last Saturday... Saturday 11th May in the early morning of the day the house phone rang at 6am...7am and again at about 8.46am...at first I thought perhaps is a sales call from some really desperate company that is about to go down the financial crap hole...but then again...it was Saturday...NOBODY works that hard in the UK. So i proceeded to let the phone ring... 10am...came, I didn't managed to sleep so I got up to get ready to work. Everything went just like any other Saturday...I took my Martial Arts gear...my work stuff and off I went...after about 2 hours at work, my phone rang...it was from my dad..."You're grandfather is really ill, you going back to Hong Kong with us?" You may have guessed my reaction..."Say what?" My dad repeated what he said... I asked him...When you leaving? I'll see if the boss can let me go. Dad: ...