I am finally updating this virtual space of mine.

It has already been almost 6 months since I stepped into the society. Many earth-shaking events (my convocation wasnt one of them, that's for sure)have occurred and I am lucky enough to experience it in my lifetime (will it stretch beyond my lifetime??). The global economic crisis will be one of the more revolutionary events in the business world after the Great Depression. *Lucky huh...* This is a time of CHANGE (Ya, not as if I dunno, change is the only thing that remains constant). The success of businesses strategies adopted years back will be put to test. Only the strong and robust (/conservative??) businesses will withstand the crisis . It is a time of truth, a time of judgment, a time of re-structuring, a time of improvement, a time of changing perceptions. Only the strong minded will emerge champions in this invincible battlefield of tragedy. Sad but true.

I guess I should count myself lucky to be able to stay employed in this global economic crisis. In one of the casual conversations with my fellow uni-mate, found out that some of his friends were sent out the doors after working for a couple of months. The common reason given was that the companies do not wish to spend their resources training them. This reinforces the importance of continual self learning even though we have stepped out education institution. We have to take ownership of our job-skills learning and do not rely on the company. The company can only assist in our learning process. Only I myself can help myself.

Cold as it may sound; this doesn’t mean we should be indifferent/isolate ourselves from the company. Hmm... The relationship between man and company is some what similar to that of a parent-child. Parents will assist in the child's development. If it does, it is a win-win situation. Child becomes a valve-added asset to the parent. However the child must be willing to develop in the first place and go the extra mile in search for their potential and passion. (Very ideologistic hor... i think so too. Wondering will I still be saying this if i am the one who kenna fired)

It will be a long torturous journey, but I want to believe that the emerging generation (young working adults) will make it through in this time of difficulties. Indeed it is easier to start anything from scratch because you set the tempo and definition. Saving an on-going thing is always much more challenging especially when we have to unlearn our pre-defined mind-set before we can adopt a new tempo/working style. It will be a tough battle ahead as we are all still learning to unlearn.

Learning how to unlearn
(I am unlearning the Always-kenna-squeeze-me-out-of-the-train-but-I-am-fine attitude and learning the STATE-oF-the-ART-I-will-get-my-space-in-the-train- but-still-remain-as-graceful-and-at-the-same-time-not-labelled-as-KIASU along the train platform. I am still learning to squeeze into the train every morning. * i dread the morning rush*)