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jessica.w(at)illusions-online.com |
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Skype ID :
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When I was asked to write something about myself for this page, I felt a gloom descend on me. I thought it was the hardest thing to do in any job, at least for me. If I were 20 years younger, maybe it would be different.
Born in Ipoh, I am the last of 5 daughters in consecutive order followed by a younger brother. Back then, the girls in a family would take turns in the kitchen after finishing high school cooking for the family until the next one "comes of age". As I was the last girl, there wasn't going to be anyone that would come around after me as my younger sibling was a boy. It was an "understood thing" that boys do not work in kitchens, that they are meant for bigger things. So my destiny seemed sealed & at that impressionable age even as I remember now, I felt desperate. I took on commercial courses & then I started teaching because it was an ideal transition for me & my family to grasp before I leapt into full time employment. Life went on for me as a young working adult, very ordinary, very predictable, no fanfare. Then I found work in a hotel in Penang, the ultimate dream for me at that point in my life. But the job was eye opening for me as it made me see what it was like behind all that glamour. While having an auntie & her family to provide me shelter in Penang, I desperately wanted to move out & find independence. Then a friend asked me to join a large Tour company as a starter and I did. What was meant to be a temporary stint till I found something better turned out to be the start of a career (oh, is that what it was?). But after a year & a half, I came to a crossroad because I had new priorities in life that needed change. I didn't want to impose on others to do it, so I took it upon myself to make that change. I went on to sell timeshare - my first sales job & what a choice I made. Nobody told me Timeshare was that difficult - it was life in a pressure cooker! It was highly strung like the extremes of a roller coaster ride. Through nothing short of God's Grace, I made it through. After that I sold insurance because there were these people around me who told me that I would make a good agent due to my so-called achievements at timeshare. I did it out of curiosity but after some months, it was not paying my bills. My previous employer at the Tour company offered me a job as a Manager & I was in there for a few years before I went on to join another Tour company. Then without realising it, time flew and I was in there for almost 13 years. During that time, the company grew from small to medium-large before it was acquired by an international foreign company. The new entity came with small changes & for some years at first, I was excited while fascinated at the same time about how much more there is to learn in the Tourism industry from these foreigners. I was adaptable to changes & I was so lapping it all up. It was a partnership that worked both ways - for me, their ideas were refreshing. For them, they needed my local knowledge. Unfortunately, big changes came from the highest level after the first 3 years & perhaps I can describe it as an invasive surgery, it saw the exodus of many colleagues who had honed & mastered their skills there. I too felt sad when I left because of the many years I had spent there as it had helped me grow at my job. But life must go on as they say, and taking a cue from that, I chose to move on to different things. This was a conscious effort for me. Then an opporutnity to learn new things in life came through God's Grace (once again) & that was at Illusions Online. While not being separated from my past experiences as a DMC, I am able to learn new things in Illusions as well.
Some friends say I take life too seriously. I wonder how not to. I know what being realistic means. Also, subtle is better than loud. I prefer long term thinking, and perhaps that's why I ask a lot of questions sometimes. Some people talk about themselves all the time. How do they do it? Sorry but I am attracted to people who have been through a humbling experience. I like spiritual stuffs that make you think. I like a good ghost story for entertainment. And I love my husband & our beloved pooch. Life's a lesson. The all 9 yards. While we live, all sorts of life's knowledge are being knocked into you. It becomes different each time you reach another stage of your life. And God, I thank Him for his little mercies & graces. Without Him, it's very hard.
I guess as the years go by, you change & the things that take centrestage in your life change with you. It is hard to talk about yourself & I have done too much already. Really, I prefer to just blend nowadays & not call for attention. That sums it up for me these days.
Everyone is unique. This, you may think is some wise saying from an old man up on a mountain but it is actually a joke taken from some crazy quotes. Think about it.
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