Stay Or Not To Stay...

15 June 5:30pm - met the director to convey my reply to her... i will stay on and take over the IA portfolio... shared with her my concerns and we'll try to work out everything in the long run...

one thing i couldn't and didn't do was to ask for a pay raise... it's just not me... anyway, we'll see what happens when i get my annual increment in July... maybe things will change and i may tender again if they give me a pathetically meagre amount...

as it is, i'm taking this as an opportunity to grow myself professionally... i've never led a team... and to start an IA Department is no easy feat... hopefully i'll be able to make it...

at the same time, it's my sense of responsibility to my colleagues and those who look upon me as their boss all along not to leave them in the lurge...

thanx to some people who provided invaluable comments and shared their views with me, namely Sarah, Roger and Melvin...

as for pursuing my dream... i will still do it... signed up for some workshop in july and will see how things go from there... keeping my fingers crossed to be BOTH successful professionally as well as leisurely...