Right place, right time

Dinner with my girlfriends was the best thing that happened in a long long time. It really was. =)


And after talking to them, I learnt a lot and I realised that I've changed a lot too.

My friend works at a local bank as a personal financial consultant. She told us how her job was like. Basic pay was $2800 and how much she earns eventually depends on how much commission she gets from sales. A normal day goes like she, she goes to work at 9am, then goes out for breakfast, a few hours later, go for lunch, and a few hours later, go for tea break. Banking hours end at 4.30pm. She would stay back till 6-7pm, make calls to potential clients to set appointment dates. Timing is flexible and she got could go anytime to meet clients. 


Ah. 

Looking at her Prada bag, yes, she's really doing well. 


On the flip side, colleagues steal her sales, backstabbing is common, clients can be very nasty.  


I always thought I wouldn't want a job in a bank, doing sales. I wanted to be a wedding planner, I wanted to be in events, to create something.

So practical I have become. 


Just so lost now. But rather than bum around, might as well earn as much as I can to fund my traveling.




My friend is also going through a very difficult breakup. And her friend helped pray for her and passed her book titled "Right place, right time". This book helped her friend when she was going through a very difficult breakup. The most important message - don't worry, everything will work out eventually because God will take care of everything. On the nights she felt distressed, she listened to her friend, she stopped worrying, believed that things would be all right and she slept very well. After 2 weeks of no sales, she finally clinched a huge deal. And all that, she attributed to her new found strength and believes that things would really work out itself.


What amazed me the most was how she developed so much faith in such a short time. I'm just glad she's coping well.




Tonight, I'm at peace.