My first big step
The weather has been freaky today. It was sunny, windy, snowed and then became sunny again. Hmm....I have an exciting announcement to share with the world....
I have been accepted to work for MindValley in Kuala Lumpur!!!!
(1 year long internship)
Woot! *jumping around*
After 2 rounds of long-distance interviews that took place in the early morning hours here in America, a mini-background check, recommendations from Rickesh and Suzanne (Danke!), and then a nail-biting wait for the moment of truth....I received an email from Vishen saying I had been accepted to work for MindValley.
Note: They offered to interview me at more sane hours but I have a freaky sleep pattern anyway which explains the midnight interviews.
I immediately dropped everything I was doing, and ran downstairs to jump around excitedly in my living room where my 5th roommate (Nick) was to tell him the news that I was going to KL!
KUALA LUMPUR here I come! :)
Now that the news has had a few days to sink in, and I have had the chance to talk to Mike about the anticipated arrival date plus details about living in Malaysia...breaking the news to my mom and dad.
Suddenly, a nervous knot formed in my tummy...it's just hit me that all the weeks of wanting to leave the states was coming true, and will actually happen in another 8 weeks! Woah! My undergraduate life is coming to an end in 8 weeks!! Truth be told, the last 4 years in MI has been the best time of my life, and I really enjoyed my undergrad experience here. The friendships, the inspiring people I've met, the Ann Arbor life, the random travel throughout America because of AIESEC conferences, the cafe hangouts, the cramming sessions in the library, driving on the highways at 90mph, my favorite TV shows like CSI, the Colbert Report, Family Guy.... Aww shucks -- is there cable in Malaysia?
Funny how you start to appreciate the things when you are about to lose them?
So right now, (as I sort of told Juanita in an email)
"I feel nervous because I am leaving the states for real, am nervous about life in Malaysia (will I fit in?), and also because I am going to stop getting support from my parents now that I am graduating, and I wonder if I will survive given the lifestyle I have been so used to. So yeah, feeling this mixture of excitement and fear because I want to be out on my own but have this sense that I have been in such a safe environment for so long, Im not sure if I am prepared for the harsh realities of the real world."
eeks! life...
8 Comments:
congrats! anita was my SN who is working there already. i found her for Vishen. i am sure u will have great experience. vishen is my potential business partner as well. he doesnt know that yet...
hehe...
best wishes! i am sure u will rock
woman
we is gonna rock the free world together
we will find the strenght woman!
Juanita
Congratulations Li'er! One Michigander meets another in Malaysia...how sweet is that? I'm so proud of you and I'll definitely miss you being on the other side of the world.
Congrads, Li'er!! KL is a nice little city, hope you enjoy it!! And if you ever wonder to the suburbs, there's a great little South Indian joint near Bukit Damansara that serves one of the best dosas I've ever had. :)
I still really want to go to Langkalwi and Sabah/Sarawat...see you there? ;-)
Hey congratulation!!! Wow, looks like you definitely will go back too your home (at least not very far from Singapure). I wish you all the best with your new life and with work. Hope you will update us about your life there.
And yeah you are right you ever miss it and cherish it not until you loose it. Now you think of your time in MI and if you still were stuck in MI for a year you would think about other countries.
Love, Alex
congratulations babe... very happy for you. which means you are not coming back to SG huh?
Thanks all for the encouraging words! :)
Moo, I am in KL...that's only 6 hrs away from Singapore so I am coming back to hangout at least once every few weeks. That's a commitment i am making being so near home. So you'll see me once every weekend when I come back and u must make time for me! Haha! (You might think I am crazy -- well yes I am)
Hurhur! Or u can come to KL and eat prata with me too! :)
Conratulations.. All the best .. S.Z.
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