After I was retrenched, quite some time ago, I was
offered managerial positions by friends. The jobs entailed relocation to the
capital city or to other countries. I had to turn down the offers because my
wife and children could not relocate with me. My children were all very young
then. The youngest of the three – a daughter – was born on the day of my
retrenchment. After weighing all the options, I chose to be a stay-at-home-Dad to
care for my children.
I started and operated a company from home. I would
run the company during the day and teach at a language centre in the evenings.
I remember a lady friend – the head of a large
government agency – helping me by ordering goods from me when she heard that I
had been retrenched and had started the company. She would send me the local
purchase orders and I would then forward them to the suppliers to ship the
goods to her agency. She would then arrange for payments to be made to me for
the goods supplied. She would send me the large orders every now and then. There were the best deals ever as I need not have to do anything
at all.
Unfortunately, I had to fold up the company due to
financial difficulties because of bad debts.
ltbs
He
that is thy friend indeed
He
will help thee in thy need.
William
Shakespeare
Dedicated
in gratitude and friendship to Datuk Adeline Leong.
