Five and a half weeks ago, Angelia called me from Hong Kong, asking if I was keen to join her team at WGSN as she was looking for someone.
We’d talked about it casually for the past 6 months but I didn’t expect anything to materialise so quickly and I remember I was in the cab on the way home with Minie and Lifang after Lifang’s birthday dinner when she called.
I’m sorry to say my immediate response wasn’t me jumping for joy. I would have, if the call came three months earlier but my first thought was Matt. :/ The company, job scope and career growth are everything I could possibly dream of but funny what love can do to you sometimes.
However, in my heart, I had never said ‘no’ to the job. I know I want it and I know something can be worked out. But out of respect for Matt’s job privacy, I won’t say more on public domain for now.
This afternoon, Angelia called me from HK with the official offer. Two review assignments and two interviews with both a London editor, herself and the HK GM later, the job of Associate Editor, Retail & Events is finally officially mine.
Matt and I have bantered about the job and HK every now and then for the past couple of weeks but still, knowing that it’s really happening brings the reality to a different level altogether.
I was excited and yet equally scared at the same time. I had never really lived overseas on my own before. Unlike most Singaporeans who’ve been to HK umpteen times, I only spent a grand total of three hours there and it was mostly spent in Lane Crawford. Other than Angelia, I don’t really have friends there.
But strangely, a couple of hours earlier as I was lying in bed reading next to Matt, I started to feel this intense sense of realness and excitement rising. “Oh! It is really happening! Let’s do this!”
Separation’s gonna be a real bitch but to look on the bright side, the future will also be really exciting and maybe, my long-time dream of being a nomad may just come true. So come 5 Aug, it’ll be “Hi HK! :)” and “Bye SG. :(“
