Have You Heard Of Wawasan Open University College?

Mei Yee finally got a job! She is now a Communications Officer (cool name) for Wawasan Open University College, Penang. Where is that? What is that? Haaa… That’s where she comes in. Her job is to make it known to you, and to the ends of the earth.

I’m so excited and happy for her! I asked her, “Are you gonna blog about it? If you don’t then I will!” She probably won’t be as quick-fingered as I am. And since my blog has a bigger readership than hers (ranging from acquaintances to former students to friends to friends’ mums), I’m gonna steal her thunder and just do it :)

I feel so glad for her, as if I got the job myself! Maybe it’s because I’ve been with her throughout her job-hunt journey. I’ve been to every interview with her (except for the TV3 one) from Penang to Ipoh to KL and back. I dunno what kind of things people will think I am, following her around everywhere she goes, and hanging around until she’s done. So many people did double takes on me as I waited for her interviews. I can be so easily passed off as a convict who just escaped from jail, who kidnapped her and is now holding her hostage, but letting her go out once in a while to do her thing, as long as I get my ransom sooner or later. Or a possessive, obsessive, paranoid boyfriend who wants to keep her on a leash wherever she goes, whatever she does, and whoever she is with. Or a retarded cousin :)

I’m so proud of her! She finally found a job that she likes (mass comm line), in which she has a talent for (involving media skills, events management, writing, etc), in a learning institution (a field that I highly approve of), that functions as a non-profit institution (a cause that she believes in), that pays well (RM1750), for a steady Monday – Friday (she’ll still have her weekends to go back to Ipoh), 9-5 job (she will still have a life), in Penang (the best place to be)! There, I said it all in once sentence. Mei Yee always says that I can be a very good copywriter.

Plus, she gets to stay with her university friend (Siao Ping) at her apartment, she gets to drive one of the old cars from my father’s collection (transportation taken care of), traveling to her workplace takes only 15 minutes (along the Jelutong Expressway), her friends work nearby (Kimberley Chong and Jonathan Chen), working in Penang has a lower cost of living and a better, safer, cleaner environment (compared to KL), she gets to do something related to her field (how many people get a job of their choice nowadays), without virtually losing your life in it (like in full-fledged production houses), while working towards an honorable cause in mind (providing educational opportunities to underprivileged people), which will keep her from losing a sense of purpose in what she does everyday (unlike typical production houses, who are only out to churn money all day).

Furthermore, she has a superior that likes her (her resume was personally hand-picked by her superior among 200 others), her job gives her opportunities to further enrich her skills either on-the-job or during her free time (such as freelancing for Ian “Captain” Barbosa if she gets projects thrown her way), this will help equip her towards the direction of her long term goal (to take Masters in Mass Communication), so she can continually deepen her skills in learning something that she has a passion for (through real-life experience, or academic paper chase), and open up possibilities for different job opportunities in the future (such as making a career change to lecturing, perhaps).

Taking all those factors into consideration, coupled the splendid timing of the company that just employed her (Wawasan Open University College is just about to venture into a new, exciting phase this month), I can only think of one word to sum it all up: Perfect.

God be praised for the way that things are falling in place for her! Indeed, God is gracious and good! This is not something you call coincidence. It is providence.

She starts on Monday. A new Communications Officer is in the house!

“So, what is Mei Yee doing now?”

“Oh, she’s got a job already. She is now the Communications Officer for Wawasan Open University College.”

“Wow, that’s great! Where is that? What is that?”

"Haaa… That’s where she comes in. Her job is to make it known to you, and to the ends of the earth…”