220413 Closing down a Chapter & MTDAO711 convinient store - My 'Second' Graduation
Today I feel like graduating again, this time from my Safe zone, leaving my second home behind and entering a seriously grown-up world again in my late twenties.
More than 5 years ago, I came here with a young heart and M mind, decided that I need to take a break from family's duties and going to have an temporary island life for 2 years maximum (then later stayed for 5 yrs & 9 months :)) . For the first time in my life, I discovered a 'Wonderland', and got lost in its colorful rainbow every day at work with a strong determination that this is going to be a leading resort in Asia, which it eventually did. Witnessed it started from just empty dusty buildings, unfinished roads (which ruined my newly brought pink Nike :) to 100% occ (and over idk why bookings can drop while we have no room to assign lol) with recording revenue in festive seasons*. For the first time ever, I got empowered to be part of the team who turned widest ideas into reality: the 1920s themed uniforms, a Mad Hatter's tea party, the night market, the flowery VIP cocktails invitations, the PP opening party, the countdowns. I devoted a lot, also learnt a lot that still, I am confident to say that deciding to be on the island, for PQCJW & being the first 20 employees, is one of the most righteous decisions I've ever made in my life. People said Home is made of ppl who live there, and it is true. I chose to spend 80% of my twenties here all because of such amazing ppls whose names would take me days to mention. If it was my especially crazy arrogant genius always-right forever boss - Abonim, whose working style fits me like two matching puzzles that inspired me to 'make it happend' & push things forward in the first half, it was my dear FOFO team - who had my back through thick and thin, became my soul sisters and brothers, showered me with love all the times that anchored me back.
Yet as I'm glad that I've came, I can't wait to leave. It's time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. To become a butterfly, you can no longer be a caterpillar forever in your 'Safe Zone'. As I have gave the best of me, I am leaving without regrets, not much as a hero though :). To all the faces and names in PQCJW that have ever crossed my life: Although 'our meeting was not that special, but you will be missed'. PQCJW, thank you and am always proud of you.
Finally, 終了~ 終了~ MTDAO711 convinience store is closed down.
*(and many more: from the port office to moving to official basement office on my first b-day on the island, from 30k outsourced-sorry-I-could-not-digest meals to delicious canteen meals, from only pre-openning T-shirt to uniform creation with over-night tailor guarding, from Phu Son to staff houses, from zero alcohol to a grab a drink whenever I feel like it).
