Hmmm… so I have a feeling this “小人”iterally “small person”, a Chinese phrase signifying a mean, petty, underhanded person) B has been successful in his petty plot… and these guys have bought into his story. I suppose they have to, since they have just hired him (and want to believe that their decision was right) and having been there for only 2 months, he hasn’t had a chance to f*ck up yet, or show his true colours. *sigh*

I hate it… it’s depressing when such small and mean people can triumph, however temporarily. But I am patient, and life is long. On verra (“we will see”).

I suppose it’s not a bad thing, not getting another job. This will force me to resign from my current job, which is so enervating and life-sapping. It’s just that, I’m scared… never having been unemployed post-graduation. But my current job is petrifying me… I’ve been in the same job and same team for almost 5 years now, which is an Age in banking.

This will push me to take my year out to travel, as I’ve wanted to do anyway. And what better time than this, perhaps the deepest, most global and potentially longest recession in living memory? And afterwards… who knows? As I said, I’m terrified of the unknown.. the financial insecurity… that job-hunting will entail once I come back from my travels. But, tomorrow is another day, and I should seize this one. And after all, maybe this will turn out to have been the better choice… if, as it so often does, one path leads to another, and new opportunities open themselves up to me. My life has taken many an unexpected turn before, often on sudden whims, and I have been very happy with my life to date and have no regrets.

Alors, on verra.