Walked on the treadmill a little longer than 40 minutes today yeah!
Listened to DOAC on Money Saving Experts and it really was a saver. They made it simple to understand, and allowed me to look into ways to explain this better to any average person.
Did some cleaning and work prep before going out for my appointment.
Today I met an Indonesian Lawyer, whom I felt was struggling to find her footing here in Singapore, but learnt a lot from her experiences working here for the past 20 over years.
She described herself as idealist and naive growing up, and I could totally relate.
Shared how her journey in the law industry was not at all a gradual progression up, and that office politics, or success was deemed possible only if you succeed first in kissing arses to those required for arses to be kissed. She also shared how social networking in Singapore was not really to network, but a hunting ground - bonds would only be made if it was deemed to be beneficial to them. And without much thought, ties severed once one was no longer seen to be valuable to them.
It’s brutal, when we muslims would have been in a better place collaborating instead of bringing each other down like this.
Lately, Allah has opened up my eyes to these group of people too. The AMP summit for once and the recent Pasir Panjang lady gave the exact vibe she was describing.
As she was recalling her journey up till date as she is now a graduate on Indonesian Law, I could not help but feel inspired by her. Life had been challenging for an idealist like her, as she realised Ethiopia does not exist. Yet she still had hopes. She still fought on, she still believed. Still idealistic, and a lot bookish as she also shared the books she had been reading. Currently on 7 rules of power - she encouraged me to read it too.
I love her spirit. And I hope we remain friends and remain beneficial to each other till Jannah.
And I pray she gets a job that’s more deserving of her soon.
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