Job

Job gives better return than stocks at this moment in my life.
I have a 20% increase for my next job. Pretty awesome and higher than my expectation (and considering I just got 5% increment 2 months ago).
Can you imagine if it is stocks, it is like saying that my monthly dividends grew by 20%. That is only plausible in a career. Stocks is a very slow and steady game.

Anyhow, for the new job, what matters most is the job scope
(I would have accepted a much lower pay package. But thanks to my outspoken headhunter, I got a good deal).
Nowadays, I see it as investing in myself to become a more valuable person.
So I will grow in value in the working world.
I start the new job in June 2015.
Most importantly, I hope all goes well til then. Although I am excited, I can only take one step at a time.

When my new job starts, I hope I can survive and prove my worth.
If I can at least survive in the job for 2-3 years, the future may be brighter.
It looks quite impressive on a resume.

Though it is a smaller listed local company, I am working under one of the big shots there.
She described the role as a right-hand man, and I am the only analyst under her.
I am hired to analyze all aspects of the company's business in Singapore.
So I really get to learn a lot, at the same time, learn from the best.
The new job will give me a big leap in business and social education.
The reasons why I was chosen for the job is because of my stellar excel skills (vba) and decent presentation ability. Both of which I am grateful for my current company for the opportunities.

For my level of academic achievements (which is crap), it is not easy to find someone impressive to work with and learn from.
This time, my perception of working is different.
I am highly motivated, and put the job above many things.
It is the first time in work where I feel I really want to strive hard.
The previous jobs I had, I do not have the feeling that I am willing to be a dog for the boss. It is because, it is pretty hard to win my respect.

Anyway, I just leave the stock market as it is now.
Currently. it is just dancing up and down, nothing special.
Buffet said, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.
So now, I am focusing my attention on the current main income of my life, which is work.
If there is a substantial collision that happens in the market, I have an amount of cash (not big, it should be viewed as an allocation of your total cash and stocks) ready to be injected into shares.

But for now, my mind is all on the new job.
I hope all goes well til I start my next job, I survive in the new job, I learn and I can do well in it gradually.

Cheers.