It's December.. FINALLY!!!

Hurray!! December is finally here.....!! Done for the month, done for the year, time to go into hibernation again.. 12 times MEC, 12 months of perseverance & hard work, guess I deserve a good break!!! Gonna clear my compliance leave from 16th dec onwards..

Being in this financial advisory role for the past 7.5 years, I am amazed by the no. of UPs and DOWNs that i got to experience in this market. In 2003 when I first graduated from U, its was the SARS outbreak, then from 2004 to 2007, market was in a gradual uptrend. In 2007 Oct, China bubble burst. In 2008 Sep, Lehman crisis. In 2009, Citi almost got nationalised and talks of it going bankrupt was everywhere.. In 2010, european debt crisis + HK/China property clam down + Fed's QE 2............
well... nothing compared to the 百年一见 credit crisis and the 1st working day happened on the day I was giving birth to Dax...Still remember a client calling me at 11pm++ to ask me about his mutual funds.. And staying in Mount A in front of a TV watching the gold price going up and down by USD100 in minutes on the Channel newsasia.. And spending my confinement watching the market down by 7% to 10+% each day and how everyone is trying to "save the world"... Feeling the "heat" from office when i called back to get some updated info..
Come to think of it, was really touched when all my colleagues came with super STEAMED faces, having to fire-fight in the office.. all feeling really down but still congratulating me...

2nd Episode began when Dax was hospitalised on October 24th 2008 for UTI infections..I was heart broken and feeling..Citi was rumoured to be the next to fail.. wakaozz..... the stress was NO joke!! Guess Dax should be named as Dax Lehman Chin!!

Riding through the storm and staying on as a Citibanker even when the share price plunge below $1 and staying in this company during the darkest period of its life...witnessing how it had rebuild back its reputation and trust and how much it had transformed for the past 2 years...Being the largest bank employer in Spore and voted to be 1 of the best employer..Also especially when Singapore is going to be themain hub to be the "fuel" of growth and expansion in this company....

I can say i am proud to be a Citibanker..!!! well.... looking forward to receiving "the letter" in Jan,*crossing my finger* ... and hope that Huishan will join me on board too!!!! *Hoping*...

In the meanwhile.... it's R&R time!!!!!!!!! finally.... wohoooOOOoo..