Light at the end of the tunnel

It is going to be 6 weeks since I got the news that I am being redundant by my company. My last day is on the 31st March 09. If I got redundant, my current company will cancelled my visa. After the cancellation, I have to leave Australia within 28 days.

I have been trying hard to look for a job from the western state to the eastern states. I even approached job hunters. Unfortunately, I am on work visa (457 visa), I need the employer to sponsor me to be in Australia before I can be hire. So far none is willing to hire me.

There are so many jobless people in Australia, and the companies out there can be very choosy. "Why choose to hire a foreigner, if I can hire local with higher skills." Currently, if you want to be a manager, you must have at least 10 plus years of working experience in the same field.

It was the darkest moment of my life.. and I need to make some decisions and future plans, like moving out from my current apartment (need to renew contract 6-12 months), trying to sell my car, trying to organise my flight to go back, looking for jobs (apply for internal transfer), applying for my own skill migration, and etc... all done within 6 weeks..

Today, I got a very great news from my company. My transfer to another department has been approved. YEAH!!!!! it has been approved. I am happy that I got a job now, and I can remain here for a while. But, I am still looking around for a better opportunity. I cannot complain more as this is a good deal for me to stay on the same company.

Now, it is like the chinese always say " I will take one steps at a time" - "kin po han po". I might get a better deal next time when the country boom again!

I was really lucky that I got this open position. The previous guy quit 1 week ago, giving me the change to fill-in.

Just lucky me!!!!!! Thank god!

New Year, New Hope.. end up....no hope!!!

It has been a very enjoyable Chinese New Year 2009 for me. I took almost 3 weeks off from work and I already had rumour that my company is going to lay off some people during that period. Well, it is my well deserved holiday, and i am taking it.

I have asked my supervisor to keep my update with the situation, and it was fine until i got back to Perth.

First day at work on the 16th Feb 2009, I was informed to meet the Director of Projects, Mr. Jen at 10.00am. And i knew that I was on the list. I was made redundant on that day. And my last day will be on the 31st March 2009. After that, I have 28 days to leave Perth before the immigration officer start looking for me. The "D" day to leave Perth will be on the 28th April 2009.

So many people are telling me to apply for an PR since I stepped into Perth. And I just take it easily. Now, I guessed I need to start doing some preparation for it. No harm applying for it. The most is that i will lose $5000 in application, medical, test and misc....
Yeah.. my main priority for now is book myself a place in the IELTS test.. and get a score of "7" out of "9". So scary and hard! I really hope that I can make it.

Finger all cross!!!!

Wish me luck!