It does, really. One moment you’re floating among the clouds, next moment your on all fours in emotional mud.
I got a job offer from KL yesterday. Obviously that made me happy.
Headhunted, well, not really, perhaps she was just phoning to find out whether or not I had friends who would qualify for the job. Needless to say, we got talking and it’s pretty much like what I’m doing now – in fact, it’s almost 100% my current job description – but it’s in Kuala Lumpur (as opposed to my current Kota Kinabalu – you know, close to my son).
Before I would consider anything at all, I do need to find out what the pay is – she didn’t have this detail handy, which made me think perhaps it’s not that significant. Considering what I have here, it will have to be a mighty big incentive to have me pack up all my shit and go there. She gave me a hint as to what her salary is, but she’s a top dog and if I can’t earn near that then why move?
Last night we said goodbye to a Tazmanian friend of ours who’s been out here in Kota Kinabalu and Sabah for a stretch with WWF (The wildlife fund, not the grown men in tight costumes, although he’s possibly interested in both) – we went to Atmosphere for their 10pm to midnight happy hour and oh was the hour happy. The cocktails average about RM11.50 including taxes (a damn good deal if you know alcohol prices in KK) and they’re arguable the best in town. The Bloody Mary is hands down, without a doubt, the best anywhere, but I advise you to drink that one last, as every other cocktail will seem to pale in comparison afterwards.
And that’s it for the floating amongst the cloud bit, but being on all fours in the emotional mud is not so easy to talk about, not because I’m an introverted, alpha male afraid of his own emotions, oh no dear, if you’ve read any of the older stuff on this blog you will realise I have verbal diarrhea when it comes to talk about emotions.
No, it’s difficult to talk about because in the great scheme of things it’s actually quite complicated. Or it was. But that’s about as much as I can say.
But excuse me, because now I have some wallowing to do.