Money can't buy happiness?

*Pic credited to Mind Body Green

We all do not like to work but we have to because we can get more money to buy things that can make us happy! isn't that logical? Thus, money doesn't buy us happiness but it indirectly will! I am a person who spends a lot as shopping keeps my mind at ease... think: 'when i am sad, i shop! when i am happy, i shop!' yup, that's me! this is definitely not something to be proud of, it is a very very bad way of pleasuring myself... i'm not sure whether i put that in a correct way or not, haha! In a nutshell, i have to really control myself la! Any suggestion? whenever i see something i like, it is not that i didn't think through before buying, but i think too much until i thought to myself: 'that's it! stop thinking! just buy it!' I bet there are shopaholics out there who shares the same thought like mine!

Remember I once said that i will blog about my work from my previous entry? yup, i will blog about it now! For introduction, ABC company (random name) is one of the world's leading providers and promoters of global summits strategic conferences, professional training, in-Company training, business-to-business congresses, sports hospitality and on-line information. It's Asia Pacific regional office is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, while it has another branch in Penang with a sales team specially for the People's Republic of China. I was hired into the China team as a jr. sales exec and my job basically requires cold-calling with a minimum of 100 calls per day to the big companies (as in Fortune 500's) in China depending on the scope of the conferences, events, training, etc. being assigned. I went for a one-week training when i first joined, together with the other two newcomers and before we were put onto the sales floor, the GM of my company offered us a lucrative amount of incentive for whoever that nails the first deal! Well, at first it sounds really challenging and exciting, but after working for three weeks and kept getting a never-ending 'no' for every call made, i thought maybe this is not the right job for me. Anyhow, things changed when i managed to first close a deal from a company in Shanghai last week, to be honest, I was super 'kan cheong', stunned, felt like crying, over the moon, blah blah blah! It was mixed feelings! I never felt such a way for a very long time, this has proven that I can do the job, at least! Well, this is my story, i managed to get that incentive! Meanwhile, it made me 'seriously' realized that money doesn't come by easily, so closing that deal really gave me a few life lessons and it'll definitely be a day that will not be forgotten! :) Also, it was at the right time and the right month! June is the birthday month for my whole family, gonna bring them to 'jiak ho liao' (eat delicious food in Hokkien) next week on Father's Day! :)