Thank you so much for your comment. This post was actually in my draft folder for around 3 months before I had the courage to hit “publish” the other day. Mostly spurred on by a recent call from my dad.

I wish you and your partner will stay happy together too. Good that she supports you in your level of comfortability of “outness”. It’s important that our partners don’t impose their ideals on us.

Hope to hear more from you, Miss-happily-”left on the shelf”.

I’ve been following your blog for a few years already, and reading your blog gives me the “feel good” feeling like how you feel when you see ellen and portia together. ^^

Just wanted to say thank you for being so courageous about announcing this on the wary-ful WWW, as I don’t think I’ll ever have the guts to do so. Don’t even dare to announce it in my work environment, as I think it could potentially cause a lot of misunderstanding, as I work in a largely female-dominant workspace. Very thankful that I have a partner who is absolutely understanding about this, and has never pressured me to “come out” or “show her off” to my friends. At work, it feels like you need to be of a certain position/level/rank, before people take you seriously, and do not judge you based on your sexual orientation, which truly in unfortunate. Blame it on the Singaporean societal morals I would say…

Also wanted to say that you’re not alone in this… Hoping that more and more people like yourself will stand out, and one day we can all stand tall together.

All the best to you in your relationship with your loved one. Truly hope that both of you will stay happy and deeply in love with each other.

One of the aunties “left on the shelf”,
J

All the best!

Thanks for yr quick reply. OK, will try to contact international courier companies after CNY.

But I got this feeling that they may already have a surplus of hand couriers given Spore’s liberal employment laws. Lots of Aussies, Brits, Americans & Europeans who are residents here and they have visa free passports too.

Also, Shanghai is the hub of logistics for China which is a vast manufacturing base compared to Spore so I think your side gets more hand courier jobs.

My freelance job is in forex trading. Its not for the faint hearted and I use my personal savings to trade. Its called margin trading where the forex broker whom you trade with prop you up with extra cash or leverage as they call it. Say, if you put in SGD5K, then request your forex broker to put in SGD5K X 2, then your wish is granted provided you meet the minimum sufficient capital threshold required by your forex broker. I use technical analysis to trade and there is a lot out there for free. Meaning lots of charts with candlesticks & lines and fanciful names gives to different trend lines.

I used to do backroom library/research operations in an investment bank and was stressed out badly. I left on my own accord & later took on part time jobs as an indexer/search specialist with a content management company that went bust later on and also as a methodology consultant with a US MNC. These were all part time as I craved freedom.

Thanks for your comment.

Unfortunately, the courier company I worked with doesn’t have an office in Singapore. I suggest you contact any international courier company and let them know your availability. For my case, they would call me when their own part-time employees were all away at other assignments so a freelancer like me could help out.

No they did not buy medical insurance for me as this was a cash job. Sounds somewhat dodgy to many Singaporeans when I tell them but I also did assignments when I was a student here so after so many rounds, I know everything is legit.

Yes I rejected jobs (to India) and that was fine. I received varying notice of a trip anywhere from 2 hours to 1 day.

I’m actually working full-time now, what industry are you freelancing in? Sounds like you’re enjoying the freedom you have.

All the best for 2012 too! Keep the comments coming.

BTW, could you provide the hand courier company that employed you? Do they have an office in Spore?

I am freelancing just like you though in a different industry & would like to take on the hand carry job. My google search only turned up one company that specialize between Spore & Europe for hand carry but not sure how they pick their part time employees to do the hand carry?

What is the selection criteria for picking up someone to do hand carry, do they buy medical insurance for you?

Can you reject a job if you have other commitments during the dates assigned by the company? How many hours notice do you get?

All the best for 2012.