As you might have guessed, the title of this blog came from a popular 2009 TV Chinese drama in Singapore - Daddy At Home 企鹅爸爸. I noticed many similarity between the main character and me. Through popular demand from my wife and her colleagues, I was asked to create this blog to share some of the experience of a Stay@Home Dad. FYI, it's a lot of hard work.
So, Who am I?
I am just an ordinary guy who once dreamed of being a pilot only to find out that I have Red/Green color defection. So, I moved on.
My mother ever thought of wanting me to be a doctor. She told me that they looked very smart in white shoes. I was just a kid at that time; she thought that the outward attire would entice me to becoming one. She forgot that having a Red/Green color defection can also be a deterrent to her dream.
I went on and became an Engineer. Although I was trained in hardware engineering, I was a Software Engineer for Seagate. After a few good years of working, our department was threaten by retrenchment in 1997. At the same time, many disk drive companies were shutting down or being acquired by others. People were saying that the disk drive industry was a sunset industry. That kind of got me thinking and I was worried. Ever since my graduation I had been working as a software engineer for Seagate and that was all I knew. I wanted to change job but I had no idea where I could go? In 1998, Seagate was hiring again and there was a vacancy in the HR department for Technical Recruiter. I took the opportunity and switched over as a Senior HR Officer. I had a great time hiring people to fill up all the vacancies in all the Engineering departments.
So, Who am I?
I am just an ordinary guy who once dreamed of being a pilot only to find out that I have Red/Green color defection. So, I moved on.
My mother ever thought of wanting me to be a doctor. She told me that they looked very smart in white shoes. I was just a kid at that time; she thought that the outward attire would entice me to becoming one. She forgot that having a Red/Green color defection can also be a deterrent to her dream.
I went on and became an Engineer. Although I was trained in hardware engineering, I was a Software Engineer for Seagate. After a few good years of working, our department was threaten by retrenchment in 1997. At the same time, many disk drive companies were shutting down or being acquired by others. People were saying that the disk drive industry was a sunset industry. That kind of got me thinking and I was worried. Ever since my graduation I had been working as a software engineer for Seagate and that was all I knew. I wanted to change job but I had no idea where I could go? In 1998, Seagate was hiring again and there was a vacancy in the HR department for Technical Recruiter. I took the opportunity and switched over as a Senior HR Officer. I had a great time hiring people to fill up all the vacancies in all the Engineering departments.
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