Why I Worked From Home

May 28, 2007 | By bokjae | In Memes 

Visited a fellow Malaysian and a blogger who calls herself Clonic and she posted a very good post on the above caption. For me and my wife, the main driving force is circumstances! Ever since Rock’s stroke, we are very much home-bound and the social circles we used to join are distant past although it was just coming to one and a half years now. Before Rock had the stroke, I was working as a part-time Property Manager. One day Rock reminded me that I promised to take her to do some travelling far and wide after my ‘retirement’ in 1998, but ever since I got involved with this part-time job, it looked like our travelling plans were taking a backseat. So I resigned from that job and planned our holidays. We could only manged two trips then the stroke struck.

Around late 2006, or around Christmas to be exact, I met Doris and her DH at a Christmas gathering and learnt from her about blogging and she encouraged me to start a blog and earn some money online. That was great news to me for we need to earn some income to subsidize for our daily sustenance to help slow down the dwindling funds in our retirement savings.

Honestly, I prefer to work in an office environment. There are more interaction with people and you feel not so lonely, not so trapped within your home, as Clonic discovered. Yes, in an office environment you have to put on some sort of a front for the sake of cultural conformity but I guess if it does not forced you to sacrifice your personal values, one can get by. Of course the office politics can be quite exasperating.

The positive aspects of working from home are plenty too, like you work at your own pace and time. Especially for moms they can take care of their children be a home-maker and earn some cash on the side. I have heard of aquite a number of people earning 4 figures income monthly! This is more felxible than flexi-time practisced by companies outside. Moreover you decide how much time and how much you want to earn. I believe that working from home is very suitable for retirees! It offers us an opportunity to earn an income with some self-respect, dignity intact. I can understand what retirees have to go through when they went for job interviews. Most come back feeling rejected, discarded, and of not much use to the present system. I am not complaining but is just the way the world goes round and round.

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3 Responses to “Why I Worked From Home”

  1. Hilary on May 28th, 2007 4:57 pm

    Bokjae, I really appreciate you for participating, despite your time constraint. All the best in blogging bro, will continue to read your posts.

  2. kuanhoong on May 29th, 2007 10:36 am

    Hopefully your online income is getting better.

    I love reading your postings. Keep it up.

  3. bokjae on May 29th, 2007 10:41 am

    hi my dear friends, thank-you so much for your kindness. We really appreciate you all!

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