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Crossroad decision: To Grab or not to Grab ...

3 years ago (in Feb 2018 to be exact), I wrote my first blog of my journey to getting a vocational license. ( TPDVL aka taxi license to be exact!) My original intention is simply to use my SkillFuture credit and also I could see that there is always a possibility that I may be out of job someday.  I have seen friends and ex-colleague's life thrown into disarray when they were layoff during retrenchment and could not find a job for more than a year. It is not a pretty scene and it brought many problems not only to the affected person, but also to his/her family.  Long gone are the days whereby you could start your career in a company and retire after 40 or 45 years of service. The modern era company operation is all about P/L (Profit/Loss).  It sounds cruel, but that is the reality.  Now in 2021... I am at the crossroad.  The company that I am working for is not (exactly) doing well; it isn't at the point of collapsing too. Unfortunately there were many rounds of layoffs and the