I stand now upon the crossroads between the paths of dreams and newly acquired ambition. It was a tough struggle, but I have made my choice and put it into words, a delivered letter and now into this poignant blog post.
I shall be leaving Azrul.com after today, bidding a fond farewell to the kind folks at AzrulStudio, leaving the "Talk To Us" and support tickets, the many interesting interludes and memorable moments. No more shall I be dotting "i's " and crossing "t's", at least not at AzrulStudio, as I moved onward and into my journalistic future.
But if nothing else I leave to all of you the MyBlog User Manual, my last and final contribution, excepting this blog post, to Azrul.com. I hope it shall serve to silent those calls and cries for answers of some of the more familiar questions. Without me being there to man the pre-sales inquiry trenches and sales & billlings battlements.
I am sure that Mark will do spectacularly, always and as before, while our new recruits Web Designer Guy Syahrul, Business Development Girl Rekha and Code Cruncher Iqbal shall more than make up for my departure. I wish my colleague sand soon to be former workmates a fine time and a grand adventure. I would like to thank you guys for a fine time and your gregarious friendliness. I shall miss you guys and our wild adventures.
To all our customers, affiliates and partners, I thank you for a memorable occasion at this end of the email, to have had the honour of getting to know and working with such wonderful people.
To Azrul and Meriza, I wish them all the best and present to them my deepest thanks, for giving me a memorable and life changing six months. I am proud to have worked for such a dynamic and loving couple whose deeds and their business success is perhaps echoed just as well in their beauty as human beings.
When I wrote the words " ...not just another programmers paradise..." in our web copy, business plans and recruitment ad, I was just being smart, witty and doing my job as resident copywriter. But now, looking back, I must say that AzrulStudio truly is something more than just a place to work. Okay... we did work... very hard and more so besides... but it was all worth it and what I personally reaped is more than just my paycheck. Instead of just giving you money and perks, at AzrulStudio you are allowed to explore and grow. I have learned to write in different ways and improve my command of writing styles, through books paid for by Azrul and time off from work to attend courses and workshops. In my case they did it too well perhaps that I am now sprouting wings and flying off. My gratitude all the same, and hopefully with their blessings.
But more so it is their inspiration that I am following. For with my dream of having my words gracing pages, both online and real, I have taken a page from their book. If the Malaysian codes from a Malaysian programmer like Azrul can roam the world in thousands of Joomla sites then maybe my Malaysian words, can one day sweep the world as well. Either the poetic, the literary or in news reporting.
By the 2nd of May 2008, I shall soon be the newly christened Junior Editor (English) and Field Correspondent for a soon to be launched Malaysian online news portal. Our aim to be the voice of reason amidst the storm. To bridge the middleground between reactionary alternative medias and the closed ranks of established press. Our goal to be the sounding board of intellectual discussions and the catalyst of informed decisions. It will probably be a Joomla site, so maybe I shall be around the block here still, once and in a while. I am now also part of "Poetry Underground" upon FaceBook's Malaysia Network, a local poetry collective, writing and performing poetry for the masses. You might catch me ,performing guerilla style, at a street corner sometime!
I leave you all with happy thoughts and a fond farewell. "The first star on the right and all the way till midnight... "
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