A little whisper in the dark

Angels out there?

I recently had a discussion about how help comes from unexpected quarters:

Back when I just completed my National Service, I'd gotten myself prepared to get back to studying. Having spent a couple of years in Ngee Ann prior to that, I sought a different environment. Through a series of screwups, I was out of luck - bummed out of a spot in Singapore Polytechnic, and nowhere to else to go.

No reason why, that I could recall, but my legs brought me back to Ngee Ann. It was a quiet day at Student Affairs office, one sole woman was manning the counters. Related my predicament, and she handed me an application form to fill up, despite me being severely late for application (the rest of the staff were registering students already accepted a few weeks prior!).

I got my place a week before school started, and much later I realized the woman who took my application was pretty much the department head.......talk about dumb....luck? I guess. Any other staffer would have told me to come back next year.

Someone gave me a chance, and I took it. I guess I've seized the day, the opportunity. I graduated from that institution this year with decent results; but I'll need more of the luck, wherever it came from.

What's the number to dial for an angel?

posted by Chung Leong @ 6:13 AM