Life is about decisions. Deciding to write a blog entry today, deciding to submit 10 applications today, deciding not to watch Croatia vs Turkey today etc. Some decisions are big and will affect what happens later in life while others are small and insignificant.
Ronaldo, after Portugal's exit in Euro 08 at the hands of Germany, said he is relishing a dream move to Real Madrid (RM) and will be talking to Man Utd to reach an agreement. Why are we not surprised? After Man Utd's success in Champions League (yeah!), he has been asked umpteen times on where will he be come next season. If he was loyal and had decided that Man Utd is the club for him, he would have just came out and clarified the rumours by perhaps making statement like "I will stay with Man Utd and there is no way that I will sign with RM". But what did he choose to do? "I will make my decision known after Euro 08". Seriously, can he be more stupid than this? Cos that statement simply translated to "I will declare my interest to move to RM after Euro 08"!
Well, decisions again isn't it? Is his decision correct? It will only be known in the future. However a good indication will be an advice from former Man Utd great, David Beckham (DB). DB had said Man Utd is the club for Ronaldo to grow and urged him to stay on with the Red Devils. Mind you, he must know something that people don't cos he happens to be a former RM player as well. Sir Alex said he will rather bench Ronaldo than sell him to RM. Again, wrong decision I say. Pay Ronaldo 150,000 GBP per week just to bench him and prove a point to RM? Doesn't make economical sense. I say sell Ronaldo for a hefty sum, say 100 million GBP. 1st, no point in keeping an unhappy and ingrateful player at the club; 2nd, use some of the money to clear debt (no thanks to the Glazers) and lastly use the remaining money to purchase another player. Ideally, it would be Messi cos he proved that he is way better than Ronaldo in both legs of the semi-final of the Champions League but then Barcelona won't sell for sure. But I won't mind Benzema, Ben Arfa, Robinho or even Ronaldinho either!
Now, just like Ronaldo's decision, my decision to leave SAF is a big decision. To leave my so-called comfort zone, where you honestly didnt really need to do much and still get a relatively high salary. This is what people normally term it as Zo Bo Lan (ZBL). The decision to leave seems a logical one when I was still in SAF as I frequently told myself that this life is not what I want. But as I moved to almost 50 days without employment, I'm wondering if I was too impulsive and made the wrong decision. Baby (and her friends) certainly think that 50 days is a short period to even sound the red alert and start taking jobs like insurance or property agents and told me not to be overly worried.
Moral of the story? Don't regret any decision that you had made. Regretting won't make things any better. In fact, it will just make you feel sore. The only thing to do is to try and make sure your decision turns out good. I'm sure Sir Alex didnt regret it when he sold Paul Ince, Jaap Stam, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, David Beckham and I'm also sure he won't regret it when he sells Ronaldo to RM in the coming months. Just make sure the decision to sell turns out good by putting the money from the sale to good use. Similarly for me, only thing I can do is keep sending applications, get a good job, work hard and hopefully, rewards that justified my decision.
