So the moment I have been waiting for has arrived. It's actually been around 2 weeks since I received my 'golden call' on Sunday 7th December at 10.16 GMT precisely! In the previous week, I heard alot of girls from my final interview group receive their calls. I followed a group on Facebook called 'On hold' where lots of people from October appeared to be getting dates of joining before me. To be frankly honest, after being on hold for 8 weeks, I was beginning to wonder if it was going to happen at all. As much as I loved the supportive nature of that group, I was starting to feel a little depressed seeing all the happy statuses. That may sound little negative but something so important wears away your patience after so long. Only human after all.
On that Sunday morning, I woke up far too early but it had become abit of a routine for my body clock. The first thing I do is check my phone for the time, then messages and updates on Facebook. Again, my news feed was full of people congratulating others on their success, to which I joined in because I cannot help but be excited for everyone. I had that moment of butterflies in my stomach as I signed into the Emirates Careers website to check my application status...
...and there it was, those 4 beautiful words:
JOINING FORMALITIES IN PROGRESS
At that moment (and as cringeworthy as it my sound), I actually developed the skill to fly out of my bed very quickly and danced up and down with joy. I was ecstatic to see those few words because it meant that everything I has worked for was starting to become very real.
My flat is terrible for signal so I had to find a spot where I could leave my phone on charge. I did not have many plans for Sunday was confident that I could be available if that call happened. And so it did, around mid morning. I was washing up the dishes (how glamorous...but just keeping it real) then my phone started buzzing. I could see the number was from the UAE.
This was it. I answered it calmly. I vaguely remember the call now but she advised me that my application for Cabin crew with Emirates had been successful, and congratulated me. She asked afew questions about my notice period and when I could join. My original joining date was going to be the 30th January 2015 but I said that I need to give notice on the flat I am renting and plus it was too close to my birthday weekend but. So she asked if the 6th February would be OK. I snapped up the date because I didn't want to push my luck any further. She informed me that I would receive an email within the next couple of working days with my candidate portal details. I received it within an hour of the phone call.
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