[Acting Like Godot]

Hello, I would like to share my latest successful manifestation. Actually, I had written about it before, both on this forum and as usual, on my personal blog diary (The Magickal Mind).

However, at that time, the story of this particular intention was still ongoing, whereas this week, it is really about to draw to its final conclusion.

In early February, I manifested for money. I intended for something in the region of $5,000, and I had no idea where it would come from. (As regulars on the forum know, I've pulled off this kind of manifestation, actually, on quite a consistent basis).

What happened next/ I'll just cut & paste from my previous post:

1. 4th Feb 2008 - I manifested for money to come out of the blue. From anywhere, and it should be a significant sum.

2. 5th Feb 2008 - My handphone rang. I answered it. By pure "coincidence", an ex-boss of mine called to offer me a new job opportunity. (The organisation is one of those gigantic global MNC types). I hadn't told anyone that I was looking for a new job, but there you go.

3. The following week, he invited me for lunch to discuss further. I showed up for the free lunch. We discussed further. He asked to know my current salary - I told him. He indicated clearly that of course, if I were to take his offer, I would get a good salary increase (exact figure not discussed).

4. Next month or so. - I remained undecided. Thought about it, off and on. More questions formed in my mind, however I took no action whatsoever. I did form the desire to know the answers, but did nothing to get them.

5. 2nd week of April - a completely bizarre coincidence. I went jogging - just around the place where I live. While I was jogging, a car pulled up beside me. The guy inside turned out to be the HR guy from the company which was interested in hiring me.

It turns out that the guy lives in the same area as me! We chatted for quite a while. He answered all the questions that I had (see Point 4). Among other things, he said that the vacancy was still open; Ex-Boss is still very keen to hire me; and he gave a lot of info about how the organisation is now managed, in terms of reporting lines, work allocation, hiring plans etc.

6. Earlier this week - Having thought carefuly about all the info I'd gotten, I confirmed with Ex-Boss that I would like to rejoin. Last Tuesday we had lunch again (another free lunch for me). They will definitely make me an offer, and definitely the salary on offer will be an increase over and above my current package - the question is how much more. Their HR and Finance is working out the budget - the formal offer will come next week.

Well, the formal offer has come. I'm being offered a salary increase of $4,500 per month. I will sign the contract this week.

I had intended for $5,000 to just come out of nowhere. Instead I will be getting an extra $4,500 every month. Well, close enough. And better.

Now, here's something interesting. I never actually indicated to my boss how much more I wanted to be paid. I merely said that I expected a good increase. I left it to my boss to propose the figure. When I was told the figure, I did not negotiate any further. I simply said yes. He proposed an annual increase of $54,000 which works out to a monthly increase of $4,500, which I think is pretty close to the figure I had intended ($5,000).