My Dear Boss who is also my Mentor

I remember it was January 2005, I came into this office to be interviewed by the owner of the company and also with another person who is the FOUNDER of the company I work with. Firstly I was greeted by these 2 bosses with smiles on their faces. I remember at that time, my ex boss who is my current boss punya insurance agent told me "Elina, this time I really have to let you go because En S@#*% is my big client but then again arrrr...that place bosses will throw files one you know"..and my reaction to that statement was "Arrrrr ok but the salary is ok for a single mom who is struggling bringing up her 2 kids without any financial help from her ex husband nor anyone". And so I took the challenge.
Didn't know if at that time I made the right decision because seriously at that time, I was "IT ZERO KNOWLEDGE". I mean if its just emailing and YM-ing,its ok but more than that...GOSH!OK back to the interview part,my big boss was joking and smiling while asking me questions and i felt so ease but then, suddenly his phone rang and he excused himself and left me and the other boss (the founder of the company). With his eyes looking straight into my eyes, his smiles just died, he asked me "So tell me, what do you know about this company? do you know how to do presentation slides? Know how to do proposals?" and I said " Im a fast learner and I can learn."
Deep in my heart, I said " Oh No..my life is gonna be hell here". Well first 6 months, he really drilled me. Whatever I did was just not right to him. At first I really hate him but then, I said why hate him and be miserable. Why not learn from the mistakes and probably I can be like him. Oh I forgot to mention..he is a very simple man but he is a GENIUS and a bumi genius.
Day by day I learn, and tried to cope with him and do things at his pace. It was tough and then I realised that he started having trust with my work. I began to respect him day by day and I told myself, what he taught me is something I can never learn anyway. Keeping with the new technologies thats growing too fast.
And now, I think I'm not so bad with my IT KNOWLEDGE and I love my job and sort of addicted to my job. Lucky I dont have a husband or a boyfriend coz with the way I work now, no man is crazy enough to date me. I go home at 8pm to have dinner with my dad n my 2 kids and after putting the kids to bed at 10.30pm, i would run to the office to do my work till 4-5am. I would go home and come back again at 8.30am. heheheh.
And till today I'm still learning and I'm proud to say, TO MY BOSS IF U EVER READ THIS BLOG ONE DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY " EN AZLI, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME AND STILL TEACHING ME. I LOVE N RESPECT YOU AS MY BOSS AND MY MENTOR...THANK U