Unexpected!!

I’m bored. I know. NOt bcos of the job. No. Its my personal life AFT work. Surprisingly!!!

For this new environment, I expect myself:

1. To be bloody bz at work, to work OT, or at least until 6pm.

2. To leave the company as soon as possible when it’s time to slide the card

3. To have problems with some ppl at work or feel lonely/left out when I’m with the group of colleagues

4. To have nasty housemates, at least a noisy, dirty or problematic one

5. To eat oily, tasteless, unhealthy outside food

6. To have sleepless nights cos there’s no air condition in the room


Instead, I found myself:

1. Indeed hving a hectic schedule DURING working hours. Yet, aft 5pm sharp, my ah head, superiors, and ALL the colleagues from diff departments who walked passed my seat keep urging me 2 leave. OT does not seems like a culture in the company although ppl r pro. And serious at work!

2. I really wanna stay in the office 2 read through the files since I hv loads of time. not that I hv 2 finish the work in a week, just that it’s a general company policy that does not encourage employees to bring them back home without the big boss permission. And, trust me, I really hv time aft work as I know there’s a lot for me 2 learn.

3. mayb I heard too much about office politics and met too many irritable homo sapiens back then, this group of colleagues are basically normal ppl who earn a living with the professionalism that they hv besides hving the “helping others is easing yrself” culture. And, its hard not to be their “kaki” when I love food and am able to understand every dialects that they speak.

4. sigh.. basically, both of my housemates r mature working women. One is in freelancing while the other is like working until late, WHICH means the whole condo unit is basically mine. Besides the fridge which I categorise as moderately dirty (I cleaned it liao!!) and the main tenant who always leave her unwashed dishes in the sink, the rest are clean. Another prob. is the usual tv channels r not working, yet I can watch dvds with the player. PLUS, there’s no internet connection.

5. this is the only thing that is real true la!! But, from next week onwards, I’ll start cooking, I DON’T CARE, I WANT MY OWN cooked FOOD!!

6. this applies only on the first day I moved in when I was getting use 2 the new pillow and bed. Since then, every day has been kinda trd (I hv no idea y on earth I’m trd!!) and the next thing I know whenever I open my eyes is the dangling sound of my wind chimes by the window and the breezy wind at 7:40am.

So, what did I actually do to survive the depressing week?

I explored all the shops in the area

Buying pirated dvds, video box sets, and cd and used them as much as I can 2 pass time

Visit the cyber cafes at least 30min daily 2 check my mails

Trying out all the possible restaurants to fill up my stomach and get myself motivated… I doubt oso la how far it can help

Wash my clothes and mop the room aft dinner

Read whatever I have, newspapers, magz and books

Thinking of what to wear for the next day (gosh!! I actually hv time for this)

And of cos, for those who know me, I;m not that kinda ppl who’ll wait and rot till boredom kills me, so I’ve decided to:

Join dancing or aerobics lessons. I hv found few studios and I will sign up and get involve latest by March hopefully. Obviously, I need 2 keep myself healthy and on par b4 any major events of the company, which require me 2 travel and work under pressure for 4 consecutive days.

Set up a wireless internet connection 2 hv access on msn, utube, movies, anything!!!

Volunteer in any non-profit bodies/orphanage/events. I hv actually checked the websites and solving my transport problem

Attend some sort of talk, screening or theatre that I’m interested

Do something for my lovely niece and nephew. I’ve discussed wiv my elder cousin sister, who is staying 20 min drive from my place, to consider picking me up aft 5:30pm so that I can play wiv the small baby and teach the mischievous devil in her primary homework (so that she and her hubby won’t be worrying bout the kids and the maid). My only demand is that she wud hv 2 send me home later. It’s absolutely foc and the kids r safe wiv me. No worries cos the whole world knows (not everybody unfortunately) I luv kids!! And frankly, for these kinda thing ar, I only suggest 2 offer help 2 a close relative who has a lovely daughter that knows the best time to call me “che che” instead of “da gu” (big aunt). ^_^ and u know, I love challenge. Aft all, I’ll b a mother in future, no harm experiencing it earlier, hoho!! Kids, no matter good or naughty ones, can cheer me up no matter what they do.

Write. Such as replying bern’s mail b4 she starts her new sem (Yann’s idea) and building alphabets in my blog to stop mooncake girl from asking me (eg. wei, chabo, lu de si (aka to when) update yr blog, u know when was the last time u leave a word ar? ). Besides her and a few others who’ll check when they hv time (less than 3 ppl I guess), I wonder who actually read my blog oso la! :P

Start planning my grocery list and the daily dinner menu. I need 2 regain the passion for cooking and playing with the combination of different food. I need 2 practise my skills.

Look for empty units around me so that witch can consider living near me. Hving her is definitely good.

This final one is deep. Which is to think if this is after all the life that I want, cos its my choice, and I’m merely complaining and grumbling less than a week of adapting 2 the new place and job. I know I need time 2 settle down. Fatty cousin brother oso said that.