04 March 2002

4 March 2002 Monday WOW!!!!! Work work work... Today was my virgin day at work, finally!!! It's a whole new package of new beginnings, as my friend-visitor had pointed out, beginning with brand new furniture and brand new colleagues and brand new work awaiting me. As of all 'Day 1s', I was (not) busy dusting my new furniture, gently hounding the clerk for stationeries, hounding IT dept for quicker delivery of my computer, making quick mental lists of what-to-bring-to-office-next-day (e.g. tissue box, Pooh bears, CDs, AWT poster, photos?, vitamins, pen holders, more stationeries, cereal, and others), making frequent socialisation visits to my new colleagues' workstations, and making more mental lists of what-to-brings...:) My boss is a nice gentle giant...and we call him Paul. Far from being the celibate apostle Paul in the Bible, this man is a typical leader, albeit spiritual and amazingly open-minded. So much so that I sometimes forget to give him the due respect, in the sense of over-friendliness and casual-ness. You always feel like giving him a pal-y pat on the shoulder except that he's too tall for your reach. Nice man...:) I like my little corner in the big office, not too far from the toilet, pantry and exit, yet not too near for passers-by' scrutiny. I have enough work space to focus on my career and enough space to be spaced-out when I'm mentally fatigued. Basically, everyone trusts everyone to do their work, and work-outs too. What's so wonderful about working here is the proximity to the sports facilities...I envision taking a short jog to the gym, jump-start those dormant office muscles, jog back to my office, quick thorough shower and back to slogging. I'm excited!!!!! Yippee!! Or, take a brisk walk to the swimming pool across the road, swim 2km, shower, walk back...another wonderful work-out. I'm just plain excited about the new life, a new routine, a new focus...I look forward to the challenges that will come on me and I can't wait to pounce on those new projects like a hungry wolf. Lunch-time work-outs never fail to rejuvenate my energy and re-focus my mind. I'll be back for more...stay tuned!!