Thursday, September 06, 2007 . 9:16 PM
Helo Pple,
I know it's been days since my last day at my previous workplace. I'm sure u guys are dying to hear about my thoughts and farewell.
Actually, i kinda not want to tok abt it anymore. But if i don't get down to talking abt it, this experience would never be recorded. I have to actually flip my diary that i have written on that day itself, to remember how i felt :p
The last week, last four days were so busy for me that i hardly realised i'm really leaving this place that i have spent my (almost) good and wonderful 3 years with. Lunches were scheduled with different friends whom i wish to bid farewell to.
On of the days, we went to Sakura ..to have jap buffet during lunch. Lunch took 3 hours. Boy, i hope i have that kind of life to enjoy long lunches again in the next job :p Haha.. The two guys were users whom i got to know when they came to my lab.Long time partnership!
That's my CPU, before i tore down my stuffs and kept all the decoration excluding the calendar,puncher and xmas tree. I left the xmas tree to Huida's care and hopefully the next person who would take over the CPU.
The folded yellow flowers taped onto the CPU was folded by Huida to cheer me up when i broke up with idiotic YC, that was a REALLY long time ago.
The folded white rabbit was also done by Huida, when he was doing origami experimentations, creating different things. Rabbit even had another purple flower to go with it :p The angel and furry viking were souvenirs from was it Denmark? Huida got it for me as well.
Poster of John 3:16 was a gift from Richard. He gave it to me in remembrance of the time when he went to funan with me to look for a digicam, that was more than 2 years ago. There was a camera shop in Funan and the shop is named as John 3:16. We tot it was really cool. The yellow paper beside was obtained from Church service and it meant a great deal to me back then.
Anyway, during the spare time that i had on the last day, Huida took some photos for me in the lab. I made sure i wore my lab coats and gloves. For remembrance sake. Since i doubt i'll ever ever touch lab again.
That's my beloved Microtome machine, which had served me and many pple well. WE used it to section animal tissue/organs. During my last 2 months at work, i had quite alot of sectioning to do, so much so that i must say i developed much feelings for this machine. Bleeh.
The box that contained the sections on slides. All ready to be delivered to user. My beloved slide box.
My beloved, very useful and harmful Xylene. I believe that we would one day probably contract some cancer in our brains bcos of breathing too much of these. Absolutely loved the way i hugged my beloved Xylene.
I like using the microscope so much that i had to take another pic with it...
Huida and i. The labcoat that i was wearing was 'stolen' from outside my lab, where researcher would dump the soiled lab coats to be washed and clean labcoats collected. I couldn't find my lab coat, apparently someone else stole it. So i stole someone else's then. Huida drew the flower designs on my pocket to prevent another stealing incident. But not longer after that, i tendered my resignation. That's the bouquet of flowers he made for me. =)
I think i've put on weight..look at my face...........
For that last 4 days, i worked late for all 4 days to rush and finish all the work i had to do. I don't wan to bother Huida or leave him piles of rubbish to clear. I hope to clear as much as i can. So like i said, i really don't feel like i'm leaving. Even on the last day itself, i worked till almost 8pm. Of cos Huida didn't stay till 8pm lar. He went off at 6pm. WE said our last gdbyes as colleagues, he left, i went back to rushing my work. Then really...it hit me that i'm leaving this place. I looked at everything in my lab. U know how only Huida and i were in charged of the lab ( i said were bcos it's now him only). We arranged evrything in the lab, we know where we put everything (most of the time..sometimes we 4got where we place some stuffs until we have to use them). It's as if the lab is my 2nd home. I hate to admit that. For 2 years, i've been wanting to get out of this place. But for almost 3 years, this place had been my home. It was comfortable and cosy no doubt, if i continue staying there for years to come, i'll prob get chemical poisioning.
Huida came into the lab 8 mths after i did. I see him 5 days a week. He was my companion, close friend, confidante and it almost feel like he's a family. yes it's really sad that things will change. Feel really bad that he has to shoulder everything for these 2 mths...i know how tough it would be..
When i started deleting my pc of all the junks and documents i had stored there for the past 2 yaers ( 2 years cos the new pc onli came to mi 2 years ago), my heart ached so much. When i took down the things on CPU, felt like i'm going thru a breakup. I didn't wan to take down the things earlier bcos i didn't really wan to stare at a clean and empty CPU wall for those last few days.
Almost cried. Yes i almost cried. I'm so emotional these days. I mean it really does feel like a break up!! U know how break ups feel like right? Like a knife cutting thru ur heart literally and a numb pain that comes back again n again.
I was supposed to go dancing at Fuchun CC that night, but bcos i had to work late, i canceled my schedule. I haven't had dinner, so i called up Keith and he was ard the area. So that's how i walked out of my building for the very last time. The whole level 1 lobby was dark like hell anyway. Cos it was so late. I didn't look back. I went into Keith's car bcos he was aldy waiting for mi downstairs, with all my barang barangs...i aldy started bringing thigns home 2 weeks ago but still i realised i still had so many things to bring home. So that's how it ended.
Till now, i don't feel as if i've left. I juz feel like i'm having a break and i'll see them soon. Not like i'm so far away oso. When i'm in sci park 2, i can easier come back, the problem is whether i have the time to be able to come back or not lar...
This one week + break is a long awaited break for me. For 3 years that i started working, i never had a break like this, where i actually stayed in SG that is... which is not a really bad thing actually. I mean annual leaves in the past were so precious that whenever i do take a break, i would make use of it to go overseas. Staying in Sg like this is the 1st in a LONG freaking long time.
But i can tell u.......................i was so afraid that this week break would go to waste that i've been so uptight about it...i don think i'm actually really enjoying it. Sure i do sleep at 3am sometimes. And i loved it, bcos of the rare opportunity. I get to wake up late at 11+am. That's really shiok. The shiokiest thing was one morning i opened my eyes and i tot i had to get to work. And i was lazing around my bed falling asleep again, thinking to myself that i'll juz sleep awhile more before i get up to prepare to go work. Then i realised hey i don't hav to work!!!!!!!!!!
Other than that, i tell you, when all ur friends are working and u having a break is simply quite sian. Noone to go out with lor. Even if i wanna go out with them i have dancing on monday, Tues, and thurs nite. I canceled tonite's dancing to stay home to really pack up my room. Albert aint free on tues, thurs and fri nites. so there u go.. and i have driving at 1pm on tues, thurs and sat. So it's like i onli have wed as a full day to go out n enjoy myself.
Anyway, that would be another entry. Im grateful for the break. =)
