Sunday, September 23, 2007 . 12:10 AM
I'm pretty proud of myself. I'm settling in more now. I've taken bus to work on Thurs and Friday. Can u imagine? it's been donkey years since i took public transport to work. So yes i'm terribly proud of myself.
I realised hey it's really not difficult to get to work by taking bus! But that's only cos i realised now that bus 183 comes really frequent, like every 5-10 mins there's one bus. And it's always the 1st bus that comes after a 10 mins, it's gonna b crowded. I hate to stand. It's bad enuff humans have to work. It's almost like hell if u got to stand and there's traffic jams all over the place. The 2nd one within 5 mins is always...well not that full, at least i can find seats. That's my experience.......after 2 days HA. I also realised that to get to my work place, i take only about 20 mins. Hence i can afford to leave my hse later than 8.30am and still get to work at ard 9.10am etc...
ANyway, noone would really care or know wat time i get to work, that's also my experience after 2 weeks there. That's cos they are too busy and they usually come in after 9.30...or 10+am.
So i've played cheat alittle, i left work earlier than 6pm on some days. Cos noone would raelly know wat time i come in anyway! The ones who came earlier than mi left earlier than me, get wat i mean? the rest came later than me. ANyway work had been rather boring. Alot of training modules and other paperworks which i have not much clue abt wat i'm doing. I'm basically juz doing what i'm told. Thru the daily lunch, i got closer to some of my colleagues. Now to the point where i have one of their msn. I'm working closely with this British lady, who in my opinion has a really exciting life. Last weekend she went diving at some offshore m'sian island. On friday, i saw her cubicle had her backpack and sleeping bag, and i asked where is she going man. She's flying off to bangkok over the weekends with husband. The next weekend, she's going dragonboat training with her husband. Apparently, she's in some canadian team. She invited mi to the dragonboat, but ah pls...look how petite i am. I think i'll melt in the dragonboat under the steaming sun. Anyway, i would b having mexican food with her this coming friday after work, with a few ONZ colleague. And after that, gez where are we going? We are going to UNION SQUARE for a night of salsa dancing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW COOL IS THAT?!!!!!!!!!!
MY god..my colleagues seems like a fun bunch. I think i'm really going to enjoy myself in this company. When i finally settle down and put my paranoid to rest that is. Salsa dancing!!! so cool!!
I didn't tell them that about how committed i am to dancing. They only have an idea that i dance alot..etc...anyway some of them know salsa too, some juz going to see see look look. SO onz..
One colleague is from Mauritius. And he happened to know Lloyd, a gd friend of mine who is also from Mauritius. The world is pretty small. And he was once enrolled in a dance scholarship from one of the dance schools here. But he dropped out. We kinda talked alot of abt dance...
I realised that i'm also quite stressed out by the daily happenings at work. All my energy had been channeled into work. NOw i understand y Bernice was so tired when she just started her 1st job after she grad. I've been SOOO damn tired that i couldn't wake up everyday on time. And before 11pm i'll feel like im brain dead, i was not able to even THINK anymore. I'm so mentally drained, physically drained as well. Monday, tues and sat, i still had to go for dance.
Today i went for dance practice and felt like nothing could go into my head. I feel like i'm getting more n more dumb. I'm not having enuff rest i gez? I don have enuff personal time either. I don't even have time to go somewhere n get my stuffs. I juz don't have.
This morning, my bro was supposed to bring my dad to see doc at ave 2. MY dad had developed rashes around his butt and upper thighs. ANd the cream he was applying has finished. BUT my bro overslept and didn't do so, he had classes in the noon. I was so tired, i woke up at 12pm. I wouldn't have slept so much if i had known that he didn't manage to bring my dad to see the doc. He had promised to do so the previous nite. And then i had to rush for dance. And after dance, rush to NUS to watch a dance performance. But then later on i was told that the performance will start at 8pm instead of 7pm. SO i had some time in b/w and realised that i can bring my dad to the clinic now, i'm afraid that the rashes will become v bad by monday. Sunday the clinics are closed. Monday noon, then my bro is free to bring him. ANd albert was with me, so he could help me. I went home to ask my dad to prepare, he went over to ave 2 to look for a clinic that's opened. Most of the clincs were closed except for one. So we pushed my dad on a wheelchair over. ANd iwas starving like crazy. Seen the doctor and it turned out to be fungal infection. So that really needs oral medication and cream for him to apply if not he wont' recover. Should have brought him to see the doc. But then i didn't have a chance to see his 'rashes' before. Apparently it has been ongoing for THREE freaking months and i didn't even know abt it!!! what kind of daughter am i?
I onli got to see the 'rashes' at the doctor's room for the 1st time somemore!!! Why? bcos there's this awkwardness about me checking my dad's butts out mah............................. it's erm..weird. But then again, there's actually nothing much. Next time if there's such a thing, i shouldn't feel awkward abt it and my dad shdn't as well. It's for the better good mah. If i had seen his 'rashes' i would know it's not RASHES! i've kinda seen enuff gross pictures in uni to know that those red patches are not rashes lar....
ANyway Albert had been a really great help. I think my dad enjoys his company as well. Everytime that Albert goes along with us, my dad is always in a gd mood. He's always smiling and chatting away. Like tonight, he chatted so much with us. After seeing the doc, we went for dinner but my dad aldy had dinner at home, so he juz sat with us and chatted with us. SO i muz say we all enjoyed ourselves n was a really good family bonding time for mi and dad. In a way, the addition of Albert to my family has drawn us all closer, even my mom.
So in the end, i couldn't make it for the dance performance. Hai. But...i desperately needed some time to do my own things (more like for my dad), and not rush around from one place to another. I had enuff of rushing aldy. I'm really so tired.
Tomorrow, my cell group will b going to settler's cafe for a time of fellowship and bonding. And at nite, we are going to bukit gombak CC area to play lanterns and sparklers to celebrate the coming mid autumn festival. We are so happening. I'm glad that everyone is so onz to make it happen. Our group is definitely drawing closer n closer. Not that i wanna boast, i set out to be the assistant leader to wanna improve and change things. God had given me a chance to. And i know i'm not the only one who made it happen. I'm juz doing what God wants me to do thru me, to bless the group, to draw everyone closer. I'm glad that many good things are happening within the group. It would b another tiring day for me. Then another long week of work. SIghz. I really need to pray for strength. =)
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