ooh.. i found out his name! haha. by chance. and the lady whom i poured questions upon told me he's the -senior- manager of business dvpt. why the emphasis on "senior", i have no idea. but he was on leave today, how tragic haha:p and this other french guy talked to me! actually i also dunno how come he suddenly decided to talk to me but anyway. i asked him wat it was that he did and then he said he's a lawyer and i was stunned for a while. guess i just assumed everyone who sat in a room (or cubicle, as chris calls it? but cubicle sounds tiny) was either a manager or vice president of some division haha. but it was a nice and interesting albeit short conversation.
so, i'm now left wondering where the 3 weeks have gone. at first i thought short jobs were good, couldn't see how pple could tie themselves down for 6 months even before starting. but i guess long jobs are good as in u familiarise urself with everyth and all that. cos now, just as i'm getting into the rhythm of stuff and noticing other stuff, it's almost time to go! sigh. unless i get lucky and they extend it to end feb and i get to learn/do other stuff. but the thing is, once i leave, i probably won't think about it much unless i compare with my next job. well we'll see wat happens.
ah and as i was telling chris just now, somehow foreigners seem more interesting. probably cos they're different. it's interesting to observe all the different pple who come in. maybe only cos it's a regional office though. but still, i think a normal french company would be fun too. oh chris, if u happen to read this, thanks for calling, it was fun!:D haven't talked on the phone for quite a long time i think.
and i was so so so annoyed with the bus today. took like practically 20+mins for a horrible 171 to come la! grr. my feet were dying as it was. and i still have no idea wat bag to buy for serene. blah. but artiris is a really nice shop!:) i love the shirt designs.. but they're quite ex. but i suppose that's wat u pay for handpainted stuff. v pretty! but no dragonflies!:(
song stuck in my head today: all i know of love - barbra streisand & josh groban
usually it's yanni's for all seasons. it's such a fun upbeat song:)
anyway that's all for today. i have noticed something. i daydream a lot. and spin the most curious fantasies until night time before i collapse on my bed. then i sleep (and dream of the weirdest things sometimes) and wake up all sane again. and then the cycle repeats. but what would life be if one is always planted firmly in reality? i think i'm reading too much. haha.
ah. forgot to say that yesterday after lunch, at around 2, i finished all my graphs and was left with nothing to do! haha. i was most amused. (okay today i found out i forgot to put in one country but well, that's besides the point). so i walked around 23rd floor asking pple if they needed help, and none of them did! wahaha. so i went down to 22nd floor. (where my cute french guy is! haha) and this lady decided to give me a handphone to input phone numbers into. it's actually more tiring than computer i think. cos u only use ur thumbs. (quote lydia "this was a rather long sms conversation. my thumbs are tired")
anyway so i finished (had to rush a bit cos had to reach rj before 5 to get my stuff frm general office, luckily got a lift frm parents). and reached rj at like 4.50 or 55 haha. the person in the office was like "u come at the eleventh hour". that is so true. sigh. i always do things super last minute. but it wud be a bit too slack to ask to leave at 3 rite.. even if i have nothing to do.
wanted to visit frens in staffroom but they went home already (and i din noe aud was training! bah.) so went to visit choir juniors. and saw the j1s! suddenly everything's a bit more alien. i guess it's always like that. luckily reggie was there haha. fellow j3. decided i cudn't wait 1.5h for them to finish. and i think it wud've been quite awkward too anyway. went j8, attempted to find ser's present. rather unsuccessful, but it's alright. i think there's just sth with me.. it's like i can shop forever and not buy anything, but one day i'll just see sth and *snaps fingers* that's it! of course that doesn't always happen all the time so i'll just settle for second best.
lemme see, today everyone came back! haha so bustling again. i guess it's more fun having more pple around. but can't slack so much either. and i ended with more graphs and excel stuff to finish:s price to pay. oh well. and more pple come so i can look around more haha. it's more interesting when more pple appear. then can evaluate their looks. haha. making life more fun for myself, it's inevitable when you don't wish to stare at the comp all the time.
and i also figured that work is more about the pple than wat u're doing. i think. cos i think i'll miss my colleagues quite a bit.. even though i don't talk to them much lar but well. they're nice pple. like e french guy! haha. he's so cheerful and greets everyone. yeah. i guess it's cos he actually bothers to say hi to me sometimes. and he looks quite pleasant. haha. there's this other french guy who sits straight in line of the pantry so everytime i go to get my tea i'll have to open the door and will make some noise and end up disturbing him in a way. and the vice pres, who actually somehow reminds me of a bear. must be the deep growly voice.
and the secretary's so cute, in the morning she came in carrying a pot and i was like huh? is that a plant? and she proudly informed me how it's been 2 years ago or sth and the plant's thriving! it was from a fundraising event. and then there was this other time when 2 of the managers were "squabbling" about cutting queues cos 1st they both wanted to talk to the secretary about something, then they (again) both wanted to talk to another manager about something, and one of them accused the other of cutting queue twice.
oh and then today they were talking about the pirated vcds or dvds they brought back frm penang.. so funny:p one of them was saying she was so scared cos they do random checks and a few pple in front of her got singled out.. and then someone else was saying she got ocean's twelve! all the cute guys in there! haha. sth like jiahui saying her seniors (at work) were talking about movies today and then before meetings they'll be like "i sit w u k?" and go round asking who wants to sit with them.
yup. so my conclusion is that work is more about the people. unless u end up with some very technical/research-orientated job or sth. and all the managers are forever on the phone or discussing stuff w other pple and the doors are mostly open, so i've picked up the habit of just listening to the tone instead of the content. rather interesting. but sometimes i make wrong assumptions abt them since i don't know them v well.
i think it's v nice to have teachers who're likeable. in general. i mean, imagine having to learn stuff from someone u didn't (or couldn't) like. how sad. i think that happened for quite a few of my piano teachers previously. i remember going thru like 10 potential teachers before i settled on one for grade 8. and that was partly only cos i liked the studio:p picky clar huh. yeah i know.
anyway, wow, tmr's friday again. time flies when your days are packed. good and bad lar.
oh! wait. today i went for this lunchtime concert thingy at vch.. they played such showy pieces.. like wow. i've never seen a violin played like that. but again i don't go for that many concerts so haha. but still. rather amazing! n met wuiming and krishna, pleasant surprise! i had to rush back to work though:s was already late as it was.
so, hope i have a great day tmr! haha i have a new outlook on work so don't have to sympathise w me so much anymore. i shall make life interesting for myself. but that's probably cos the worst of the graph-excel-stuff is over. which is good. i need different things to do. i wouldn't mind continuing for a while if they'd give me a variety of stuff to do.. it's quite nice to have a half-french envt haha. and i think the office is in a superb location. but maybe i've said all that already. oh well.
wahaha today is really slacker fest cos next to nobody's around on my side of the office plus i've kind of finished my stuff. i mean, i guess i could draw more graphs but i'm not sure she wants them. haha. i'll do them later. must leave some work lar.
and i just walked around my office. for the first time. luckily no one else much was around.. seems like the whole 23rd floor houses managers! k that sounds weird but nvm. i shall go down to 22nd floor and walk around later haha. this is fun.
and yay! if the papers are correct chow yun fat will be in the sequel for pirates.. 2 fav actors in there whee! ok i'm going a bit mad. time for lunchy lunch soon:D and i shall go buy my stuff frm bras basah too.
ooh. just watched the thomas crown affair. cool show. rather exciting! haha. the way he confused all the police at the end was quite amusing.
anyway. i took a super long lunch break today oops:s and then i left 10mins early haha:p oops. but if i rush everyth today i'll have nothing to do tmr! not that i mind lar but well. have to leave =some= stuff to do;D maybe i'll sew my handphone pouch rofl. then i'm sure to get work from the rest. but well, the luxury of having all the managers off at the seminar. haha:D
and they changed my laptop to a huge computer today! i mean a normal pc but it's huge compared to the laptop. ah well. the only problem is that it obstructs my view. and i think the whole world can see my screen even more clearly now. not that i care.
oh! there's this cute french guy in my company haha. not cute as in good-looking but boy-cute. he's always so happy and cheerful and polite. but i've no idea wat his name is. ah well.
okies i better go finish my forms and get more sleep. today i felt like sleeping at 3pm again. it must be inborn instinct. and i shall go design my pouch! whee~ making stuff is fun. haha. i think i must be a maniac. all the mood swings.
haha i think i must've complained too much on my blog. but thanks to everyone who sympathised with me abt hating my job lar haha. i feel loads better now! it must be the disney movie. i think disney movies have a feel good factor. k this sounds suspiciously like mr chan ty on our bio prelim paper but shuddup clar, no more things abt exams.
lala. k i have been asking pple to eat lunch/dinner w me. so i won't feel lonely anymore! k i sound super deprived. but anyway yeah miss pple loads.
this stupid lizard keeps coming out everyday and making me scream. it's as if it owns the house!grr. whack it. anyway, hopefully my good mood persists. or prolongs itself. whichever. lalala.