but I have to be at NIE tomorrow morning at 8.45am and I’ll be ending the day at Ngee Ann Poly at 6pm (if I’m fortunate).
Sometimes I wished I stayed in the west……
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Archive for Work
I’m so not a workaholic…
But somehow I’ve just spent my entire Saturday morning, afternoon and evening (and most likely night) doing work.
And the best part is…
I’m still not done.
*bleah*
I thought we were supposed to be having a 5 day work week!
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Butterflies in my tummy…
I’ve actually been having them fluttering around relentlessly in my little tummy ever since I found out I got the job.
Strange eh.
But the truth is, I never expected to get the job and given the very lengthly job description and duties, of which many I have never had experience doing, coupled the words of one of the interviewers saying “stress includes having to change the entire background colour of the banner for the next morning’s event”, make for the perfect concoction of jittery nerves and anxious thoughts.
Will I be able to meet their high standards?
Will I be able to do well the tasks I’ve been assigned to?
Will I be able to work well with my colleagues?
Sigh. My usual worry-wot self is appearing in full-force and I have a bad feeling it’ll be causing a less than restful sleep tonight and will last right up till I finally step foot into my new office at Marine Parade. That said, I still have to go down to the main office at Bras Basah first, to finish up all the necessary and final HR procedures and then make my way down to Marine Parade. By then I’d be grateful just to have made my wobbly legs take me all the way to my final destination (pun not intended…).
Yet with all this worrying, it got thinking.
When I’m afraid and anxious, the first person I turn to is God in prayer. Whether with my eyes closed or silently in my heart, its a natural reaction that always bring peace and calmness at the very moment I need it. I’m not saying it’s an immediate or sudden disappearance of all nervousness, but rather, the peace really does come at the right time, God’s time. Like how I started off the interview babbling like an idiot but slowly gained composure and spoke with confidence. Same goes for exams where I tend to scribble strange introductions, but manage to churn out decent and somewhatttttt intelligent paragraphs and finish my essay on time!
So then, how about those who don’t know the Lord Jesus as their personal Saviour? Who do they turn to?
Their close friends, a spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, parents… sure these people are vital in giving support and advice, but they do not know the future unlike God. He who has already gone before us, knows exactly what is going to happen and only has our best interests in mind is the only one we can put our wholehearted trust in.
Tomorrow will be exactly the same as any other anxious situations I’ve had to go through. God knows that though my heart is frightful and fast-thumping, I still take every event as a chance to learn to trust in Him more and more. He allows me to go through each and every circumstance knowing that it reminds me of how silly I am to worry so much when honestly, it turns out ok. And even when it doesn’t, God still allows me to see the good in it.
It is no wonder then that my favourite verse and promise from God’s word is Romans 8:28.
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Further down in verse 31, it says “If God is for us, who can be against us?” How much more of a reassurance do you need!
If I’m not to exhausted or overwhelmed from work, I promise to write about my first day, if not week, at my new job. Though there’s no way I can know or predict the details, I can safely say that everything will turn out alright because I know God was there with me each step of the way!
I’m casting my cares aside
I’m leaving my past behind
I’m setting my heart and mind on You, Jesus
I’m reaching my hand to Yours
Believing there’s so much more
Knowing that all You have in store for me is good, is good!
Today is the day, you have made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
Today is the day, you have made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
And I won’t worry about tomorrow
I’m trusting in what You say
Today is the day!
~Lincoln Brewster, Today Is The Day
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Hey ho! Its the Weekends!
But I’m feeling a little under the weather. Bah. Hum bug.
Nonetheless, its the weekends!
Kicked it off yesterday with my parents, brother and JY at MOF for my parents’ 34th wedding anniversary. Looking at them, it really seems easy to make a marriage last so long but I know it comes with its fair share of hard work, patience and God’s love shared between them to make it work, and make it worthwhile. Even after 34 years of being together, they still crack jokes about each other (especially my dad, who sometimes makes the lamest comments which everyone else except my mum understands. go figure.) and have lots of fun moments together. Here’s wishing dad and mum many more happy years together!
Company was fun and the food was good. Portion-wise and taste-wise the food was above average and after discount (I’m an MOF member!) the bill came up to $137 for 5 people who each had a main course and dessert + 1 serving of salmon sashimi + 1 serving of soft shell crab. Value for money no? And there was a $10 voucher as well!
So its Saturday today but I’m be stuck at home with a runny nose and because JY is off for the whole afternoon at some church meeting. Boo. But we’ll all be going to the airport tonight to see my mum off – she’s going to Israel with 33 other church members! Sigh. So fun. I really wanted to go too but I just started work and have no leave to take, unless of course I take no paid leave which I really don’t think I can afford (no pun intended) to do. Oh well. Hopefully I’ll be well enough, or at least whine enough, to be allowed to eat Popeyes later. Heeheehee. I hope they finally have the biscuits!
Work-wise, I’m still trudging through. Well, it’s ok I guess. *shrugs*. I feel bad that I’m only doing it because the economy is a mess right now. But I guess journalism will still be my first love. Guess one should never start by working with a magazine as one’s first job and be spoilt by the fast-pace, crazy-deadline-driven but filled with fun and perks job scope of being a writer with a lifestyle magazine! Doing the food section was just the final sweet-chocolate-dipped cherry on the top.
The week definitely did have its little highlights though. Tuesday night I met JY for dinner and managed to score a pair of pants and a shirt on sale at Esprit. Especially exciting about that was the pants which I had already eyed previously before the sale, but they didn’t have my size. But now, it was on sale and in my size! Haha. Cheap thrill I know, but every dollar counts!
Another highlight would be buying JY his really early Christmas present – UM1 earphones + govibe martini headphone amp. Its just a really expensive and high-class pair of earphones for the budding audiophile in JY. Haha. But the good news is, I got myself a free pair of PINK bijou in-earphones! It was a gift from the shop owner, “Uncle WIlson” who says my good deed should be rewarded. Haha. But hey, it came at the right time because my ipod earphones are peeling and God knows I wouldn’t spend a single cent getting a replacement pair, much less on a pair of $70 in-earphones!
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First Day at Work…and I already feel like giving up.
I didn’t do much today.
It all started off with me arriving at 8:50am because I was told office hours is from 9 – 6. But no one came to open the door until 9:10am.
Went in and more waiting took place and I waited for others to come in and pass me work to do.
I had to rewrite an entire advertorial for a furniture centre with no material at hand, save for the internet. Thankfully I managed to find a press release off the internet or I’d be entirely bluffing me way through without any facts.
Problem is, I think I have no confidence in my writing. I kept reading through again and again and again what I wrote. It seemed ok I guess. Definitely not fantastic. But I was so nervous about it to the point that I dare not to send it to my boss.
It doesn’t help that I’m literally sitting in the middle of nowhere. The design department has its cluster of desks on one side and the account execs have their little room at the other side. Me? I’m in the middle of both groups at a desk with nothing surrounding me. No one to talk to, nowhere to hide when I’m feeling under.
And I still have to contend with learning how to use a mac.
I don’t know. Maybe things will get better, maybe things won’t.
We’ll just have to wait and see. And hear what the boss has to say about my pathetic first piece of work.
Not a great way to start.
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Work starts tomorrow.
Most ironically though.
Heh.
Not particulary excited about it.
I feel like I’m actually taking it up because the economy doesn’t look like its gonna pick up anytime soon and I’m quickly securing a job.
Boo.
But it is something I do wanna do – that is to WRITE.
So we’ll see how the first day goes.
At least I have a friend there already.
Oh well.
But I’m so not looking forward to the sardine-hour in the mrt.
Pfffttt.
I Quit.
Looks like its time to go job-hunting again.
At least I got a taste of office politics already. And I haven’t even started.
Oh well. If it’s anything to blame, its probably my naivety.
But as they say,
Welcome to the Working World.
just listen to me mew 