First day at work (1)

Well guys, I've started work on the 4th of June and it has been a 2 week work life for me, for now. I know that I do not have much working experience for a start but it is still bloody difficult for me to describe something so bloody unpredicted as in my first day of work.

So there was me, finally, just 4 days after working my ass off for my semester exam, I woke up and somehow found myself, standing in a dark, spooky morning at an ungodly hour of 5 o'clock, under a lichen-covered lamp post by the road side, its gentle glow shining on nothing but an idiot who stared aimlessly on an eerily empty highway, somehow convinced that lady luck will smile on him and that his bane, a.k.a. RapidKL will take him to the place he wanted to be. And at the very end of the day, it all boils down to the idiot's unwavering beliefs, unbendable will, and sheer determination that got him to his workplace 1 hour earlier than necessary. Enough said.

So looking at the time, I wisely spend my hour reading newspapers and thinking of nothing else but fear. Cometh 7.50 a.m., cometh the man, I approached the guard house, full of faked confidence and faked brimming smile, not realising the complex that I work in is well over 800 meters away. Looking back, I think I'm the only guy on earth that reaches 1 hour early but clock in 15 minutes late.

The whole compound is an SPM site, made up of many complexes. Mine was at the very, very end. The company I work for is GEESM and also has its own security system, so, very mafan la.

I was dressed up like a dude, complete with matching ties and belts + I combed my hair. Quite an unbelieveable feat. As i turned up, i found that i was being accompanied by a few other newbies, but they are contract workers. At the GEESM security checkpoint, i was told to wait for Mr. Z, which i thought was a code name. As i wondered what type of secret agency that i will be working for, Mr. Zach finally came. I was brought to the HR department and given a dress down on the firm's policies. Then, with another 6 contract workers, i was brought to another department for a briefing on safety. From there, i was brought around for a small company tour.

Hi Guys...!

Hi guys, owe you all an apology for abandoning my blog for quite some while, 4 months, to be exact. And within this period, not once have I opened the blog just to see what you guys are putting up coz there will surely be many complaints, which, from the look of the chatterbox, there is. Hey, Crazy Ivan, don't complain so much la. I was watching Heroes all the while.

Things were coming in thick and fast, and still do. I'm always busy managing my other blog, http://aiesechelp.blogspot.com, updating it every 2-3 times a week. I haven't have a weekend break for...the last 4-5 weeks? My mom says that I no longer spend much time for myself and the family anymore and I guess what she said is true. Now I'm supposed to be on holiday but I started work the week after my exams. A shot on the foot, huh?

It is perhaps the most turbulent quarter of my life. The learning curve for me is really steep until I've lost the charming smile on my face （can you imagine that???). I had my grandma passing away days before Chinese New Year and yes, I still miss her, her smile, her laughter, her warm wrinkled hands, her food, or simply the lively, serene sense of comfort that she used to radiate. I never fail to cry when i'm really thinking of her. And not to forget, nearly beaten up one of my 'relatives' for praying and ransacking her 'things' for 4D numbers. I still can't figure out how people can take 'opportunities' from a dead person. Especially when the person is close to you. I wonder what goes through his sicken mind when he was praying for/acting in front of my grandma. Anyhow, 2-3 numbers from the things we burn got 1st prize in 4D.

Besides grieving and learning a thing or two in finance, for the past months I was in hyper mode for my organisation, to forget my grandma or not to disappoint my grandma, I couldn't tell. All I know was that i'm always busy running meetings and meeting dead lines, so called because i'll be dead by the time the date line comes and I've got nothing to show. I have to take care of an induction camp for my society and getting the thing past me now is bout one of the best thing that has ever happened in my life.It was like finally getting married to a girl 18 while you are pushing on 90 that kinda sort of feeling.

Then, after that, I've found that I've neglected my studies. Felt so sorry for my mom and dad, and spend 2 weeks just playing catch up.

Then there is one other camp which I've joined, called EYLN in Bangi. And there are 2 more to come in the coming months of June-July.


Now i've gotten myself a job, working from 8.00 to 5.30 in Subang, I've got even less time to spare.

Looking back, hmm....what are the things that i've achieved for the past few months? Apart from screwing up my exams...nothing much.