Saturday, August 04, 2007

Finally getting what i want

I've always have a fetish for uniforms especially those of nurses and young secondary school girls. Its certainly seems that there is a primitive, barbaric urge coming from the deep recesses of my brain, to see, watch and stare those who wear them in full awe and admiration, a feeling that seems to have evolved ever since the time my ancestors walked out of Africa and had, over the ages, entwined into my DNA and now has come back to haunt me.

So to make things short, on my first day of work, unfortunately i saw many repair shop workers wearing their UNIFORMS to work, in full pride and honour, walking in gait that befits kings. And then there i was, i was standing like a pole in a corporate suit, with tie and stuffs getting ready to run the rat race, and looking very pity indeed.

I approached my HR person, asking whether, by a stroke of luck, that i will be able to don it myself one day. It was a courteous reply but one that i sense not to be forthcoming any sooner. And boy was i dead right, it never came.

So as days passed, my misery piled on and on until....one fateful day...

I was turning up for work as usual, on a cool windy morning, the crisp air kept me up. Above me, dark clouds swirl in a menacing way, a sign that a thunderstorm is fast approaching. As illustrated from my earlier blog, the distance from the bus stand to the office is quite far. So with brisk buy steady strides, i started my way to the office.

Halfway through, droplets of rain fell, and i noticed that the wind was blowing the rain clouds faster than expected. I broke in to a jog but alas, if not for the 25km/h speed limit road sign, i wouldn't have reached the office soaked wet, even with an umbrella.

Fate has an uncanny ability to knock on your door when you least expect it, but the HR guy, for some reason came across me on that morning. With sincerity, he offered me a shirt to change. THE UNIFORM!!! Now, I can rightfully claim that i'm a 100% company employee! I suspects that they have a stash of uniforms of different colours hid in a top security safe behind some trap door, and i'm quite determined to get all of them, well at least get one for each of my working day.

Sigh, can't wait for another rainy day...