From the Village

Had been in town for a full day, and was really elated. Work without adequate breaks, and the resentment just builds up. Finally had the chance to be on leave, since i was on an official biz assignment to town, and so i took a whole day leave instead.

First thoughts were my uni friends working there.. and really, i only to make one trip to see almost all of them. Had lunch with them, and work wasn't a common topic. Had nothing much to contribute anyway since i don't have the exposure. Not surprisingly, i am feeling a bit distant. Nevertheless, it was really nice to see them all.. since we haven't been clubbing together for almost a month. The only common thing left perhaps.

Left and went looking for my band colleagues working there as well. Left an hour later coz my friend had an scheduled appointment, and me, to get my assignment done.

Went to the co.'s secretarial services and had a document signed.. and that being the start of the transfer of responsibility. The sentence that struck me - ".. reasonable level of skill and knowledge..". That said, i really had plenty to catch up.

Intended to get my blackberry repaired, but i wasn't prepared. Found a fastfood restaurant and settled down with my netbook, and connected to the web using my mobile broadband. I still feel very impressed by the eee's batt. 9.5 hours! One day computing indeed. Never regretted, and after a year or so, the netbook is still doing fine. At least i don't accidentally pour tea into in.. like what i did to my current laptop. Since that day, the laptop was literally without keyboard. Wanted to do a back up of my BB's data, and also to find the nearest teleco, but ended up msn-ing instead. LOL.. it was a very nice environment.. while people were scurrying around working, i was the most eecc of the lot. Well.. let me be, since i seldom had the time to eecc le.. lol.

Got my old BB changed since the keypad was faulty. Luckily it was still under warranty.. lol.. and so i got a replacement set. I could say the teleco had offered a very good service indeed - the orange colour teleco. Not only did they got my phone replaced, they also helped me transfer the data to my new BB, plus factory reset the old one. Of coz, it took really very long, and in the end didn't have enough time to have dinner with my friend.

Called for back up, and had dinner at Itacho Sushi. It was my 1st time there, and the experience was great. The food there was fresh (and ex), some being air freighted over on the same day. The best came from the $7.20 a piece sushi (which i forgot the name already, and that i only had enough budget for a piece.. lol), and the not so good came from the $0.40 a piece (which i had 4 pieces). LOL.. price do make the difference. Didn't rake up too much for a meal, unlike the $45 per pax jap food spree at sakae the other time. Shocked leh.. lol.. all becoz we thought the $10 discount voucher machiam like $100 like that.. lol.

Food was nice, and so was the beering afterwards. German beer is still the best, and it's been a long time since i last drank. I won't drink if i am driving.. so the opportunity to drink dwindled. Need time to unwind, coz work is too stressful. I had much to accomplish for a normal working day, and not only that, i had to find time to improve myself. Plus more time to improve the co. as a whole. That is really very stressful.

It was as if i was from the village, going to the big city to experience the city life. It was very different. From what they wore, it was already miles apart. Suddenly everyone seems to be the same. At the village, one can easily tell who is the boss and who are the workers from their attire.. but not in town. I kept thinking of what it might have been if i just find a job that is compatible to that degree of mine.. just that 'if'.

And so work resumes, and plenty were left for me. LOL.. i am glad, coz a high percentage of my work translate into revenue .. unlike some that just waste time wandering around. So in the end i was back today to KS.. lol.. as expected. Just kind of irritating to hear people saying how tired they are for just that done. I was expecting the backlog to clear one leh.. Yet it is ok. I had my break, and i am recharged, ready to go back to the village to work.