first day of work, again

Warning - very disorganised post. Extremely tired but I feel I still need to relieve myself here.

So the beginning of my temp job started this morning, and as usual, I dragged myself out of bed. (which reminds me,  better sleep by 2am or feel the same dread later). Decided to wear my black skater dress. Washed up. Applied makeup. It's troublesome to apply makeup in the morning. And for some reason, my eyes are really sensitive to eye makeup. It'll sting, become really dry, then tear a couple of times in the day :( But I just still leave it as it is. Maybe I should invest in eyedrops.

Well basically, I was really lethargic for the entire day, and it's a good thing (I guess) that I got really minimal work to do. I kept asking for work, so Wee How gave me a task that he wanted the intern to do. This intern's from SMU and is coming in tomorrow. New friend, yay :) And I helped Jessie Lau shift all her stuff from her old workstation so that the new intern can sit there. Then I helped Wendy do some filing, and called one jobseeker, who said he found a job.

Boring, boring day. Kept whatsapping the "Chomp" group - Jun Hao, Wen Ming, and Candice. And tweeting Flea. JH and Flea apparently were bored to death as well. I couldn't take the boredom and started working on my excel sheet for the rec list. Yes, during office hours, right under everyone's noses. But well, it's excel so unless anyone looks closely at it, they wouldn't be able to tell if I'm doing actual work, or work from elsewhere :D Probably gonna do that again tomorrow.

The temp who took over Apple (who was with me in Workers' Support) IS STILL THERE. Got some updates from him about the movements in the office. And he said he's been there so long that his pay has been 'upgraded' from hourly to monthly pay. Power.

He asked me whether I wanted to go to lunch, with 2 other guys who appeared, one of whom looked vaguely familiar, and asked if I still remember him. I thought he looked like Daryl Woo from 2SC3, my bio classmate in JC! But I couldn't be sure.. and I said, "You look like..... a Daryl." Then all 3 of them started laughing, oh gosh. Was I that funny??!

Interesting day, I guess. And it was nice to see some of the perm staffs' surprised faces - those like Harwis, Noel, Brenda, Jessie Lau, KC, Alvin. Well especially Harwis' reaction. Best.

Maybe lunch won't be as lonely as I thought :) Brenda said to look for her for lunch! Then we'll eat with Chun Hiong and I-forgot-who-else too. Brenda's still as cute as last time! :) And of course there'll be the other temps I guess... plus the incoming intern. And those from my vertical. It does help that I've been there before :)

I was counting down to our psych girls' outing that night! Well it was fun alright. Topped it off with a jug at Brewerkz. Photos soon :)

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Read Jerry's note on Facebook earlier, and I had to cringe all the way. It's so realistic, quite beautifully written, and it accurately portrays the phases of uni life in hall. He wrote about the pains of seeing an empty hall, where it once was brimming with life to one of closed doors and silence, of how topics shift so gradually... to lead them away from student life. It was simply written, yet it truly struck me deeply.

I have two more years. And I will treasure that time. Once gone, it won't come back. Never again will I get to stay in such close proximity to my friends, let loose at various times of the night, study for the exams together, day and night, and support one another as we do so.

Seize every opportunity, maximise every chance, leave the largest footprint, savour every moment, while it is still possible.