My First Three Days...

first day in the new office was nothing but boring...
no access to the internet, shared drive, etc...
submitted the requests to IT...
had a brief orientation by HR...
introduced to some of the Department Heads...
sent emails to ex-colleagues to keep in touch...
received some updates from them about the passing of a colleague...
had a Departmental welcome lunch…
received SMSes from friends and ex-colleagues asking about my well-being…
i am so blessed…
decided to leave by 6:30pm...
walked to Clarke Quay and took the North East Line home...
train was crowded… but was home within 30 minutes...

second day my boss was on urgent leave...
access still not granted...
read up on the past audit working papers for the project i have been assigned...
read up on some of the company policies available on the intranet...
bored to death...
met up with three ex-colleagues for lunch at Clifford Centre...
used the coffee machine in the pantry for the first time...
the Nescafe tasted funny...
left the office at 6:10pm...
bought 5 ties from G2000...
thanx to Wei Fern for her G2000 card that gave an additional 15% discount on top of the 30% already given...

third day went by quite smoothly…
chatted with boss in the morning about the project assigned…
met Jason for lunch at some Japanese hot pot place (Hito) at Republic Plaza…
i did not that there are eating places in Republic Plaza…
and i also did not know that there is a link from the MRT station to Republic Plaza…
in the past, when i go to California gym, i would walk in the open air area…
looks like i have tonnes to learn / discover about Raffles Place…
a typical lunch in RP is like this:
10 minutes to decide on what / where to eat (can be shorter if one is straight and not fussy)…
20 minutes to queue for seats…
5 minutes to order…
20 minutes to wait for food to be served…
20 minutes to consume food…
total it takes about 1 hour 15 minutes…
that is excluding travelling time…
i have to get used to the crowd and the buzz in RP…
even in the morning, the escalators are packed with human beings…
quite a sight, actually…

leaving office at around 6pm today…
heading home first for a quick shower…
drive dad’s car to Downtown East Cathay for The Dark Knight…
read and heard so much about the movie, especially Heath Ledger…
will see it for myself…