First day of work
Thursday, June 28, 2007
It really wasn't too tough, if you minus the waking up bit (which is practically everything because sleep is extremely important now that I realise I can't get much of it.)
So far, I'm just a trainee so had a series of nonstop workshops from fellow colleagues trying to sell their wares and recruit us into their various committees and also one from our department head training us on the updated syllabus.
Yes, I have a table, which is all the way to the back of the room and almost entirely hidden unless you walk a u-turn to get through to the other row, but that's really okay. My middle name is obscurity but my sense of fashion is loud (actually that depends, there are lowkey days) and people often use my hair as a topic to open up the conversation.
Right, back to the table.
It is practically empty but I have cleaned out the stack of newspapers under my desk (god knows what they are doing there) and shifted some leftover bags of junk food and miscellaneous to the other side where I try not to look at and also wiped the table and little shelves with wet tissues (the last skin allergy to dust has taught me not to give those dust-loving bacteria a chance).
So now my desk is practically empty, save for a few books, a Salvador Dali calendar (yup, an extra one I bought in Spain but didn't have a chance to use and nobody seems to appreciate him but me so finally there is an avenue for such an evangelising mission now), two tin cans worth of thumbtacks and metal clips (for fairly idealistic organising purposes, but will probably end up playing with them colourful little bits when the papers pale in comparison), one mini wastepaper-bin-turned-food-bin (where else could I fit my camomile tea bags and sweets and whatnot snacks? Of course I decided that as soon as I placed it on the table and decided that baby pink was too sweet a dustbin. Obviously my mother was pissed that I had kop-ed her bin used to hold my sister's nonsense lol), one pair of wooden twin foxes arm in arm (to cheer me up when I'm depressed in the near future and to start me thinking of nicer things in general other than work, not that they have been used for such purposes yet), a bright green mug with some other bright paints splashed on it, extra toiletries and a pair of bedroom slippers (in case the heels get too painful lol, although I think the larger reason lies in comfort for my poor feet).
Well, I realised that's quite alot to bring in for a first day, but I assure you that the things will eventually multiply and then I'm gonna have a dreadfully hard time lugging them all back by the time I leave.
Hmm.. maybe I should smuggle in some toys sometime, or some flowers ha (if I ever receive them lol.. er... oh well maybe not).
3:54 pm
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