first week of work

so it's finally friday.

the week has been long, and short. i dunno, i cant decide. but i'm really tired now after coming home really late last night, and i cant think. so im doing mindless stuff like blog instead. it's about 1 hour to lunch.

thank God that the week has been rather smooth, and uneventful. the novelty of work is still there, but i'm beignning to feel the strain, and constraints as well. here are some pics i took yest:


the 'view' from the pathetic little window. but its already a good thing i can actually look out i guess. i think this is lavender/kallang? i don't really know.


my little corner: the laptop strategically turned at an angle away from anyone walking past (can u spot the orange msn toolbar flashing? haha), the magazines i've been flipping through all week, the 2 pathetic files i got, the cup which holds the liquids that keep me going, and the glass panel in front of me which i use as a 'mirror' (i.e. to see who's coming from behind, how sneaky :p reminds me totally of how i used to check the rear mirror while driving in US, only for the cops.)


my colleague, or fellow intern, zhuang man, who's working for the india (south asia) desk. haha we wrote our names and pasted them on the cupboard, in which i hide all my secret treasures (: (read: chocolate and other yummy stuff) also in this picture: the nice big map i printed of ME and north Africa, so that i can finally tell where all the places are. i tell you, i've not learnt so much about the middle east in my entire life than in the last 3 days. information overload. and i think it's gonna grow exponentially over the next 3 months.


the stack of MEED (middle east economic digest) magazines, which are, really outdated, and *clears throat*... dry. most of the stuff are irrelevant anyway, i scan them for the keyword: china. and that's not the only stack btw, i already returned 1 stack, this is my 2nd. but reading some articles here and there are rather eye-opening i must say. i am actually enticed to go visit dubai with its beautiful little palm-shaped offshore islands, or algeria, with its picturesque landscpae, or saudi arabia and the dunes... i'm such a travel freak.


the file. i painstakingly printed maps of each country to stick them onto the dividers, which by the way, i had to improvise on, cos they would only give us the 1st 4 labels, out of 10 (a.k.a leftovers)

overall, i'm generally thankful for a good working envirnment, pleasant pple, and a not-so-stressful job. and nice surprises like bowling later today. except i need my nap first...

i really don't want to work next time. i'll be quite happy slacking at home, thankyouverymuch.