adjusting

it has been more than a week at my new work place. so what have i been doing? besides store training for the first 2 days, i was pretty much left on my own (at home). was basically reading files after files off the laptop, a bit aimless too. guess it didn't help that my boss was not in town. felt a bit lost and not used to the flexible timing too.

well, today is my first day meeting up with my boss. started the day at 10.30am (told you about the flexible timing) at one of the restaurants, had a discussion with my boss and ops guy. this was followed by lunch and then went to view a site before heading for further discussion at my "office". yes... we sort of have an office now, the space sponsored by our franchisee - they cut up an area for us and fixed up 4 cubicles, some shelvings etc. it is good as we will have an official office address and a proper place for us to hold meetings when necessary. the only negative point - it is at ANG MO KIO! yes... really far for me, but thank goodness that my boss is not an office 9 to 5 kind of guy, so we are not expected to work at the office :)

so while my only 2 colleagues are so used to flexible working environment (my ops guy has been doing regional work for the longest time), my boss told me i got to get used to such work style. so it will take a while for me to get adjusted, but i will learn :)

late on day 1

sigh... for the first time in my career, i was late on my first day of work!

the journey to tampines is realllllllyyyyy long... almost 1 and half hour bus ride from my home to tampines interchange. and guess what? i took another hour plus to get home. not too bad an achievement for the cab woman right? i am amazed too.

quite a short work day today too... coz my ops director was not feeling well, so he let me off early. only worked from 10.15am (yes.. supposed to be 10am and i was still late) to 5.30pm. so i managed to reach home before 7pm even with the long ride

ok... no more late start tomorrow... going to bed now... must leave the house at 7.30am to reach at 9am!

closure and a new beginning...

have been lazy to update my blog for a while (i know... too much of facebooking alr)... so what has happened to me since i announced my resignation? busy with clearing my cubicle at work, busy with handover, busy with feasting, and this week... while i thought i will slack at home, i was out everyday!!!

ate so much for the past weeks, couldn't imagine the number of buffets i went, the amount of food i consumed. thank god there were many business lunches that i didnt take pictures of, otherwise, you guys were get bloated from seeing all my makan pictures! but one of my friend said i should be glad that people bothered to ask me out for farewell lunches, at least that means my PR skills is quite alright!

so here was my social calendar for the past weeks:

29 oct - Marriott Hotel, Marriott Cafe (buffet): my first farewell lunch starting with SPH

2 nov - shaw house, tonkichi restaurant (jap): it was more like my fellow resignee andy's farewell lunch

3 nov - orchard hotel, orchard cafe (buffet): lunch with my media agency

4 nov - shaw house, east ocean (chinese): dim sum lunch with BKAP

5 nov - Soup Restaurant (chinese): lunch with wayne (procomp)

5 nov - Merchant Court hotel, ellenbourgh cafe (buffet): crabs buffet with my colleagues

6 nov - ION, japanese restaurant (can't remember the name): lunch with my own team

11 nov (yes... it continues after i leave) - ION, Watami Restaurant (jap): lunch with mediacorp tv

12 nov (this truly is the final one) - Bugis junction, swensens: dinner with a group of store managers

in between, i was eating with my family and other friends! phew... i think i really need to detox for a while! like i mentioned, i didn't get much photos for some of the makan sessions. so here's just a quick collage of some pictures taken!