Actual Training Day 1

Today was training day one and I spent the whole day learning how to use balances (the kind you use to weigh stuff). It was quite interesting I must say (the theory and rationale of doing things) and we're (I and my new colleague who also just came in) going to pick up more complicated equipment and testing methods soon.

Came to realize more and more that working hours in my lab IS going to be very fast paced and packed. There will be a lot of moving around too - we are doing testing in various different labs and are not sticking at one place all the time. This kind of routine work with a bit of time-juggling here and there is what I like. :D Also there is going to be A LOT of documentation, but I love documentation. My problem is that my motor skills somehow, till now, are a little less refined. In other words - I'm a bit clumsy especially when holding delicate stuff. :S

Still I survived 4 years in NUS labs without coming near to damaging anything or causing spillages/accidents. I hope that track record lasts.

It's fun being at work (for the time being) but when I come home I do feel tired. Going to sleep now :)

First Day of Work (Again)

Back from dinner after work day 1. The travelling was not as bad as I expected. I left the house at 6.20, and reached Jurong East Bus interchange around 7.20 am. There's a new bus interchange now specially for company transport. It's much further to walk to. :S

Today I saw my organization differently from a lab personnel's point of view. My department building feels more complicated now with all the different labs around it - now I know what each of them are for. And so many storage rooms. My colleagues are all rather young and fun. I like the two supervisors too.

I'm glad I'm not the only new recruit today. I have a colleague from the same lab, and we are both happy to have company. I found out that I'm still remembered by many of my colleagues - some who know me by name (those I have liaised with before), others by face; even the auntie who works in the canteen. They wished me well when they knew I was back. So I wasn't that unnoticeable as an IA student after all. :p At the very least, many department personnel knew I existed.

Tomorrow lab training actually starts! :D Am really excited. Everything is going well except the waking ups in the mornings. I guess that will take some getting use to.

Sunday Blessings

I've been really enjoying Sunday outings since my last semester. :D Jon & I will usually lunch with Boss & WM, Andrew, and Joanne, and (increasingly frequently) JonC. Simon and the others join too occasionally. We would go to different places eat a bit, walk around, and lately we've been getting lifts home from JonC. Today we had Ramen in Clark Quay, with WMWM doing all the 'tai tai' pose for Boss' new camera.

Really thankful for JonC and Simon who would send us all the way home by car even though they are tired themselves.

Had a really nice time with my uncle + family in Toa Payoh eating seafood. Rachel drew me a nice big bday card, and they gave me a wallet for a bday + graduation + start work present. I really owe them a lot.

Work starts tomorrow (or more like 'pre-work'), but I don't feel like sleeping early.

And ohh... this is totally random, but Jon and I found a writer we really like: Julia Golding. I have read the first of her Companion's Quartet - The Secret of the Sirens (the other three books are still on loan), The Ship In Between Worlds, and Dragonfly. She is a very talented children's story writer. Knows how to grip your attention from beginning to end with very nice plot progressions. Her stories are very re-readable.

That's all for this random post haha. I'm going home this weekend. Looking forward to that too.

First Jay Bee Trip + Random Musings

Came back from the Hon's place in JB yesterday night. My first time to JB. They were as sweet as ever and were very good hols. Jon and I went for hair cuts (RM 9). It was quite decent, and my hair is at the okay-curl-at-the-shoulders length now.

It was a very nice and relaxing time there, especially during the random breakfast worship. It reminded me of many things. I've been trying to upgrade my piano-playing style for years, especially ever since my skills plateaued. But then I realize that I don't really have to play very well for myself and other people to be able to worship when I play. It's the spirit that matters.

I really wish I can play in church every week... but playing is not the only way to worship God.

Today was a fun day too: WMWM & Boss came over and we played Princes of Florence, and Ticket to Ride. Had lunch and dinner together too. Hope we have time to spend together even when work kicks in. Especially with all Wing Mei's weird shifts. We NEED piano therapies. Miss Jerome's presence though. He's back home for a week, and by the time he's back again, both of us will be starting work.

Read Mable's random FB ranting just now. I guess I have felt that kind of frustration before. But it never erupted, and eventually I learned to ignore all those concern that I've grown callous over them now.

A slight headache is kicking in right now... and I had better go offline before it gets worse.