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I start work! It’s pretty exciting, although I don’t know what really to expect, even with a job title and a defined job scope. Something I’ve learnt previously was to be willing to do beyond what the portfolio describes.

Word for the season: Humility.

Other than the idealist aspirations of a newly graduated social work student, armed with whatever that’s been deposited by the lecturers and placements, with the Mighty Mouse jingle looping in my mind (“here I come to save the day…”), there is so much for me to learn about this new phase.  I want to be humble.

I want to change the world, and something that came out of having tazo chai tea with my dear friend was the realisation that this will not happen overnight, and reminded me of the strategy Dr Nair once told me about: to fit in for the first year, and then influence. I think I shall take heed.

Other than that, how exciting is it to wear working clothes! Snigger all you want, it’s something new and I do look forward to it

Work starts on 1 July. My boss has humorously mentioned that they will roll out the red carpet when I arrive.

*beams*

Of course not lah.

In any case, I am excited about work. I’m excited about being an adult, really. Finally! All the daydreaming about what I’ll do “when I grow up…” don’t have to be mere day dreams anymore. I think they can start happening, and that’s the excitement.

That said, I have several ambitions that might not necessarily relate, and I wonder to God if I’ll actually get to do them all in my lifetime. And some seem quite big, which would normally mean that I should have started on getting there some time ago, but I don’t seem to have done so.  How ah? I know that they’re not impossible, plus God’s the one doing the directing, so I can still actually get there at the end. Hm, I suppose this can be fun, the not knowing how I’m going to get to where I want to be. It makes for a good story.

Hullo there! I’m reminded to keep this blog alive. hehehe. Now, what should I tell you? I haven’t got much to write about. I’m awaiting the return of my US trip pictures because my cousin has them in her laptop, and I only possess those taken in San Francisco mostly. AND I really want to tell you about the trip with nice, colourful, exciting pictures. Perhaps I could write something else in the meantime.

OKAY, so, I’ve been back in Singapore proper now, with the possibility of starting work NEXT MONDAY. Because the boss has said that I can start on 1 July (or earlier), I’m wondering when I should get myself to work. I really want to get there prepared to give it the best shot I can. I wrote down a list of things I should think about wrt work:

1. The Big Picture. I can’t just think about doing just what my portfolio says I’m to do, you know. I know it HAS to be something MUCH greater.

2. My attitude. towards work, especially to remind myself on low days.

3. What to do with the money.

4. What to do with the time after work, the off-days, family time, time for friends, service. I can’t just spend it all on myself!

Not that these are sorted out, nor do I expect them to be even when I start work…still, I want to start thinking about them.

AND. There’s this pretty good article on COMMENCEMENT that I recommend to all who, like me, have just graduated from uni. And yes, it’s from Boundless. Enjoy!

Hello to you if you are still checking back! I haven’t given up on this blog — I’ve just been slightly lazy and had little access to the internet for the past few weeks I’d love to write more, but I’m going away again tomorrow, and will be back proper by next week!

I think I have lots to write about the US trip. It was splendid. Magical. Extravagant. I’ll tell you more when I get back. I have been LAVISHED with great things on this trip and I am still being awed by all that has happened.

So check back here in about two weeks’ time and you’ll have something new to read!. Until then, find something to be thankful about today.

Having exams now, pardon the lack of postings.:)

you can hang a new batch of clothes out to dry even though there are already clothes being hung out at the balcony that are not dry?

Well I didn’t. It didn’t occur to me that I could have hung the wet clothes at the same balcony, along with the other un-dry clothes. They took up all the known space on the poles and so I decided that there was no space to hang the then-newly washed clothes. And so I left them in the washing machine for the rest of the evening! Eventually (after about five hours), I realised that hey! I can squeeze these clothes a little, and use the other unused poles! I did, and also discovered that the not-so-newly-washed clothes already smell like smelly shoes. I hope that the sun will be really bright tomorrow and shine the smell away. But of course, if you hang out with me and notice some smell that’s like smelly shoes and yet not quite, you’ll know what it’s about.

And love me anyway! Cos at least I’m honest right, and the lesson to learn is to think beyond the lousy excuse you give yourself for not doing something and explore alternative ways to get that something done instead of not doing anything.