一個人

繼搭乘兩排椅和遊覽車公車之後 今天又搭到了一台也和平常不同的公車
它椅子和手把的排列沒中規中矩 卻有另一番風味
我選了一排椅子坐下 往窗外看
看到花媽人頭貼紙印在一台 Smart 門上
不是很欣賞 Smart 的我 第一次覺得這樣也蠻可愛的

喜歡在日常生活裡找些新奇的事
那樣會讓我開心許久
就像那遊覽車公車 明明就是公車
卻有兩排雙人座椅 窗簾
椅前還有網子好放嘔吐袋和飲料
好可愛 好想再坐一次

或像現在能一邊打字 耳邊也傳來姪女的鋼琴聲 也是一種享受

好像總是在單獨思考 (發呆?) 時才能發現會讓人一笑的事

若是這樣
一個人也不錯

lunch break

decorated my cubicle today, not much, just 2 postcards that i really like. they've been with me for a while, throughout the past moving experiences.
it actually looks a weird/ghetto. a seattle and a whistler postcard on one side of my wall.
yeah... random... like me

work's same old fashion. a lot of pple still dun understand my duties at work.
me neither.
right now, i guess it's just trying to get familiar with the company's environment and their way of doing business pah... (ps. kinda gov job, so quite slack)

some things that are quite upsetting:
-was checking on my employee personal info, and they typed my english name wrong. ~__~
claudia is kinda back for use (not just coffee name anymore) since they wanted me to put it on the info sheet, but they typed it as claudTa...
wtf... what kinda name is that? i emailed the HR for change yet still no reply
-they finally gave me an official employee swiping card. again, wrong name printed on it... 憹 instead of 儂. i dun remember my chinese handwrinting is THAT bad...
...GAY
-got my check today, thought they were giving it out all together next month. i guess since feb is shorter and there were a few days off for new years, they've reduced feb wage. and after taxes and stupid benefits and stuff, i'm left with some poor-looking check.
i rather they give me alltogether next month. at least the sum would look nicer
-and today, i saw this street dog laying in front of a convenient store. i gave him a piece of my leftover bread but the dog didn't move at all... then the lady next door told me that the dog is hella picky coz too many people feed him everyday. he's spoiled and only eat canned food...
me was very T____Tlll

positive

so i had my first week of job.
to tell the truth, i'm still not sure what my job description are. been there for one whole week, and i'm still blur bout the duties within my team.
the first day of work was doing nothing except for some research about our organization and my sector. but i mean... how long can that entertain a person right?
i did my best surfing all sites related to my job, entered every link that i found relevant, and still that could not satisfy my boredom.
not doing anything and space out at work may be fun, but it's not right. not for my career advancement within my team, not to mention within the company. and i did ask for things to do, but... either we really are in a low season or i'm not competent enough to do whatever they were doing.

i was sitting in my cubicle, facing a quite bare desk (except for my blackie II and some random plant), and spinning my chair around to see what others were up to. i didn't dare to ask or talk to anyone, afraid that they might be busy doing some cases. first day's lunch was a great treat but they don't happen everyday and since then, i had miserable lunches by myself. after lunch break was over, things wouldn't get better anyway coz i was back to my "busy" job staring at some emptyness, feeling empty and alone as well (although i was with some other 200 people around me), waiting for the time to come to swipe my card and go back.

and so i felt really miserable for the first 3 days.

then it struck me. things won't get better if i don't change my attitude, relationships and interactions need to start from somewhere; either i start being more active or i'll sit in that cubicle with my sorry-ass- face waiting to be fired. shy is not really on the description list about me, so why should i let it happen now?

the new attitude changed my mood almost instantly. i was happy to realize how retarded i've been, and the next day i went to work with a better, a more possitive attitude.
i guess other people also saw that i was a bit lonely, so they asked me to lunch and i started to have more conversations with others.

5:30pm is still what i look forward to, but at least now i feel i've made some improvements with my job, co-workers and myself. although i'm still extremely blur bout what to do at work and have zero idea on how to write an official document, i'm happier now. i got a new small task at work and can't wait for it to be finished this upcoming week.

damn... be positive really works!

my summer's finally over

today was my first day of work after a long period of slaking and buming and spacing out and scratching... you get the picture. i got hired at the Taiwan Trade as a contracted employee in the executive marketing sector (i think this would be a close translation to my position).
so i woke up early this morning, got dressed, had my breakfast, watched a bit of SuperBowl, and was fighthing with my new set of makeup when my sister realized that there was a HOLE on my butt which could see my underwear... no wonder i heard a cracking sound when i was dressing... damn it... my favorite suit!
well, at least it was my sister who saw it and not a random person on the streets. hahahaha~
and on my way to work, i realized that this might be my new way of starting a day, for the REST OF MY LIFE. quite scary...

there was no orientation or anything of sorts, since the new recruits were hired for different positions scattered around the complex. i was taken to my team leader, a ver pretty and nice lady. she showed me around and after that, she basically sat me on my cubicle and told me to play with the computer and "go know the company better"
and so i did, surfed the internet the whole morning.
uh~ but i got a new blackie! hahaha~ my computer is a black IBM, my first flat-screen, P4, however... it's slow as hell... speedwise, it's definitely slower than my old blackie...

now, the highlight of the day~ LUNCH! our whole team went out to a japanese restaurant in 101, and the meal was quite decent, we all end up being more than full. what's most decent about it is that it was a treat! oh yeah baby~
then back to my cubicle, and back to internet. i saw that other employees were msn-ing and using their computers for other issues, but since it was my first day at work... i didn't dare to download anything non-professional or anything fun.

overall, my first day of work was simply boring. hahahaha~ but being paid NT3000/day for doing nothing and treated sushi for lunch was not a bad deal at all. ^__^

ps. i have serious teethache after a full week of NY's food munching... tummy also feel rounder... ~_~