(1) NOW
Monday, having salad lunch in my office. Today is my 3rd week at work. Work wise, it's a familiar scope, such as forecasting, review, implementing processes and systems, closing. My current company (Jab) is a contract manufacturer, so it's a familiar industry for me to.
Week 1, I missed my ex-colleagues a lot. Last week was much better.
Jab is in Toa Payoh, 15 mins walk from my house. There's no carpark lot available, so I bought a season parking at Lynn's childcare, which is just 5 mins walk to Jab. So I drive Lynn to CC in the morning, park my car and walk over. I can actually see Lynn's CC from my work place (see pics below). Next year, the company will be moving to Tampines. I'm fine with the move; the company being in Toa Payoh wasn't part of my consideration.
These 2 pics were taken on the same spot.
In this first pic, I'm facing Lynn's CC, which is the short blue building in the middle of the pic (across the road and across the field):
So how do I feel about coming to work in the past 2 weeks? To be honest, I feel sadness. I never regret leaving my previous company, but I think I need time to move on emotionally.
(2) Learning new stuff:
I got an Iphone from Jab, so I'm carrying 2 phones now. Jab uses Gmail instead of MSexchange. Gmail is such a different animal from MS. And Skype is used as the main communication tool here. There's so much IT stuff to learn...
(3) My 2 months break
I don't think I can find time in the next few weeks to write about my break, but I will definately do that "soon". It is too important a (life) journey for me to not record it.
(4) My sweetie
She's a happy girl, growing beautifully day by day. I stopped her ballet class (I still wonder if that's the right choice), and I started her on piano class (and I wonder if that's the right choice).
Whenever people finds out that I can play the piano (a little), I always tell them "Well, I learn piano when I was young.. When I still at Grade 1 after 3 years, my mum finally gave up!" Usually I get laughter from whoever I tell the story to. There's only one person who "replied" me, and she is my SIL May. May says that my BIL (WK's youngest bro) was being forced to learn and completed at least up to grade 6 or 7 (I think) by my MIL. I'm really in a dilemma. I kept wondering if I should have pressed on with the ballet classes. I have this fear about what I'm going to do if Lynn's still at grade 1 in 3 years time!!!!
Something much more positive to share. I always have this worry that Lynn will be like me in terms of learning to swim. My dad taught me when I was about her age now. I remember my dad telling me that I have already mastered the strokes, but I afraid to swim. Eventually I only got over the fear of water and learn how to swim when I was 18. When Lynn was younger, she would cling onto us very tightly whenever we go swimming. I'm so afraid that she wouldn't want to go for swimming class or that the coach will say the same thing as my dad. Luckily, my worries are gone now. She had started swimming classes. I think the credit goes to WK totally, that she's starting to be able to swim. She made friends at her class, and would always request that we let her play a little while more with her friends in the pool after their 45-mins-lesson.
That's all for now..
1 comment:
ha yes, my brother got his grade 5 or 6 after forced by my mum, but he actually enjoys playing it after he got his higher grade. But I find that the teaching method in SG and Msia is different, in Msia, we're forced to pass the exam by our teacher, so you'll sure pass the grade year by year. But in SG, the teacher will let you stay in the same level if they think you're not ready for the exam, that is why many still at lower level after learning for years. I have friends in poly who are only grade 5 but play much better than me, so to me grade really doesn't tell how good u are. For me, I don't intend to let my kids learn piano, unless they requested it themselves. And although I don't play piano well, that is really something i enjoy with :)
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