I am officially a working mom now.. Went back to work on Monday, and was quite disappointed when i arrived in the office and saw that it was 90% empty. All the sales people were at Shangri-La attending some training course on contract management. I had anticipated a warm welcome by my colleagues and even thought I would have a welcome back lunch treat. I even brought along Bria's photo album, excited to show everyone my new bundle of joy. But i was greeted by a cold and empty office. Even my new boss was not in the office when i arrived. She arrived half an hour later, then went to see a doctor and took MC for the rest of the day. I ended up spending the whole day at the IT department getting my laptop fixed and set up. Didn't do any work at all.. So all in all, my first day was a disappointment.
I did however got a baby gift and a card from my Kim my "indirect" boss. She is always so sweet and thoughtful. The gift was a Carter's headband and blouse that was too big for Bria now. That was probably the only thing that made me happy on my first day back to work.
Yesterday, I had a lunch treat from Emily at Earle's Swensen's. Was accompanied by 2 Japanese colleagues who kinda only had each other as lunch khakis usually.. I had the baked salmon with herb crust and free flow servings at the salad bar. It was a good and healthy meal. My new boss was still on MC.
It's been 3 days now.. and i still hate taking the MRT to work everyday. This morning, I had to stand beside this inconsiderate man who can still read his newspapers when the train was already jam packed with people. if he didn't HAVE to read his stupid papers, he could have moved in more and give others more space. I was so pissed I kept using my handbag to poke him, hoping that he will get irritated and put away his papers and move the hell away. But he was so damn oblivious to his surroundings. Later on, he managed to find a seat, sat down and continued reading his papers. The front page of his paper fell halfway off and kept caressing this guy who was standing in front of him. The guy stared at him for a while but gave up halfway. It took such a long time before this stupid man realized his front page had fallen off. Sickening man!
Today is my 3rd day at work, and still no welcome lunch treat from my colleagues. Not even from my new boss. She is back from MC today, but no mention of giving me a treat. Not only that, I haven't seen my personnel announcement for my new role. AND, not all the people in my new team knows I am in their team. Apparently, my new boss didn't say anything to them yet. What lousy leadership management! Also, a colleague from sales invited me for free Ben & Jerry's yesterday, then he got busy so he said postpone to today. But no news again today cause everyone's busy as usual. So I just pretend he never said it lah.. And to top everything off, I still don't know exactly what i have to do in my new role. Hai... so far, work life has been quite bad for me.. And I miss Bria so much.. I am so envious that K gets to work from home and see her as and when he likes!! Me? I can only look at her photograph on my desk and smile at the picture..
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