All by myself
there's something liberating about being in the office all alone on a Friday night at 7pm. almost everyone has left - either to go to a bowling tournament organised by one of our clients, or to celebrate the weekend's arrival with parties. every Friday i get asked the same question: why aren't you going home? and the truth of the matter is, I LOVE THE OFFICE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.
no crowds, no one to screw up your evening that you have had such high hopes for, no one to rush to meet, no one to annoy you.
just you, your music player, your computer, and a stack of databases to key into a spreadsheet.
not like during office hours when you have to be on the phone trying to convince someone who isnt interested that he should meet up with your sales executives to discuss the information sent to them about the exhibition you are organising.
not like during office hours when you are calling someone to remind them that the reply form for the pre-exhibition event you are organising is due Monday and they stop you mid-sentence to answer their mobile phone.
i've got one last week in the office and even though i complain about sales, i know that i will miss this place. the last time i said goodbye i was so certain that the exhibition line is not what i want to be in. but i think i've changed. perhaps the last time there was too much happening in my personal life that made me feel dissatisfied with the office environment. this time round, because i've told everyone i'm essentially uncontactable during these 5 weeks, it's been pretty smooth-sailing. no one i need to please, and i've had time to do MY things.
i'm looking forward to going back to Uni though. i love my course and it is going to be devastating at the end of it to think that i will no longer be a student. EVER. i think that once i have crossed that bridge i cant go back to being a uni student. it will just feel too much like regression. yet i know that unless i find a job that challenges me i will always be thinking back fondly on my days of academia.
perhaps that is why i dont want to work here HERE (i.e. Singapore office). maybe in the UK. but then, all work has its icky bits, right? who am i kidding...?
though i think that if i did PR, the crap bits will at least be what i'd prefer to do...
no crowds, no one to screw up your evening that you have had such high hopes for, no one to rush to meet, no one to annoy you.
just you, your music player, your computer, and a stack of databases to key into a spreadsheet.
not like during office hours when you have to be on the phone trying to convince someone who isnt interested that he should meet up with your sales executives to discuss the information sent to them about the exhibition you are organising.
not like during office hours when you are calling someone to remind them that the reply form for the pre-exhibition event you are organising is due Monday and they stop you mid-sentence to answer their mobile phone.
i've got one last week in the office and even though i complain about sales, i know that i will miss this place. the last time i said goodbye i was so certain that the exhibition line is not what i want to be in. but i think i've changed. perhaps the last time there was too much happening in my personal life that made me feel dissatisfied with the office environment. this time round, because i've told everyone i'm essentially uncontactable during these 5 weeks, it's been pretty smooth-sailing. no one i need to please, and i've had time to do MY things.
i'm looking forward to going back to Uni though. i love my course and it is going to be devastating at the end of it to think that i will no longer be a student. EVER. i think that once i have crossed that bridge i cant go back to being a uni student. it will just feel too much like regression. yet i know that unless i find a job that challenges me i will always be thinking back fondly on my days of academia.
perhaps that is why i dont want to work here HERE (i.e. Singapore office). maybe in the UK. but then, all work has its icky bits, right? who am i kidding...?
though i think that if i did PR, the crap bits will at least be what i'd prefer to do...
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