Achy Breaky Bones....and a Dancing Heart!

This is my first weekend after starting on my new job. Had wanted to sleep in to reward myself (as I had always done previously) but my eyes popped wide at 7.30am, as sharp as my alarm clock for the past 3 days. Those 3 days of work had truly been good. You know, sometimes we all need to date a few wrong people to finally find the right one. I feel the same about this job. Having gone through 4 other jobs since my graduation, I know what I want and what is important to me, and somehow, I feel (or at least hope) that this is THE right one.

My current company is in the insurance industry, and the Singapore office only has a headcount of around 30 staff, of which 25% are expats. Its a total change from my previous work places, where there were either thousands of military men (the most eye-candy), thousands of medical workers (the most heart-warming), or hundreds of fashion retail folks (the most funky and crazy).

This is my first CBD job, and I remember when I exited the MRT, my heart was throbbing excitedly as I took in my first breath of Raffles Place air in the morning peak hour, observing how everyone (well, almost everyone) was dressed so immaculately and smartly, men in sharp shirts and ties, ladies in all their corporate glory.

For me, each change of job usually called for a change in wardrobe, as all my previous jobs had been in pretty diverse industries. When I took on my last job at Aryan, I kinda auctioned off a good lot of my corporate clothes as I had to dress "fashionably". And instead of sitting in the air-conditioned office the entire day like in most HR jobs, my role in Aryan required me to walk the shops and travel around Singapore quite a bit. As a result of the "job requirements", my modest blouses, dresses, jackets, had to give way for more lightweight, tinier, shorter items, like shoulder-baring tops, trendy capris, or flirty dresses.

Now, things have come full circle as I just sold off part of my "frivolous" wardrobe on yahoo auction to make space for corporate attire! Aren't I thankful for auction sites like e-bay and yahoo!

Anyway, these 3 days of work have left me quite exhausted, perhaps from the adrenaline, or maybe coz its a jolt start from my sedate home-maker lifestyle of lying around all day! *haha* Though tired, I woke up excited today as Colin is coming home after being away for 3 weeks. He's been busy lately, and will continue to travel quite a bit in the coming months, so we have a lot to catch up on and make up for, but that's another story for another time! Happy weekend! :)