And the Hard Work Starts...

after four days of honeymoon (or so they said, since all i could do was read, read and more reading), i had my first on the job training on administering their performance appraisal system last friday... it was the very first time i felt slightly more at ease with the new environment after days of zombie-ing through strangers and unfamiliar terrain... this is somehow what i was familiar with, drilled to my head after 2 years with sunway... similar concept, similar processes, the only difference is the form...

working hours had been nice to me throughout my first week at the big 4... tagging in at office before 8am and leaving the office sharply by 5.30pm... and after so many years of unpaid OT-ing (though i cant say it was all work, if you know what i mean), i'd been reaching home before 7.30pm the past week... which was and still is a great difference from my previous lifestyle...

SUNWAY
before my move, i'd rarely managed to be at work on time... it was always 10 - 15 minutes late... that was until JL showed up... then, i had to stepped up and take some responsibilities to at least get him to work on time, if it wasnt for myself... and by the time i get to pack up for home, it would already be at least 9pm...

NOW
currently, i've to leave home for work by 7am (a far cry from previous... i used to wake up at 7.30am)... although traffic was horrendous today, since schools had reopened their doors, i still managed to squeeze by work early... i'm thanking my lucky stars for that... and i'm still trying very hard to keep to my 5.30pm timing for now... i can foresee that it'll get harder by the day, though...

after only a week here, i'd been dumped into the ocean with the sharks... as of today, i can now kiss my honeymoon away officially... everything had shifted without me realizing it... expectations had sky rocketed over the weekend... my major and urgent tasks list had grown to a one pager long... and the hurdle smack right in front of me, i'm starting all over from scratch!!!

and it's stressful time like this, i wish i can come home to my polar bear... sadly, since my working hours is now earlier... we barely had time to see each other now, like 5 miserable minutes every day before i leave for work... i wouldnt say we'll have together time at night... he'll get to see me before he calls it a night, not for me though... i'd have been snoring away by the time he's home... it's pretty tiring to keep late nights now that i've to start my day much, much earlier than before... fortunately though, he's doing daylight saving with his organization... so, he gets to come back by 11pm earliest for me to catch a glimpse of him before i fly off to my dream land...

someone once told me that i'd wish for more personal space and time once i said "i do" to my other half... all i can say to that is that someone is so wrong... i've never missed him as i do now... i've never loved him as i do now... and i've never wanted him to be by my side as much as i do now... although my new portfolio at work is hard work... it is even a tougher job to keep my emotions intact from missing him so much...