First days are the worst! It’s my first day at my new job, and I’m feeling all anxious again. This is my fourth job and I know hearing about it is not a pleasant thing. In fact, when my dad heard the news, he bombarded me with questions about why I keep moving from one company to another. Most of the time, I don’t know how to answer this kind of question, but people strangely get satisfied whenever I answer it this way: “I will not decide to move if I didn’t sincerely think that I was being offered a better opportunity than what I currently have.” So yeah, I hope that answer is good enough. And I hope people would trust my judgment. But just in case it turns out to be a mistake, then that’s the risk I am willing to take. In other words, you can blame me for my poor judgment later. :D
Two years ago, I wrote a post about the ironies I was facing when I moved to my second job. And now, on my first day at my fourth job, I’ve already come up with two new ironies!
Irony #1: Remember how we weren’t allowed to install stuff (including instant messengers) in our PCs in my previous workplace? And remember how I said I was waiting for the new Yahoo! Messenger embedded in Yahoo! Mail that I could use to get in touch with my friends online? Well, one of the things I was looking forward to before I moved to the new job was having an actual Yahoo! Messenger application installed in my PC at work, and not just some cheap web-based messenger or the portable one (which is actually good enough — Thanks Jaypee! The tip you gave was really helpful! :) ). What’s ironic is, today on my first day at my new job, Yahoo! decides to surprise me with the news that my Yahoo! Mail now has the embedded Yahoo! Messenger feature! Today of all days when I’m not anticipating its arrival anymore.
Goofin’ around with Romzkee :D
Obviously, I won’t really use that feature. :up: But what’s cool with it is, when the person you’re chatting with is typing a message, it doesn’t just use the words “[Your online friend] is typing…” but also shows witty sentences like “[Your online friend] should really learn how to type with more than two fingers…” and “Are you sitting down? Because [your online friend] is typing a message…” Haha, it’s cute. You can also try out the new web messenger.
Irony #2: When I transferred from my second job to my third, I was very sad mainly because I was missing some dear officemates. And now on my first day at my new job, Bheng, Ryan and Jeff (my old colleagues) are also on their first day at my old office. We all had lunch together today, and afterwards, I swear a part of me wants to join them walk back to my old office. I wanted to be with all of them! But I know that’s just the emotional part of me that’s reacting to the situation. I’m known as someone who reacts poorly to major changes in my life. I just need to think maturely.
Bheng managed to convince me again that what I did was a good move. She also wrote her version of first day jitters. :)
I hope in time I’ll get past this anxiety. I hate this kind of transition. :(
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