Day 1...
Go figure... three months go by without anything from me on LJ, and now something like 6 posts in four days. Guess I just needed something to talk about and no one to talk to.
Does that mean that everytime I post on LJ it's because my life is sad enough that I have no one else to talk to? Bah, nevermind, that is neither here nor there. What is interesting is that today was my first day of work in Hong Kong.
I have to admit, I still have this general overriding anxiety that I'll screw this whole thing up somehow, come off as a completely unprepared idiot, and make my whole office look bad. It's completely unfounded, but there nonetheless.
That said... I feel good about how today went, Gir.
Everyone was very nice, I got introduced around the office. They took me out for dim sum for lunch, and I had chicken feet for the first time. They were good enough, but not really worth the effort, what with all the bones and cartilege. Dessert was mango pudding, served in the shape of Hello Kitty, which was certainly kind of cute. The pudding itself was rather gross though. I'm not much of a pudding fan - gelatin makes me shudder.
I spent most of the morning discussing how the Calgary office operates with the new manager, J, reviewing my materials, updating things, sending tons of requests back to home office for things that seem to be missing. Then lunch, which the director, L, paid for for everyone (cool!), followed by an afternoon of meeting with J and L and planning out how this week will go, giving them the overview of the training programme, etc.
I forgot to hand out cheap Canadian trinket gifts today, so I'll go in tomorrow with maple caramels instead, and save the trinkets for Wednesday when the two new supervisors start. Or maybe vice versa? Who knows. Hardly the most important thing to be obsessing about.
I'm definitely feeling a lot better today than yesterday or Saturday. A little bit of a remaining headache - I definitely need to drink more water, I think I'm still a little bit dehydrated. No puking, certainly, most of a good night's sleep (even though I was up at 5:30 this morning). My rule for tonight is that I'm not allowed to go to bed until after 10 - hopefully that will help me sleep through the night.
The office manager also offered to contact my landlord and ask about my only remaining questions - what the hell do I do with my garbage, and where do I find the laundry place. Which makes mission 3: finding the laundry a moot point.
Huzzah! All missions accomplished!
(Is it wrong that I have the Final Fantasy music when you win a battle playing in my head right now?)
Does that mean that everytime I post on LJ it's because my life is sad enough that I have no one else to talk to? Bah, nevermind, that is neither here nor there. What is interesting is that today was my first day of work in Hong Kong.
I have to admit, I still have this general overriding anxiety that I'll screw this whole thing up somehow, come off as a completely unprepared idiot, and make my whole office look bad. It's completely unfounded, but there nonetheless.
That said... I feel good about how today went, Gir.
Everyone was very nice, I got introduced around the office. They took me out for dim sum for lunch, and I had chicken feet for the first time. They were good enough, but not really worth the effort, what with all the bones and cartilege. Dessert was mango pudding, served in the shape of Hello Kitty, which was certainly kind of cute. The pudding itself was rather gross though. I'm not much of a pudding fan - gelatin makes me shudder.
I spent most of the morning discussing how the Calgary office operates with the new manager, J, reviewing my materials, updating things, sending tons of requests back to home office for things that seem to be missing. Then lunch, which the director, L, paid for for everyone (cool!), followed by an afternoon of meeting with J and L and planning out how this week will go, giving them the overview of the training programme, etc.
I forgot to hand out cheap Canadian trinket gifts today, so I'll go in tomorrow with maple caramels instead, and save the trinkets for Wednesday when the two new supervisors start. Or maybe vice versa? Who knows. Hardly the most important thing to be obsessing about.
I'm definitely feeling a lot better today than yesterday or Saturday. A little bit of a remaining headache - I definitely need to drink more water, I think I'm still a little bit dehydrated. No puking, certainly, most of a good night's sleep (even though I was up at 5:30 this morning). My rule for tonight is that I'm not allowed to go to bed until after 10 - hopefully that will help me sleep through the night.
The office manager also offered to contact my landlord and ask about my only remaining questions - what the hell do I do with my garbage, and where do I find the laundry place. Which makes mission 3: finding the laundry a moot point.
Huzzah! All missions accomplished!
(Is it wrong that I have the Final Fantasy music when you win a battle playing in my head right now?)