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I have so much to update you all on, I don't know where to start. And I'm feeling overwhelmed.
I got a job exactly a month back. A really neat one. At a law firm. It's one of the top 5 BigLaw firms in S'pore and to be sure, the hours are long and crazy. I'm in the Litigation division, and we deal mostly with commercial litigation matters. I've always thought that's what I'd love to do, and that's exactly what I'm doing now. The work's high profile, and of high quality. My colleagues and boss couldn't be any better, both in terms of how warm and approachable AND friendly they are and also how professional and intelligent and competent they are. The firm culture's great in general and I live just 20 minutes away from my office.
One of the perks of working at this firm is that D works bang opposite my building. One of the other perks is the free snacks and fruits that is laid out every evening at 6.15.
My pay couldn't suck more, though.
But for now, I'm focusing on the experience, which is just top-notch, and looking at this opportunity as a resume-builder. If I can stay at this place for a year or so and I don't screw up, the references I can get alone are worth the miserly pay.
My folks are extremely happy and impressed that I landed this job, so there's a lot less tension at home. Additionally, because I work super-long hours, 6 days a week, they rarely get a chance to nag at me even if they ARE unhappy with me about something. All in all, the situation at home is drastically improved since this past month.
Othello and I are still hanging in there, doing the long distance thing. It blows. Not the least because he simply isn't able to wrap his head around this yet. He isn't verbally communicative, so unless I talk and keep things going, we will absolutely fall apart in no time. Which puts a lot of pressure on me. And this is where my job comes in handy. If I had time on my hands, my relationship would drive me insane,.But as such, my job takes up so much of my time, and in a happy/good way, that I don't have the time to think about how much this sucks.
I miss Philly heaps. More than I thought I would. Ideally, I would like to go back there with a good law firm-job in hand, say by 2009. But let's see. For right now, I'm just concentrating on making the most of my current job and enjoying every moment of it.
I'll be back to blogging regularly again and I will do my best to catch up on all your blogs, with comments, from now on. It is good to be back.
I got a job exactly a month back. A really neat one. At a law firm. It's one of the top 5 BigLaw firms in S'pore and to be sure, the hours are long and crazy. I'm in the Litigation division, and we deal mostly with commercial litigation matters. I've always thought that's what I'd love to do, and that's exactly what I'm doing now. The work's high profile, and of high quality. My colleagues and boss couldn't be any better, both in terms of how warm and approachable AND friendly they are and also how professional and intelligent and competent they are. The firm culture's great in general and I live just 20 minutes away from my office.
One of the perks of working at this firm is that D works bang opposite my building. One of the other perks is the free snacks and fruits that is laid out every evening at 6.15.
My pay couldn't suck more, though.
But for now, I'm focusing on the experience, which is just top-notch, and looking at this opportunity as a resume-builder. If I can stay at this place for a year or so and I don't screw up, the references I can get alone are worth the miserly pay.
My folks are extremely happy and impressed that I landed this job, so there's a lot less tension at home. Additionally, because I work super-long hours, 6 days a week, they rarely get a chance to nag at me even if they ARE unhappy with me about something. All in all, the situation at home is drastically improved since this past month.
Othello and I are still hanging in there, doing the long distance thing. It blows. Not the least because he simply isn't able to wrap his head around this yet. He isn't verbally communicative, so unless I talk and keep things going, we will absolutely fall apart in no time. Which puts a lot of pressure on me. And this is where my job comes in handy. If I had time on my hands, my relationship would drive me insane,.But as such, my job takes up so much of my time, and in a happy/good way, that I don't have the time to think about how much this sucks.
I miss Philly heaps. More than I thought I would. Ideally, I would like to go back there with a good law firm-job in hand, say by 2009. But let's see. For right now, I'm just concentrating on making the most of my current job and enjoying every moment of it.
I'll be back to blogging regularly again and I will do my best to catch up on all your blogs, with comments, from now on. It is good to be back.