day one.

......of my first full paying job! (=

so how was it? as with all other jobs, i guess...day one is just orientation. getting to know the place, the organisation, and the people. had briefing from one of the specialist psychologist abt what the job entails, and the schedule/training for this coming month. then there was a meeting with the director...which was rather interesting. what he said was quite inspiring, and a little assuring.. btw, the director's dyslexic. heheh... interesting. real life portrayal that having dyslexia does not paint a bleak future. people with dyslexia can achieve great things in life.. that is, of cos, with lots of perseverance + hardwork. well ... who doesnt need that 2 qualities to be successful in life.

so anyway, i havent regretted signing the 3year contract...sounds like a really good training ground for me, with a variety of opportunities awaiting me in the future. apparently our specialist psychologists gets sent to UK/States for conferences and stuff. sounds cool huh. of cos...i'll need to put in maximum hardwork. 2 of them are heading to UK to present their paper this coming march~! *wonder whens my turn* heh...

up till now..there are a few things i quite like about this organisation. working pace is comfortable.. no one's rushing around with knitted eye brows and stuff. people generally know their work, or they arent afraid to ask and discuss, set a good pace, ppl seem really helpful...helps each other out on cases. havent sensed any office politics..maybe its too early to say. first impression, i'd say its a very friendly environment...heh... well psychologists are supposed to be nice and understanding ppl....arent they? loL...

hmm wat else....oh, ALL the psychologist in my office are females! no guys. haha. darn! the only guy i saw was the IT personnel who helped me set up my workstation + email. yarps..thats the only guy ard. loL~ hmm...now this part of my future seem bleak to me.. i wanna get married before 30years old leh! okay..out of point. lets get back to talking abt my job...

hmm its a 5 day work week..so if i hav to work on saturdays, i get to choose one weekday off. which is quite cool. makes it really flexible to run watever errands i hav to. basically they dun really mind, as long as u clock 44hrs a week, and ur learning/contributing. theres that option of coming in earlier for work, and leaving office early as well.

one thing really strange is....i don't even hav the option of working OT even if i want to! haha. everyone leaves ON THE DOT! omgosh...loL..i wanted to stay abit longer to browse thru articles n print out some stuffs...but then...everyone jus started leaving one by one from 530pm...and practically no one was left in the office by 6.10pm (yea...even the admin people disappeared~ like *ppoooof* all gone)! one of the senior psychologist who was the last...said...oh hey..lets go, last one to leave hav to switch off ALL the lights in the office. i was like..oh oh..okay okay. dun leave me aloneee. lets go." i thought that was quite funny...in comparison to all my good friends who keep complaining abt working till late and stuffs.......heh.... *yah tps...talking abt u*

well..theres nothing much to do on the first day....actually..nothing to do at all. haha...jus ALOT ALOT ALOT of readings. piles and piles and piles of reading. hmm... im abit stressed though, cos 2 others also started work with me today. one of them holds a masters and the other postgrad in counselling or sth...and they hav like tonnes of experience working elsewhere... kinda stress i'll lag behind during training. haha. im gg to piah all my readings...and make sure i dun fall back. i think readings-wise im okay...its jus that i dun hav the practical knowledge and experience...one of them worked as a school counsellor before this..and the other at MINDS as ermz...some therapist or something.....so when it comes to practicing the assessments with the tools and stuff...i'll probably be sloooower...well, we'll see.... i do hav that bit of experience dealing with 78 kids last year! i think i think too much la...haha. too much pride..dun like to lag behind other ppl.

and ermz...i jus like to bop around too much...sitting at my desk from 830am - 6pm....seems too much for me to bear at the moment. haha....i dun want a big butt and potruding tummyyy! oh and funny part...everyone's really skinny and small sized~ haha. im like the tallest there O_o....hmm and theres the talk abt professionalism when they were briefing abt dress code and stuffs...i gotta cultivate that professionalism thingy... haha...dun hav that at all now, dun hav the feeling also. plus i look young (well i am young.. )...i guess i'll hav abit of difficulty convincing the parents. hmm...i guess first and foremost...take pride in wat i do, put in my best...and all the professionalism thingy will come.....loL~ Jing ah Jing....work harderrrr~!! at least gain a sound understanding of ur job first. GANBATTE!

ooh and a special shout out to Mr Alvin Soong! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to youuuuuuuu!!! :)