FIRST WEEK
- It's my first week. When I told my father that I get my first job, he said to me that when I signed the contract, I was not signing the contract with the company but with myself -After the first week, I realized what my father said to me was true. Bokap gue menambahkan tiga hal lain:
1. Ketika gue kerja, bokap bilang buat manusia gue yang hidupnya lebih tidak teratur daripada seekor kucing, ini akan melatih sebuah disiplin tinggi. Hidup gue akan teratur, at least for 5 days in my life, I will wake up at the same time and may sleep at the same time.
Betul sekali. One of the things that I hate the most from my current job is that my company started too early. 7.30 (to be honest, I never see my watch shows 7.30 Am before, coz surely I am still sleeping that time). But this time, I have to go back to my high school time schedule. Wake up at 5.30 am, leave my house at 6.30 am and reach the company right in time 7.30 am (right time means occasionally late by 5 minutes). And most of the days, I go back at 6.30, reached home at 7.30 pm, do some unimportant things, long distance phone calls for two hours, then sleep around 12.30 (with plus minus two hours). yeah, my life became regular for the past two weeks.
2. Hidup gue akan tersita secara gila2an. Especially kalo gue dalam pekerjaan yang suka overtime, gue akan tidak punya waktu untuk hal lain. Dan oleh karena itu, skala prioritas jadi makin penting.
For sure, pekerjaan gue sekarang identik dengan overtime. Some of the engineer work for almost 100 hours a week. But thanks to some of fellow colleagues, new generation has come. A new generation who will pop-off at exactly 4.45 pm. Well, I am not one of them, but at least I am not in the culture of come in at 7 am and going off at 9 pm. Thank god.
3. Gue akan makin sangat menginginkan seseorang yang mengantarkan gue tiap hari ke depan pintu rumah, memberi gue ciuman lalu menatap gue pergi. Gue juga akan makin sangat menginginkan seseorang yang menjemput gue pulang di depan pintu, membukakan pintu, dan mendengarkan cerita gue kerja sambil makan malam bersama. Bokap gue tau sekali plan gue untuk punya that special someone. Dia cuma menambahkan, be patience.
I hate to admit but my father is right. At least for my first week, I do really wish that. A special someone. I know how wonderful it would be. But for now, a long distance phone call is enough for me (it's not enough, but well at least I settle for it for this moment). Love you, dear.
Then how's the work?I am assigned to a new division where we work closely to western hemisphere station. So I am work here, Singapore Design Center, where all the design work done. However, most of the work was ordered from Houston. So when I told the division I am assigned to, I am dreaming that one day I call up Houston Office and tell them the famous line from Apollo 13,
"Houston, we've got a problem "Yes, my work starts too early. Yes, I joined the company with someone who never sleep and eat. This fact of course makes me bad, if there is any comparison should occur. Yes, I am required to do overtime. yes, I can not check hotmail, gmail and yahoo account during working hours.
But it feels really good when you join a company and everyone in the company instead of saying
"hi my name is...., what's your name?" greeting me with
"oooh hi bimo, finally you are here, welcome". It feels really good to join a company which core is young engineers who laugh and joke all day. It feels really good to join a company which can respect your religious practices (I can do my Dhuha, Zuhur, Ashar and Friday prayer without anyone ever complaints). And it feels really good to join a company where you really can utilize the knowledge you gained from the university. Finally, it feels really good to go to work in jeans, converse shoes and a polo shirt.
- Finally, I am an engineer. It's my first week, a long way to go, but I'll keep my spirit up. -CatlioFrom Workstation CAMSIN2185** for the first time
