day two.

i'm 40% done with the week already! faster than i expected it to be haha.

and i have to say, within these two days i've seemed to learn so much more than i did in the past 1.5 months after nz... okay, maybe not, since i've really learnt quite a lot in those 1.5 months too. but it's just A LOT anyway... you get my point.

while readings are now still fun and interesting (to be frank, i thought i'd be pretty bored reading stuff but that's totally not true!) and i'm glad what i've read will be the bulk of what i'll be doing. i have an awesome buddy who sits just behind me, and she's so similar to me that it freaks me out at times (like we both don't like to eat mooncakes with those salted eggs and we don't really care what enters our mouths since we'll run it out). not only that, she's been a great friend and mentor both at the same time and so it's so much fun working with her! it's amazing how much stuff she learnt in the past two years. i get so impressed and confused at the same time! and she's definitely someone i can look up to! :)

office environment's really nice i have to say! things are flexible here, but not to the point of being uncontrolled or unstructured and so it's really great. the people are generally young (for example, the 4 of us sitting together are like 25 and below) and fun-loving, and jokes are really never ending. :D i feel so comfortable talking to them about many things and it really doesn't feel like i've only been here for 2 days (though technically i've known them for 6 months already, even though i've met them only thrice before starting). the others outside of my department have been really friendly too, and laughters are like always present around the office. 

oh yes, i got to know a fellow fresh grad who entered equally late (having returned from UK just 5 days before day 1) and it was really awesome talking to him. :) it's amazing how God plans things ahead for me! i think He really knew how nervous i was about this whole "day one" thing and so He planted ivan there - someone who loves the Father equally or if not more than i do, someone who also believes that being here at this point of time must be God's divine intervention, and somehow who would reassure me on how He is always there for us and with us. it's quite funny how people instantly connects whenever they talk about God, and how barriers break down and the love of God overflows.

anyway so that's how it went. ivan and i will be joining pam and the other christians in office for weekly fellowship this thursday! really looking forward to it! hope there'll be a short worship session too. :) and i can't believe that God's presence is THIS big in office until pam described to me. it's an amazing coincidence!

one thing is that i'll still need to get used to having minimal time for myself (4 hours at night if i do leave office on time) and having less than enough sleep most of the days. it'll just get worse for the next couple of weeks, but once i get the hang of everything i know it'll be better again. and this week's already very nice especially since i'm not meeting anyone on the weekdays except for friday because i was thinking i'd probably need some time to transit to the working life before i can include some of my social activities in. oh well. but next week gotta start meeting friends on a regular basis before i get used to the social-less life. no thanks to that.

anyhow, it's been a great two days. steep learning curve, but i'm constantly reminded how He is always with me and now every time i think about it i feel much more confident of myself and my God-given abilities. whatever i can't do, He'll make it happen. and so despite how tough the road ahead seems, i'm sure i'll be able to do well and that eventually i'll be part of God's much bigger plans. 

If God is for us, who could be against us?

+ guaishou's! :D