23
Oct
Frosty Singapore Mornings in the Office
I haven’t been getting much of a social life ever since I started in my current occupation.
Yes, I have been going out with my friends.
Yes, I have been chatting with some of them.
Yet, the feeling just isn’t there. I don’t know what has happened to the fire within. Perhaps doused by the cold air-conditioning in the office? It always get chilly in the afternoons when the sun is blazing outside.
In fact, nothing has ever been the same since my life took a drastic change back when I enlisted into the army for my national service. With only one hour each day to wash-up, prepare the stuff for the next day’s training, I literally let the ball drop.
So much so that by now, I feel a teeny bit close-friendless. Sure, I have all the great friends in my life; especially the new ones I have found at work, but the extra oomph always come from my closest friends, from whom I have been drifting ever since 2003.
Wow, 3 years of extreme close-friendlessness. Am I some weird creature? I’d say probably.
The next 2 weeks are not going to help a lot: I am scheduled to work the magical 8pm to 8am shift - very much like guard duty, except that we yak instead of shoot. I don’t know whether the extreme cold temperatures in the wee hours of the morning would affect me: I had survived morning dews in a forest, but probably, the cold temperatures are a reflection of a too-cool heart.
That is not something just any sweater or windbreaker is going to warm.
on October 23rd, 2006 at 6:08 pm
hi there! i know what you mean about needing close friends … but just cos they’re not by your side, doesnt mean the closeness ends. i’ve moved around loads and so have 1 or 2 close friends from each place i’ve lived!!! i like it this way but sometimes it is a struggle.
i followed your tag from the NANO website - how about signing up as buddies as we go through. i have a poetry / art website but this is the first time for me doing anything like this… i’m not sure how we do this but the name to look for is elizabeth rose. i live in spain / work in gib - this will help you find me on the site. look forward to hearing from you - lets rant and stress together…?
on October 23rd, 2006 at 9:05 pm
Hi Elizabeth, thanks for dropping by. I don’t know about you, but when I lose contact with my friends, the feeling starts to fade. It feels like everything is reset, and when I do eventually call them, I hit an iceberg that I would need to chip away again.
You sure are fast, I have not yet blogged about NaNoWriMo, and here you have already done the prior expose!
I would really love to have someone to struggle with through NaNoWriMo. It is going to be my first, and I sure do aim to finish the 50,000. Maybe I should write “The End” 25,000 times once I cannot find some good plot to start off?