It's been 2 weeks working at HSBC now. Sleeping habits still needs some adjustment. I sleep in the day and I work at night. Other than that, everything's fine and dandy. Except for the fact I had trouble remembering some of their names. Trust me, its really hard to remember names with 3 or 4 syllables!
One of our trainers told us the other day that by the end of our Induction (Orientation), we'll be so close to each other, we'll be like brothers and sisters. She was right. When we were told we're going to be split up for our process training, people started crying. It's hard to imagine but it really did happen.
Put a group of strangers together everyday for 10 - 15 days and at the end of it, they'd have formed a bond. It was something I witnessed first hand.
So, for the past 2 weeks, I had to act, sing as well as dance. Basically, made a fool of myself just like everyone else. But it was all in the name of fun. Because of all these activities, I've a new nickname (Lover Boy - and Priya particularly likes to call me that) because of the role I had in a sketch we had to act out. Now, everytime I walk past some of the girls (and guys) its "Hi, Lover Boy!". I've been told I had a soothing voice, so I had to sing a song to console some of the girls when they were sad over the "split".
I guess they're are all compliments? I guess I'll be forced to perform something when we all go to Fraser's Hill next weekend. It's the 4th of July and we'll be getting a holiday on the 5th as well! Whoo hoo!
The best thing about the past 2 weeks at work was payday! We got 1/2 month's pay (RM 900+) for doing almost nothing. All we did was listen to people give some talks, did some written assignments, a couple of presentations, watch some videos and played lots of games.
There was this game we played, which was called "Guardian Angel". All of us picked a random name out of a box and we would be this person's Guardian Angel. We were supposed to get small, inexpensive games for our "Mortals" for about 4 days. Turned out that my "Angel" was Nanthiny. Honestly, it was pretty sad because I didn't get anything the first 2 days. She wrote me a note and said she forgot. But I guess it turned out alright at the end. She was really sweet and got me 2 small soft toys and a rose on the final day.
Process training begins this week so we'll see how it goes. And I get to be in the same class as Priya! :D
I sms-ed SW the other day but she told me she was going to be real busy this weekend. She's got a freelance project to do. She did say she'll sms me. Then she found out she had to go back to the office on Saturday. She called me and we were supposed to have dinner. She ended up finishing work late. She said maybe she'd see me today - but she was busy and she wasn't feeling well. Guess I'll probably see her in 2 weeks time.
