It's getting increasingly difficult for me to get to work by bus every morning. Getting up early, I can tolerate; what I cannot stand is the hot, stuffy air within the bus.
It was actually better during the summer beause drivers usually had AC on full. Nowadays it's getting colder, and they sometimes turn the heating on. Even if they don't the bus gets heated up because of the body temperature and breaths exhaled. Most buses don't have a window and I'm stuck in a bus filled with 30+ people with all the carbon dioxide they expel.
This morning I was especially tired becuase I hadn't got much sleep last night, and I just wanted to faint. At some point I thought I had missed my stop (I didn't). Even the smallest things bother me when I'm feeling too warm. A girl that was sitting next to me was watching a video on her cellphone and her elbow was touching mine. I just wanted to smack her on the arm and tell her to scoot.
But that would be an unnecessary confrontation.
This last week in my old team is making me more excited and antsy for my new job. It's a rather slow week compared to the earier this month. I spend most of my time just websurfing, occasionally watching Youtube videos when I think my boss is occupied, running few errands... And that's about it.
I will miss my co-workers though. They couldn't have been nicer. I hear that people in the new team are just as nice, and I hope that's true. Earning a good wage is one thing but to be tortured everyday at work and to come to resent my job would be a tragedy. I haven't had to hate anything so far. I hope that continues to be the case.
My superior asked me to write down all the chores I've had to do here so the team would have less trouble explaining to my replacement what s/he has to do. It wasn't that much, but I thought it was rather curious that after less than two months I was being promoted to a permanent employee. I honestly didn't see this coming. I don't have to tell you how relieved I am. I will be earning what people rookies earn at Samsung or LG. And by today's (and Korean's) standard, my yearly pay is above average.
My parents thought it was odd that I wasn't as happy as I should be.
I guess I am a little worried about plunging into a whole new career. What I'll be doing is along the line of what I hope to do in the near future and I can undoubtedly say there is no better job for me at this point, even if alternatives can pay better. I think I'll be happy once I know I can get the hang of it and gain some confidence. I'm pretty much a blank page right now and I don't really have much to show.
I've finally learned to be cautious; not to celebrate too early.
Actually, no. I'll be happy as hell when I receive my first pay as a paralegal. Then I'll be jumping around. Right now I can't really feel it in my skin that anything has changed.
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