6:30am. The alarm went off with a click. No music and neither did I hear the click. The volume was down way too low. Thank god my dear Mr J heard it and woke me up. I was kinda up anyways, hyped up by the coming of the day and my mind just kept saying "its time!"
Cloudy, cold and I think I heard the rain. Not good. Not the way to start another new week, let alone a new job. But the adrenaline kept me going. No...not going to give credit to the the freshly brewed coffee. I only had one anyways.
Jumped in and out of the shower quickly (had to ration the hot water) and dressed in my new shirt from Walmart and shoes from Burlington Coat Factory (I love this place). I later found out it was a bad choice to wear new shoes on the first day of work.
Down route XYZ and highway EF, not understanding the numbering system, I was guided by Tom-tom through the valley. As Tom-tom was never updated since we hired her services, she'd thought that I was flying off the freeway at certain sections of the road. She would have looked at me weird with one side of her face twitched, if she was given a face, for the numerous times it happened over the past year. 30 minutes later, I was face to face with the lady that assisted with my employment 3 weeks ago. Now she will be my manager in relations to the employment agency.
Apparently my client site manager won't be around for a few days and I was handed to another colleague for the rest of the day. I had also found out that my NT account and laptop was not ready. Crap. I hate that. It happened to me before. I remembered having to read corporate policy for 3 days straight while I waited for all my access to different system at one of my past job. I wonder how many days of dull, sleep inducing paper work will I be put through this time.
2pm. After numerous cups of coffee, I was rescued by another colleague from the flicker between the UPS documentation left behind by the last person who occupied my cubical and the thought of escaping through the back exit 10 feet away from me. He brought me on tour around the whole complex. I was in awe with the kind of cabling system they used. I think fiber to them was actually cheaper than copper. 30 minutes later I was lost through the many corners and hallways we passed. I was glad it wasn't a hide-and-seek game.
3pm. Back at my cubicle. Another coffee in my hand. I took some more magazines from the other colleagues. Took shoes off and my toes were glad to be released from the confinement after the long walk.
4:50pm. Planned my escape.
5pm. Executed my escape. But realized that was totally unnecessary as everyone else (I knew from the day) had left for the day. Not wanting to disturb Tom-tom, I thought I'd navigate home based on my memory this morning. One roundabout and a traffic light later, I found myself in unfamiliar territory as the freeway was nowhere in sight. I zipped into the nearest parking lot and whipped out Ms Tom-tom and prayed she knew where we were and pleaded her to guide me home.
Wonder what day 2 will be like.
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