Moving out

Hectic is the only adjective that I can think of to describe my current situation. The level of commitment that is required of me is worrisome to the extent that I'm wondering if I could only find a TARDIS somewhere hiding inconspicuously for my own pleasurable use.

I have moved out of my comfy room in the family house, and moved into the flat. Yes, the one I have been moaning about. Lucky for me, birds have stopped using the balcony as their communal toilet, though some of the yobs still do. The crawling fungal infestation seemed to have stopped. I guess the landlady showed them the door. The cement floor's still a cement floor, but I stopped by the wholesale district the other day to buy some bamboo mats, which helped a lot.

Now comes the issue. J has moved in as well with his dad, bf and Hong upon my invitation, which gives the place a nice cheery tinge. Makes me feel better to come home to a house where my close friends are around. However, I'm concerned over the fact that I'm the only one with a car and that the house is not exactly the coolest during the afternoons. Moreover, the wireless broadband signals suck in that area, and that we're like 20km away from "civilisation".

On top of that, I guess I spent a bomb on groceries etc. setting up the house, and am prolly gonna start living on biscuits and water for the next 2 weeks. LOL. Nah, I'm exaggerating. I go home almost every other week to raid the pantry, so it's not so much of an issue about groceries, but I'm slightly unnerved that the cost involved with 'freedom' is so high.

On the other hand, at work, it's slightly worrisome as my assistant manager who is above me is sort of keeping out of the loop from projects while the manager is too high up to see me around. I'm concerned with the amount of office politics that is floating around, though I'm lucky to have an eye and an ear from the MD and CFO whose children I'm teaching Mandarin as a favour and extra income.

Speaking of office politics, I finally get to meet most of the white collar staff here during a Team Building event last week. We ended up getting stranded in the middle of a forest resort, and were forced to climb a small hill every morning to get to the seminar room. But all's well ends well as I finally got to have a first hand encounter with the whole management structure in the company. Interesting thought.

And to conclude, some random pics I took from the chalets.