Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Back to work tips

If you have been on holiday for say a week or more, it'll be hard to leave that cozy pink bed and put on your working shoes. So here are some tips for a great start...

1] Pesan siang-siang to anyone of leisure to watch Drama Bersiri Latin: Belinda, Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres or Drama Bersiri ASEAN: Malin Kundang for you - if not sesia je you kept on watching those damn soaps for the past five days!

2] Search all your jeans pockets for loose change - kumpul-kumpul banyak tu, can cover commuting fares and lunch money maa

3] Pick up the newspaper just a day before you come back for a chance to figure out esok sebona-bonae berapo haribulan...

4] Mentally, single out the stuff you wanna wear the next day (highly applicable if you have lots of ironing-free materials like I do)

5] Sleep in early or late (whichever gets you to wake up earlier the next morning) so that you have more time than usual to get ready for work at sloth pace - tis less shocking to the system, really

6] Buy a pack of M&Ms to bring back to the office - enjoy it with your colleagues as they feed you with the past week's official and unofficial recaps (your career might depend on this practice of feed-me-feed-you intelligence gathering)

7] Try to arrive a bit earlier than everyone else - enjoy the office at its (silent) best and get reacclimatized (totally optional tho, not applicable if you're still in sloth mode)