Last day at MMI today.

First day at MMI on 2 Feb.

It's been an interesting ~4.5 months (ok actual working time = prob only about 2.5 months haha paiseh) and during this time:
1) i think i've seen the complete change in attitude from a earliest-to-reach-latest-to-leave-seemingly-prime-character-in-office to a utterly-despondent-and-bitter-and-eagerly-counting-down-to-his-last-day-in-office
2) realized that stress/pressure/random-shit -handling is really crucial, and saw how it led to the eventual leave of someone else (i missed saying goodbye to her coz it was during the Clubmed week!)
3) that makes the leave of 2 perm staff in the period i was temp-ing :S
4) +how i got fired and then tenative-fired and then un-fired. And i cant believe i stayed on till now.

What i really did:
5) DATAMINING - zomggg brainless
6) first time making sales phonecalls - calling embassies/chamber of commerce to introduce the AOGS event and invite them
7) drafting/editting emails - THIS WAS THE POINT FROM WHICH EVEYRTHING ELSE SPRANG FROM. And i feel like i levelled up to like MMI Lvl 2 *dingdingding*.
8) copywriting...
9) POSTCARDS! HAHAHAHA. That was definitely something that i would remember of MMI, not entirely fondly, but still memorable.
10) and it gave me a chance to try making a semi-sales pitch
11) then suddenly we got acknowledged as the "graphics design people" and even did banners 0.o COME ON, WHERE TO FIND SUCH DIVERSE SAMPLING OF JOB EXPERIENCE MAN!! Hah.
12) and then suddenly i got allocated to be under Mr Ng, and i feel like LEVEL UP! *dingdingding* MMI Lvl 3. Did coordination of Public Lectures...
13) ... from here, it's like Super Combo of everything from 5-8, called up teachers, wrote emails, compiled responses, etc etc.

14) and today, we made a ballot box. HAHAHA out of old cardboard boxes, and a lot of tape.

Aah actually it's a rather weird feeling, this whole... quitting business. I think i've finally realized why. Comparing it with school, it's not like we have a choice - when the time is up, you graduate and leave. Or if you suck so bad, then you're kicked out. But now, i've made a conscious choice - and it's up to me to take all responsibility of my decision.

Hai anyway in all practicality, this is a timely break. And i think i've incurred enough seeth with my intermittent leave and deproving standard of work, so i think my time is up.

Today's lunch was with Alex, Dalong, SC, XL and Liyan, and Alex treated us to beef noodles as like a farewell lunch, sorta. Actually it was a rather pedestrian lunch, talked rubbish, but nothing particularly funny or memorable. Alex was in a brilliant mood today, which was the complete opposite for the rest of us. Zzz he was supposed to stay only until noon, so he brought his bag out to lunch and after lunch we parted ways.

Liyan SC XL and i left first, while the 2 of them smoked, and it was only after we crossed the road and walked for about a minute, then Liyan said, like an afterthought, "... Bye Alex." Awww.

Maybe it was just very "recent" in terms of chronology, but somehow after lunch, his absence in office was rather prominent.

The afternoon was rather sian (... just like the afternoons of the past 2 weeks) and it was such a weird/uneasy/strange feeling that at random times, random people (like Zi, SC or KX) will give me like an update of "2 more hours!!" :S :(:(:(

Honestly i am quite sorry to leave. But still.

So at 6+pm, when i packed my bag for the last time at my seat in that part of office in that part of Hindoo Road, it was rather surprising at the "farewell" that i got. Mr Ng wished me luck and thanked me for my help, Zi shook my hand and also wished me all the best, Patrick gave me his (recently-plagued-by-stress-and-fatigue-but-nonetheless)-typical-cute-sad-look and said "When will we meet again?" and Dalong mistook my upraised-hand-for-hi-5 as a k-thanks-bye or something, and hurriedly said "All the best! Byebye..." And i walked to Farrer Park MRT with Sock Ching, Kexin and Xuan Lin.

Then i took MRT back just like it was any other day.

Ah well, is it not?

I dunno. Ok i'm feeling sleepy-incoherent. But ok one person that i have to thank would be Liyan, seriously. :) Eh dont get pissed reading this in office HAHA!

I'm off to Taiwan from tomorrow till next Monday, will be uncontactable by phone because i'm un-autoroam, but i will be bringing my iTouch and see if they have wireless in the hotel.

Zai jian!