A Sunday Morning

On a usual Sunday, like everyday else, I'll start the day with preparing my son's breakfast, that's his milk and cereal and sometimes accompanied by fruit puree. This will be followed by feeding, washing up, poo-pooing, bathing, dressing up and etc.

Today, like everyday else, I repeated the same old chore, but I didn't head off to church with them. Because I have something important but rather boring to d0 --- working. Many days back when I just graduated from uni and still single, I don't mind working on Sundays because that's the time I can claim OT which equates to bigger paycheck at the end of the month. I guess that's quite a norm to many fresh graduates who don't mind trading off their time for money. After having a family with kids, our mindset started to change as well. It's really a drag to work on Sunday because that would simply mean you have less time together with your kids. That's also part but important reason why I quit my job in retail pharmacy. Yea, u r right, I'm now serving my 3 months notice, just endure for one more month and that's it, I won't be in retail anymore.

I'll be joining St Andrew Community Hospital which is located beside Changi General Hospital. It's very very far from home, it takes about 1/2 hour journey driving there from home when there's no traffic jam. Yes, without traffic jam. However, many people have warned me that there's heavy traffic jam at TPE every morning from the punggol exitall the way up to pasir ris exit. I guess that's due to the road construction near Lor Halus which closed one of the lanes. Many people wondered why I still join them bearing in mind the long journey from home and having to wake up early in the morning (cos I start work at 8.15am). Well, one of the striking reason is it's a christian hospital. I believe it's not easy to find a working environment with so many christians surrounding you, counting from the CEO to my direct boss, the pharmacy manager. And all of them make you feel so welcomed before and during the interview. Judging from their willingness to accomodate my worksing schedule in arranging the timing of the interview compared to some others who refused to adjust the timing at all, I was and am moved. I've attended a few interviews before this, this is the first time I saw the hiring manager sitting in the room preparing for the interview way before I arrived.

After joining the workforce for five years after graduating from school, this will be my first time enjoying five days week, no longer need to work on Sunday. Well, the CEO ever cautioned me that don't ever envision this as a perfect working environment, it bound to have certain flaws somewhere. Of course I don't, but comparing to other jobs elsewhere, I thought that would be the next best to me. Perhaps I can share with you more about it end of next month when I start work with them. Hopefull I can always wake up early and reach work on time. =)