Grateful

I started my new job 2 weeks ago and I have many things to be grateful for. The list may seem trivial to most people, but to me, it means quite a lot, especially after 4 and a half years of working as a embryologist.

Here are some of the stuff I am thankful for:

My very own workstation, with my very own laptop and my very own cushy high-backed swivel chair, and my very own telephone extension. In my previous place, all 10 of us had to share 3 PCs, 3 telephone lines (with just 1 passcode).

And I get to be pleased with my cool work shoes and work bag. In the previous place we had to wear ah pek slippers and loose-fitting pajamas, and nobody cared to look at your bags.

Last but definitely NOT the least, I get to keep foodstuff and drinks on my desk! No more hassle of putting on a labcoat, walking through long corridors and past at least 5 doorways and down at least one flight of staircase to be able to eat and drink. Woohoo! Sigh, I like keeping myself hydrated. :)

And did I mention that the management is superb?

Across the Threshold

I have been cheating with my latest posts: putting up pictures and posters without much words in between. But then again, a picture paints a thousand words, right?

Anyhow, it has been a week of endings and beginnings. I left my old job as an Embryologist - and thank God, it was with a big bang... I was sent all the way to Osaka in 2005 to train for a tricky procedure called IVM (in vitro maturation), which is a safer alternative to IVF but with a lower success rate. But when I returned, the boss did not see a need to use that particular procedure, so my training was left to gather cobwebs.

Then after I tendered my resignation, the boss thought, hey, she's leaving soon so better squeeze all those information out of her brain first. No centres in Malaysia and Singapore had reportedly carried out this technique before so we may as well try our luck. And true enough, we had our very first IVM case 1 month before I was scheduled to leave.

I had to fight through those thick cobwebs and retrieve those information and get updates on them - because afterall, it's been 3 years since. The case went better than expected. And 2 weeks later, the pregnancy result came back with a very high positive. Praise God.

Needless to say, the boss was elated. Sure he still managed to squeeze my brains even 3 hours before the end of my last day, but he did that in a kindly way - if that was possible.

Anyway, so I left with happy thoughts. And ready for a new adventure ahead. There's trepidation, but I've decided to put all my cares on that big guy upstairs. :)

Oh, and I've moved house too. From PJ to PJ. Haha. (Thanks so much to J for helping me move!) The new room looked rather intimidating, I don't know why. Perhaps I have not settled in properly so it doesn't have that cosy feel to it yet. There's much to do still.

So there it is. The end of the old, and start of the new.

[And yet another thing: a fresh start of an "old" thing. But that's another story ;)]

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