A.M. Tea and P.M. Soda

That is my day during the first week of work. After 16 months of not having much of a schedule, I am readjusting to life as a working man. The caffeine is needed to fuel (i.e. start) my engine during this transition back to work.

Week one has been uneventful. I expect the job to be similar to my job – negotiating, reading and writing contracts. However, the internal teams for whom I’ll be doing the work will be different. At Primus, I worked with the wholesale team; I’ll be working with the retail team here.

There are 20 or so people in my company's legal department and 6 of us are located in Singapore. The majority of the team is in Hong Kong, at company headquarters. My boss told me that they may send me to HK next month, for a few days, to meet the rest of the team and see how they operate.

My days may be long ones here. I have a 10 minute walk to take a direct bus to work, about 30 minutes, office hours 9-6 but I’ll be expected to be here until 7 or so, then a 50 minute bus ride home and another 10 minute walk. Once I get home, i’ll shovel food in my mouth, sleep and then start the whole thing over again.

We’ll see how it all works out.With the economy as it is, I am fortunate to have found a good job. I do know that.