I am now in Singapore, been working and walking around for the pass 1 week and a half and the extreme heat is definitely not helping me settling down in this new city of mine. People always talk about culture shock when they first visit a country, like when I first step into UK soil 8 years ago, I was told by my parents, uncle and aunties that I will experience alot of encounters that might shock my system. But for some particular reason, I settled down pretty well without any problems at all. Maybe it is the naivety and being 17, it is easy to get influence by a foreign surrounding, when the sense of curiousity is at a very high level.
I have been working since Monday, a week earlier then our previous verbal agreement, and the working culture is definitely a big shock to my system. I was equipped with a sling bag and a soar throat due to the heat, I ended staying in the office till 2000 on the first day, 1945 on the next day, 1930 on Wednesday, 2244 on Thursday and a pitiful 1830 on Friday due to my request as I was sick and just had visited the doctor at 1530. It is definitely not a great way to start but I might learn very quickly being put into the deep end straight away. It is a very successful company, with one of the employee stating the company being a factory, run by rules, standard and regulations. Apparently, WOHA runs the office with less projects but it has a more concept based approach which I like, and they had vacancy in the month of February which I was not aware off. But that does not mean they do not work through OT repeatedly. These are just word of mouth from colleagues who has friends working over that side.
I have 2 weeks again before I could settle properly into a room that was dub as expensive, which I did not know, and it was harder to deal with landlords 10,000 miles away. Slightly uninspired, will bring my camera around and start exploring the nooks and spaces of Singapore when I can. Oh Geylang, inspire me lol.
