Two weeks notice

Yesterday I drove home for the first time without having my maps strategically folded, tabbed, and placed in the front passenger seat. Now that's a milestone achievement!

I'm still learning the ropes here, but everyone has been tremendously helpful and friendly and SPEAKING ENGLISH TO ME ALL THE TIME. My dear colleagues are gems. Of course, the campus has quite a significant expat population so it's not that unusual though nonetheless very appreciated.

One thing I do like about the new workplace despite the 45min commute (door to door) is the company cafeteria. Food is pretty good, with changing menus everyday, a good assortment of hot and cold dishes and sandwiches etc. It's no Google but the subsidised rates mean that I pay about US$1 for a generous portion of delicious nicoise salad. So yummy I had it twice this week. And a glass of soda costs US 15c. Booyah - this beats my usual 80c teh-o peng and S$3.20 yong tau foo! Unfortunately, when I have to work at the other campus (only 30mins away), there's only a public cafe and the prepacked salads cost 5x the price and taste pretty meh.

There are 3 bank holidays next month. Too bad I still haven't quite oriented myself just yet so have no travel plans. Which is an odd contrast to the fact that I'll also have 3 business trips as well. Yikes. Within a month after I arrive I have to take a long haul flight to the southern hemisphere. I'm kinda not looking forward to the flight but excited to check out a new continent. Yay!

Okay. It's Friday, and I wanna get outta here!