I knew something was up when I went to bed with a slight sore throat yesterday. I woke up clammy and my nose was blocked. And the sore throat had gotten worse. I didn’t develop a high temperature though, so I thought if I drank lots and lots and lots and lots of water, whatever it is that’s bugging me will be flushed out of my system. I also didn’t want to give the company the impression that I was trying to get out of work today.
Well, it basically kinda got worse before it got (slightly) better. My nose started running like a tap and I could feel my temperature rising with each passing hour. Raymond (another Singaporean working at the company) handed me one of those Vitamin C tablets, and I managed to get another staff member to donate one of his Panadol. I think they helped alleviate the symptoms some. Also, I continued to chug water throughout the day (and obviously made quite a number of trips to the restroom in between). Coincidentally, there’s a water shortage warning or something on the island recently so that definitely made me feel extra guilty! I can’t imagine what could have caused the bug though. It’s not anything I ate I don’t think. Maybe it’s just me acclimatizing to the environment. I probably just need some good old-fashioned sleep. And more water.
I just hope I’ll recover in time to go home and meet my family tomorrow. They have a public holiday here on Friday so the company’s closed for the long weekend. And I’m expected back at SP for some meetings anyways. I’m really looking forward to that ferry ride relatively speaking. Nothing’s worse than coming home for a short break after some time away, only to be laid flat on the bed all that time recovering from an illness!
And what did I do at the office besides you may ask? I’ve been slowly getting re-acquainted with Softimage XSI via a library of resources they have on the server 
Boy, firing up the software and messing about with all the nifty little features sure bring back memories of my time at Bournemouth…
Of course I’ll find any excuse to remember my experience there. I’m just an old sentimental fool like that! 
OK. Maybe I’ll see ya when I get back to Singapore!
Archive for ‘August, 2007’
Overseas Work Attachment (OWA) Day 01: So It Begins.
on August 14, 2007 at 11:23 amI’m off on another adventure folks! I’ve officially started on an overseas stint at an animation production company. Unfortunately, this time I’m here on my own 
It’s just not feasible to bring my wife and kids over to stay with me during my expected few months here. Batam is not that far from Singapore actually (about an hour by ferry) so it’s not the end of the world. I’m hoping to be able to return every weekend – at least – to spend time with my family. It does kinda remind me of my army days when I had to book in and out on the weekend though. I figure once I get really busy with work the feeling of loneliness won’t be that bad…
Anyways, lets get to the good stuff shall we? My first day was literally pretty smooth sailing. Im not really good on boats (or long winding roads for that matter) but I’m so glad those motion-sickness supressing pills work! After a bit of waiting around I got a short tour of the premises and a look at the production they’re working on at the moment. Adez, the supervisor I’m supposed to report to, is a nice pleasant guy. The rest of the staff here are pretty cool too although, with so many of them spread out in the various departments, and being really busy with work, they don’t really have time to interact with the new guy. Perfectly understandable. I’m still on orientation mode at the moment, so they haven’t given me anything significant to do yet (which is to be expected). The company’s put me up in a really nice spacious apartment which is about 10 minutes walk from the office so that’s a big plus. I did get a little lost returning to it from the office yesterday evening though. It was very dark when I left (the street I’m on isn’t very brightly lit) and I wasn’t familiar with the route, but luckily there was a very helpful security guard who showed me the way.
I’ll keep you posted on my further adventures when I can so do stay tuned.
And I’ll try to upload some pictures too. For now it’s “So far so good”!
