Today is my first day at work after a long stretch of holiday. I am somewhat thankful that I still recall the passwords to all the systems. It took me a while to adjust to the pace of work and not to mention to catch up on all the emails which left unread during my absence at work. Every now and then, the image of the blue sea came to my mind. Not very helpful, though. It made my heart fonder thinking that the island is about 7 hours apart. I will be back. Just look out for me! =p
Little did I know that a number of my fellow colleagues bade goodbye while I was away. It's sad to see so many left the company. One of them is my very own teammate. I only heard of her resignation the week before last week and by the time I am back from my vacation, she's gone! How fast. I didn't get to say goodbye to her.
My colleagues and I switched to our usual craze after working hours. We were discussing about mooncake festival gathering. That sounds great. One of my colleagues volunteered to have it at her place this Saturday as the following Saturday is my other colleague's wedding! Gosh, I am so unprepared to be the zhi mui (it means "sister". Every wedding, the groom would have his pool of buddies, one of whom would be the groom's best man and for the bride, she would have her own sisters. Similarly, one of them would be the brides maid. The role of buddies and sisters are to be loud and get things heated up. The sisters would come up with games for the buddies and only after the buddies successfully hit the "passing" mark, will the groom allowed to see the bride. It's then continued with the wedding reception and ceremony). This is the first time I am given the honour to be a bride's zhi mui. I was asked to be zhi mui for another friend's wedding. Alas, I can't make it as I would be on business trip then. What a pity.
The sudden boom of wedding bells ringing somehow jolted me to reality. My biological clock is ticking and I am ageing. Staring at the reflection in the mirror, I could still see the childishness in myself though there are some fine lines around my eyes, which is a sign of my body telling me I am getting old. Gone were the days when I was just an innocent student whose only concern was to pass exams. Becoming some one's wife is something I have never imagined. At least not now. I am always slower compared to my friends of the same age ;p
4 comments:
a nice one shen, reminds me of my good olden days....don't worry, you will know when to say 'i do' when you've met your mr right :)
Why u talking bout biological clock all la? Haiiyoo...u still very very young la. Better concerntrate on GCSS, Claims...etc..etc. Hehehe..just joking dear. -shant-
owh. i remembered my zhi mui time last year - the zhi mui and the bride were about to get a photo taken on the bed and somehow the bed cannot handle our weight, it went broken... photgraphers can't stop taking those photos...
sdovelly - mmm...probably.
shant - haha. When I look at my to-do list, I realise time is ticking fast ;-) Perhaps we can have lunch together one day now that you are just so near us =D
renaye - LOL. Hope that doesn't happen to me. The photographers finally have something interesting to snap on eh.
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