Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

Yeay. I have survived two (2) days of chambering. 268 more days to go. But who’s counting actually? Ngee. Adaptation period. The hardest.

These two days have been physically testing. Yesterday, my first day, (which I dreaded so much initially) was evidently exhausting. I was given very little thing to do at work actually, but what exhausted me was the ride home. The ride home yesterday was the longest ride I’ve ever taken I my life. First, I had to wait tersangatlah lama di station Bank Negara because apparently there was some technical problem, dan masalah besarnya ialah saya menanti dengan berpuluh ratusan manusia lain yang wajah semuanya seperti nak makan orang, atau rela dimakan. Maka bila komuter finally arrived, berpusu2lah manusia berebut untuk naik, dan natijahnya, there was not even room for one to breath. Kami berada dalam keadaan itu hingga tiba di stesen Segambut. Sesiapa yang aku terpegang, mintak halal lah ye, atau sesiapa yang telah terpegang aku, aku maafkan ajelah.

The worst part was having to stand in one place in the commuter di tengah2 lautan manusia tu – as this requires one to be able to ‘brake’ oneself bila komuter terhenjut2 dan membrake. Maka untuk ‘brake’, one’s kaki is essential, and mine were in heels. Baaaaik punya sakit kaki, almost killed me (or at least my spirit). But otherwise, my first day was mundane - bosan aje sebab 2/3 of the staffs were on leave yesterday, aku belum dapat working station, PC, access pass, dan macam2la kebosanan (although people were good to me – thank God for that). Going home to Ibu was very comforting, like a warm blanket during rainy hours, like a hot soup when one is having a cold, like a hot bath when one is weary. Teehee. But a sign of adulthood (I think) is when instead of screaming “I want my mommy!!!!” like budak2 darjah satu (yang start semalam juga), one will whine “I want my boyfriend!!!” like I did. Hahaha.

Today I got to meet my lady Master, and was introduced to 1/3 of the office staffs (plus partners & lawyers) – ramai lagi tak diperkenalkan, staffs yang tempatnya di tengah2 di level yang sama, staffs level atas, level bawah, sebab tak sempat – and some popular responses were: “Am je? Nama penuh apa?”, “Eh muka macam kenal la”, “Tinggal kat Bukit Beruntung ye? Tak jauh ke?”, “Grad MARA ye? Oh sini ada gak lawyer from MARA, macam M***, Z***** etc”.

After the networking session (together with flashing some smiles – genuine ada, fake lagi banyak), I went to menyelesaikan pemfailan petition ku, together with Nijoh, Mazia & Bart. Sangatla letih. Lari sana lari sini. Mazia & I ran like mad women at the AG’s Chambers Putrajaya (while Bart gelakkan kitorang terbahak2) because it was so near to closing time by the time we reached there. The whole day was like an episode of Explorace. Mesti ada masyarakat lalu-lalang yang cari kot2 ada kamera - bolehla tumpang masuk gambar. Anyway, letih pun letih la. Yang penting, everything is settled, petition is filed, and the copies have been served to the respected, designated places, and hence, pupilage a.k.a. chambering ku bermula secara official today. Woohoo. Alhamdulillah.

I am pretty sure that I’m going to be jaded (dan tinggal tulang) pretty soon. Btw kenapa aku tak suka adaptation period? Huhu. Adakah kerana I dislike new situation? Atau simply kerana I love familiarity and comfort zone? But change is good kan? Kan? Speaking of adaptation brings me to a ‘deep’ conversation I had with him earlier this week:

Me: Takut tak nak chambering?

Him: Takut sikit.

Me: Haaa!!!! Awak mana boleh takut!

Him: Ok ok. Tak takut. Apa nak takut. Just go there and do your thing. Buat kerja elok2. Jangan kacau orang. Senyum. Okla nanti. Macam mutiara.

Me: Nape dgn mutiara?

Him: Awak macam mutiara. Campakla kat mana pun boleh. Campak kat dalam air, jadi pulau. Campak kat darat, jadi gunung.

Me: Haah? Nape dari mutiara boleh jadi pulau? Jadi gunung? Gile busuk. Pulau selalu lonely. Kotor. Gunung busuk gile. Berbanding mutiara lah. Elok2 jadi mutiara, nape nak jadi gunung? Pulau?

Him: Ek eleh. Ok ok. Awak macam benih yang baik lah, ok…

Me: Weh apahal benih lak ni? Degraded lak. Tadi elok2 mutiara. Tetibe tukar jadi benih lak. *Brok brek brok brek*

Am I impossible or am I impossible? Ngeee.