Wednesday, February 02, 2005
First day of temp job sucks. As it turned out, it's a temp receptionist and secretary position rather than a temp secretary position. It appeared that there was some mis-communication between my ex-colleague and the client. I am seated at the reception but I have to provide some assistance to a secretary who will be supporting another Director who's visiting for about 1 week, in addition to her own boss, the MD. And so when she gets too busy, I will have to assist her. Oh whatever. Not that it's a hell of a difference. It's just for 2 weeks. There were quite a lot of visitors today but the phone calls were at a manageable level.
The secretary commented that my face is so heavily powdered and it's a marvel that at the end of the day, my make-up still showed no signs of cracking. I don't know how to respond to that, so I just responded in the only way I know how - smiled and laughed it off. It's definitely not a compliment but not exactly an insult either. It's difficult to fault her for this. Ok, maybe like what Nic said, it's a left-handed compliment. And before I went on to say more, he assured me my make-up is not thick and heavy at all. It's just good. Not the perfect answer actually. The perfect answer would be ' your make up is not heavy or thick. You just have very good skin which is accentuated by the make up.' That's what I call a perfect answer. But I will let it pass.
The other receptionist is quite alright, except that I thought she could be dressed more professionally. Well, maybe she thinks I am over-dressed. That may be true, but you can't fault me for that either. I came dressed for a secretary position to a MD. It's only fitting that I look presentable and well-groomed. Anyway, it's not even a suite. It's just a dress.
And I drove Nic's car to work today. Woohooo... I totally looked the part of a successful and independent career woman. Such a thrill!
I miss Nic already. He will be back on the 7th. Just in time for the Chinese New Year holidays. Well it's just 2 days of hols for us. No biggy. He could do some visiting with me if he wants to. Otherwise, we can just cuddle at home. That seems to be one of our favorite pastimes now. Or I could persuade him to go shopping for some new clothes for both of us. Or he could be too tired to move. Well, we'll see.
And I did something naughty yesterday. Well, actually he made it out to be something naughty. I definitely didn't intend it the way he read it. It was just a sweet gesture to tell him I miss him. Simple, innocent and vanilla. I wore my hair in two ponytails, smiled my sweetest and took a photo of myself and sent it to Nic (His personal email, not his company email, he's really particular about this and doesn't like personal emails to be sent to his company email.), with a short message that says 'missing me? love you to bits, Mich.' And he replied, 'Cute, very cute, but I don't have a schoolgirl fetish. Loving you to bits too...'. I had such a good laugh when I saw his reply. Fetish? haha. Well, I am not exactly a fan of role-plays myself.
The secretary commented that my face is so heavily powdered and it's a marvel that at the end of the day, my make-up still showed no signs of cracking. I don't know how to respond to that, so I just responded in the only way I know how - smiled and laughed it off. It's definitely not a compliment but not exactly an insult either. It's difficult to fault her for this. Ok, maybe like what Nic said, it's a left-handed compliment. And before I went on to say more, he assured me my make-up is not thick and heavy at all. It's just good. Not the perfect answer actually. The perfect answer would be ' your make up is not heavy or thick. You just have very good skin which is accentuated by the make up.' That's what I call a perfect answer. But I will let it pass.
The other receptionist is quite alright, except that I thought she could be dressed more professionally. Well, maybe she thinks I am over-dressed. That may be true, but you can't fault me for that either. I came dressed for a secretary position to a MD. It's only fitting that I look presentable and well-groomed. Anyway, it's not even a suite. It's just a dress.
And I drove Nic's car to work today. Woohooo... I totally looked the part of a successful and independent career woman. Such a thrill!
I miss Nic already. He will be back on the 7th. Just in time for the Chinese New Year holidays. Well it's just 2 days of hols for us. No biggy. He could do some visiting with me if he wants to. Otherwise, we can just cuddle at home. That seems to be one of our favorite pastimes now. Or I could persuade him to go shopping for some new clothes for both of us. Or he could be too tired to move. Well, we'll see.
And I did something naughty yesterday. Well, actually he made it out to be something naughty. I definitely didn't intend it the way he read it. It was just a sweet gesture to tell him I miss him. Simple, innocent and vanilla. I wore my hair in two ponytails, smiled my sweetest and took a photo of myself and sent it to Nic (His personal email, not his company email, he's really particular about this and doesn't like personal emails to be sent to his company email.), with a short message that says 'missing me? love you to bits, Mich.' And he replied, 'Cute, very cute, but I don't have a schoolgirl fetish. Loving you to bits too...'. I had such a good laugh when I saw his reply. Fetish? haha. Well, I am not exactly a fan of role-plays myself.
# posted by Oddball @ 10:36 PM 
