How was your first day?

I guess everyone will face or had faced this at some point in their life. Be it the first day at school, the first day at your new job, first day entering uni etc. So, let's start again... how was your first day at your new job? As i mentioned in my first few entries, I have not worked at that many places, so I could only speak for 3 places. And my best first day was back during my first job at a merchant bank. I was fresh, enthusiastic, very driven. People at the office was warm, welcoming, friendly... so I felt welcome. I felt motivated.

That was 10 years ago. So it got me thinking.... did I welcome a newcomer like how I was welcomed on my first day back then? If people either naturally, voluntarily or maybe half-heartedly made me feel welcome, then why didn't I do the same? They deserve to be welcomed just like how I would like to be welcomed if I were to join a new place. It does not take too much trouble to actually be hospitable, courteous (as what Suz put it) and friendly just to make a person feel good about joining you and be your co-worker. After all, we will be seeing each other's face on a daily basis for god knows how long.

Being a human being, there are times when we act so selfishly, not knowing that it could leave a mark forever. The things that we did or did not do, will make a permanent impression that would be remembered for a long time. So why choose to be remembered for the wrong reasons when you can choose to be remembered positively?

Who knows, I too will be going through maybe one or two more first days. And the last thing I want is that my presence is not welcomed by the people in the new office. I don't think I will like that. Afterall, I always thought that " Dunia ni bulat, you will never know when you are going to be at the bottom end. And you will never know who you will bump into again".

Singing off - nmn