Adjustments and Professionalism
It’s almost quitting time for me today. I got in late today because of the darn traffic and I can just see the minutes ticking away a few pesos on my next salary. Hay.
Well this feels weird. I got so used to being with our testers last week for this UAT I conducted that it felt kind of strange suddenly going back to “normal” in the office and not having to do testing for that particular project. I kind of miss those guys and girls who were here last week. Especially those girls who kept on calling me “ate” even if we were all on the same age. I felt like I was holding a household again and they were my members.
I miss that. :) Having a household. And I’m thankful that God gave me the opportunity to know those girls (they have been testing the thing we tested since November, and it was just yesterday I got to know them!), and I can’t wait to see them again.
This work professionalism kind of confuses me. See, we had the vendors and the testers here last week. In the span of time we were testing, we were “trapped” in a room, talking while doing the test…of course we couldn’t talk about work all the time, so we ended up kidding and teasing each other, cracking jokes and telling each other stories about our love lives (okay, that was just me and the girls). After all those talks, where do you draw the line on work and personal lives?
I know the answer there is a big duh. I just get a bit confused on when to call the person a colleague and a friend. Where does one start and end? If you and your colleague can exchange stories other than work, are you friends? When does friendship “end” and being a colleague start? Where do you draw the line on a person being your friend and being someone you work with?
Of course, there could be friends and colleagues, right? Just like there can be friends and lovers (hihi, I just had to put that in :p).
I never thought this would confuse me. I guess it’s because I’m a more relational person that the relationships I form around me — whether it be friendly or professional or whatever — matters, and I want to know how these people stand in my life. And yeah, I think I also think about this because I have friendship issues.
Just some thoughts. Again. I have to go because it’s waaaay past my quitting time and I still have two Didache reflections to finish tonight. :D I promise not to go online to finish this and sleep early so I can go to the gym tomorrow.
Let’s see how good I am at fulfilling that last statement. Haha. Good evening everyone! :)
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