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"stepping out on my own"
Thursday, December 09, 2004
something familiar has suddenly become so unfamiliar...

That Which Was So Familiar Has Become So Distant...

Standing outside the newsroom, waiting impatiently for Nicole to finish checking her email on Man's powerbook...

The once-empty three boxes displayed at the glass panels facing the corridor were adorned with plenty of decorative items... one to represent each publication... i never got to help out in completing the box...

I dragged myself to the door, reluctant to enter... i stood at the door, thinking how we had stayed over in there, busy with work yet happy in each others' company...

Suddenly a familiar voice calls out "Why u standing there? Like some stranger like that... Haha..."

Yes, at that moment, i felt so detached from the room and the people in there, i did feel like a stranger... a room that i was once authorised to enter has suddenly become off-bounds... the people whom i saw and interacted daily seem so distant and cold... ever since i've left, i've felt this tinge of guilt in my heart; i feel like i'm abandoning them... the worst thing is that they will have no replacement for me, so they'll have to complete the work of what was a 3-persons' job...

I left not because of the team... i love working with them... they're a fun and wonderful bunch and i can't think of anyone better to be in a team with... we all brought our various personalities into it and that has just lightened up the work... but i just couldn't take it anymore... i'm so sorry for having left... i miss you guys...