As you know Caitlin enjoys being picked up from school by her favourite human on Earth (ahem).
So since I had the day off work (actually I had taken the whole week off since I have a load of annual leave left), and also that our department had organised a lunch party, I thought to pick Caitlin up from school and head on over to the office party with her in tow, to show her the place where I work.
The party was a combined Raya celebrations as well as farewell for a staff. But little did I know that there was also gonna be performances by my peers. Some singing, some dancing, some fashion show parade.
We arrived about 50 minutes after the party started- Caitlin’s school day only ended 30min after the scheduled start of the party. By then there were thank-you speeches already by my unit head, and soon followed by performances.
The ladies in the unit danced, sang self-written rhymes to tease the farewell staff. Staff were also requested to come “dressed up”, so there were also fashion / catwalk parades. In good sportsmanship, when my peers saw me walking in with Caitlin, I was also requested to parade under the “Daddy with daughter” category. Caitlin wasn’t too appreciative of that, but she obliged since I was holding her hand. We did a walk, I wanted to twirl her but she wasn’t really in the mood, and we walked back to where we were hiding.
Soon after, lunch was served. It was only then that she started coming out of her shell, starting to respond and then started talking to the adults in my office. It was afterwards that I found out that she even volunteered info- that she spoke first instead of just responding, about her day in school, with one of the ladies here…
Hmm I wonder if it was ‘cos food was being served that she opened up….
So now she has seen “Daddee’s office”. Complete with dancing ladies, singing ladies, ladies winning (small) awards for being best-dressed, a big table full of food with tomato rice, not-spicy curry dishes, cakes, “crackers” (she didn’t know they were called papadums), and Playhouse Disney (website) on Daddee’s work laptop.
Talk about misconceptions about the adult working life from an early age!
Ahh… Daddee must have felt as proud as a peacock.
Showing off your girl to your colleagues and showing your girl where you work.
Gadget-daddy was around a few of the days this week. The boys too enjoyed having him around, especially when they open their eyes in the morning and can crawl up to snuggle against him.
Those were precious moments for us.
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Haha! Good for the 3xM’s!
I personally was under the wrong impression of the adult working life, for a long time, during my adolescence…
I always thought the working hours ended at 4 or 4:30pm, ‘cos that’s when my dad came home.
It wasn’t till later that I realised that had a lot to do with the fact that he was the boss!
Hmm… speaking of which, I wonder what are my boys thinking of the working world now:
with Daddy away at work (not seeing him for a few days) and then sometimes at the office (we drop him off) and sometimes just talking on the phone at home.
As for myself, my parents also worked add hours, so we saw very little of them except a few times a year when they take off to take us on a holiday, that would be during CNY and the long school break.
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hahahaha…..life is all about having fun! Maybe a misconception will not be so for her when she find her dream job one day!
Food and fellowship go hand in hand! Good for Caitlin to initiate conversation!
By the way, how was Paddington?
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Hi Ann!
The Paddington Bear launch was ok, I guess, from the organiser’s point of view.
But it was very crowded for the attendees like us, especially with kids and strollers. The venue was smallish; probably ‘cos they weren’t expecting such a good turn-out. It was also raining halfway through, causing more people to cram in under cover; if it wasn’t raining one could actually hang around just outside the boundary of the venue and still get to see/hear the goings on.
Caitlin wasn’t at all excited about the whole thing. She isn’t into teddy bears anyway, so this wasn’t a very big deal for her. She was actually more excited about being in KLCC/Twin Towers window-shopping!