Families and friends

Dear SG,

Since coming to NZ, I’ve promise myself that I would dedicate myself to my family. It’s a whole new experience for me to put family first rather than spending more time with my friends than with my immediate family. Being an only child, my friends have become my family, especially many of those that I regularly met up with.

But with Andrew’s siblings, I’ve great fondest and a great time getting to know them. It wasn’t hard to be involved as a family when the family itself is close knitted and their bond and love for each other is strong. But I’ve missed my friends… my surrogate family.

I’ve been with the company for over a year now but I haven’t gone out with any of my mates at work. The previous team consist of all married men (yes, I was the only female) and because we all had families of our own to return to at the end of the day, we didn’t really consider meeting up outside working hours.

However, since moving to this new position within the company, I’ve join a team where we are all around the same age group. The energy’s different and the environment is different. I’m actually based away from my own team because of the location where I lived. I would go over to the HQ every now and then, however, this means I couldn’t really get to know the folks that I worked closely with.

But that all changed in the last 5 weeks. We had an American consultant working with us and I moved my base over to the HQ to because I am heavily (pun intended) involved in the action. In these short weeks, I’ve learnt more about them and gotten closer. We are friends now, not just colleagues or comrades at work. When our favorite consultant goes back to the States next Wednesday, I will be returning to work in the other office. I am going to miss the vibe and the jokes we share.

I look forward to the next engagement which will bring our good friend back from the States and back to NZ in a warmer season.

From home to office in the hosptial, where I'm based

From home to the office in HQ North Shore. Congestion in the main CBD area and the harbour bridge but where the rest of my team are based

With love from NZ,
J