Monday 31 October, 2005

Happy Halloween

Beam me upToday is the real Halloween, the Trick or Treat night. It's also customary for the grown-ups to dress up at work, we had few people dress up - I just didn't have time to come up with anything new so I went for my red classic. I was actually quite pleasantly surprised that I could still fit into it - it's been about ten years since the last time! Some of the costumes at work were exeptionally good - my lead was Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, and the winner was a girl who dressed up as Carrie, complete and drenched in blood. We also had lunch time entertainment in form of pizza and a movie (Shaun of the Dead - yay!)... and of course this was the day I had to move desks to make room for a new guy starting tomorrow.

The TOS uniform is a funny thing to wear anyway, as people's reactions vary enormously. Surprisingly, all the men were very careful to look me straight into the eyes, whereas the women were the ones that wanted to check exactly how short the skirt was and didn't shy away from bending down to examine it. The weird thing was, I felt that had to work more to get the same respect I would normally expect... good thing I had the pirate on my side!

Work has been challenging - we're in the begining of a new project when projects are always at their most unstable. Still, it's been very satisfying since I feel that for the first time ever I'm in a position where I can fully utilize my both my skills from the time I was developer and as a QA engineer - and I'm actually starting be in a position where I'm no longer just learning the job, I'm actually doing it. I can refer back to my earlier experiences and bring something new to the table, I can actually improve the process and get things done faster and more efficiently. People around me have learned to know me and trust me, and listen to what I have to say.

And it feels good. It's funny, that I have these two things inside me that are so different - QA that is so rational and logical, and yoga that is so mental and spiritual. Both feed a part of me that I need. Balance.

(And no yoga today!)

Posted by kolibri at 31 October 20:20, 2005
Comments
# 1 - Henri (on October 31, 2005 10:04 PM):

Wheee! You look just as good in it as the last time. I guess that was when we appeared in the Finnish national television? ;-)


# 2 - Rel Fexive (on November 1, 2005 01:42 AM):

Ai ya! Wode tìan!

It's an interesting look for sure ;)


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