I guess this is all about the whole issue of how well do you want to become friends with your colleagues. Can we just be friends, or do we need to constantly huggle and hi-five? I'm really not the type to engage in random, excited and stupendously OTT small talk with random people who I happen to bump into in the main break out space at work while preparing my mid-afternoon green tea just because I know that we all work for the same company even though we have absolutely nothing else to do with each other - personally or professionally. heck, am I obliged to become bumchums with people just because I think that they are Australian, or not Singaporean for that matter? I don't even know your name. Actually, YOU don't even know my name OR which department I work for. I get the feeling, that the only way to convince them that I'm not "unapproachable" but just particular and perhaps a tad unpretentious is to give everyone warm fuzzy hugs and kisses every time that I see them. ridiculous.
Anyway. I don't actually care that this is the view of the world, it's just interesting to me. At least I have stayed true to myself and have not turned into one of those people who I could never identify with. I actually like and think it is a good thing that the people who I have spent time with / seen regularly out and about can ascertain this aspect of my personality. It's not necessarily something to be proud about, or not proud about, but it is something that I have always carried about myself and I choose to be an ice queen at times. I choose to be particular. I choose to stick with genuine conversation.
Or. Maybe I need to wear black less often, and smile more.
much love xox.
