Reading S.’s blog this morning made me realize how I would never quite experience anything quite like the first few days of undergrad again.

Sure, I’ve had a few more “orientations” since then, but the one for my grad school was more like a few weeks of full-day math review classes! (And some of the “review” was more like “brand new” concepts for me.)

The one for work was a lot less stressful, but then again, it was definitely not like the fun/carefree/bonding events like what we had 8 years ago. (Typing that last sentence suddenly made me realize, that in a couple of years, I’d have known all of my closest friends for more than a decade already. Now, if that doesn’t make one feel … old … I don’t know what will.)

On an unrelated note, I had been hearing about my company on the news quite often lately — not so much about the team I’m currently with right now, but almost everything about the team I had spent most of the last year with. Unfortunately, the news and the buzz around everything right now doesn’t quite put us in the very best of light, but I guess that does come with the territory of being the market leader for many of the daily essentials. That’s where all the spotlights are always on.

But anyway, I always had the impressions that this kinda news really shouldn’t be made public for at least another month or so when it’s really effectively in place. But I guess considering the number of people involved who’re required to be made aware of the changes at least this long in advance, there’s really no way to keep it under a lid. Knowing that though, i really wonder how the company’s planning to deal with this kinda thing.