So work has started and the first day wasn't too bad. It's a department of aunties I am working with so over lunch, I find myself in a conversation that runs the gamut from parenting to shopping to office gossips. Making small talk is such an essential skill which I am sadly inadequate to. And I thought it was vaguely amusing when one of the staff told me that the reason for my being hired is that one of them is going on maternity leave soon. But other than that, it feels like a pretty nice place to work at and I hope these positive emotions will last for the next two months.