It's Friday again, and my new tour is almost 2 weeks here. Friday also means that I'll be commuting to KL after office, and today I'll be taking an earlier bus. Last week's trip arrived in KL at 1.30am.

What have I learned for the first 10 working days?

1) Moving to a new country is a hassle but no less traumatic than moving to a new home.

2) A new office with a new set of colleagues isn't that traumatizing. You'll learn to adapt to the new surroundings and make new acquaintances.

3) The company's name is daunting, well respected and could bring jitters to newcomers, but it's not as bad as I feared it would do to me. They're not far off from where I was before in terms of working atmosphere, but they do expect you to really outshine when the crunch time arrives.

4) It gets a little lonely once in a while after office, but once you've nailed down the right routine, it is bearable. There's always the weekend trip to look forward to.

I suppose four should be good for now.

Beyond that, I've managed to do things that I rarely would've done back then. I walk a lot more: to work, to lunch, to prayers, to shop. That should be good for my health and minimize the waistline. If before this there was a surau right in front of my room, now I have to walk for 5-7 minutes to the nearest mosque. I get to join the zohor jamaah too, another plus point.

I get to read on the train on the way back. I could try on the mornings too but it's too packed with barely enough elbow room. That brings me to the next point: I get to exercise my eyes a lot more. Enough said haha..

There's always a silver lining to something. You may not see or realize it now, but it'll come up someday. So if you've been thinking about change but are afraid, don't be fearful. Follow your dreams, your instincts, your guts (p/s: it has no correlation with size). Have faith and belief that Allah will show you the way. InsyaAllah, if it's meant to happen, it will happen.

Finally, the locals here. They don't just invent and define the word 'kiasu'. They embrace it, regardless of age, sex and brain capacity.