Recently, I relocated to a new office. New colleagues, new environment, new location. So, now, instead of working near the highway (or motorway, as Americans call it), I now work near the sea. So near, that in the air, you can taste the salt in it. Feeling the cold wind, blowing through your veins. The office is so cold that even the flowers in my new office wilts after a week. Everybody dons a black formal coat, wears a cardigan or layers of thick jackets. Two colleagues even went so far as to bring their wintercoat and put it on the moment they reach the office. Visitors who drop by our office often wonder whether we're following the winter season in our hometown, Beijing. Whoever would have thought that it'd be so cold here?
This chill is just too much to withstand. Yet, it's weird. This 'chill' happens to be just around my office area. Once I step into other zones, the temperature seems to rise significantly. As a result, nowadays, I'm pretty confused. I don't know what to put on anymore.
18 degrees Celcius can be cold for some, chilly for others, freezing for the rest. I suppose, it depends on the country of your origin. You make a mental evaluation and comparison, determining the degree of coldness.
Dubai, though, is not a very big city. Within 30 minutes, you can practically tour the whole area. Nevertheless, the weather varies tremendously. In my area, the winds blow so strongly that it brings along with it, the cold winds from the sea. Elsewhere, fifteen minutes awy, it's hot. All you need is a shirt. You don't even need a scarf or a jacket.
Shall I then endure these fifteen minutes of chill in the bones? or wrap myself up like an eskimo, only to peel off the layers 15 minutes later?
Hmm.... I am still deciding.
My new office is on the ground floor. We sit next to a big glass window. Not only I have ample time now, my office is also tremendously quiet that I am able to observe things that happen within the office and out of it too! It's tinted too, which makes it more fun. Because people look at the window, see themselves and do some pretty funny stuff. Ocassionally when I peer out of the window, I see birds hopping on tree branches, chirping and singing. I see gardeners blowing leaves away, only to rake them into a big, white bag, moments later. I see people breathing in tobacco smoke as they take a break from work. I see people peering at themselves in the window, scrutinizing their features, sweeping their hair to the side, deciding on the best way to place their fringe. I see the winds blowing so strongly that the leaves rustle and trees wave their branches happily. The sands are picked up by the winds, swirling around the ground for moments before scattering themselves across the grounds, settling down quietly before the next storm.
Oh! Did I mention that my new office is very quiet too? I can even hear my own heart beating! Imagine that!
One day, I was drinking a cup of hot chocolate, when I heard 'swish' to the left, 'swish' to the right in my cup! Oh my gosh! Is there something in my cup? I anxiously looked at my cup but I didn't see any giant beetle or swimming insect! So why did I feel as if the swishing sound came from my cup?
I turned away and continued to scrutinze the data on my monitor. Swish, swish, swish. There! the sound just came from my cup again. I am sure of it!
I looked at the cup, observed it for a few seconds and there! I saw it! A movement just occured in my cup! by itself! The bubbles of froth were dancing to a rhythm of their own. Swish, the bubbles swirled to the left and broke off. Another swish, the bubbles moved to the left and broke off!
Wow! Did you know that froth has a life of its own too? Now! When did that ever happened?
Woah... Unbelievable!
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