man, its already almost the end of october - where _has_ the time gone? it seemed just like yesterday, me coming into work for the first time ever, as a professional-salaried-employee, all freaked out about the work environment and how i might possibly mess something up on my first day there, and cause the entire company to come tumbling down. and here i am now, close to 4 months .... falling into the trappings of being a full time professional, minus the jadedness, which hasnt caught up to me just quite yet. we shall see if it ever does. so far, i am loving the job!

so anyhoo, i carved my very first pumpkin today!!!

you see, being a small town girl from malaysia, i have never quite heard of halloween and what it stood for (or what people do during) and so, pumpkin carving is something that i would never have come across any time while growing up. so today, at work, for a "Team" gathering and getting to know one another, we had some pumpkins to carve, just for kicks, and oh-boy-oh-boy-oh-boy! if i had _known_ how much FUN it was, i would have done it sooner than now! i would have done it as soon as my feet touched the american soil... i mean, i got the whole trick-o-treating concept and dressing up (except i thought that when you dressed up, you HAD to be a ghost, so imagine my astonishment when i saw OTHER weird costumes) ... but pumpkins and carving scary faces..... quite a newbie.

i will have to take some pictures tomorrow of those pumpkins that we all carved. itd be quite cute on the akirasoft website ...