It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And-and I look at you, and I... and I'm home - Dory from Finding Nemo

I had a wonderful time with my colleagues today. We celebrated birthdays, farewells and welcomes. I'm happy that I feel so at home with this bunch of awesome people. I never thought that I could ever feel this way at work, and with such a diverse group of people.  I've never felt so accepted. I've never felt so encouraged and built up as a person. It's the closest experience I've ever experienced to heaven on earth.

I can just go on and on...

Yes, today I just want to blog about the 2 most awesome best friends I've ever had at work. They are leaving for another centre to do another nature of work. I think I'll always remember my experiences I've had with them. And even though I know I will forget the details, I'll always remember my experience with them and how they've made me feel.

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C has been my buddy at work since I started. Even though she has been assigned to be my "buddy" for a month, she's really my buddy every step of the way. She's been so affirming and sensitive to my needs. She's always so caring about my work life and my personal life, and she remembers the details. She is so sensitive that she is there and would ask me how I am at points that I really need someone to talk to.

I also love our chemistry and connection. It's like God knew we were meant to be great friends and colleagues and brought us together. We can talk forever and it hardly gets tiring. We naturally work well as a team and we get excited on common projects. Work becomes a million times less dreary and burdensome because I'm doing it with her.

What I've learnt most from her is to look out for the needs of others, and that people matter as much as our work. I used to think that work is more important than people, but she's inspired me otherwise. Because of her, I now want to know and attend to my colleagues around me more, rather than just to focus on the work I need to do.

I can only thank God for you. 

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G has been sitting beside me since the first day. I remember how she would always attend to me and my problems at work even before I ask for help. During the first few months when I talked on the phone with a person I was helping and I didn't know how to respond, she'd whisper to me the information that I needed. I've never experienced situations where people help me before I ask for help.

She became my supervisor for about a year. She was the best supervisor ever. She'd would stand up for me and stand by me whenever I had too many cases to handle and when the going was tough because there were many crises cases to handle. I never had to worry that I wasn't going to cope because I knew I could tell her when I felt I was too overwhelmed with the cases, and I didn't need to feel bad about telling her.

What I learnt most from her is the spirit of advocacy for my colleagues and the people I serve. I used to feel that it was no use putting in so much energy to advocate for others because things would likely remain the same. But I've experienced changes when she advocated for me, and when I advocated for the people I serve. I want to continue to advocate for those who have less "power" and less of a "voice" wherever I am.

I can only thank God for you.


It's a great loss for me that my best friends are going to another centre and we won't be having as much time together. I can only say that I feel that their love toward me has been life-giving to me. I hope I'll continue this kind of love where I am because I've experienced this life-giving love from them.

It's so good, you would just want to pay it forward.

At the end of the day, my heart resonates with what Dory said to Marlin when Marlin was about to leave her in Finding Nemo,
" It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And I look at you, and I'm home".