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it's been almost a month into the new job.
everything's been alright so far, though I really have alot to learn as I am not from a communications background.
My immediate collegues have been really sweet, well, almost all of them, making me feel really welcomed and helping this newbie settle in.
The fact that it's an all-female environment means I have to constantly watch what I say and how I behave.
I do not want to appear to be
a) An overtly friendly, annoying Eager Beaver
b) A Smart arse
c) A fence sittter with no opinions
d) A Strange girl that doesn't join anyone for lunch.

Ah yes...and whilst we are on option c). This whole LUNCHTIME thing is really a Big phenomenon!

You can't just coop yourself up in the office and not eat lunch because everyone will think you are anti-social.
Neither can you lunch alone, cause the one and only time I did...I actually had people asking me "You went for lunch alone???" in a mortified tone, which made me want to reach out and hold them close and whisper "It's alright. I'm alright, really."
WHO you lunch with is also important.
It's best to do so with your immediate department (this I agree)
Inter lunching with other departments is also acceptable, but best to be done on an ad-hoc basis.
Lunching with the boss is a BIG NO!

It's come to a point where come 12pm, I am fidgiting in my seat, wondering if Lunch would be ok today.

All things considering, I've been put in a little corner of my office so I am pretty much left to me own devices.

SIgh...
I don't want to work ah!
Can I be tai tai?