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They say that technical people are the boring ones; the uncool ones.

I am in the Technical team in my organization.

I wouldn't say that I'm un-cool, just perhaps our department is made out of more testerones compared to women, so they are men with few words. Even the Head of Department reckoned that the PR (Public Relations) job is way difficult compared to a technical task. So when he asked me the other day, what do I actually want in life, I told him blatantly that I wanted a job which requires me dealing with people. I am not as technical as they are, in fact my 4 years of degree is vaguely embedded in my mind, except for the countless outings to Ipoh, and the countless mamak session; other than that, it's nil.

Well, of course I didn't mention any of those. I just told him that I'm someone who has very weak technical skills.

He sounded amazed, because to him, having to deal with people is way harder than tackling problems on paper.

It's been almost 4 weeks here in this company, I do join my colleagues for lunch everyday. Yet I'm quite quiet most of the time. Is it because I'm not technical enough to understand the technical terms, or just because I've evolved slowly into a woman with few words?

The idea of that, just gave me goosebumps.

How can I be the quiet one? Impossible. I should perhaps start hunting for a PR job.

On a slight related note, I think I'm starting to like what I'm doing, though I'm still learning slowly, but surely. Drawings on plans are starting to make sense. Words on long tender documents are also making sense. Perhaps, I'm just multi-talented. :P

Ok, it's Monday lah, I need a little ego-booster!