i have no colleagues - just friends from work

i vaguely remember that it was in our organisational behaviour tutorial class back in my NTU days when the tutor asked the class to rank the top 3 factors which we think is important to us when looking for a job. for example, 1) high salary, 2) work life balance, 3) office location etc.

i don't exactly remember what i had as my top 3 choices, but what i do remember is what i did not choose - good colleagues. yes, it never occured to me that having a bunch of good colleagues is so important in a job. it didn't take me long to realise how i would never have pulled through the difficult times in BB without the wonderful support from my colleagues. in fact i've never gotten used to calling them my 'colleagues '- i'd always refer to them as my 'friends from work'. :)