End of Internship

Last Monday was my last day of work at GT&T and I bought donuts to treat my colleagues.

Here are some of the photos from my time at GT&T.

With Wiliam on his last day.

With Serene on her last day

Another Pic

Jiaqi's Treat @ Pizza Hut

Blurry Pic

With Mingye

The Missing Bak Chang (III)

The CSI team decided to call it a day after the realization that a bak chang wasn’t worth all the efforts.

It would be easy to think that the culprit would be heaving a sigh of relief when the commotion died down.

Actually this was furthest away from the truth; the culprit was supremely confident that he/she would not get caught.

He/she would not need to worry since he/she was even able to get rid of the lotus leaves used to wrap the bak chang so effortlessly.

Deep in his/her mind, the culprit was planning for something bigger and bolder next time.

A nyonya chang perhaps?

End

The Missing Bak Chang (II)

The CSI team failed to gather any conclusive evidence and they couldn’t pinpoint any possible suspect.

Could it be Hesa? But he’s a Muslim and therefore won’t touch the non-halal food.

How about a fish-lover? Someone may want to replicate the story of Qu Yuan in the company’s fish tank.

However one thing is for sure; the culprit is definitely a formidable character.

He/she must have planned the operation down to the most minor details and executed it with laser-like precision.

If not, how would he/she be able to leave almost no evidence behind?

To be continued…

The Missing Bak Chang (I)

(Inspired by true events)

The bak chang was left inside the basket; without attracting any special attention. It was HJ’s breakfast and he decided to have it only after going to the washroom.

While he was away, several others passed by the pantry. Two of them actually remembered seeing the bak chang. However when HJ returned, the basket was empty.

Who took the bak chang?

Immediately a CSI team was created to perform Operation Missing Bak Chang. Different hypotheses were circulating among those in the office.

Could it be the cleaning auntie? Nope… she hasn’t come in yet.

Did anyone check the dustbin? The dustbin is full and no bak chang is found there.

If everyone were to be present, the natural suspect would be Kevin, the office’s serial chapatti eater. However he only arrived after the discovery and therefore could not be classified as a suspect.

This has evolved to be a case of whodunit. Everyone present in the office during that timeframe is a suspect.

Anybody could be the culprit.

To be continued…

Holidays Thus Far

This post will start with another lament that I hasn't been blogging lately. Well.. the workplace is kinda calm and I only have another week to go before the start of my summer holidays.

Hmmm... Let's start with my work. The website is more or less up but I can foresee more changes before it can go live. Basically I've been left to work on my own; without much interference or supervision. With no background knowledge of web design prior to the attachment, somehow I'm manage to negotiate all the html and javascript and put together something decent. Really have to thank all who gave their kind assistance along the way.

My supervisor is also the boss but he's away in China until end of the week. This means that I don't know who to ask to write the report for me. Can only wait and see...

Last Friday I saw Felicia Chin at the canteen where I usually had my lunch. I know no picture no talk but was too paiseh to ask to take picture. She was fashionably dressed (those high-cut boots) and her face is really small. Her make-up was very thick too. The logical explaination was that she had some photoshoot at Mediacorp Publishing (located in the same building as the canteen).

Tempted to ask whether she has boob job; in the end some journalist already posted the answers on Lianhe Zaobao. (Who believes anyway??)

So what's going to happen after the internship ends? Well the first thing will be trying to finish the application for exchange. Some of the courses have be approved so now I need to find the time to write my study plan and get the necessary academic references.

Then there will be a trip to Hong Kong with Mom and Sis. Haven't planned anything concrete yet because I couldn't find the Hong Kong Lonely Planet in the library. Hong Kong is quite standard; 买东西，吃东西，买东西，吃东西。。。Ocean Park perhaps? Will be going to Macau as well. From the pictures Macau's architecture looks very Europrean and the Casinos there seem extravagant.

Perhaps our trip will be subsidized by Stanley Ho, Sheldon Adelson or Steve Wynn. LOL...

There may be another short trip after HK but nothing's confirmed yet. This holidays will be pretty low-key compared to the last one. F1's training will be starting in July as well although it will be only on two weekends. Quite looking forward to the event although I hasn't been an ardent F1 fan.

By the way I've also sent in the application for the YEP in India and there will be an interview on Thursday. After seeing Ho Teck & Kendrick doing two YEPs, I think that YEP will be a great experience. Somehow things seem to be falling nicely into place as they are looking with people with web design capability (something which I've been doing over the past 2 months).

King Khan

Just finished reading a book on Shahrukh Khan which also offers outsiders insight into Bollywood. Bollywood is not the real India; Indians are never big fans of realism. Who will mind a little escapism in the cinema when they have to face the real India everyday?

Movie Review: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Name: Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen
Tagline: So much DRAMA, so little time.
Time: 30th May 2008 Lunch time
Venue: Somewhere in AMK
Starring: Definitely NOT Lindsay Lohan
Synopsis: Based on a true story, the plot is about some messy love relationships which most could only find in Korean dramas. Who is to deny that facts are often stranger than fiction?
Review: Virtuoso performance from the lead.
Rating: ***** out of *****. (Oscar-worthy performance)

Lost in Translation

Every Tuesday at 4pm, my company will have a meeting to discuss about the company's future direction.

Today, the boss was talking about installing an additional button on a tag. Tag is something like your EZ-Link card; when you put the tag against a reader, information will be transmitted.

Then he turned around to ask the Chinese engineer whether he understood the whole thing. The engineer smiled back weakly and shaked his head.

It happened that I sat beside him and was arrowed to translate for him.

So I said " 要在tag (dunno how to translate) 上面打一个洞，然后装上一个钮扣 (button that is sewn on shirts)。”

The engineer gave me the "huh" look and said " 是不是按钮 (button that is used as a control)？”

Wah.. Sibei paiseh sia... I told him that he was right.

My Mandarin is getting worse.

Maybe Ken's is better than mine now.

MPW @ Work

MPW or Management of People at Work is a module which is not unfamiliar to SMU students.

Today my boss decided to gather the staff to discuss about the company's mission and values.

He was the facilitator; something similar to what I did during FTB last semester.

He got some of the staff to share incidents which they wish to higlight and get the other staff (like me) to give our opinions.

I always think that most SMEs do not pay particular attention on things like company culture and such; this time I was proven wrong.

This thing is still kinda new to the company; the employees started slowly but got used to it as it progressed. The boss promises to have this internal 'review' every Tuesday afternoon.

Hopefully the next session will end on time and not at 7.30pm like today.

1st Day of Work

First day of my internship.

Nothing much happened though...

Waiting for instruction the entire morning. More familiar with my job scope in the afternoon.

However there was this person who amazed me.

She is also an intern; from some NYP engineering course.

I sat behind her so I sorta knew what she was doing.

From the time she came (about 9am) until 11+， she either (1) chatted on msn, (2) reading blogs or (3) looking for sprees online.

Made me wonder she's the boss' daughter...

Anyway when she started doing her work, I could see that the work is quite shitty.

Have to use VBA to write programme if I'm not wrong.

Argghhh... sounds like CAT with all the bugs to debug.

Of course I will prefer looking at sprees to that.

By the way, I have another favorite actress now.

Natalie Tong!!