Chinese New Year 2008

Hey, I know, I know ... Chinese New Year has passed few months already. But since my colleague said that my blog only talks about nothing but work, so boring, so I have decided to post something different lor.

Yes, Chinese New Year has already passed longggg time ago, but it seems that I have not gone back hometown. When I told my colleagues and friends that I took 2 week off, their first response was, "Wah, sooooo long .....!" But seriously, it's just clips of eyes..... so fast!

Went back hometown, my beloved Miao Miao City on the 1 February. Guess what! I had a Chinese New Year gift right before I went back. A day before I went shoping at Carrefour to do some last minute shopping. After "kao tim" everything and when driving out from the complex, my car was knocked by a van, driven by an old uncle. So my CNY mood was totally spoiled at that moment. "What am I going to do? I am going back tommorrow," I told myself.

However, thanks for Matt who works for Kurnia, which happened to be my Car Insurance company, helped me through out, like how to claim and so on. So I spent about 1.5 stupid hours at the Police Station. And in the end I was given a summon some more. Next time I should learn how to lie .... gosh.

So the next morning, just before I flew back home. Went to claim my insurance, so called "Kurnia Express", and seriously it sucks! In the brochure it was stated that you can get your claim in one hour's time. It's a lie!!!!! Anyway, there's no hurry. So I quickly went to the workshop and asked about the quotation. Not bad, quite reasonable, but hey, it's still money! So finally I went in the flight for my CNY with my beloved car in the workshop throughout the whole CNY.

As usual my buddies Ryan and Eugene came and fetched me from the aiport. So touched! Ha ha. By the way, they are coming next Thursday, and I am going to fetch them from LCCT. Promise!

From left : Eugene, MiGao, Jason, Ryan

As this year my elder brother only went back on the 3rd day of CNY, I had a lot of more things to do this year. Spent quite sometime to clean the house. Gosh, the HI-FI system was full of dust. Ya, Mum said that she doesn't dare to touch the things cause scared she would damage them. Ha ha! So now it's my responsibility to clean all these "antiques". Decorated my house as well. Well, don't expect much from a guy like me ok! Took some pictures, it's simple and nice, I think.

Dad came back on 3 February. Just like past years I went to airport to fetch him with my niece, Ivy. Wow, she's now 7 years old, and SUPER HYPERACTIVE! I totally lost to her, man. She was running around the airport like a monkey!

To be continued ......

Campus Visit

This morning a school came to visit our campus. This happens to be their "annual event", campus visiting cum shopping! The counsellor is quite supportive towards the University College as she will definitely bring her students here every year. Believe it, girl school is always seemed to be easier to handle. Very obedient and attentive students. Started off with video presentation. I guess some of them didn't have enough sleep the night before, they actually took that time to "re-energise" themselves - SLEEP! After that had a talk on different careers. Probably they are still too young, so it was quite boring for them. Then my colleague took over and conducted a career test for them. It was quite interesting as they were actively involved in the workshop. Before heading for lunch, I gave them a short game, with punishment! Whichever comes back last will have to sing us a song in the middle of the car park, during the time when our own students finish their class. Like others, nobody wants to be a loser. They were really proactive in looking for all the things I required. Bravo! However, due to time constraint, I did not punish them, and guess what, I was "boo-ed"! Too much ... ha ha! Instead the top 2 teams were given prizes. I guess the programme that students enjoyed most was the lunch. Yummy ...... Took group photos before they adjourned to some other destinations. Took sometime in the afternoon to prepare for 2 posters and gonna send to them as a memory. What a tiring, but enjoyable day .....

Rita's Farewell

We are gonna have a farewell lunch for Rita, our beloved Customer Service Assistant. An indian who possesses good command of Chinese, even better than mine. My colleague actually asks her to check the Chinese version advert, and not me! What a shame .... anyway I really hope it's the last farewell I organise for this year, if possible for another year. Rita .... ALL THE BEST!