8 Random Facts About Myself

Link to your tagger and post these rules. List eight (8) random facts about yourself. Tag eight people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them). Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs.

Thanks to JY for tagging me. Hmm, okie I'll try listing out those not commonly known.

1. I like small animals, esp. puppies & kittens. They're so cute!

2. I don't like the smell of new electrical/electronic appliances. They make me dizzy @_@

3. I like plain water & seldom consume soft drinks. Weird right?

4. I seldom eat prawns/crabs, coz "ma fan" to de-shell them. Haha, truly lazy...

5. I can day-dream a lot.

6. I'm a big eater, but never get fat enough to be visible. Maybe my body uses different metabolic pathways.

7. I don't read novels & magazines, except Natural Geographic (sometimes only thou).

8. I love to travel, but not much chances to do that.

Haha paiseh, not enough people in my list. Lenard, u kena tagged liao...

忙碌的生活

Hmm, very bz nowadays, work piling up, stuck at tough problems, forcing myself to read. Now I'm like a zombie, 天天不够睡.

[ A Debugger's Life ]

I've been testing control logic & drafting test protocol. Just to grasp how it works took 1 wk & drafting + prelim testing + finding & killing bugs took another wk. Keep repeating the sequence until 我怕. Finally settled temporarily, after passed to engineer for review. Phew!

[ Logbook & Report vs. Work ]

Sometimes I really wonder how to balance these. If I work too hard, no clear mind, no energy & no time to write logbk & report. Everyday I'd come across possible problems on the modules & modify the config. These constant changes for hundreds of items are really tedious. When I go home, eyes kinda swollen. If I focus too much on my logbk/report, practical work experience would be lost forever. If I don't read along, can't link process control with what I've been doing. Some concepts are real tough & keep trying to read also make eye swollen. What a dilemma!

[ Dinner & Dance ]

Yeah! Got a surprised call today, saying I can attend Pfizer's D&D on 3 Nov. Can't bring partner, no door-gifts & I might not be able to sit with my dept people, but it's ok. It's a great opportunity to know people from other depts. Haha, looking forward to it.

[ Shattered Dream ]

Bad news! The automation specialist is quitting in Nov, he found a new job! How to cope? Only 2 engineers + 1 contract staff left supporting entire Pfizer site? The other 2 are managers, so bulk of the jobs lie on my sup & another engineer. I asked before why our dept so few people. They said the system very advanced & usually no big problems, so only need a few people to troubleshoot. If got new & big projects, they'll hire contract staff to help out. Now I know why people keep leaving, despite the high pay. Job is rather boring/routine & work pressure is too huge, due to manpower shortage.

Now I can already imagine how it's gonna be like if I go back Pfizer after graduating: Slog it out with my sup until cannot tahan anymore. Hmm, not much 灵感 to write IA report. Hope I can get it flying off soon. God bless!

K-Lunch @ Lucky Chinatown

Haha, had a great day today! Many laughed until face cramp, because CS got his hit-song le,天下无双 La la la, hehe. May Ling (ML) also sang for the 1st time with ATP. Both sang very well :)

ATP pals, thanks a lot for the birthday wishes & gifts (a PINK polo tee & a white jacket). I tried them le & liked them very much. Though I never wear pink shirt before, but next outing I'll try to wear it, hehe...

We've got lotsa things to talk that we spent almost the entire day chatting. Haha, as usual, IA & the ever-interesting gossips on the chat-list, while having high tea & dinner at Hans Cafe. The environment was quite cosy, but the dining utensils seemed not that clean, hmm...

Okie, shall update again when I receive the photos from CS or the organisers. Haha, next outings have been planned le. 期待那一天的到来 :)

Departure

Earlier just went with my bro & ex-room mate to the funeral of ex-landlady's mother-in-law. So shocked when I got the news this afternoon. Felt very sad during the bus-journey back home, as I recalled back her acts of kindness. I just visited her few months ago & she's still looked as healthy as usual, just that her movements a bit slower. Things come so suddenly. Haiz...

The ex-landlady, landlord & her mother-in-law treated me like their own family members. She's a refined lady, soft-spoken, cheerful, dotes on children & always put others needs before hers. Often, she'll gave us fruits/snacks or asked us to join them for dinner. Sometimes they even noticed we feel tired of outside food & cooked porridge with some dishes for us. I was so touched. I don't think I'd ever get such a kind-hearted landlady elsewhere, which is why I stayed there for 4 years, the longest ever in my room-rental history.

This reminds me that we should cherish those around us, our family, friends & loved ones and never wait until they left us. I'll always remember her kindness. May she finds her place in the Heaven...