On Saturday morning, we had a family day at a field next to our office building. My department participated in selling food stuff. We sold burgers. So, early that morning, we arrived at our stall to start setting up the place. We had on our department's collared t-shirt, which was navy blue, by the way, with our own names on it. Cool huh! Heheh... Anyway, we started selling burgers at around 8am. My first job for the morning was to hang our posters all over our little stall. We had a few posters with pictures of huge burgers on them. My friend who did that did a wonderful job, since people noticed it right away. After the people started coming for our burgers, I became the replenisher. If we were low on veges, I would get fresh veges from the back of the stall to their respectives containers at the front of the stall. I even replenish the chilli sauce. Then, after a while, when some of my colleagues went to participate in matches, I took over the ordering job. I would take burger orders, shout it out to the burger-grilling-person, and put perfectly assembled burgers into different plastic bags, then passed it to the eager hands of the consumers. After a while, it started getting hectic. Everyone wanted their burgers immediately. Everyone was hungry, and everyone wanted more than 2 burgers per person, on average. So I was quite flustered until we ran out of burgers, and we started selling only egg banjo, while waiting for the arrival of the burger-buying-person. At that moment, I went in search for food and a drink, since I hadn't eaten anything for breakfast.
After meeting my mum, her friends, my niece and her friends, there, went back to the stall to resume work. I became the burger-packing-person. It's quite fun, actually. What I do is, I would put the bottom bun on the packing paper, then put some veges on it, then some chilli sauce. Then, I would spread a good helping of mayo on the top bun, then would wait for the burger patty to be put in the middle of the two buns. When that's done, I would squeeze another helping of chilli sauce on top of the burger patty. But my work is far from finish. After that, I would try to wrap the burger into the packing paper. It was fun. Seriously it was. I like to do those kinds of things.
On Sunday, went to my cousin's thank-you party. It was for her wedding. Anyway, it was held at the Palace of the Golden Horses. Went with my best buddy. Suprisingly, we found the place easily. The food was good and the place was nice. Very pleasant. Since we arrived there quite early, we took the furthest table from the stage, and the nearest table to the buffet table. Heheh. So we had a good view of everyone coming in and going out. So, there we were, looking at guests coming in, when we spotted a woman in a dress. It was the type with no straps. And her shoulders were bare. So the dress was clinging onto her, well, her, whatever. Anyway, she came with a group of her friends, obviously. And they started making their way towards the table next to ours. As I was watching her approach, she suddenly turned towards me, and I realised that she was a friend of mine. A long lost friend, whom I haven't seen for about 4 years. And she realised the same thing. She came straight to my table and we chatted for a while. It was good to see her. I've been seeing her on the television for quite some time now. And when I asked her about that, she said she's just doing it part time.
Monday, August 23, 2004
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
South of the border, West of the Sun
August 15, 2004 - 12.59am
"I'm sleepy. No, I don't mean the dwarf. I mean, I'm sleepy. Real sleepy. If you haven't guessed it already, I'm in the office at the moment. Work as usual. This evening, to prepare myself for tonight, I slept for almost an hour. That was at home. I was extremely tired today. And I don't know why. Well, lets recap, shall we. In the morning, we had a meeting which lasted until lunch time. But I was dragged away from the meeting to attend to a vendor trying to troubleshoot one of the servers in the server room. We did that till after one, then we proceeded to have lunch. After that, we continued till about almost three. Then, I continued with my normal office work. And at the same time trying to inform users and colleagues about tonight's exercise. "
- This was last week's entry, but since I didn't publish it then, I will publish it together with today's entry.
My brother gave me a book to read on Sunday. I finished it yesterday. It was brilliant. The book, South of the border, West of the Sun was written by none other than the great Haruki Murakami. The book is about a man... nuff said. Hehehe. Well, anyway, as I was reading the book, I can't help imagining the same scenario applying to me. I mean, I could actually put faces I knew on the characters. It was an odd feeling, thinking about that. Hmmm.... I think I might actually read it again.... and again... and again... hehehe...
After the meeting at Colmar Tropicale, I went to Amcorp Tower to attend an Oracle training. It was Fundamentals 2. I've gone through Oracle - Introduction to SQL, then Oracle - Fundamentals 1. Now I'm left with Oracle Performance Tuning. I find it interesting, actually. Oracle, I mean. This month has been quite hectic for me. Because, we have training every week. From morning till evening, then at night, I would go to the office to do some office work. In fact, last night, I was at the office till around 1am. After which I drove home, slept, then woke up a few hours later to attend the training I am undergoing now.
At this moment, I am currently in UKM, taking a crash course on Java with my colleagues. UKM, it does bring back memories. I bumped into some lecturers, and staff here. And some of them still remember me. And that's a nice feeling. To come back to the uni you've gone to a few years later, and still be remembered by the people there. :)
"I'm sleepy. No, I don't mean the dwarf. I mean, I'm sleepy. Real sleepy. If you haven't guessed it already, I'm in the office at the moment. Work as usual. This evening, to prepare myself for tonight, I slept for almost an hour. That was at home. I was extremely tired today. And I don't know why. Well, lets recap, shall we. In the morning, we had a meeting which lasted until lunch time. But I was dragged away from the meeting to attend to a vendor trying to troubleshoot one of the servers in the server room. We did that till after one, then we proceeded to have lunch. After that, we continued till about almost three. Then, I continued with my normal office work. And at the same time trying to inform users and colleagues about tonight's exercise. "
- This was last week's entry, but since I didn't publish it then, I will publish it together with today's entry.
My brother gave me a book to read on Sunday. I finished it yesterday. It was brilliant. The book, South of the border, West of the Sun was written by none other than the great Haruki Murakami. The book is about a man... nuff said. Hehehe. Well, anyway, as I was reading the book, I can't help imagining the same scenario applying to me. I mean, I could actually put faces I knew on the characters. It was an odd feeling, thinking about that. Hmmm.... I think I might actually read it again.... and again... and again... hehehe...
After the meeting at Colmar Tropicale, I went to Amcorp Tower to attend an Oracle training. It was Fundamentals 2. I've gone through Oracle - Introduction to SQL, then Oracle - Fundamentals 1. Now I'm left with Oracle Performance Tuning. I find it interesting, actually. Oracle, I mean. This month has been quite hectic for me. Because, we have training every week. From morning till evening, then at night, I would go to the office to do some office work. In fact, last night, I was at the office till around 1am. After which I drove home, slept, then woke up a few hours later to attend the training I am undergoing now.
At this moment, I am currently in UKM, taking a crash course on Java with my colleagues. UKM, it does bring back memories. I bumped into some lecturers, and staff here. And some of them still remember me. And that's a nice feeling. To come back to the uni you've gone to a few years later, and still be remembered by the people there. :)
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Colmar Tropicale
I haven't updated for a while. For a long while, actually. Not that anyone would notice. Except for those few people out there. Thanks guys... and girls. So where did I left off. I think it was quite a while ago, actually. So, let me start on the 31st of July 2004. That was when I went to Bukit Tinggi for a meeting. It was the Advisory Panel for the development of the Hospital Information System meeting. I was there to present my paper on 'Data Migration'. I was nervous, naturally. But it went well enough. I mean, they listened, then they commented, for quite a bit. But in the end, they made some decisions, which actually lightened my burden on the migration bit. At Bukit Tinggi, we stayed at Colmar Tropicale. To say that the place was perfect, would be an understatement. But don't take my word for it. It's probably because I haven't gone travelling around the world much. So my reference is kind of limited. So to me, it was a remarkable place, in Malaysia, except for Pulau Mabul, in Sabah, that is.
Anyway, for those who hasn't heard of Colmar Tropicale, it's a resort, sort of, with a French Village theme going on. I went there with my boss. We took the official car and driver. Since everyone else drove their own vehicles. Once we were there, we pulled our luggage to the reception area. After getting our keys, we went our separate ways. My room wasn't in the same building as my boss. So I naturally assumed that the building I was heading for has very small rooms. So, there I was, pulling my luggage through the crowd, trying to find the building where my room was. I found the building easily enough. Now to go find my room. It was situated on the third floor. Key in hand, I inserted it into the lock and entered my room.
It was huge! I couldn't believe my eyes. It has a mini kitchen, a breakfast nook, a living room with a huge tv. Then, into another room was my bedroom. There, was a king sized bed, or is it a queen sized bed. I wouldn't know. Anyway, into another room was the bathroom. And even the bathroom was huge. This room isn't for me, I mean, this room can hold more than 4 adults comfortably. But I was grateful for the room. Once there, I unpacked and went down the the French village. It isn't that big. But the things they have there are interesting. They have shops, a small games arcade, some restaurants, and small shops selling caricature drawings, little animal shaped toys, hand-shaped wax and others.
Besides that, the food was good. We had breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner. And since it was a buffet, I took my time eating almost everything they had to offer. Everything was superb. I felt bloated after each meal. I was amazed I could stand and walk around after everything I stuffed down my throat. Hehehe. But I really felt bloated. And that's one feeling I don't like. On the whole, it was truly a worthwhile meeting. But, believe it or not, Maxis doesn't have any coverage that. At all! I was like, uh'oh. Luckily, I found two public phones, one of which wasn't working.
We went back the following day. The meeting was continued after breakfast. After the meeting, we had lunch, then we headed straight to the office. The following day, I had a training at Amcorp Tower. But that's for another day. For today, I think this is enough. :)
Anyway, for those who hasn't heard of Colmar Tropicale, it's a resort, sort of, with a French Village theme going on. I went there with my boss. We took the official car and driver. Since everyone else drove their own vehicles. Once we were there, we pulled our luggage to the reception area. After getting our keys, we went our separate ways. My room wasn't in the same building as my boss. So I naturally assumed that the building I was heading for has very small rooms. So, there I was, pulling my luggage through the crowd, trying to find the building where my room was. I found the building easily enough. Now to go find my room. It was situated on the third floor. Key in hand, I inserted it into the lock and entered my room.
It was huge! I couldn't believe my eyes. It has a mini kitchen, a breakfast nook, a living room with a huge tv. Then, into another room was my bedroom. There, was a king sized bed, or is it a queen sized bed. I wouldn't know. Anyway, into another room was the bathroom. And even the bathroom was huge. This room isn't for me, I mean, this room can hold more than 4 adults comfortably. But I was grateful for the room. Once there, I unpacked and went down the the French village. It isn't that big. But the things they have there are interesting. They have shops, a small games arcade, some restaurants, and small shops selling caricature drawings, little animal shaped toys, hand-shaped wax and others.
Besides that, the food was good. We had breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner. And since it was a buffet, I took my time eating almost everything they had to offer. Everything was superb. I felt bloated after each meal. I was amazed I could stand and walk around after everything I stuffed down my throat. Hehehe. But I really felt bloated. And that's one feeling I don't like. On the whole, it was truly a worthwhile meeting. But, believe it or not, Maxis doesn't have any coverage that. At all! I was like, uh'oh. Luckily, I found two public phones, one of which wasn't working.
We went back the following day. The meeting was continued after breakfast. After the meeting, we had lunch, then we headed straight to the office. The following day, I had a training at Amcorp Tower. But that's for another day. For today, I think this is enough. :)
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