Bulan Bersocial October 2011 – 3rd Week Pt 2 November 5, 2011

After my company’s CSR project on the 15th of October, I had to attend a wedding later that night. It was with an ex-ex colleague from XYZ Bank, who we refer to as “Cha Jie”. I call her ex-ex and not just ex because we have BOTH moved on from XYZ Bank. She is now with an oil company (ahem, think you can guess lah) and I’m now with UVW Bank. However, I think she invited more people from XYZ Bank than from her new company.

Moi!

Here comes the bride~~

Close-up!

Actually, I was quite surprised that she invited me, cos I’m from the application (software) side, while she is from the systems (hardware) side. However, we had a few projects together, from when we set up DR sites, to testing sites, to even playing futsal together last time. Actually, I was way more sociable last time. =p I’m happy to be one of the few people from application side that she had invited. *touched*

I also took Tron along, just because I’m a sticky girlfriend like that. ;P Very happy that Cha Jie said, “Welcome welcome to come to my wedding”… so here are some more pictures from the night :

Bryan & See

Foo & Bryan.

Sadly, a very blurry picture of Tron & Kent.

Because See went downstairs to watch the Man U match, we help him take food…. including the fish head!! Hahahaha…. (the body all bones only)

I know lah, got a lot of food pictures as if this is some food critic blog, but actually, I do find it interesting what restaurants serve during wedding dinner, ok. =p Actually, it also helps me to count whether they really give me “10 course dinner”. Muwahhhaa…

We really had more than enough to eat that night because 3 people from our table didn’t show up, and then Mr SeeSee ran off with Joe & John to watch Man U footie match downstairs. -__-” I was also afraid that it would be awkwardness at my table, cos really all the people from system side (we at application support used to call them ‘the people downstairs, as if they are in fiery pits of hell like that, lololol… ok pls don’t hate me, ‘people downstairs’!). But in fact, I find the seating position was quite fun! Had a lot of funny people at our table, and jokes were just flowing along. =)

Really wish Cha Jie and hubby all the best in their marriage! =)

* * * * * * *Okie, since this entry is a bit short, let me show you my “Deepali” celebration, which is actually me going to 1 Utama with Tron! Hahaaha. The most eventful part about going to 1U was the NEW “Taiwanese tea” store called Come Buy. Seriously, the name is sooooo cheesy to the max, I didn’t feel like lining up to get it. Thankfully, Tron (being stingy and thirsty) pointed out that there was a buy 1 free 1 deal. He had some rose drink with basil seeds, while I had “longan dew”. Eh, the drinks are quite nice & refreshing! And super worth it with the discount lor. Let me show you their menu…

And the line they inspired! Craziness!

List of their top 10 drinks here… ~

That night, went for my boss’s son’s full moon also… very paiseh cos ate so much and only saw his son from afar. Quite shy to go poke & prod the baby when the grandmother is cradling him peacefully, right? But a really fun gathering it was… glad that I went! Glad that the boss invited me!

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Well, He Never Asked For It… August 19, 2011

My ex-company is becoming very popular at the moment thanks to Khairy Jamaluddin. I think you can guess from my old posts which company that is! Anyway, there’s so much hoo-ha about the annual dinners every year that I’m truly surprised that Khairy has ONLY NOW heard about it. I think I’m such a good staff as I’ve never uploaded Youtube videos from the events though I had posted pictures before. I told my current manager maybe I should upload all the DVDs now and he said, “Ooi oi.. cannot wei. Controversial wei…” Hahahhaa.

To be honest : the man of the hour NEVER asked or demanded for his staff to do “all that”. It has always been his konco-konco around him that thought that this would please him. If you look at his face throughout the event, when he’s watching the performances, his face is just stoned only. In fact, if a staff performance managed to make him laugh or crack a smile — omg, the staff will be talking about it for days or years. As for the staff being FORCED to perform… well, the fact of it is there will always be staff who love to perform and those who don’t. However, a performance cannot be made out of only staff who love to perform as that is truly only a handful of them (the veterans). You still need tons of backup dancers, etc. Can you guarantee me that ALL of them freaking love the performance? If you can, then I will say you are a liar because I was a performer before and there were times when I totally dread going for practices, etc. Sometimes I had to travel to KL (from Bangi) to perform, and when I arrive there, the other participants are not on time, and it wastes time. The next day at work, I have to work longer hours to catch-up on all the “time off” taken to go for practices. And they can practice up to 2 months before hand!!

Anyway, the money is HIS to spend, and I guess if he truly hated it he could have brought it all to a stop. Anyone who feels butthurt at the “excessiveness” can either just join the company or they can try and host something similar, right? About those songs of “worship and praise” sung for him — as mentioned, it’s just some certain people who wrote those songs. He never asked the staff to sing it to him. I’m sure if he did, it’ll be very funny :

“You know what.. I feel very paiseh la.. you all call me the emperor of banking… banking king… shy la ” OR

“Stop calling me the banking king! I hate it!! I’m not!!” OR

“Why are you worshipping me like God? Do not idolise man… “

I really don’t know how he would bring it up. I suppose he has so many other things on his plate that he doesn’t really think about it. Anyway, maybe he really feels he’s a banking king? I’m sure he can definitely be a good challenge for the title at the very least. Or more likely, he really believes the staff enjoys singing/dancing so much, so who is he to take away their happiness? Like such a killjoy right?

P.S : After my last event in that company, I told my dad, “They were really worshipping him, dad. If they replaced his name with “Jesus Christ”, I would think we were doing Sunday worship in church. It’s that kua.” My dad: “A lot of his staff feel indebted to him mah. Anyway, you can see the Tan Sri, but you cannot see God.”

Dad so blasphemous… -___-”’

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Final Farewell July 12, 2011

Picture heavy post… my very very very last day in XYZ Bank… (not like you can’t tell what bank it is from the pictures).

One of my favorite-st users everrrrrr… none other than Mr Soo from Treasury Control Processing. Any project done with him will be a joy because he knows what he wants and he can even give suggestions how to do it! Also, he’s very funny and nice and understanding user. The best. I was lucky that he came over to Bangi the day before I left, so I could get a picture with him. And remind him how many meals he owes me already by now. Never claimed once also. Fun fact : his brother was our national badminton player once upon a time. He played doubles. Should be easy for you to guess… 

Mangosteens on my desk in the morning. How often does your boss put fresh fruits on YOUR table. Sigh…

Raymond said that my new make-up so glamourous. Well… I knew I would be taking lots of photos for the day mar… 

I blogged about my make-up FOTD at my beauty blog.

Breakfast in the morning… this is kinda the cleanest my desk has ever been… but it’s gonna get even more sparse…

Last time imma work in these cubes…

Last time Imma work with these two… the last seven years were a blast, right? We’ve been through so much together. AS400 Cobol, Java, JSP, Visual Basic…

One last box to cart home. And that strange thing at the bottom is actually an ant trap that I generously donated to my office. The pest control really sucks!

First person I took photo with was Lim because he was working half day that day… 

Photo with the calendar from year 2004… the first calendar I ever got from XYZ Bank! This is like, ancient history for me.

Last time Imma look at this monitor with all the funky stickers. Not like I can personalise my current laptop in the same manner. 

My pedestal has never been cleaner… 

Mr Ho.. who likes to tell Raymond that he’s very lucky that he (Raymond) gets to go out for lunch with a “leng lui” everyday (ah-hem, that’s me…)

Me with Barbara and R, two UAT testers who we frequently worked with. They came over to pass me a farewell present. 

This whole team came downstairs to have a “tea date” with me… so touched. It’s Jonathan, Mandy, AiChee, Daniel & Sunny. So sad… where to get colleagues like this…

This was what they bought for the “tea date” — two boxes of J Co Donuts!

Pauline and I. Am so happy for her that she is now a manager… Where’s my lunch treat?

Hema and myself… once upon a time she sat next to me…

Justin and I… dunno why he is so nice to me.. I only helped him out occasionally in JSP and Java stuff… and usually only cos Sifoo Wong asked me to cos I think Justin scared to ask me. Hahaha! Anyway, a really smart guy… and I’m glad that our offshore project is safe in his hands..

MY boss and I. I won’t lie… I teared up when I saw this picture… because all the memories came flooding back. All I can say is… I wish I was a better employee at times.

Me and the young men of the team (minus Lim who is married, therefore an old man) – William, NSL And Putera.

Me and Mr NXY… the AS400 expert..

Me and Umma…didn’t get to work with her much … no opportunity as she came in after Hema (when I was still doing AS400 Cobol occasionally).. and she wasn’t on the offshore project, so I didn’t need to teach her like Justin.

Wong and I… this coffee maker is a bane in Wong’s existence… cos I took it to work and left it there… for 3 years!! Hahahahha!!

Me and Raymond…. best work buddy…

CJ and myself… CJ is in charge of the server side stuff.. so I frequently have to torture him… but he likes it… hahahha.

I’ll miss the “Who’s on leave?” board…

I’ll miss my tag…

Crying while eating the carrot cake that Barbara and R bought for me… overwhelmed.