UPDATES! UPDATES! HOT OFF THE PRESS!!

Sorry for the overdue posting. Overdue is now becoming a familiar word used in my work. Overdue means somebody has de-committed and that parts will not come as previously promised. So, an overdue PO can mean only 1 thing…either line down or parts went missing!!

Anyway, past month has been quite eventful for me. I had been to 2 weddings, 1 annual company Dinner and Dance and lots of savouring of fine dining! Yes…fine dining they are….1 wedding is hosted at a posh buffet restaurant in Marina Square. Normally, lunch rate is at $35++. The food ranges from eastern selection to western selection with variety of seafood to select from. I managed to try most of them and I had to say the Dory fish was the best one of all, aside from the mussels and oysters. Yummm….

Then the other wedding is for one of my college-mate back from little town of Waverly, Iowa. He was one cool Singaporean dude who had a diverse mix of friends of different culture and colors. You can safely assume that he knows everyone in the whole college. Maybe I am a little exaggerating, but it is believable. Anyway, his bride hails from Texas and it doesn’t strike any surprise since his adaptability with people make him unique. A cute couple to say the least, as what Daniel Ong repeatedly mentioned as the host of thewedding (with the pinching cues that he does to make the bridegroom blush so many times). It was beautiful and at the same time heart-warming as the atmosphere of the ballroom hall in the Four Season’s Hotel is set to an autumn arrangements. Most of the people present at the wedding are families and relatives with only about 3 tables out of 16 are reserved for some of his closest friends, hailing from Indonesia to the US. I told you, he’s special enough that people are willing to sacrifice the time and money to be there to gracehis wedding ceremony. And to top it all off…the little mini-wedding cake that is made by the same chef who prepared their wedding cake is just God damn amazing!! I should really get the cake from them for my parents’ upcoming 25 years silver anniversary.

Ah….let me tell you this…My weekend is filled with 3 sumptous meals. First comes the lunch buffet at Marina Square then followed by the company’s D&D, a full 10-course meal complemented with some in-house entertainment hosted by one of the more famous funny-man, Moe Alkaff. The next day, the wedding dinner for Uncle Koh (as he’s affectionately known, and no he’s not that old). At the end of his wedding dinner, I was stuffed…feel blessed…a little broke from the angpow that was given away….and extremely exhausted. Worse that Monday is just a few hours away.

Well well…I can’t describe much for the D&D except that it’s been quite a fun night. It doesn’t help that you sit with people that you don’t really like (can’t form a table otherwise). But it is exciting to see like….a scantily-clad female singer…(that in itself is rather peculiar for this sort of event) and even more weird that she actually approached the red-table (for those VIPs) and get them to the stage to dance with her. Amazingly, she got our Plant manager and Materials director to dance to the tune. A spectacle no less. I would upload the video on my blog, but I’m afraid doing so will jeopardize my stay with the company. ;p

Anyway, pictures should be just fine. A few more days and 2006 is going to close. I will turn 24 and the world will keep going as it has been for the past hundres/thousands of centuries. Can’t believe that at 24 I have yet to achieve anything much. Maybe I have set my standards a bit high or maybe I don’t have a target at all which makes my life seems like floating in the middle of nowhere. Nonetheless, it’s that time to make your New Year resolutions. I don’t think I fulfilled much of my current year’s resolution, but I will try my best to achieve my next year’s. It’s always better to look forward than to look at the past. And I quote from Gurmit Singh’s thank you speech, “There’s a Chinese saying: huo tau lau, xue tau lau.” Meaning live until you’re old, but also learn all the way until you are old. It is very meaningful and teaches us that there is nothing that we can’t learn and there will always be something new that we can learn.

Me and Cassandra (the most helpful and patient PA)

Christie, Zhigang and Daphne. Isn't Zhigang feeling lucky that night?

Me and Christie (best dressed lady of the night)

Yvonne and Yong Wah. They're in the spotlight. God knows what they're liable to...

Jerry, Zhigang and myself

The whole Overland team.

With the whole crew and the manager who hired all of us, Jennifer Peh


The peeps at my table with the VIPs of the day

Jessica in the wedding gown with Uncle Koh

Looked very lost. I don't know anyone other than the groom!