soon...

Getting this approved for either CF or TCF has worked out a lot of stress and headache for many. But this job to-date has taught me plenty, an art if you would have it, dealing with the various parties involved. Spearheading the team of consultants while standing in the gap between the client and contractor, one would imagine a tightrope artist gingerly treading the rope with great balance and care. Fall has however, been much the act of this inexperienced tightrope artist to-date.

David called Alex and myself into his office this morning. His commanding stare was most of the time fixed on Alex, my colleague, but the shower of darts rained on me. General matters that applied to the both of us is the way in which he wants us to represent him and the firm.

'You guys are just too polite and nice,' says he, reproachfully. 'When contractors see you, I want them to see me!' That bright and salty commission...wonder what inspired him.

to Macau...

Our housemate, Chung got a job in Macau. Previously a translator , our Sibu housemate would be working as a waiter in a casino there. Our last (and maybe first too...) supper together. First time praying together too. Farewell Chung.

Site pics on 2007-11-27

TGV Bukit Tinggi, Klang

Works still in progress. Revised targeted completion date: 29th November 2007. Doubtful? Haha!

millions fish

Locally known as guppy, millions fish are so called because of their many colours, and maybe productivity too. Dad's been doing an excellent job taking care of them.

Hoaxed (!?)

I would be going back home for the weekends. And although one really needs no excuse or reason to go home, it’s with the thought of celebrating my grandmother’s birthday this weekend that all activities save badminton for the weekends here have to be cancelled. Initially the celebration was to be on a big scale, but for some reasons (which I deem preposterously lame), some uncles/aunties thought the occasion unsuitable to be celebrated. Fine, I’d be home to see ah mak with everyone else on her birthday then.

A chat with my aunt revealed that the reason we’d be home is to celebrate a cousin’s 21^st birthday, not grandmum’s. Our eldest uncle would be back next year from Canada, so we’d be celebrating her birthday then. Grandma's going to live forever I'm made to believe.

Huh?! Since when did all the uncles, aunties and cousins concertedly came back to celebrate anyone’s birthday when it was not organized by the birthday person him/herself? Well, they all did for my 21^st, which was organized by my parents. Anyway, it was noble indeed. That’s ok, though I would have returned for MEFC’s Anniversary last Sunday instead; two weekends away from here is walking away from many things and responsibilities. Anyway…

I was upset for many reasons. Well, maybe still am. It was first made known that everyone was to return to celebrate grandmother’s birthday. Then it was said that we’d not be observing it as a celebration, but we’d be having a steamboat. Next came in my cousin’s 21^st birthday celebration which I just heard about, hours before driving back to Malacca. I hope they'd cook up another reason to spice things up, although as I’ve said, one needs no reason at all for being back.

‘Disappointed?,’ asked my aunt, uncannily reading my mind.

Thinking of a reply, I said, ‘well, it doesn’t matter the occasion. We should have more reunions.’

Ulead Cool 360

DCM's mission this month is panoramic views. For this, wide angle lens are required. But there are programs which can stitch a few frames together to provide a panoramic view too, such as Ulead Cool 360. Using the 30-day trial version, enough for this month's entry dateline...I'm trying a micro panoramic shot here, which is a wide view across the lens' micro capacity, as opposed to the earth's horizon.

OA trip

lunch

There’s a quiet cafe tucked somewhere in the corner of my mind. I’ve been there not more than 3 times and am drawn to it for its unpresumptuous settings. I took a walk around Kota Kemuning during lunch time and found this shop lot again. Feeling quite delighted, I entered and chose a place to have my lunch.

The menu was a fusion of Nyonya and western food. Nyonya food, I believe, comes to life only in the kitchens of the Nyonya folks back in Melaka, or Penang. Apart from that, it should be called Nyonya-cooked food (or something to that effect), which is of course a vastly different product.

The menu was nasi kunyit with sambal chicken and wild mushroom soup. Fusion. But what was served was curry chicken instead. No worries, no fuss. I took it in. Curry chicken was a few cents less in cost to sambal anyway. But the portions were small.

Then came the part where one pays the bill. I walked to the casher, and the amount displayed was RM8.90. I produced a red note and asked if that was curry chicken instead of sambal. He inquired if it was yellow. I said yes. He said yes too. Then he returned RM1.10 and apologized with a nod.

“Sorry, sorry.”

I looked at him and asked, 'so are you going to charge me for the price of a sambal chicken?'

He looked at me and said, 'oh ya, I should return you 40 cents,' and proceeded to open his cash register again to return the change.

If someone was there, she’d have gone, ‘Oh, what a dumb …!’ Rightly so.

raw

Is the difference vast after editing? Haha! Photoshop's quite a cool tool eh? Minimal employment indeed :p

last rays on the lake

Pictures taken last evening after work. Minimal photoshop editing has been used (flo...haha!)

images of...

Bandar Perda

A site trip up north the Peninsular. Went there yesterday for a handover of the site from Aeon to TGV Cinemas. The scenery along the journey was simply breathtaking. That, and the food made the whole day trip worthwhile.