馬六甲之旅

馬六甲由於以華人居多, 所以到處可見華人招牌與裝飾, 我們開著公司的休旅車在都是單向道的街上閒逛, 在車上, 眼尖的學長說, "你看, 那是不是國民黨的黨徽?" 我也看到了, 原來還是先總統 蔣公所親筆提的"忠貞足式", 可見馬六甲跟近代華僑歷史淵源之深。

晚上日本老闆請客, 大家去吃了著名的娘惹菜, 味道不錯, 最特別的是桔子酸梅汁, 我在新加坡時就很喜歡喝, 聽學長說原產自馬來西亞。馬六甲版本是綠色的, 而我在新加坡喝的卻是略帶黃色。詢問店家, 得到的答案是他們是把整個酸桔絞碎然後跟酸梅一起混合而成的飲料。賣相特別不過味道馬馬虎虎, 沒留下多深的印象。

隔天參觀工廠辦完公事大夥順道買了些土產就打道回府了。預計新年後再回來。

Malacca trip 14Jan-15Jan

We left office about 10:30am and checked-in Holiday Inn Malacca about 3pm on 14 Jan. The weather in Malacca is cool and windy. I don't remember having visited Malacca before. So everything seems so fresh and interesting around me. As Malacca was a Chinese-major town, I saw many Chinese signboards and Lunar New Year decorations, as the New Year is drawing near.

PF

On Friday, received a shocking news from PF that she had been asked to leave her company. Sigh, anther casualty of the recent Financial Tsunami. She has been a great help to our work and it's very sad to see her no longer around to support us. Personality-wise, she is a soft-spoken, hard-working and well-mannered lady. Having gone through this twice-in-a-row, I can understand her anxiety now. Will try to help her in whatever way I can.

First day at work in 2009

We had a mini-Christmas party on 24th December during lunch time, and I was shocked to see our big boss wearing a Santa red cap, haha.
After 2 super long weekends for the past two weeks (I took leaves on 26 Dec and 2 Jan), I came back to office today. So you can imagine my mood now. Anyway, it's time to get fresh and start my "engine" and hope this year will be another challenging and fulfilling year ahead!