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Long time never write something in my blog. Lazy + Busyyyyyyy... :)

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Team Building
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Finally, the team building event (on 040507) had over. Now, i am looking forward to another team building which will be organised by another newcomer. Hee...

Actually it was really not easy to be an organiser. Many factors need to be considered, like budget, activity & food that cater for everyone, the transport arrangment, etc. Of course, budget is the main factor. There are Malays in my gp. Hence, i was very headache for the food arrangement part. Luckily they are not those "strict" Malays. So, as approved by my boss, we went to Merchant Court for lunch although it is not a halal-certified restaurant. The lunch buffet @ Merchant Court is quite ok. Normal international lunch buffet. The price is $26.90 +++ and there is promotion for credit cards payment. In order to have more money for the activity, we have to fully utilise the credit card promotion. Hence, we separated into 2 tables. So, we can get 3 free buffet instead of 2. I felt that my boss felt that i was too 小家子气 as it was a bit ma fan to have 2 bills. But, my senior said i was good to think about that and she said my boss would feel that too as i concerned about the budget mah... Hopefully lo... One of the bill was paid by me as i got HSBC credit card. And, i had get my money back. The system there is really efficient. So fast.... :)

After the lunch, we went to PitStop Cafe @ Boat Quay (introduced by another colleague) for board games. It was quite a nice place but it is a bit small. It is co-owned by four partners who are undergraduates from NUS. They provide food & drink + board gaming. If you go in a big gp, can try to bargain for a better package. You can choose to have exclusive venue if you are willing to pay more. The boss introduced us to play a game called "Cranium" because it can be played in big gp. The game is actually a "whole-brain" game. It's a party game that borrows from a host of other popular party games of recent times. Players have to successfully complete activities in each of four sections to win:
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- Creative Cat : A player must clue a word to his or her teammates by drawing it, sculpting it in clay, or drawing it with his or her eyes closed.
- Data Head : A variety of trivia questions.
- Word Worm : Players unscramble words, spell challenging words, guess definitions, identify words with letters left out, or spell words backwords.
- Star Performer : players must whistle a song, impersonate a celebrity, or act out a clue.

We had fun while playing this. My boss's team won the game. He was very on and really can play. Really doesn't look like a boss when he is playing. I liked the game too but because it is all in english (many words don't know or don't understand, some are really chim, even if my colleaugues also don't know), so most of the time i just kept quiet. Haha... I am thinking if this game has chinese version, then it will be great. I gave suggestion to the PitStop Cafe's boss regarding to have some chinese games so that they can cater for more types of ppl mah...

Anyway, in conclusion, it was quite a good place to go with frens...
For those who are interested in knowing more about the place, can go to these links:
http://pitstopcafe.blogspot.com
http://www.sabrina.sg/2007/03/08/pitstop-cafe-be-part-of-the-fun

Post the photo that we took on that day at PitStop:

** The one beside me (my LHS) is my partner. A kind, pretty and young lady... ; The one opposite me, a slim lady, is my senior. A very kind and helpful lady also...; The guy who was wearing black shirt and stand behind a guy who was wearing orange shirt is my Philipino colleague (my god-brother); The one who pulled another guy's pony tail (wore brown shirt with specs) one is my boss, see how playful and young he is...

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6 weeks @ HP
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Already 6 weeks i was in HP. So far, everything is still ok. Started to be busy as started to have projects. A big experiment that i am fully involved in will be performed on 21/5/07. Really hope that everything will be very smooth and the experiment will be successful....

Still not very familiar with the Maintenance and Operators. Maybe because we don't need to always go inside fab unless there is any issue. But, at this moment, even if there is issue, they also won't contact me as still no official passdown from my senior to me. Got good or bad. Good is i can have more peaceful life as don't need to standby for call. Bad is i can't really know/handle the issue and won't be close with those Maintenance/ Operators. But, this kind of things take time one... So, slowly slowly ba...