Hasta La Vista, Kone

Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal

Otis

Truth be told, I’ve never heard of Kone Elevators. Heck, I even pronounced it as “cone”, not “koh-nee”. I’m sure everyone has heard of Otis or Schindler - coz when you step on or off an elevator, you’re probably looking on the floor, watching your step. There, a nice badge spells out “Otis” or “Schindler”. Here’s a quick one: ever notice that our Putra LRTs are made by a company called Bombardier and is > 10 years old? :p

Anyway, my 3 month term here at Kone is coming to an end. As I’m drafting this, it’s another week before system go-live, and another week more before I exit hell. Hokay hokay, it’s not that bad..

For me, work is still work. Working with people may not always be easy as everyone has got a job to do. Nevertheless, the people I’ve met here have been absolutely terrific. Well, at least it’s way, way better than HSBC - There’s more pretty chics here! :p

Colleagues

Of course, special mention goes to Iris, or sometimes “Aunty Iris”, or simply “Mom”. I don’t call her “aunty/mom” coz of her age, she’s not that old, but it’s just the way she treats me. Kind, but yet, erm.. mother-ish? Sometimes she’d just IM me and say “eh, come here”. If it’s late, she’d offer to drive me home, but then she’d keep nagging me: “eh, faster lah.. so late already, how you going back? very few buses now right? faster lah.. i wanna go already..” Geez! As if I’m purposely dealying her.. I’ve got work mah!

I owe Iris, Sharon, Jeff and Ee Lin many, many thanks. Combined, they have saved me dozens of hours waiting for the damned bus, and of course, a lot of walking. Come to think of it, there’s much higher chances of me getting dengue, considering the number of mosquitos at the bus stop by Jalan Penchala. My record kill was about 5 mosquitos I guess..

Am gonna cover Iris’ wedding come December - hopefully I have proper gear by then - 4 gig card to shoot RAW, F42 flash and maybe a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8. May even get a battery grip! But then she says “dont use my wedding as excuse to buy things”.. How not to call her “mom”? :p Would love to cover Sharon’s wedding too, since I don’t recall going to Kuantan. Jeff’s wedding? Well, great opportunity to go for a vacation at Sabah I think..

1 month left before Liverpook.. woo-hoo!!

Permalink | April 28th, 2008

2 Responses to “Hasta La Vista, Kone”

  1. Eric Says:
    May 1st, 2008 at 7:30 am

    Wah so fast alrdy been employed as a camera man for wedding … Really Pro …!

    Too bad … My DSLR still very far reaching for the moment …

  2. Jonathan Says:
    May 8th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    Haha, not employed lah… juz go practice (and eat) only.. she don’t need professional photos, so I juz go take take lo, hopefully she happy wit d results.. I tell u, u will never believe who her Dad is!! :p

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