50 lbs.
Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal
Look at the size of the Queen’s notes..
Well, at least they use different colours to differentiate the denominations, unlike the American notes..
Damn…
Only the 5 pound note is same size as our RM 50 note. Would have to fold the other notes for them to fit into my wallet.. sigh..
9 more days!! Woohoo!!!
Tags: liverpool
Pre-Liverpool
Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal
In 2 weeks time, I’ll be at Liverpool. Thankfully, I’ve become more excited bout the “excursion”.
I think one of the reasons that drove down the excitement is the numerous sources of information and differing, often contradicting advices. Some say stuff are uber expensive in England - so expensive that the simplest of things will burn a gaping hole in your pocket. One of my friends got to know from friends, relatives and some lecturers that prices are pretty much simlar what you pay in Malyasia. And what of living expenses? A wealthier relative of mine claims 100 pounds is needed for a week, the Uni lecturers estimate 50 pounds for a week, a friend studying there says most use less than 100 pounds a month and my friend who checked with seniors, says 35 pounds a week. What the heck?! After some quick check with the friend who’s studying there though, turns out that 50 pounds a week is more realistic.
Oh, and what bout travelling in England after my studies? My dad’s badgering me for the lack of planning - hardly anything definite other than visiting my cousins in London. On the other hand, detailed planning is exactly ruins a holiday, according to a friend of mine. But then again, he may probably have much more information, owing to 3 months of free-time that I spent working instead.
Some people take this UK trip as a reason to spend - to get this and that. I admit, I may have fallen for this for a while, but after some good thinking - no, I had better be careful - it’s not worthwhile to buy some stuff just for 3 friggin’ months.
But really, who cares what others think? I mean, the important thing is that I don’t starve or freeze during these 3 months right? Yups, that’s what I’m gonna do. Find out all I can, throw my worries behind and enjoy the trip! Oh, I almost forgot - pray that I can fit my tripod into my suitcase, and clear plenty of hard disk space for the pictures..
å•Šå§ and “Mom”
Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal
Sadly, during the farewell dinner, all of us were so busy laughing, I forgot to get a picture with my å•Šå§ (which means Sis) and my “Mom”.
There’s no complicated and long story as to why I call Sharon and Iris å•Šå§ and “Mom”. They’re both years older than me, so I call them that. As to why Iris get’s the “Mom” title, is coz she’s just more mother-ish - more commanding, more, erm.. fierce? Hahaha..
My å•Šå§, so cute.. how to call her tai-yi-ma?
It’s basic human nature to be inspired and motivated by some goal. If it’s something too distant, it seems unachievable. There’s not much of a purpose if it’s too immediate either. These 2 girls, my dearå•Šå§ and “Mom”, seem to fit perfectly. Read the rest of this entry »
Farewell Dinner
Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal
So it was my last day at Kone and some of us went for dinner. It was more like a farewell dinner for Sharon, who’s leaving next week, doubling up as farewell dinner for me.
Lesson 1: using wide angle distorts human subjects.
We had steamboat at a place called Shabu Shabu at SS2. I remember the name coz I jokingly said “anything will do, as long as it’s not syabu“. It’s one of those all-you-can-eat steamboat place with different soups (Kim-Chi and something else). If not for the company, wouldn’t have enjoyed dinner at all. Since I don’t really eat seafood, it would cost me RM 20+ to basically eat fish balls, vegetable and some jelly as dessert. Not that bad compared to Jeff, who ate only mee and veggie - and he seems quite happy about it:
Of course, dinner is fun. More so with these people. So apart from makan, we took pics lor.. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: life, Photography
Jeff Shim
Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Uncategorized
After my colleagues saw my previous post, Jeff was particularly upset about the poor publicity he got. His name was only mentioned once, hardly anything compared to the “coverage” Aunty Iris got. He suggested introducing each of the colleagues, one by one. So here’s an entire post, dedicated to my dear friend, Jeff Shim.
Jeff is a processing executive at Kone. He’s also a Customer Data Expert (CDE, or sometimes just ABC) and almost, almost an Excel Expert. Don’t be fooled by the fancy titles though, I’m a Data Migration Analyst myself :p Read the rest of this entry »
