寶寶讀嬰幼班的時候都有「家長日」，不過今次是 PN 班的，比較正式。
老師說寶寶比起其他小朋友有畫畫的天份：同學們還在圖鴉的時候，寶寶已經懂得在指定的範圍內填滿顏色；當老師叫小朋友聽著音樂畫下自己的感覺，只有寶寶能就著音樂沿紙張邊畫出不出長度的直線。
寶寶你喜歡繪畫嗎? 你想繼續和媽媽在家畫圖畫，抑或想爸爸媽媽待你大一點的時候送你到正式的畫班去學畫?
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
病 [冷]
這個星期我們仨都病了，三個都發燒和感冒，三個都有請病假!
今天早上我們一起去看田醫師，田醫師對蘇海明說：「你們一家煮白粥吃吧!」
結果我們晚餐真的煲了粥，不過是瑤柱免治豬肉節瓜百合粥 =P 蘇海明說很味美，吃了兩大湯碗! 寶寶吃了兩口給瑤柱黏著牙，忙不及要吐出來，跟著就說不吃了 -_- 兩位大少在吃方面都是要求高、難服侍 ...
持續發燒三天的寶寶在黃昏時份終於有退燒跡象，一退燒又變回活躍寶，弄這弄那，麻麻煩煩的；可我寧願他當活躍寶，總比做病入膏肓的呆滯寶好 *_*
今天早上我們一起去看田醫師，田醫師對蘇海明說：「你們一家煮白粥吃吧!」
結果我們晚餐真的煲了粥，不過是瑤柱免治豬肉節瓜百合粥 =P 蘇海明說很味美，吃了兩大湯碗! 寶寶吃了兩口給瑤柱黏著牙，忙不及要吐出來，跟著就說不吃了 -_- 兩位大少在吃方面都是要求高、難服侍 ...
持續發燒三天的寶寶在黃昏時份終於有退燒跡象，一退燒又變回活躍寶，弄這弄那，麻麻煩煩的；可我寧願他當活躍寶，總比做病入膏肓的呆滯寶好 *_*
Sunday, January 06, 2013
K1 results [Cold/ Sunny]
大部份寶寶報考的 K1 都有結果了。有預料之內的，亦有意料之外的 ... 我覺得「運氣」的成份比實際表現來得明顯，尤其是寶寶是人家稱之為的「細B」一族。
Offer 這東西，有又煩、無又煩： Turn down 人家的 offer，那當初怎麼要花時間、心思去報名申請? 收到 rejection letter ，儘管預測到卻多多少少仍會有點心癢、不自然的感受。由於寶寶已經有一個「超級大後備」，所以對於 N 班及 K1 來說，吾之愚見是 「on waiting list」最好，有希望又不用立即作決定/ 付款，感覺上我沒有負於人 --- 阿Q 精神 =P
人揀我、我揀人。蘇海明有強烈的預感，兜兜轉轉，寶寶還是會回到本身就讀的學校繼續升班。究竟最終寶寶 K1 「程」歸何處? 還有三個未知之數，我想只有到第二個季度才會明朗化 *.*
Offer 這東西，有又煩、無又煩： Turn down 人家的 offer，那當初怎麼要花時間、心思去報名申請? 收到 rejection letter ，儘管預測到卻多多少少仍會有點心癢、不自然的感受。由於寶寶已經有一個「超級大後備」，所以對於 N 班及 K1 來說，吾之愚見是 「on waiting list」最好，有希望又不用立即作決定/ 付款，感覺上我沒有負於人 --- 阿Q 精神 =P
人揀我、我揀人。蘇海明有強烈的預感，兜兜轉轉，寶寶還是會回到本身就讀的學校繼續升班。究竟最終寶寶 K1 「程」歸何處? 還有三個未知之數，我想只有到第二個季度才會明朗化 *.*
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
名字 [冷]
早上，寶寶在我們的牀上被子間玩「捐山窿」，興奮極了。
我：寶寶你叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇柏睿! 你叫咩嘢名?
我：媽媽叫陳慧娟。
寶寶：陳慧堅!
我：係陳慧娟!
寶寶：陳慧娟!
我：啱嘞! 爸爸叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：咩嘢名?
我：爸爸叫蘇海明。
寶寶：蘇海榮!
我：係蘇海明!
寶寶：蘇海明!
我：啱嘞!
然後寶寶繼續玩「捐山窿」。
* * *
晚上，蘇海明把我們購物的戰利品帶回家，寶寶和我去排隊換抽獎劵。打蛇餅，無聊之間，又和寶寶玩問答遊戲。
我：寶寶你叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇柏睿!
我：媽媽叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：陳慧娟!
我：啱嘞! 爸爸叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇海明!
我：啱嘞! 嘩，寶寶好叻喎，全部都記得晒!
然後寶寶瞇著雙眼笑。
* * *
返家替寶寶洗澡，把寶寶帶到他的睡牀去。為他蓋被之際，再問寶寶。
我：寶寶你叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇柏睿!
我：媽媽叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：陳慧堅!
我：係陳慧娟! 爸爸叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇海榮!
我：係蘇海明吖!
然後寶寶偷笑裝睡去 -_-”
我：寶寶你叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇柏睿! 你叫咩嘢名?
我：媽媽叫陳慧娟。
寶寶：陳慧堅!
我：係陳慧娟!
寶寶：陳慧娟!
我：啱嘞! 爸爸叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：咩嘢名?
我：爸爸叫蘇海明。
寶寶：蘇海榮!
我：係蘇海明!
寶寶：蘇海明!
我：啱嘞!
然後寶寶繼續玩「捐山窿」。
* * *
晚上，蘇海明把我們購物的戰利品帶回家，寶寶和我去排隊換抽獎劵。打蛇餅，無聊之間，又和寶寶玩問答遊戲。
我：寶寶你叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇柏睿!
我：媽媽叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：陳慧娟!
我：啱嘞! 爸爸叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇海明!
我：啱嘞! 嘩，寶寶好叻喎，全部都記得晒!
然後寶寶瞇著雙眼笑。
* * *
返家替寶寶洗澡，把寶寶帶到他的睡牀去。為他蓋被之際，再問寶寶。
我：寶寶你叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇柏睿!
我：媽媽叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：陳慧堅!
我：係陳慧娟! 爸爸叫咩嘢名?
寶寶：蘇海榮!
我：係蘇海明吖!
然後寶寶偷笑裝睡去 -_-”
Monday, December 31, 2012
Goodbye 2012 [Sunny & Cold]
Goodbye 2012.
還有不到一小時，2012年要就結束了。
2012是極到忙碌及動盪的一年。忙碌不打緊，橫豎生活太悠閒反而不自在，是名副其實的「勞碌命」；只要快樂，那就值得了。可惜，這一年有些時候是真的快樂不起來，擔心又憂心。
無論如何，都過去了。隨著2012年的結束，一切將成為歷史。
希望2013年充滿快樂、健康與幸福。
Welcome 2013.
還有不到一小時，2012年要就結束了。
2012是極到忙碌及動盪的一年。忙碌不打緊，橫豎生活太悠閒反而不自在，是名副其實的「勞碌命」；只要快樂，那就值得了。可惜，這一年有些時候是真的快樂不起來，擔心又憂心。
無論如何，都過去了。隨著2012年的結束，一切將成為歷史。
希望2013年充滿快樂、健康與幸福。
Welcome 2013.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
面試 @ 九龍塘 [大風]
今日與寶寶到一家位於九龍塘核心地段、卻出乎意料地能使用學券的日本背景幼稚園面試。
相對於寶寶近數星期的面試表現，他今天的反應簡直是超手準。我們都很欣慰，無論最後被取錄與否都不重要了，起碼寶寶今天玩得快樂。
去程趕著前往，在九龍塘地鐵站跳上的士，在學校門口下車。回程時間充裕，我們仨慢慢走到九龍塘地鐵站去。沿途經過的房子都很別緻、有歐陸風味，有一幢的外型、氣勢更和以前在倫敦金絲雀碼頭附近的房子相約，不禁多看幾眼。蘇海明打趣說：「我們就在這裡買房子吧!」
晚上在網上看樓市消息，想起下午經過的房子，就去查看一下--- 嘩! 價格最低的是港幣四千六百萬，有的是九千萬 ... 對於平民如我們，根本遙不可及，當是做做春秋大夢能住進去好了 =P
相對於寶寶近數星期的面試表現，他今天的反應簡直是超手準。我們都很欣慰，無論最後被取錄與否都不重要了，起碼寶寶今天玩得快樂。
去程趕著前往，在九龍塘地鐵站跳上的士，在學校門口下車。回程時間充裕，我們仨慢慢走到九龍塘地鐵站去。沿途經過的房子都很別緻、有歐陸風味，有一幢的外型、氣勢更和以前在倫敦金絲雀碼頭附近的房子相約，不禁多看幾眼。蘇海明打趣說：「我們就在這裡買房子吧!」
晚上在網上看樓市消息，想起下午經過的房子，就去查看一下--- 嘩! 價格最低的是港幣四千六百萬，有的是九千萬 ... 對於平民如我們，根本遙不可及，當是做做春秋大夢能住進去好了 =P
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Busy life [Sunny]
So many things have happened the last 2 months, yet time was so limited and my pen couldn't follow the flow >.<
Will try to write back when I have spare time later, but I guess it's more important to look into future!
I'm enjoying this moment now when my 2 boys are both having afternoon nap after the swimming class ... hehe =P
Will try to write back when I have spare time later, but I guess it's more important to look into future!
I'm enjoying this moment now when my 2 boys are both having afternoon nap after the swimming class ... hehe =P
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Happy 2 [Sunny & Windy]
- Statue Square @ Central
- HSBC Main Bldg to meet up Papa
- HK Zoological & Botanical Gardens
- Hysan Place @ CWB
- Come-Into Chiuchow Restaurant @ TST
- Home sweet home @ TGP207
Highlights:
- Chasing pigeon
- Talking to lions
- Meeting new friend ... Edward!
- Reading book of bus
- Photo-shotting with relatives
- Mini birthday party of 3!!!
My dear Bo Bo, please be happy, healthy and wealthy always =)
Monday, October 15, 2012
CAMS [Sunny]
公司「提名」我去考一個關於防止洗黑錢的國際專業試，今天是考試日。
說實在，我覺得自己已經一把年紀，早就過了很有拼勁去考各樣專業試的年齡。以前得到的幾個專業資格，你叫我去重考，九成會「肥佬」。對於這個考試，是本著平常心 ... 平常到我半年前已經鎖家今天為考試日，但我昨天才開始溫習 *.*
這個專業試一副很「高科技」的模樣，試場在電腦中心，考試上網進行，時限三小時。我花了一個半小時完成第一輪，然後很盡責地覆卷，在考試時間到達 208 分鐘時才按 「Submit」。五秒鐘內就知道考試結果，竟然合格，謝天謝地 --- 不是因為從今天起得到一個叫 CAMS 的專業資格，而是因為不用重考 =P
考試後，到山頂明德醫院去探望在星期日誕下小王子的莊靜賢。山頂的醫院果然不同凡響，今天大開眼界! 看到仿然未決定叫 Kingsley抑或是 Carson 的小朋友，想起寶寶曾幾何時亦是這麼一個小小的嬰孩，只能依靠我們，好懷念 ... 小朋友，你要乖乖，健健康康、快高長大!
說實在，我覺得自己已經一把年紀，早就過了很有拼勁去考各樣專業試的年齡。以前得到的幾個專業資格，你叫我去重考，九成會「肥佬」。對於這個考試，是本著平常心 ... 平常到我半年前已經鎖家今天為考試日，但我昨天才開始溫習 *.*
這個專業試一副很「高科技」的模樣，試場在電腦中心，考試上網進行，時限三小時。我花了一個半小時完成第一輪，然後很盡責地覆卷，在考試時間到達 208 分鐘時才按 「Submit」。五秒鐘內就知道考試結果，竟然合格，謝天謝地 --- 不是因為從今天起得到一個叫 CAMS 的專業資格，而是因為不用重考 =P
考試後，到山頂明德醫院去探望在星期日誕下小王子的莊靜賢。山頂的醫院果然不同凡響，今天大開眼界! 看到仿然未決定叫 Kingsley抑或是 Carson 的小朋友，想起寶寶曾幾何時亦是這麼一個小小的嬰孩，只能依靠我們，好懷念 ... 小朋友，你要乖乖，健健康康、快高長大!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
BCP in action [Hot]
Typhoon Tembin didn't wish to leave - apparently it wanna give a kiss to Taiwan so much that it headed straight to Taiwan!
Pondering for the whole morning as to what's the best strategy to deal with that. Just realized today after speaking to Asia miles CS officer that tickets purchased using Asia miles are of duration of 1 year from date of issuance, with multiple re-booking allowed; and so as for the infant ticket! The guesthouse @ Ching Yuen also had no issue of deferring the reservation as long as it's within 1 year from the date of initial booking ...
Okay, let's defer our Tai Chung trip to Oct then just before Bo Bo turning into 2 =P
It just happened that I found out CX Holidays was different from other travel agent in which it accepted last minute package booking for departure with 3 working days. So … we booked another trip to Sanya departing Thursday and it’d be confirmed once MO Sanya hotel reverts on the room availability tomorrow!
The BCP worked quite well so far ... Cool! Learn something new today =)
Pondering for the whole morning as to what's the best strategy to deal with that. Just realized today after speaking to Asia miles CS officer that tickets purchased using Asia miles are of duration of 1 year from date of issuance, with multiple re-booking allowed; and so as for the infant ticket! The guesthouse @ Ching Yuen also had no issue of deferring the reservation as long as it's within 1 year from the date of initial booking ...
Okay, let's defer our Tai Chung trip to Oct then just before Bo Bo turning into 2 =P
It just happened that I found out CX Holidays was different from other travel agent in which it accepted last minute package booking for departure with 3 working days. So … we booked another trip to Sanya departing Thursday and it’d be confirmed once MO Sanya hotel reverts on the room availability tomorrow!
The BCP worked quite well so far ... Cool! Learn something new today =)
Sunday, August 19, 2012
14 years ago …
What happened 14 years ago? I met someone the first time, who then became my companion all these years ... We commemorated the day together with Bo Bo by having a so-called "nicer" dinner @ TST Lung Mun. Not bad indeed – I mean the food =P
Choir lunch gathering
CAY was supposed to join this lunch gathering as well, but she just realized yesterday that it's her grandma's birthday today and thus couldn’t make it. Would be interesting to see her joining next time – though not certain when would it be ... another 5 – 10 years maybe?
Typhoon?! [Hot]
Typhoon Tembin, please stay away from us!!! Looking forward to our third trip with Bo Bo to Tai Chung the coming week, please don't spoil our plan >_<
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Article on Classified Post Hong Kong [Cloudy]
She's one of the ladies whom I'll be meeting tomorrow in the SPS(LT) Choir lunch gathering. She was the President of the Choir Society when my buddies and I "promoted" from Junior Choir to Senior Choir when we reached Secondary 4. It's a bit hard to link this funny (sometimes crazy) lady with the image of a professional, serious-looking lawyer in Final Court of Appeal indeed ...
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Get married first, then focus on career [Typhoon approaching]
I read this from Vienne’s blog this morning. She’s an avid follower of Penelope’s blog and she quoted this article about “Get married first, then focus on career”.
Putting aside whether those ideas being promoted in the article was valid or not, it appeared to fit in my history very well so far – got married at 28, delivered the first baby closed to 31. So ... what’s the next milestone in my life?
Putting aside whether those ideas being promoted in the article was valid or not, it appeared to fit in my history very well so far – got married at 28, delivered the first baby closed to 31. So ... what’s the next milestone in my life?
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
JN's farewell note [Rainy]
Received this note after Joseph sent out the "standard" farewell note ... those're the good old days!
Good luck my old buddy on your future adventure! Please can you recruit me as the receptionist/ PA of your newly set-up firm ... not getting only minimum wage of course =P
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Hi Guys,
How can you be satisfied without reading something more personal from me? A sentimental yearning for the happiness of our good old memories.
.....It all started with a job interview in Island Shangrila on a Saturday afternoon for me. Jiann - when I rang you at the hotel lobby, I prayed..."please! don't ask me to come up to Room xxxx on xx/F!". Silly me, must have watched too many movies! Jon, nice to meet you, though I knew you were rushing to somewhere else after my interview and I saw you on the Admiralty's MTR platform looking at your watch, sorry to keep you in the lobby lounge (not me, it was Jiann OK)
Dec 2006, my first day with RBS started in Princess Street office, I was late to the office, windy day, tube line was out of service, Vandana finally picked me up around 930 am (considered most of the London guys started office hrs at 8 or even earlier, I think I was very late!). Back home, I only met up with Johnson in AIA building after a 3 weeks' business trip in London. Impressive, an experience colleague with audit and product knowledge and most importantly, with fashion sense! Johnson, do you know you broke the hearts of so many RBS gals when you get married? I don't think your single status ranking was anything less than Richard Li in Central, time flies, now you are a father of 3, still fit, the only difference now is the gals have no more fantasy about marrying you. Derrick, Derrick, my friend...where were you? I recall you only joined us after we all moved into a room facing CKC, we all sat together with a gentleman (btw, what does he do?) with six LCD monitors and with him looking into our monitors like a "teacher and students classroom" setting! Nothing works, technology sxxks, Europa domain was down during Asia AM without support, TM connection took ages, but well, we all survived and I was glad to be part of the team. Shame I lost contact with Takei-san, his fade out story at Marunochi Building was sad but classic. When I have to face death one day, I may be expecting similar pictures like what Takei-san described to me...."Passed away grandma waving her hands from the corner, childhood memories appear again in sequence....." BTW, do you guys believe a word he says? Anyway, glad that he recovered and hope he will (if he hasn't) retire and enjoy his life in Thailand with elephants bringing him coconuts in his palace.
I believe together we have been to almost every APAC countries with RBS presence since 07. SG's OGS, Fullerton, Tokyo's Marunouchi, Shanghai, Sydney, Diamond cut at Lawry's, UK offsite (Derrick and I actually had our Tux tailor made at Mong Kok, few hundreds HKD were all we need to spend, my wife wasn't too happy with you Derrick as you picked the same colour, same bow tie, same outfit as me.....that's female....who cares right! Then seeing Jocelyn the first time on the Mezz floor of Princess Street during another London trip, "who was she? A senior auditor..."who is she now? a Audit Partner...wow!" Seriously Joc, you got to eat more these days. Brighton's offsite, here comes Jiann, you again, you kept Takei-san in the London office for a report, he supposed to leave early and have dinner with us, oh well, don't know how he managed to cut off the conversation with you and arrived the dinner place before Myra finished xx kg of lobster with noodles on the plate. Myra, you done a good job during your secondment to London. Coming back to APAC, Sydney's fire incident during office hours, Jiann teased Takei-san again for taking the elevator and gone disappear after landing the ground (come on Jiann....can you leave him alone?). Jon, freezing Beijing and nearby Grand Hyatt, a lady approached me first in Mandarin, after me ignoring her, she quickly translated the "question" into English and asked you what she just asked me in Mandarin seconds ago, kind of embarrassing right? then we never have the courage to try the deep fried scorpions from the food street, who knows, they might be able to keep us warm. Then, HK style BBQ at Shek O, Sai Kung offsite, Top of Four Seasons/pool side team meeting, taking visitors out for dinner and who broke the plate with the gold hammer?(any broken glasses in the chicken? Waiter's response: Of course not (bcos he didn't want to replace us with another dish!). Sorry Morgan if you missed all the fun and only arrived Hong Kong just head of the ABN merger, anyway I'm still glad to see that you like BBQ pork bun so much and settled well in HK (oops I meant HK island only as you never cross the harbour!!). Our stories just go on and on....
So, what have we done apart from travelling and eating? We issued xx audit reports, landed xx major issues, xx significant issues, xx important issues, closed all issues before issuing the final reports, moved office 5 times a year, managed to secure 6/7 our desks in the prime land Central, keeping all regulators around the region satisfied....... Impressive numbers, and we do carry on with such positive momentum until now even some of you have left GIA, fine fine Joc, I know we shouldn't be satisfied with these and must keep scoring! Not sure if you recall all these memories, may not mean too much to you, but to me, they are! It has been a wonderful precious experience being in the team, working and meeting you all. Not to mention, the trust, the camaraderie, rapport and friendship that we have forged are definitely not easy to replicate elsewhere. Long and boring email, apology, do allow me to take this opportunity to thanks for all your support and guidance, each of you have made my years in RBS a memorable and meaningful one. Leaving a place that I worked for close to 6 yrs is not easy, I admit that it is with heavy hearts that I bid you farewell but I'm sure our paths will cross again for sure. Let's have a 10 yrs reunion in 2016, promise? Keep in touch ok.
My personal email is xxx@yyy.com.hk and mobile +852 zzzz zzzz.
Goodbye.
Joseph
Good luck my old buddy on your future adventure! Please can you recruit me as the receptionist/ PA of your newly set-up firm ... not getting only minimum wage of course =P
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Hi Guys,
How can you be satisfied without reading something more personal from me? A sentimental yearning for the happiness of our good old memories.
.....It all started with a job interview in Island Shangrila on a Saturday afternoon for me. Jiann - when I rang you at the hotel lobby, I prayed..."please! don't ask me to come up to Room xxxx on xx/F!". Silly me, must have watched too many movies! Jon, nice to meet you, though I knew you were rushing to somewhere else after my interview and I saw you on the Admiralty's MTR platform looking at your watch, sorry to keep you in the lobby lounge (not me, it was Jiann OK)
Dec 2006, my first day with RBS started in Princess Street office, I was late to the office, windy day, tube line was out of service, Vandana finally picked me up around 930 am (considered most of the London guys started office hrs at 8 or even earlier, I think I was very late!). Back home, I only met up with Johnson in AIA building after a 3 weeks' business trip in London. Impressive, an experience colleague with audit and product knowledge and most importantly, with fashion sense! Johnson, do you know you broke the hearts of so many RBS gals when you get married? I don't think your single status ranking was anything less than Richard Li in Central, time flies, now you are a father of 3, still fit, the only difference now is the gals have no more fantasy about marrying you. Derrick, Derrick, my friend...where were you? I recall you only joined us after we all moved into a room facing CKC, we all sat together with a gentleman (btw, what does he do?) with six LCD monitors and with him looking into our monitors like a "teacher and students classroom" setting! Nothing works, technology sxxks, Europa domain was down during Asia AM without support, TM connection took ages, but well, we all survived and I was glad to be part of the team. Shame I lost contact with Takei-san, his fade out story at Marunochi Building was sad but classic. When I have to face death one day, I may be expecting similar pictures like what Takei-san described to me...."Passed away grandma waving her hands from the corner, childhood memories appear again in sequence....." BTW, do you guys believe a word he says? Anyway, glad that he recovered and hope he will (if he hasn't) retire and enjoy his life in Thailand with elephants bringing him coconuts in his palace.
I believe together we have been to almost every APAC countries with RBS presence since 07. SG's OGS, Fullerton, Tokyo's Marunouchi, Shanghai, Sydney, Diamond cut at Lawry's, UK offsite (Derrick and I actually had our Tux tailor made at Mong Kok, few hundreds HKD were all we need to spend, my wife wasn't too happy with you Derrick as you picked the same colour, same bow tie, same outfit as me.....that's female....who cares right! Then seeing Jocelyn the first time on the Mezz floor of Princess Street during another London trip, "who was she? A senior auditor..."who is she now? a Audit Partner...wow!" Seriously Joc, you got to eat more these days. Brighton's offsite, here comes Jiann, you again, you kept Takei-san in the London office for a report, he supposed to leave early and have dinner with us, oh well, don't know how he managed to cut off the conversation with you and arrived the dinner place before Myra finished xx kg of lobster with noodles on the plate. Myra, you done a good job during your secondment to London. Coming back to APAC, Sydney's fire incident during office hours, Jiann teased Takei-san again for taking the elevator and gone disappear after landing the ground (come on Jiann....can you leave him alone?). Jon, freezing Beijing and nearby Grand Hyatt, a lady approached me first in Mandarin, after me ignoring her, she quickly translated the "question" into English and asked you what she just asked me in Mandarin seconds ago, kind of embarrassing right? then we never have the courage to try the deep fried scorpions from the food street, who knows, they might be able to keep us warm. Then, HK style BBQ at Shek O, Sai Kung offsite, Top of Four Seasons/pool side team meeting, taking visitors out for dinner and who broke the plate with the gold hammer?(any broken glasses in the chicken? Waiter's response: Of course not (bcos he didn't want to replace us with another dish!). Sorry Morgan if you missed all the fun and only arrived Hong Kong just head of the ABN merger, anyway I'm still glad to see that you like BBQ pork bun so much and settled well in HK (oops I meant HK island only as you never cross the harbour!!). Our stories just go on and on....
So, what have we done apart from travelling and eating? We issued xx audit reports, landed xx major issues, xx significant issues, xx important issues, closed all issues before issuing the final reports, moved office 5 times a year, managed to secure 6/7 our desks in the prime land Central, keeping all regulators around the region satisfied....... Impressive numbers, and we do carry on with such positive momentum until now even some of you have left GIA, fine fine Joc, I know we shouldn't be satisfied with these and must keep scoring! Not sure if you recall all these memories, may not mean too much to you, but to me, they are! It has been a wonderful precious experience being in the team, working and meeting you all. Not to mention, the trust, the camaraderie, rapport and friendship that we have forged are definitely not easy to replicate elsewhere. Long and boring email, apology, do allow me to take this opportunity to thanks for all your support and guidance, each of you have made my years in RBS a memorable and meaningful one. Leaving a place that I worked for close to 6 yrs is not easy, I admit that it is with heavy hearts that I bid you farewell but I'm sure our paths will cross again for sure. Let's have a 10 yrs reunion in 2016, promise? Keep in touch ok.
My personal email is xxx@yyy.com.hk and mobile +852 zzzz zzzz.
Goodbye.
Joseph
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