Mom is back from Melb!

It has been 2 weeks I never post new things to my blog. and there is a very good reason for me to start writing again- Mom is back from Melbourn. Well, if any of you happen to read my sis's blog, you will get to read her post about my mom leaving her place, on the other hand, i am now writing about mom is back to Malaysia. I was so excited on Friday night that i left my house earlier for KLIA and let's see what happened from there:

9.00pm - Reached KLIA
9.10pm - Supposed time of arrival a.k.a me starting standing at the gate waiting for mom
9.15pm - Delayed arrival to 9.35 so i walked around KLIA for fun since nothing to do
9.40pm - back to the gate and waited for mom
9.50pm - ..........waiting............
10.00pm - ..........waiting............
10.15pm - ..........waiting............
10.30pm - ..........waiting............
10.40pm - ..........waiting............
10.50pm - Mom finally walked out from the gate

I was so happy and i went and gave her a big hug, she said reason being late is because the luggage came out kinda late, everyone was waiting just for that. Moreover, she walked slow too because the flight attendant that was suppose to lead her out forgotten about her so she had to asked around and go thru Kastam, took the train and etc..etc...all by herself. You rock mom! Good thing is she turned on her mobile once reached, she called me while waiting for luggage.

She didn't bought many things but just some chocolates and strawberry, the pics below is 1/3 of her chocolate souvenirs to all of us: hahaha, that's her definition of SOME chocolates.

New PC !

Finally my old PC is dead after 6 years with me in KL, and not to mentioned that it was given by my sis (since her TAR college years) before my time of using it. Sobsob, i think is time for the PC to leave us after so many years of service for the Tan sisters.

Let me introduce my new PC, my very first own PC after so many years! Am glad coz its a good feeling getting things done in fast speed with this new PC. I can now enjoy this new PC with web camera, new set of speakers and also 19" LCD monitor. Hehehe, im just very happy about it.

Ohhh......also want to mention thanks to Ken for getting the new PC, fixing and installing everything for me!

College Gathering ....Again

Last night my college gang met up again in this place that we wanted to explore together long ago- SkyBar...nice and cozy environment...i wish the rest could have made it, it was a good catch up time for all of us who went. =) check out some of the pix!

Cool Orientation Program

I went for a New Executive Orientation Program these 2 days. The main objective of this program is to have us get together and know the organization better. In order to achieve that, we had over 20 presenters , from various divisions, groups, Toyota subsidiaries and others to share with us in nut shell what the division and company do. There were 70 of us in total for this program, it all began with a gathering in a big hall, we all stood up, clap our hands and welcome 20 over top management bosses into the hall, then the emcee started announcing each and everyone of our name, and guess what???? Wahahhahha, we walked to the bosses and shake their hands one by one. Is more like a meet and greet your top management session, the best part is the bosses are called to stand and greet us too. Try imagine walking out and shake their hands one by one over 20 times and having them shake all our hands in a total of 20x70=1400 times! Cool right! i honestly salute the Toyota culture, i find this type of practices and cultures healthy.

Personally, i felt very warm and welcome, each of them including all the presenters (they are managers, senior managers and etc) said 'Welcome to the Toyota big family'. Maybe I am 'kampung' but i seriously felt so good about such orientation program. I got to know so much about the company, what do each division and subsidiary do and how much they contribute to the entire UMW group. One common about them is, they all know the Toyota Way very well and practices the Kaizen (continuous improvement) value very strongly coz at Toyota, we believe there is no best but only better through continuous improvement.

At the end of the program, each of us were given a little Toyota training passport, have one page stamped and stated completion of the program and we are to complete a total of atleast 48 hours yearly depending of your grade.

What a great 2 days i had...is indeed very fruitful and informative, and i will need to go for another 4 days training next week! =)

Ken's Surprise Birthday Dinner

I was thinking about doing something different for Ken's birthday this year, and instead of just the 2 of us 'again', i decided to ajak his buddies along and have a surprise birthday party for him. We went for a BBQ steamboat buffer. I supposed its a good night for all as the dinner is 'buffet' style, we started from 7.45pm - 11.00pm, the restaurant owner must have hated us. Hahaha.

His friends are a bunch of weird yet interesting people, they talk in funny manners, they joke a lot, they act weird and etc..etc....but when they are serious, they are really serious and please, never play play with them, i have seen them in a serious discussion solving a complicated calculus question..hahahha...that shows how serious they can be even just at solving that!

Anyway, i hope everyone enjoyed themselves and more importantly i hope Ken enjoyed himself and find this day a memorable day. =)