Notice: Change of Name

I heard that the boss of an ex-colleague liked to call out his name several times to get him into her room. With the possibility of me (and the rest of the department) going under her too, I’ve decided to change my name to “Ruth” after the move. My current boss shall be called “Woof”, so his new boss can call for us all she wants!

Going Chee-na

McDull recently has a new movie 麦兜响当当showing in China. Lots of HK-style jokes had to make way for the huge market to rake in Renminbi. He’s doing the right thing and I’m proud of him! Let me tell you why it’s important.

We were supposed to buy someone in the department birthday lunch at a rather expensive restaurant. Someone else commented that the place was really not so affordable. Solution? That someone else ordered the most expensive food for that lunch. In the end, we split the cost evenly. (Most) China people never lose out!

Homecoming

I went to the zoo earlier this month with a bunch of colleagues. It’s been YEARS since I last went to see the animals (or now, their offspring and newer generations, rather). The polar bears I met during my primary school visit would have died of heat, or boredom since there’s hardly space for them to swim and roam freely. Forget about born-free giraffes and zebras acing across grasslands. All the animals look pretty lethargic (esp the pony which walked the same track n times a day with varying loads on its back), except for the squirrels which won’t stop doing the cartwheel. Good thing is, they are well-fed and spared of the animal food chain.
I saw a giraffe with a big head. I wasn’t really happy with what I saw cuz that’s not what I’ve seeing on tv, postcards… then my colleague immediately reminded me that my head’s pretty big too. He’s so darn right! Anyway, he is the most irritating person I have ever seen at a zoo. He never failed to attract the attentions of the orangutans, chimps, ostrich… squashing and cracking his mineral water bottle; tapping on the glass to drive up the snake…leaving no animals spared (except for the tigers and lions). But when we needed to capture the front shots of animals, he would be of great help!

Watching elephants chewing on coconuts while they were peeing and poo-ing was a joy. Of course, I had to visit my favourite, now world-famous, human-eating white tigers. Unfortunately, they weren’t performing (eating humans) that day. We also brought our animals along for cultural exchange.

Weifeng the Primate

Chee Yei the Hamster

Didn’t see Kungfu Panda a.k.a my boss, cuz he’s now at home serving H1N1 quarantine. What a responsible denizen!