Merry Christmas 2009

A belated Merry Christmas to all my friends and the very few blog readers I have out there. May our friendship continue to last for as many years as there is and hope everyone enjoyed their christmas! ^_^

Real Meaning behind Job Descriptions

COMPETITIVE SALARY: We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors.

JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY: We have no time to train you.

CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE: We don't pay enough to expect that you'll dress up; well, a couple of the real daring guys wear earrings.

MUST BE DEADLINE ORIENTED: You'll be six months behind schedule on your first day.

SOME OVERTIME REQUIRED: Some time each night and some time each weekend.

DUTIES WILL VARY: Anyone in the office can boss you around.

MUST HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL: We have no quality control.

CAREER-MINDED: Female Applicants must be childless (and remain that way).

APPLY IN PERSON: If you're old, fat or ugly you'll be told the position has been filled.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE: We've filled the job; our call for resumes is just a legal formality.

SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE: You'll need it to replace three people who just left.

PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST: You're walking into a company in perpetual chaos.

REQUIRES TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS: You'll have the responsibilities of a manager, without the pay or respect.

GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Management communicates, you listen, figure out what they want and do it.

Perth, Australia - Final Day

There's a reason why my Title is "Final Day"... and that reason is.... I forgot the name of the place. HAHAHAHA!!!

But anyway as mention earlier, this post is for the ladies to enjoy.. Why? Cause its mostly flowers.. and not just any flowers, but tulips, and a couple of other stuffs. There's even black tulips! Not entire black though, purple maybe, but still its dark tulips. Probably the black "sheep" among the "herd".

I actually like the dark tulip, coz its interesting. Anyway, enjoy the pics. =P

































Perth City from the skies...







There's actually many more pictures, but you'll need to go to Flickr to see them. ^_^

Perth, Australia - Perth City

My dad was slightly drunk after the wedding lunch but I really wanted to go shopping around Perth City to buy some souvenirs and also to spend some precious time while waiting for dinner rather then sleep at home and rest, though I was pretty tired. =P

Nonetheless, I insisted on going and my mum would of course support me coz I bet she also wanted to go. At the end of the day, I had the honor of driving my sister's car in a foreign land to go shopping! Wooohoo!!! It was a pretty cool experience but I bet things would have been more exciting if Australia driver seats was on the left side like the Americans. Many people must be wondering how on earth I know my way to Perth City to do shopping since it is a foreign land...

Well.... I had GPS... Mwahhaha!

The only part I didn't really enjoy was, I had to adhere strictly to the speed limit for 3 reasons:
1.) My sister will screw me
2.) My mum will nag at me
3.) Even the GPS is nagging at me....

Here are some interesting photo I took for my trip to the city!

On my way for shopping!



Myer's Shopping Mall





Apparently there was a celebrity appearance going on there. I didn't really know who she was, but I'd take a picture anyway. =P



The street that connects I think all the shopping malls around the vicinity, it seems this is the most popular shopping place in Perth city?



Before we left, we were entertained by a family of very young and talented Australians. They played very well, I couldn't hear any wrong notes or crap notes myself as a musician. They entertained the audience well and got some tips. If some of you think they are like street performers you see in Orchard Road, unfortunately I don't think they are, cause they came, played a couple of songs and left. I think their just doing it as a hobby and also to past their sunday afternoon meaningfully. ^_^



My next blog will be full of lovely pictures and I think its one for the ladies to marvel! ^_^

Perth, Australia - Sister's Wedding Part 3

Lunch party was held in the dining hall within the same vicinity. We showed some presentation slides which my sister presented, mainly consisting of those pictures they have taken together so far and after that they came into the dining hall. To be honest, it was my first time attending a European styled wedding lunch party. Usually for Chinese wedding banquet, we would sit in a round table. For my sister's lunch, the couple and their bridesmaid/best man sat with them at a rectangular table (Forgot what it was called...). Lunch was pretty good, I enjoyed the beef for sure!

It was a rather simple, warm and nice lunch party with everyone drinking and mingling around after they were done with the food. My sis also hired a Jazz band to play at the background, making the atmosphere rather classy. Everyone had the same sentiment that it was a beautiful wedding as a whole. These are the last of the pictures for the wedding at Perth.

The dining place..









The couple coming in to join us for the lunch



The main table...



Non Alcoholic Champagne..



The jazz band...

Perth, Australia - Sister's Wedding Part 2

So everything is set and the ceremony is all ready to go! My sister chose a Jazzy version of "Fields of Gold" to be played as her entrance song. Sounded a little weird but it felt unique, not so normal like other weddings you see on the movie where they always play the same old wedding song.....

It was a pretty quick ceremony and my dad walked my sis up the red carpet and handed her over to my brother in law. My dad seemed so eager to give her away, HAHAHAHA! Just kidding. =P

Then the boring part (to me) of the ceremony started and the emcee was giving speech, blar blar blar, blar blar blar, and then the maid of honour was giving her speech, blar blar blar, blar blar blar, and then the bestman was giving his speech, blar blar blar, blar blar blar, and then that whole round of thingy of saying your oath or something...

After that "you may kiss the bride", some blessings and then my sis starts walking down the red carpet with my brother in law while the song "Grow old with you" by Adam Sandler was played in the background by some "random" guy who brought his guitar all the way from KL to sing that song for his one and only sister. HAHAHAHAHAHAH! =P

I only took picture up till the state where my dad handed my sis over. The rest was captured on video. ^_^

After that it was minggling time and then family photos! Everyone was just gathering around, chit chatting. It was a very happy occasion while I was a busy man! Busy preparing the presentation set up for the lunch party, which I'll talk more about in my next blog entry! =P

The "walk" begins and the bridesmaid starts slow walking first down the red carpet...



There's my sis still waiting for the 2nd bridesmaid to start her walk...



Here is bridesmaid number 1...



Followed by bridesmaid number 2 with my sister following behind SLOWLY....



Their reaching the groom with all smiles!



Finally handed my sis over to brother in law and they walk up to the ceremonial master (forgot what she is called!)



The speeches.....



Family photo for my sis side... ^_^




P.S. Just in case you're wondering who that "Random" guy was, its the owner of this blog!

Perth, Australia - Sister's Wedding Part 1

My sister's wedding ceremony was on Sunday morning. It was held at I think Caversham house or something like this and it was open air. We were all praying hard for good weather, but it turns out it was drizzling the entire morning! Even after we arrived there, the drizzle paused for a few minutes, then continued again. We had to make a last minute decision on whether to stay on outdoors or indoors. In the end, my sister chose to stay outdoor and boy, it was one fine decision. When the ceremony was about the start, the rain stopped and it didn't rain for the whole day! What a beautiful weather for a blissful and wonderful occasion! Anyway, here are the pics taken before the ceremony...

This is my brother-in-law's car..



The scenery around the venue..













My dad was suppose to drive my brother in law's car to ferry my sister down, but since it was drizzling, the ground was wet, the host didn't allow us to do it, probably because of fear that the car will get stuck, but my guess is most likely that she was afraid we'll destroy the beautiful grass. =P

So the host ferried my sister in a cabbie instead. LOL!



My dad helping my sis down the cabbie.



The official photographer was briefing my sister about something I guess..



My brother in law waiting anxiously for my dad to bring my sister to him. LOL!



Well, let him wait awhile longer. Good things must wait!



I'll share more in Part 2. =P