Monday 31 August 2015

Sitiawan & Ipoh Trip

去了趟难得的旅行,有了些可贵的回忆。
这趟旅程很普通,但却让我看见很多。 

与同事间的旅行,比较起与朋友的旅行有些许不一样。 朋友有的是熟悉感还有许多以往一起共同的回忆,但与同事却只能从现任状况开始逐个了解彼此以往的经历。

这是我们之间缘分的开始,还有逐渐对彼此了解加深的一个阶梯。
正因为如此,尽管我们可能有一刻的沉默,但这三天两夜的行程还是在笑闹声下结束。

我们因为工作而认识,成为彼此的同事、工作伙伴兼拍档,再加上像朋友般的关系,踏实着我的心。 

第一天去了实兆远(Sitiawan),品尝了许多KL没有的美食。 有一种面在那里叫蛋燕,煮法像是KL的卤面,我还是第一次品尝,像糕点般的嚼劲,咬起来感觉很Q很特别。

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然后我终于品尝到远近驰名的红酒面线。
它味道尝起来有点像黄酒鸡的味道,姜味很浓,但却又多了份红酒的甘甜和香味,第一次品尝觉得还真不错。

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我们三天两夜的行程大部分景点都是吃,吃尽全市镇的美食。
然后你会发现,Sitiawan很多稍有名气的档口著名的都是laksa和cendol。

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我们就这样坐在马路旁,突然觉得这样品尝当地美食还蛮有另一番风味的。

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再来就是Sitiawan最出名的福州光饼。起初并不觉得怎么样,但到了当地真正品尝新鲜出炉的光饼时,就真的尝出了层层的惊喜。它是烘培而成的,所以并不油腻,趁着还热腾腾时咬上一口,那种表皮酥脆还有葱油的香气真会侵袭你的味蕾,让你一口接一口的吃下去。因此我们都觉得这是这趟旅行增肥计划的开始,光饼成了这两晚的零食和宵夜。

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吃尽了Sitiawan,我们就起程去怡保了。
其实来怡保也不只一次了,但却没有为美食而来的一次。

我们在怡保特地品尝了鸡饭、点心、大炒和豆腐花。
我最爱的豆腐花,之前去过一次但扑了个空,这次终于排队买到了。
很兴奋,因为我真的吃出了不一样的味道,盖子打开就有一种浓浓的豆花香,吃起来很滑味道很甜,真是人生一大享受。



然后我们在车上谈天说地,开始分享我们小学中学到大学的故事,开始比较我们以前玩过的每一个游戏,开始一同怀念起回不去的美好时光。

再来我们在酒店谈心分享,开始诉说每一个人的第一印象。这是我很期待的一件事,因为新的圈子新的人群让我对每一个人的背景都很好奇。有时候要是你幸运,你就能够遇见一群与你志同道合的人,和你一起共渡许多美好的时光,包括一起欢庆国庆,还有与你做许多疯狂的事情,包括与你们一起大唱爱国歌曲。

让我很意外,原来我给他们的印象是一个很会socialise的人,但我一直认为我在这一方面是有待加强的。我不晓得是进步了还是什么,我还是有我的被动和恐惧,但竟然能给他们一个那么全新的印象,让我很欣慰,也证明了我遇见了对的人,才能让我做回自己。

与不同的人去旅行,真会让你有所收获。
这趟旅程,我看见了整个计划及编排行程的经过,他们很用心的安排每一个终点,并做成一份整齐的行程表影印出来,我们的整个旅程就是跟着编排好的行程一站一站的完成。这是我从未体会过的。

然后,我看见了守时。他们的承诺很让我感动,说好了几点集合几点起程,到了出发那一天一分一秒也不差的会合了每个人,踏上了这趟旅程。只是我感到有点抱歉的是每天早上起床梳洗可能吃了点时间,抱歉延迟了几分钟,感谢你们的不责怪。

再来我也看见了与我不一样的人。起初可能不能够理解与自己不一样的人,当试着去了解时,你会看见一些你从未接触过的思想逻辑和价值观,并且很值得一学,不要因为不了解而拒绝接受,当你有机会走入另一个人的世界,尝试去尊重别人的想法,这样关系才能维持。

半年,这半年来依然感谢有你们。
同事和同学不同的是,同学会与你一起完成一个使命一个任务,但同事却随时会离你而去,去追寻自己的梦想和愿望。你做不了什么,因为你也有你自己想要的生活等着你去追逐和完成。没有多少个同事会与你走同一条路,一直陪你到最后。

因此,这趟旅行也不晓得是意味着什么,还会不会有下一次,同样的一群人,同样的一个梦。
我也只能当作是这半年来你我一起工作一起解决难题一起加班的一个终结。

明天开始,2015年的AmcorpTeam就会随着九月的到来而解散和结束。
感谢你们这半年来带给我的一切,教会我的一切事情,还有为我制造的美丽回忆。
我们为接下来的挑战加油,如果还能的话,希望明年再与你们合作,再续缘。

Poon with us XD
Ipoh OldTown Street Art
Groupfie in Ipoh under big hot sun

Street Art - Kopi 'O'

Have a guess on it?

Yea!! It is Sea turtle and its babies!
看海龟是这趟旅行的小插曲。
很高兴有这个机会看见那么多大大小小的海龟。
还有,我不会忘记我们和一群苍蝇同在一辆车走了十多公里,呵!

Saturday 15 August 2015

AmcorpTeam

剩下一、两个星期的时间,我们这个名为AmcorpTeam的人儿们就要各散东西,被分派到下一个engagement建立另一个Team了。

很高兴认识你们,开始时我们很静很静,工作时大家很专心的工作,吃饭时大家很拼命的当低头族,这是我一直希望改变的情况,我希望大家多说话,多一点交际。

很不错,从三月开始,半年相处下来,我们成了一群很吵闹的Team。我们聚集在公司的一个角落,那里是我们几个人的天下,当几个人聚在一起,那里就会变得好吵。

我们开始多话聊,开始对彼此互相了解,开始打闹,开始大笑。我们开始计划聚餐、运动、唱歌甚至于旅行。
我们兴致勃勃,很期待月尾的旅行,行程一切都做好了,但一个突发状况出现,粘先生不能去了,我们竟然会伤心,失望甚至沮丧。

昨天TGIF,我们这群野孩子不回家,却把时间耗在公司的那个角落,正绞尽脑汁的想着要去哪里晚餐,最后去了PJ的Khuntai吃泰国餐,然后又很即兴的去了粘先生的Subang旧家。
那时天已黑,野孩子却不肯回家。一行六个人挤进了一辆myvi小轿车,驶过对面的7-11买了副牌加几罐啤酒,学着中学时代聚在某人家里开party。



旧家里什么都没有,只有一把风扇一台冷气一副牌几罐啤酒和六个人。就这样,玩着扑克牌的游戏喝着酒,笑闹着。



霎时间有点像提早完成在即将来临的旅行中安排好的夜晚的行程。
想象着听起来眼泪也快溢出来。

半年时间,很短。
尽管我们没有到很了解很了解对方的阶段,我们之间互相认识的时间加起来也一定敌不过我们每一个人的知己朋友们,但这是我们大部分时间在工作时相处累积下来的感情。

这半年来我们相处得很开心。
开始时我以为同事只能是同事,但现在似乎我们也是彼此的朋友。

昨晚很累,很开心,也很不舍。
你们走进了我的心里,为我的人生故事里添上了不同的色彩,写进了我的部落格。

我很久没有熬夜到凌晨,如果可以,我还能为你们通宵达旦。
很高兴认识你们这群人儿,依然期待八月的旅行,我等你们。

Saturday 1 August 2015

6 yrs ago

Few days ago I met a guy at Rawang KTM in the morning. He called my name after he passed by me, I looked back and stared at him, trying to recall any pieces of memories in my mind by staring at his face, and I failed. It took me about few seconds, and he started saying and asked me "You are YiVonne right?" I was shock and wonder why he knew me, and he continued introduced himself telling me his name is Ah Nan. Well I totally have no idea who the guy was. Luckily he was trying hard to recall my memory and yeah, finally I recalled some pieces of memories about him, about Band.

Talking about memories of my previous school band, it is too much to be shared. I show up my fingers and start calculating, I had graduated for 6 years! How could time just passed like that? Okay, come back to the first topic. So he was one of the ex-band members but unfortunately he didn't join until the end, and that's the reason why I can't recognise him at the first sight after so many years.

He introduced himself nicely and politely, saying that he was a horn player, a friend of Kah Choon. Yeah, this does helped me to reform the broken memories. After that we had a short talk about ourselves and had exchanged our current status, he is studying law in a college. After a talk, I realised that he is a boy who trained to be politely and kind. I believe that this possibly been trained since his childhood by his family. I like to talk and deal with kind and politely people, these peoples can make my day. You can observe from their way of talking, you can feel that you are being respected. I hope he can go through all the hardship in studying for the next few years, I believe that he has his ambition and I hope he can achieve it successfully.

And, what I am trying to say in this long post is that I feel glad that people (juniors) are still remembering me as a previous band member. For me, the memories in band were getting fade after so many years. It is quite touch that sometimes people can recognise you and at the same time help you to refresh your memories that almost being forgotten.

Actually this was not the first time for this scene to be happened, it actually happened twice. Last time when I was working at the saloon, a boy came and cut his hair. I can recognise him as a brother of Lion's neighbour, and that's all. The conversation started when I helped washing his hair, he asked me "You're a gang with Boon Ling right?" Again, I was shock and replied "Yes, but how do you knew that?" By questioning and answering, I had been told that he was also an ex-band member and also, he only joined for a very short period. I really can't remember anything about him. He was a member in percussion, and he said last time he was a very bad and naughty boy and asked, how could I not recognise him. I laughed, and I felt warm at that moment.

You know, the situation was like, I thought I didn't miss out any scenes for my 5-year school band life and at the end some one came out and told me something I'd never expect and things that never appear in my memories, this is awesome!

It was like helping me to complete my memories, and I am happy to collect all those memory pieces to form a more complete memory compared to previous.

I miss my band life very very much, after I graduated, during my college life and even now. As what I've told last paragraph, some memories almost being dumped and forgotten, but in fact I am trying really hard to hold and grab all the memories and never let them go. I am trying to fight with time, I am trying not letting go my precious memories though the days are counting and times are passing.

I always re-watch those formations we've done and practiced in the past, listen to all those band songs that our band played previously, view our old photos that we've taken, look at all the tan skins with each of the smiling faces, recall every moments that I could recall.

We keep saying that we want to squeeze time to visit our old band but we couldn't make it. We have our stuff to deal with, and I am still waiting. I miss my Euphonium, its sound and its odour. I miss those smiling faces as well. And this is how, let the memory to live again...