做朋友有三大忌

Patrick is very 攪笑, he gave us a lesson in the middle of dinner about 做朋友有三大忌. 更無僚的是I put more thought to it.
1 唔可以搶人男/女朋友
2 唔可以打架
3 唔可以爭人錢
No. 1 – Hmmm…. I believe a person should fight for what they love, but if that's my friend's man...too contradicting!
No. 2 – No comments…most likely won’t happen to girlfriends.
No. 3 – Totally agreed. From personal experience, this sometimes will hurt the friendship, or even hurt others' marriage too. It's not worth it.

好蠔呀!

It’s pretty amazing to see 16 of us were on time. We left the house @ around 9:30am and got to the oyster farm @ around 11:30am. The BBQ area is right in front of the water, pretty nice view. 太陽伯伯整天跟著我們. 大汗疊細汗. 蠔呀! 搶呀! We finished 150 oysters afterall. 生食加檸檬汁…BBQ加薑蔥…yum! 好彩冇人要用 “Lomotil”. We drove to the Point Reyes National Park after BBQ. We had to walk 300 steps of stairs to get to the Lighthouse. 一望無制既海洋, 澎湃既海浪聲…What a beautiful view! 好舒服呀! By the time we got back to the Bay Area was already 8pm…everyone was so exhausted, yet MJ definitely can refresh people’s mind for some of us. I wish everyone enjoy this day trip as much as I do.
恩愛夫妻組 - Emily & Vincent, Neslie & Alex, Vienne & James, Maggie & Owen
孤家寡人男子組 - Michael, Tony, Patrick, Marvin
小巧玲瓏女子組 - Stella, Christina
甜蜜情人組 - Michelle & Eugene

My stress therapy

Tomorrow is our day trip to the Oyster Farm. I've been looking forward to this outing and done a lot of planning on this event. Vincent & Owen thought that I was too nervous about the trip and I should relax...but then I acutally enjoy doing all these planning and preparation work. This is a way for me to forget my stress from work for a while. Thanks to Emily, Vincent & Owen. We bought all the food and drinks from 99 last night. The same question always pops up...enough food? too much food? Oh well... I wish everyone will have a good time and enjoy 與陽光玩遊戲.

Kick off meeting

Everything has finalized at today's kick off meeting with the banker. I was @ the headquarter again together with part of my team this time. Everyone has been introduced to the new operation systems, intranet and pricing engine, yet maybe only one or two showed their dedication. The rest...I have no idea. I know my people may get spoiled from the past. They never had to worry about how the whole process being done from the beginning to the end. Maybe this is a good time to get them involved.
Just so frustrated when they didn't even try to absorb the material seriously but just joked around. It's been almost five years, I never ever had any problem about how much I have to do, because I used to love my job, I really love going to work, seeing the people @ work. I notice my attitude toward my job has changed over time. In the last year, the industry slowed down...I lost my best buddy from the company...learned people called us friends cuz they want to use us...realized how much risk and liability we are taking up in this business... it's just so tiring.
I gotta go back! I need to be the happy Maggie @ work, so I can enjoy the days. I pray to God for wisdom and peace in me.

My nephew - Sky

He was 99% look like my dad, his grandpa when he first borned. Since he grow more hair now...starting to look more like my brother, his daddy. He's 19-month old and I think his best talent is giving real kisses on your face and "flying kisses". Soon, he will learn to call me "姑姑".

Changes @ work

Our company has come to a decision to merge with a bigger lending banker. The implementation should be done by next Tuesday. It is like a new start for our company with more securities. This banker will provide us with more lending options and now we can lend in over 48 states. I just attended the training for their operations system and met their staffs at the headquarter yesterday. This new system is more efficient and functional, yet I need time to get familiar with it.
I got overwhelmed from all the new materials and stressed out with the upcoming dumps and obstacles during the transition. I guess no one likes changes, yet time will help us surf through the uneasiness. Maybe I just worried too much, just one step after another…as long as we produce; everything is well-worth it. Money is the only drive in the business world after all.

我們的對話

Maggie Poon: so did u ck the inti for hk?...ok 12/13 - 1/2 for u
Maggie Poon: me - 12/13 - 1/8 return with emily
owen.chao@shawgrp.com: That should be ok.
Maggie Poon: should i go 1 wk early 12/6 and return 1/9
Maggie Poon: like my dad, and fly with him ma
Maggie Poon: $200 cheaper wo
owen.chao@shawgrp.com: That's not the main reason, you know.
Maggie Poon: what u mean?
owen.chao@shawgrp.com: so you can stay another week longer ma
Maggie Poon: what do u think?
owen.chao@shawgrp.com: aiya, don't play innocent la. owen.chao@shawgrp.com: up to you la. Maggie Poon: i need some support owen.chao@shawgrp.com: I still say go on the 12th, better chance of getting that $400 for overbook
Maggie Poon: FINE!