CNY Part II

On the third day, Fuo Guang Shan temple was our destination of the day. A lot of changes and renovations had been made to fetch this coming CNY. The fancy decorations together with amazing performances attracted thousands of visitors. There was no doubt of it. Due to the crowds, here came the traffic jam on the roads ahead. It was evening when we finally made our step into the front porch of the temple. Flowers, statues, poster of quizzes, fountain, hawker stalls were all over inside the wall of the temple. It's really colourful inside! I had taken a few snapshots of the fantastic view thereafter. We went to the gallery center where all the Buddhism pictures and drawings belonged. They were artistic after all. Then we explored around the park. The place was starting to get crowded with time. Around 8pm, we made our move to have our dinner and went home.

A reunion dinner with my fellow friends made my day on the 4th day. I had a wonderful moment with all my old friends that day. We even made it up for time to have a second round gathering at Melia's house. Mahjong, cards, guitar and etc are all out to add a little colour to our wonderful moment. On the contrary, I was up to nothing but to accomplish my half-completed reports on the next day. House by house visiting was held among the Gossip gang members on the 6th day. We reported to each other concerning our activities for the past few months. It was funny to know the stories of life of our owns.

Life is one of a kind and yet there are so much for us to explore and learn. Wishing all of us fill our life to the fullest in this roaring tiger year!

CNY Part I

Whole week of celebration, days of events to be shared here. The first thing that I feel about this CNY - The weather is too damn HOT! My family and I stayed at home in the daytime and go outing in the night.

There were 3 reunion dinners; my big family (Dad's side and mom's side), my own family, and my friends. The dinners were great as usual, with lots of dishes and Yeeshang. I have to admit that I used to eat more than nescessary in this kind of situation and this is really bad for my digestive system. My diet totally deviate far from my normal routine during CNY. My sleeping time as well delayed a few more hours till midnight. Apart from this, I pretty enjoyed the moment eating together with family and friends that have not seen for quite a while.

Gambling was another annual activity being held in my house in this festive seasons. My siblings and I were fond of blackjack and we played for almost everyday. While my friends preferred Mahjong. For me, gambling did improve and further enhance relationship through interactions between players. Our moods took control over our rationality during gambling. We showed funny faces and shouted excitedly whenever we got good or bad cards.

Paying a visit to relatives is a must on the first 2 days. Dad's side takes the first day while mom's side takes the second. This is when the Angpao comes to us. Sitting at their home, eating biscuits and drinks, chatting and a lot more... And then our chatters echoed and amplified from inside the house. For the first time ever, the house full of laughter and chatter can be comparable to a disco.

Case study

I was probably in hysterics when a gang of us were in front of our interviewee, the general manager of the company. Although we outnumbered him, I was hyperventilating when my eyes met his gaze as I was the spokesperson of my group. I was supposed to ask him questions! Well, can't blame for my nervous acts actually. I already knew this would happen since this was my first time experience in interviewing a top management person of a company, someone that I do not know of and so superior! (our interviewee is the son of the CEO)

When I got nervous over something, I spoke fast, very fast! (some people say I was mumbling to myself) Turned out people didn't get a word of what I was saying. Then at the very beginning, I calmed myself, by always reminding and ordering my mind to get coordinated with my body. I started to choke out the question word by word from under my lips and as slow as I could get. I thought I did put on a good show today. I successfully masked my nervousness and locked it inside my body. I tried hard to suppress it from resurfacing on my face. God bless! I got respond from him and got all questions answered. Though I did got stuck in the middle of the interview and pondered for a minute or two to get on with the next question. Thanks to my fellow colleagues that helped me out whenever I went silent by throwing him with extra questions.

Apart from that, I did feel grateful for his friendliness and helpfulness that made our jobs easier. We were so tiny and fresh looking in front of him. Shy was all I could say to describe the entire interview process. Even to make request, our lips became heavy to lift at that instant. But still, we did ask for a few snapshots as proofs of visiting in the end. On top of that, permission to make a step inside the production line were granted upon request. It did open my eyes apparently. Before we made a move, a souvenir was handled to his hand as a token of appreciation and sincerity.

I would not called this interview session as a tremendous success, however, everything had run swiftly as I wished and this would be a real-life experience that would embossed in my memory. To all my group members, well done and together let's us stride forward in this project. Happy working with you all!