Annual Dinner and Dance 2024

The annual Dinner and Dance have arrived. Although I was not keen on attending such event, but if I do not go , probably I might end up to be labeled as anti-social (I think). After all , since I had missed a few of the earlier events organized by the company, I should just say yes for once to the yearly event .

The theme for the D&D was once a time in Asia. In order to encourage maximum D&D themed dress up participation, the Welfare Committee has added a Best Dressed Group Award on top of best dressed individual awards. But I decide to just wear normal t-shirt and jeans. Afterall , I don’t think I stand any chance of winning any prize and since I am the least popular person in the company, no one would ever be bothered if I ever do up any special dresses.

On the Friday, my company released us early at around 12 midday. I went home to rest a bit before setting out to the hotel at Bugis street at around 5oclock. I reach the venue at around 1800 hours. Around half of my colleagues came in special costumes, and majority of those came in mainly ancient Chinese Qing dynasty wear. I was given the table number 10, and I spent most of the time seating on the chair playing my handphone games rather than mixing with my colleagues (quite a number of them are probably new colleagues that I never came across or even talked before.

The event started at around 1930 hours. it started with host opening the night and inviting the MD for the opening speech. Talking about business profitability, the MD didn’t mention anything much, probably no news equals to good news.

Afterwards , the meals starts to come in. the food were relatively ok and not too much , probably not too much wastage. On my table , there were Goh , khine , Nuru and a few others. Other than Goh that chatted with me for a few minutes , I wasn’t familiar with the rest of the colleagues, and we probably didn’t chat at all .

unfortunately or otherwise , I accidentally got the role of the table lead to take a group selfie photo and spent a few minutes playing game on the stage. The MC started by getting every lead of the table to do a self-introduction and to answer questions like why you like your boss. By standing at the end of the row, I was basically being skipped before I could answer both questions. Some comments that the MC made such as “ I can’t dance and can’t sing “ makes me a little upset , but to think again , probably he is saying the right thing. To be positive, I just do whatever I can do to my myself happy. At the end of the 10 minutes , each of us get a small prize (10 dollar voucher). And is it a good thing after all .

After that , they are a performance on Sze chuan mask changing act . the performance was pretty interesting , although there a little lack of interaction between the actor and the audience. Soon there are competition on the individual costumes and group costume . winners of both event are decided by how loud the audience cheers , and in the group event wise , the simple wears of the 60s miraculously came in victorious against the expensive wear of the Qing dynasty. These shows that renting expensive costume does not guarantee victory .

finally coming to the lucky draw , there are 15 prizes to be won , but I was simply not lucky enough to win anything. At the end of the night , I managed to take some photos with colleagues that comes near my table . at 1045, I went home , ending the once a year event.

Looking forward , I might just skip most of the company activities ( if I can ) . This month would continue to be a relatively busy month where I would strive to read more book , spent more time on learning japanese , and practicing more on my er hu. Furthermore , I should start doing a bit jogging again just to keep a little more fit.

写到这里，不会谈恋爱的，一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

日本行的最后一天，在马六甲（和旅行的观感）

从东京到吉隆坡的飞机也相当顺利，有在飞机上小睡了一下。飞机餐还是一样的nasi brayni。到吉隆坡就0700分了。一下飞机就感受到不是普通的热，很快就过了关卡，到了要和那些吉隆坡的团友说再见了。难得自己还特别问了那23岁美女的名字 ， 叫mandy。

之后凤丽和一行人在机场免税店买了一些产品，自己看来看去，没有可以买的东西，所以就没有买到东西。之后拿着行李到外面等车来载我们去马六甲。这是，凤丽才接到旅行社的电话说，司机摆乌龙，以为我们回程是2号（明天）。但真实应该是1号（今天）。那司机还在马六甲的家，过来也要近一个半小时吧。没办法，只能在那里的咖啡馆喝一下贵的咖啡。

之后，还好旅行社临时找了另外一辆车来载我们。路上还好游借Mr Tey 的 Hotspot, 一路上都有网络打游戏。到马六甲大概是1130了。汉中表弟有过来载我们去吃饭。

下午都再二姨的家休息。晚上二姨有准备火锅。吃了之后，有去Mr Tey 家坐坐。他住的公寓也蛮大间一下的。坐了1个半小时才回。第二天几乎都在二姨家度过，下午坐巴士回到新加坡。到新加坡已经是晚上0800店。忙忙碌碌的就这样结束这一个礼拜的旅行

从这次的旅行学到什么东西呢？大概就是学会一些与人相处的团体生活吧。人与人摩擦，难免会有不如意，和吵架的可能。但学会看开一些，一人让一步，能在一起旅行，也是一种很短暂的缘。最大的收获，就是能认识到那美国的台湾美女daming（读医学的），希望在未来，在世界某个角落，会再遇到她。同样的，讲到吉隆坡的团友，有拿到那个叶先生（应该是mandy 的父亲）的facebook, 通过她的Facebook， 也加到了mandy 的 account. 但会不会 accept 自己，也很难说，应该没什么机会吧。

这次和年长人士一起走，虽然很多时候，都要找厕所。但整个旅行的节奏也慢了下来。或许下一次，还有这样的行程，还是可以考虑的。 这次的花费，也比想象中少。母亲几乎花不到什么钱，自己买的纪念品也没有很多，少了应该买的洋娃娃，心里还是有些遗憾。

讲到自己的官司，载四月三号，第二次到警局报到。在那里只呆了一分钟，签一个名，那里的警员就放我回了。下个报告日期在5月二号。这案件的结局还要几个月才会知道，到时，我是否还能不能出国，还是一个未知数。如果严重的话，或许这辈子都别想出国了。但以调查官来说，或许结果不会太严重，大概会收到一份书面警告。对未来来说，真的不敢想太多，只能看一步走一步。如果可以的话，或许十月底可以去四国走一走。不然就拿假在家睡觉，也是可以的。

今年是一个非常不好的一年，未来一年的重心应该以学习为主，学看道理书，学日语，和学二胡。学会克制自己不良的习惯。学会孤独，学会一个人静静的看书，也是一件美好的事情。不想女孩，烦恼就会少很多。48岁的自己，已经不可能会有人喜欢了。到了七老八十还是自己一个人的。所谓少则得，多则惑。

寫到這裡。不会谈恋爱的，一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

日本第六天，浅草寺和上野区一游

早上0530分就起床了。有冷气的房间，睡得也比较好。今天是在日本的最后一天了，应该要多多珍惜一下。早上0640分就下楼吃早餐了。餐厅还是一样挤。到了八点便退房，才上了旅游巴士。这几天，有和几位吉隆坡的团友聊天，但没有什么拿到名字（或许他们给了，但自己没写下来，也忘了）

第一站，来到了浅草寺。大家在雷门前面排列合照，当时的人还是很多一下。拍了照之后，就分散大家自由走一个小时。这一次，就不跟大队一起走了。还是自己一个人走，比较看有东西。有买了一些纪念品，但没有买到洋娃娃，感觉有些后悔吧。和以往一样，还是花了100元求了一个签，是上签，不要妄想今年会出现什么奇迹，只要平安度过难熬的一年，就应该满足了。

到了10点，导游步行带大家到附近的吾妻橋走走，介绍那里的建筑物。之后才走到巴士上车点，坐巴士到第二个景点 （上野公园）。大家在上野公园的前面拍合照，之后又放大家自由行。这次，还是自己走，走了半个小时，才和大队会合，去吃午餐。

中午的午餐还是自由餐。餐厅有特别吵了一盘素面，但凤丽吃之后，觉得味道有点怪，可能用的油不是很干净，但有吃一些别的东西，也能吃的饱。之后大家在上野购物区呆三个小时，就是用来买东西。自己在uniclo 买了两件有领衣服（可以穿去佛堂），也买了一件冷衣（才15新币），实在不是普通便宜。不买会有点可惜。

到四点半的时候，巴士才载我们去到涩谷去看那只忠实的狗 （ Hachiko）.路上有经过日本皇居，导游有讲解一下日本皇居的一些历史，感觉日本皇居相当朴素，除了地方大以外，里面最高的建筑物才三层楼。或许下一次来东京时，应该花点时间参观日本皇居公园和后面的靖国神社。

到涩谷的时候，已经要5点半了。要走到涩谷车站也有挑战，那里的人群实在太多了。不靠近是完全看不到那只狗的雕像。因为时间不多了，上happy cow 看到在涉谷唯一印度素食（milan nataraj），刚好走五分钟就到了。就在那里解决晚餐。这个在日本的最后一餐，吃的也蛮好的。这餐是由光辉出钱，只能谢谢他了。

吃了饭之后，要接近六点半了（天黑了），要赶去羽田机场, 就没有时间去别的地方。到机场七点了，准备到柜台寄行李。之后还有一些时间。吃荤的团友，这时候就在机场用餐。自己把背包放在柜台附近（和大伙的行李一起放），走了半个小时，到外面的观景台看了一下，也时不错的吧。回来时，发现自己的背包不见了。心里无限紧张而发了不小的脾气，但也于事无补。眼看飞机要起飞了，还是赶紧进入出境厅。还好导游（okawa san 比较有经验）直接带我去报失处去询问。问了一下自己背包，我几乎想不起来，还好工作人员的帮助，应该有人在外面拿错了，拿到外面的报失处报失。经过一个小时的慌张，终于拿回了背包。以后要多克制自己的脾气，背包应该随时带在身上吧。

情放下来之后，本来想在出境厅买最后的纪念品，但当时在店里排队的人实在太多了。刚好看到那23岁美女在排队，就寄她买两包巧克力。这里就谢谢她吧！

飞机1145分在起飞，结束了这第五次的日本行。想想下次还几时再来东京呢？ 希望不会太久。

寫到這裡。不会谈恋爱的，一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台