Sunday, February 28, 2021

How I Spent My Chinese New Year 2021

In a blink of my eyes, the 15 days of Chinese New Year had come and gone. I am truly glad that we were allowed to have our family reunion dinner. Days before the festive season started, I was terribly busy with something else, new but otherwise, familiar with my creative hobby. Having seen how I have designed the interior for my wife's Computational Thinking Centre, this professor from the IT Faculty of the university in Kampar invited me to produce a proposal for him to convince the Dean of his faculty to refurbish the boring and plain looking interior of their faculty. It was a difficult task for me as I had to do so much detailed & extensive research including watching several documentaries over the Netflix channels to see how the fabulous buildings looked outlandish and attractive in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and England. Finally, I managed to complete the 25 page proposal that could help the professor to convince his Dean. He was pleased like a lark that my strong worded research writings poked on the need to create a new image branding that is important to attract local and foreign students from China, Middle East and East Asia. I attached many sample photos which I unearthed from the internet to show how beautiful and motivating the architectural designs of other world's prestigious varsities like Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Monash, Imperial College, Waseda and many others. Wish me good luck.

 

My wife cooked a huge pot of Poon Choy Dish for 10 during the reunion dinner at Happy Gardens. She added 2 cans of abalone lined with carved auspicious letterings. Something unique.




We also had many well wishers over the Chinese New Year days. I better not elaborate over the social media but to let this photo to do the talking.



I was pleased to be invited by our TOP Group's lady bosses to join them in the special professional photography and video shoot. I felt like a celebrity with all the lightings and different cameras aimed at me. That's because I achieved the Top 20 for sales performance at my Sales Director level. Honestly, I am happy with my current working lifestyle during the MCO. I don't need to work everyday but when I do, I really hard work for just 2-3 days to close the sales. I have built my self confidence along the way and foresee that I should do better in 2021.


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14 comments:

  1. Congrats! On achieving top sales! The photo says it all - a successful confident professional! Did you all lou sang during the reunion dinner? Your wife's luxury poon choy is so priceless. Sure everyone would go for the abalones, hahaha. All the best for your 25 pages proposal. When it is accepted, you may be appointed the consultant for the project.

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  2. I'm impressed with carrot carving!
    I didn't know you can do interior designing!
    Congratulations on your sales target!

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  3. i m amazed with the auspicious letters carving...it is not easy to carve Chinese letter on carrot! Congrats on your achievement...u look like a successful sales director in the picture!

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  4. What a happy post!! Congratulations to you, TM!! Not easy to achieve, I guess, at least not for me, I am totally out when it comes to sales! And I am impressed by your wife's poon choy! Just look at the carvings, oh my!!

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  5. wow, so many great achievement. Congratulations and may more good news coming your way.

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  6. Wow, interior designing too...yet another hat you wear! ;) When you say creative hobby, I take it you will not be paid for your consultancy...hahaha! :D Congratulations on your success...more good things will come to you in 2021! Aiyah, why you hiding behind in the group photo? You should be the star...and be in front! ^_~

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  7. You know what's even more impressive than the abalone in the poon choi? It is the carved mandarin words using carrots.

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  8. Congratulations & good luck on the proposal

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  9. The lettering carving did by your wife too? That's very very impressive!
    Congratulation on your success of your new career!

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  10. Wow you look like a high flyer in the photo, so professional and confident looking. Congratulations on your achievements, more to come in the Year of 2021. Good that you are happy with your current life. Your wife's poon choy looks yummy with the auspicious letterings. I saw a Wedding lettering, who is getting married? Hee hee.

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  11. Great to hear about your achievement and optimistic work style! Congrats my friend, and I wish you all the best with your future projects, and I'm glad you had a wonderful new year with a family reunion. Let's hope you continue with this positivity :)

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  12. Eh, you look so good in the photo lah! Well done, may you prosper more and more, your wifey too. Huat! Huat!

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  13. Congrats on achieving the Top 20 sales!
    Anay sure is hardworking!

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  14. Hi hi tm did you receive my secret souvenir? Guess you must be really busy recently.

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