Farewell R. Shan

One of my ex-labmates Mr. R. Shan has decided to quit his high paying job in Singapore (after 6 yrs of graduate studies and working) and to return to Beijing to start up his own business. So that gave us an excellent excuse to get together and have a hearty meal of ChongQing Steamboat again! (eating the super spicy steamboat used to be one of our highlights during the many long years in the uni....)

So there's alot of old familiar jokes and things to bring up during the dinner, sadly, we'll be missing one more of the funny jokers after Jiangyan, Bensheng, Haiyan, Wanghai has left us.... :( Although the times that we've spent together was a short 3.5yrs, we had numerous fantastic memories, of shifting to a bigger space, where Mr. R. Shan would indulge in his 3D games (n often getting caught by our BOSS ha ha ha), the many lazy after lunch siestas, the many walks to the canteen for lunches, the many interesting jokes that arise from our different culture and upbringing, there were hardly any ill-feelings, instead we enjoyed the diversity of background and characters which shaped our experiences in a shared space.

Here, I bring you the people who made the words, Thumb, Thank You and Rubbish ultra famous among the crowd....

The guy in the middle is Mr. R. Shan, he's the made who bring meaning to lightning marriage, in his simple yet sincere manner, he wed his wife in Singapore and they have a baby girl name YiDing.

This guy... Dr. David, started the ball of wedding rolling when he announced that he was seeing someone and would like to marry her.... they met online!! We were of course shocked! But jumped in joy for their happy news. =)


The athletic looking young man here is on his way to get his PhD and being a keen swimmer, has offered swimming lessons and also played basketball with us the YOUNGER folks! When I first met Ad, he wanted to challenge Ad to the different sports to "test" Ad out hee.... We had great fun at the basketball courts trying to snatch the ball from each other, it was definitely a good workout then. Needless to say, the pretty young lady next to him is NOT at all related to him but she's my JieMei, a humorous, fun-loving and definitely a loving person.....


So Mr. Shan, here's to wishing you all the best in your future endeavors, remember to write to us often and brighten our days with your crappy jokes. *wink*