吻别

this song is voted as one of the songs for 20年经典金曲at this year's 金曲奖today.

a real classic song by 张学友which i remember was the hottest song back in 1993. it was especially memorable with 周海媚putting in a sultry performance in the music video. 吻别could be heard on the radio several times a day and hogged the music charts then. you could also literally hear the song every where on the streets.

why do i remember the year so clearly?

because that was the year when i was posted to australia for an admin tour of duty of 4 months. sk commented if the song will still be 'in' while we were stranded in mandopop 'desert' for 4 months. 吻别not only survived those few months by becoming a monster hit that year, it has truly become a timeless mandopop classic of our times.

bad news

sk and pearlyn talked to me today at 奇迹. somehow, sk was more traumatised than me. she had agonised over how to break the news to me today since it's her first time.

hmm... i think i surprised them with how well i took the bad news. no big deal.

cheers! :)

keppel distripark

sk needs to go down to our bonded warehouse at kd to sort out some issues with the items that hq had sent. she had asked bl and me along. for me, it's primarily to introduce me to the warehouse guys.

it's my first time in a bonded warehouse. didn't know quite what to expect...

first, got to register and pay to enter the distripark. that is in addition to our vendor sending our names and nric numbers to the counter for prior clearance. it costs $3.21 and i was given a temporary pass with my details and digital photo printed on it. they even put your age in brackets behind your name.

then we had to wait for shekar to escort us into the warehouse area just a short walk away. sk had already warned that the warehouse is rather warm and stuffy at times.

this is unlike my previous company's warehouse which is air-conditioned. the equipment here apparently is hardy enough to be stored in a regular warehouse. the scale of the warehouse operations is really much smaller than what i'm used to.

but some items are really huge though... especially the 10-foot antenna dish. sk called it the ufo. hehe...