Wang Xu's farewell

[090305] farewell lunch:

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enjoy e mix of people at work: colleagues from France, Germany, London, Switzerland, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Mauritius & China (Inner Mongolia, Harbin, Hubei & a lot more other provinces). to date have worked for bosses from India, Hong Kong (survived 2 of them!!), Sarawak & United Kingdom.

in e process, have learnt to adjust to Cantonese-Texan & Cantonese-Canadian accented English, figured out French & German spellings of some lab items e.g. 'bechers', gotten used to discussing work with a boss in a mix of Malaysian accented Chinese + Hokkien, figured out Hunan-accented Chinese, & learnt to shake my head when saying no =P

though I still do 'wonder' why locals are always e lab techs & cleaners & admin & maintenance & mediaprep facility & glassware washing facility & lab supplies store staff & security guards i.e. filling all e non-academic roles....many foreign colleagues have asked if Singaporeans really have no brains =P my current lab bucks e trend with 1 local postdoc + 2 local postgrads!

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