Please don't judge this photo based on its act. I'm not gay. He might probably is. This is Andrew Chen, a Malaysian who works there. I would labelled him the "Site Work Machine". Why? Because he LOVES to go for site work. May it be tough site, dangerous site or site that nobody wants to go, he will DBKLy swept it all by volunteering himself. For his selfless act, everyone loves him. When everyone loves him, it probably explains his act in this photo. From the amount of overtime he got, I'm sure it is enough to cover his expenses in Malaysia for 5 years! A very good example of hardworking that reaps result. Next year, he will continue his study in PhD , fully sponsored under the recommendation by the director in Nottingham office. Who says Malaysia can't produce 10,000 odd PhD scholar by 2020? It's just a matter of where will the scholar be by that time?
This group photo is taken with the whole Hong Kong colleagues. Sitting from the right to left: Edmund, Peter, Kiki, Sam Luk and another guy which I've forgotten his name. The one beside Vincent is Alan from Malaysia. He's working part time in Scott Wilson towards the end when I was there. I really salute this guy because he has to work for his living there. He works part time at his university cafe during study and while working in Scott Wilson office. "Bei Lou" King!
Now this is one of the best and nicest guy I met during my tenure there. Meet Dr. Brendan Burns. He's the first person to deal with me when he checked my first ever report. A PhD holder. One of the few guys who do research on Geosand (he always charged me money when I ask him what's the secret inside Geosand). With me sitting behind him, I always bombard him with head cracking questions (I would prefer to say engineering discussion). Our discussion often leads to some improvements and even highlighted some of the weaknesses in the report writing procedure there. One day, I remember dishing out an example on why beer is not good for health (because I questioned him why European likes to drink beer). I used a pregnant lady as an example. You wouldn't ask a pregnant lady to drink beer right? So, what does that mean? Beer is not good for health. He countered me by pointing out that running is a type of exercise that is good for us right? But do you ask a pregnant lady to run? If no, then running is bad for health. I was dumbfounded for a while. He's playing this hypothesis theory with me. Now you can see how a doctorate student speaks. From North Ireland, yet he knows nothing about football.
Meet Syzmon Jarosiewisc. He's a Polish. A guy who knows his stuff. He's a good example of "when you know your stuff then you can can strut it". Another zany character who likes to tease with me. Sometimes he can be troublesome figure among the reviewers. Sort of rebel. He likes to cycle to office when his house is in the city! If you do that in Malaysia, you probably get yourself knocked off by cars before you even reach the junction.
This curly hair guy is Paul Clarke. Chinese staff used to call him Po Chai. He's the head of the reporting unit. He's the guy that make me see transformation of character because of work stress. When I first joined in, he was a likable figure. But due to pressure to deliver and some ragging (in one meeting he claimed his b*lls were kicked by the clients) from clients, he became another person in a short period. Cold reception. You might not believe it but it's true. Pressure in work certainly can change one's character. I do believe sometimes you have to be tough to gain respect. An avid supporter of Manchester United just like me. He hanged a Man United jersey on his place when United won the Champion's League.
Start with the two guys here. I think both are 6 ft tall. One sucker punch from them will probably land you in KO. The one on the left is Dave Miligan. A bit quiet when he joined in. So, seldom deal with him. The one on the right is Filip Mikoz. He's an interesting topic to talk about. First and foremost, he's a basketball and swimming coach. He's the one that prove to me you don't need an engineering degree to do engineering work. All you need is logical thinking. At one outing, Vincent was drunk and do some stupid act on Filip by poking his nipples. Gosh. Me, Tham and Jeff was praying that Filip didn't give Vincent a smackdown. The furthest right is Hannah Grimley. They claim she's the fastest person to be promoted to Assistant Engineer.
The funny clown faced on the left is Nathan Hart. The one on the far right is Magdalena Jarocka. Her initial is MJ. Sometimes, I teased her by asking where's your Spiderman boyfriend. Ironically, her boyfriend is not as small built like the one we saw in the movie. Yup, his boyfriend is Mr Filip Mikoz, the coach. When Mr Filip is around, she's probably the the safest woman around.
The lady down here is Marta Ortega. When I met her for the first time, I asked her this:"Are you a relative of Ariel Ortega from Argentina?"
She replied no and that she's from Spain but knows who's Ariel Ortega is. She's the only lady who can talk football with me. With some knowledge on Spanish Primera Liga, our conversation never stop with each of us testing our knowledge on Spainish football. The guy besides him looks like his boyfriend but he's not. This guy name is Peter from Poland. Ironically, his girlfriend's name is Marta too! But it's Marta Kupiec. Just joined the company 2 months after me. He's part of the influx of Polish engineers in Scott Wilson office.
Now, meet Agustino Santamaria (left) and Luz Ramos (right). Judging from the name itself, I'm sure you know they are from Spain as well. Santamaria or Tino as we called him is the Assistant Engineer there. Quite funny. Doesn't talk much on football. The day when Spain was playing in the Euro 2008, I asked him how's your country performed in the semifinal. He told me he was watching Formula One' Lewis Hamilton instead. Luz will be getting married by the time we left the office.
This is Alasdair Spence. Cool, witty and one liner joke expert. He's one of the staff who I see as a capable and manage to work in a happy mood. When he checks and comments your report, you won't feel any bad feeling at all. This explained why he's such a likable figure there.
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