Farewell for DTs

Went out for lunch with the DTs today. After spending more than a year in NYP helping out with our daily routines and projects, it's time for them to move on and continue their studies. All 3 of them managed to secure a place in NUS Chem Eng course, which is very nice fit for the continuation of CPT learnings.

BB is the weakest of the 3 physically (...and academically?? hahahaha) but she is the one involved in pilot plant cleaning / flushing. We all wonder why she was admitted to Chem Eng but maybe the pilot plant operating / washing experience helps her in her bid to go Chem Eng. So it will be used as a good excuse to assign next DT to take care of the flushing of p/plant. She always wanted to be remembered as the hottest babe...but I always remeber her as the Ben n Jerry victime No. 4th time running to the loo.

Never actually worked closely with the DTs, only to do graduation filming with Felicia and tease Christina about watering plants during our rare gathering for tea or lunch and at time they help me to do invigilatiom for class tests.

I asked Ah Meng to come along to join us too. For I have always feel abit guilty to not knowing and taking care of the pioneer batch students as well as i could have. They have missed alot compared to the later batch students....Magic / chocs / VIVA / settlers / flash e learning / DnD / outings / graduation tours /visit to my home in CNY just to name afew...

It's good that now Ah Meng have join us as staff, we are slowing re-establishing the contacts with quite afew of them already. Min Li / Sasde / Jun Hui / Rahinni visited us in school and 2 of them even join in the paintball4 fun. Even managed to ask Min Li to do some part time work for me b4 her 3rd year CBC course starts. Then Rahinni seems very keen to join Bali 08 too.

I am sure with Meng's help we can slowly but surely widens the contact with this batch of students.

You may have noticed 1 DT is missing...student Z. She left us midway to join companyEG. As her PEM mentor and project supervisor for the past 3 1/2 years, I need to guide her abit more deeper than usual. So I prompted her about the oppurtunity and glad that she prove to me that she is good enough for the rare job opportunity. I think I made a tough decision to let her go...wish her well and hope that she is enjoying her industrial working life now...

Soon we will welcome a new batch of DTs...they are currently undergoing interviews and will start in Aug07 most likely. Can't wait for the welcome lunch...