Making sure that they have a good stay here.
Making sure that they are comfortable. Basically, i am like a Guest Relation Officer (who dressed shabily). ekeek!
8months there, and i have met many interesting people.
there are those who simply have the AIRS. (seriously, i dun see why you must put on that stuck up character? just because you are a degree, PhD holder, etc?). with that cert, do you gain respect from people? oh well, not mine.
ok skip..skip..fast fwd.
in this programme, i met someone who is great to work with.
He's the chairman for the programme. from Zurich.
we liase quite often (oh well, as he is part of the organizing team). before he came for his second visit here to the institute, he promised us to bring a ..snowball and chocolates.
and so, as expected..the snowball couldnt survive the weather..lucky the chocolates did. =)
what makes me enjoy liasing with him is his cool-ness. every email, every service (even the smallest tasks ) we provide he will always end it with a thank you and tell us how much he appreciates our work.
sometimes, i do feel as if i dont deserve all those but at the end of the day, i always look forward to be able to assist him in anything.
did i mentioned that emails that he wrote, always sounds informal. and somewhere in between the lines, rest assured, you will be amused. See below:
[wrote an email to him on his Airport Transfer. his reply as below]
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul. E
Sent: Thursday, 17 December, 2009 2:10 PM
To: Nurleen Binte Mohamed
Subject: Re: RE: Aiport Transfer
Dear Nurleen,Many thanks, not just for the Airport Transfer, but more importantly foryour expert handling of my visitto IMS, I had (and still have for three days) a wonderful time here. Iwill be at the Institute for most of the day tomorrow. Later in the afternoon, I have to be downtown visiting an insurance company.And once more, I am very sorry that the snowball melted before I arrivedin Singapore; believe me, I really did my best:
http://www.egea.eu/archive/2002/pictures/oulujarvi/paaa.jpg
Regards,Paul.
[and my attempt]
It's our pleasure Prof to be able to assist you in whatever we can.
With you coming down with a box of delicious chocolates was good enough(and it survived the humid weather).It was "sold-out" within 3 days. =)We should Thank you!!
Not to worry about the snowball though.FYI, we also have our own Singapore-kind of snowball. And it comes indifferent colors. Available all year round.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ais_kacang
Best Regards,Nurleen
[his email to me wen im on MC & he is leaving S'pore]
Dear Nurleen,I am very sorry to hear that you are not feeling well; we came by to say, not "good bye", but more "till next time". I do hope that it is not the dangerous "allergy for mathematicians" disease,so far as I know, there is no cure for that, and being at IMS is then akin to someone allergic for woolliving in the middle of a flock of sheep.So get well soon, and Merry Christmas.Paul.
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humble. he is. a professor who has organized numerous talks and lectures. doesnt have low regards of people around him. plain humble.
we need more people like this dont we?
seriously, work has never been difficult with humble people.
there's nothing to lose eating a humble pie, more to gain actually.
i can assure you on that.
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