And oh! I simply have to blog about this! I have the awesomemest supervisor! (And by the way, 'awesomemest' is not a word because words cannot describe how nice she is!) She asked her husband who was in Australia to get me a nice Christmas present! I really appreciated this because firstly, I'm just a temporary intern; secondly, the present is super nice and not mini-sized; and thirdly I'm not even around for Christmas so she needn't have bothered in the first place. But she brought it over to office today and said she wanted to give it to me this week because I won't be seeing much of her for the rest of the week. Argh I will never ever get a Boss as sweet as this again ever. Touched to the max.
And today was quite fun because Mei came over to SP for a plant tour, and we had lunch together! Thanks Mei for enduring SP food with me, hehe. Really enjoyed her companionship throughout the semester, taking exactly the same modules, doing exactly the same research, and complaining and discussing the same stuff. And I found out where the SP clinic is today. At least I know where that is before I leave.
And did I mention I'm already missing SP already? I think I did in my last post. :p I hope one day I will get the chance to go back, and then the people, and the culture won't change. But then I don't think that will happen in near future. There's only one mistake I regret making in this place (and that's apart from all the typos I made in my work). Once, at the first few weeks of my internship, I was walking under the sun from one plant facility back to the one my office was in, and there was this kind and sweet lady in a yellow car who purposefully stopped to pick me up without asking who I am! She was driving from that plant facility to mine. After chit-chatting with her all the way, I went back to seat realizing one thing: I forgot to ask her name! Therefore, I shall henceforth severely remind myself, when talking to someone, especially your colleagues, ask and remember their names. I never forgot this, and I never forgot too the lift that was so kindly extended to me.
I remember someone said since people have to part, why meet (In Chinese). But I'd rather have many meetings and partings than no meetings at all, even though partings can be very sad. This SP experience really made me think a lot - and I make up my mind that every time I meet people, I would take something away, and leave something behind. There are so many lessons we can learn from people, even the worst of them. And there are so many ways we can contribute to their lives too, again, even to the worst among them (and again how much better are we ourselves?). It's not easy to always remember to make a difference. But if we do take the effort to do it, you won't know how much it means to another. Just like that lady who gave me a lift - she might not know but it is going to be one of my fondest memories of SP when I leave.
