Ivy's Power of 4

4 Jobs I’ve had in my life

• 1st job was as an English teacher at International Tuition School right after Form 6. I loved teaching the kids…but like Ing Hee, I hated marking the students’ homework. I taught abt 5hrs a day, 4 days a week (I think…), was paid RM500. Not too bad lah hoh, 90s standards. Was with ITS for about 4 mths. The best part of the job was that, on my way to work I would usually bump into this real cute guy (yup, SHS boy…).



• Next up, worked as a clerk with Sime Insurance Bhd, not sure if I remember the name of the company correctly. First experience with electronic type-writer. Quit in July 1991.
  

• Then, came my stint with the bank - July 1991 to Aug 2000. Sibu-Kuching-Sibu. Worked with 2 different banks in that period, and will be forever grateful that I decided to leave that career.
  
  
• Last job - personal assistant to CEO of a public listed company, and that’s where I finally understood the term “kang-kak-kong-si” (syarikat kosong, tapi listed!).
  

4 Favorite Food

a) egg tart (I love pastries!!)
b) honey bbq chicken wings at Jalan Song
c) my mum’s “chue-kiok-suen” (cantonese) – pork leg in black vinegar (no offence to our muslim friends!)
d) durian!!!

4 Places I’ve been on vacation to

a) Sydney } it’s a long story why we have repeatedly visited Sydney, but we still
b) Sydney } love the place, it holds very special moments for us
c) Sydney }
d) Shenzhen / Hong Kong / Macau

4 Favorite TV Shows

a) Grey’s Anatomy
b) BJ & the Bear
c) C.H.I.P.S
d) 7 Million Dollar Man

You can tell there isn’t much on TV these days that I like…

4 Places that I’ve lived in

Only 2 lah…..Sibu and Kuching

4 Movies that I would watch over & over

Don’t think there are movies that I would keep watching, but rather those I wouldn’t mind watching a 2nd time:
a) Legends of The Falls
b) Brave Heart
c) Sleepless in Seattle
d) can’t remember a fourth one…

4 Places I’d rather be right now…

a) on vacation with my whole family in Bali
b) watching the sunrise on the summit of Mt Kinabalu
c) having LOADS of seafood in Sydney
d) turn back the clock and be back in school days

4 of my favourite 80’s songs

a) Superwoman by Karen White – my all time favorite, I still turn my player full blast whenever it’s played on air.
b) You’re The Inspiration by Chicago
c) Conga by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
d) Making Love Out of Nothing by Air Supply

I have tonnes of favorites…just picking these at random. Actually, I like a lot of the 70’s songs by Beatles and Beach Boys.

4 Favorite memories of school days

• I think it was in Primary 5, we had a friend who stayed at the govt houses near the end of Lanang Road. The river ran behind her house, and 4 or 5 of us (including Leh Ning and Alice Wong) used to sit and watch the river flow. I remember one conversation when we said that we would all meet there again one day.


• Still in primary school years, there are 2 incidents which have never failed to come to mind. First, Alice broke her arm while playing the “Zero Point”, and the crazy thing is that we used to play it at the verandah of the 2nd storey of our school block!!
  Second, my class once had an argument with Audrey’s class (there were 2 classes for Primary 6), we ended up having a broom fight, talk about lady-like. Quite a number of the St.E girls who went on to SHS came from St.Rita Primary School at Jalan Bukit Assek.


• Trips to Sand Bar. I can’t remember exactly who we went with or how we went over to that strip of sand, but I remember that’s what it was called back then – Sand Bar. I think there’s an abandoned school building there. It was the girl-boy place to go to…I think when I was in Form 1 or 2.
  


• Meal time during out-door camping/trips. Being an extremely active girl guide, I went for every camping or outdoor trip I could. Even though meals were usually over-cooked maggi mee (cooked in one huge pot over wood fire) or just roti with kaya, or “soda-pia” (biscuits) with poorly made teh-boh – it was the best thing that I’ve ever tasted. I can still feel the early morning breeze of some remote place we went to and the smell of hot tea from one of those old metal kettle….hmmmm…who wants to go for an outdoor camping trip with me!!!

Aaahhh!! I’m finally done….hubby is looking at me with daggers in his eyes alrdy! Hansac, you are tagged, show your Power of 4!