ChrisPrasojo

Empty Office

Twenty five students, including me, came to this country on early December for Overseas Internship program. Four work in bioinformatics lab, twelve in 3D animation and modelling lab, and the other nine–including me–work in the following room:

Empty office

This is the office where I and my other 8 friends having our internship at. On the day this picture was taken, all employee but us were out of the office for company’s new year party. The office was so silent with only nine of us in the big room. Those guys in the picture are my friends, standing at the other end of the room after two-hours lunch break.

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chen nan you on January 3rd, 2008

so
what is your point?

Chris Prasojo on January 3rd, 2008

Hi NanYou,

This blog entry is to show the readers how the office environment looks like, how the ambience is, and so on; but you’re right.. I should have made the points clearer. I’ll highlight the interesting points in the next blog entry.
Thanks for the feedback

JSam on January 3rd, 2008

Woah,

The cubicles are really nice (at least compared to what I have here @ IRAS). But yeah, spacious too. =)

But wait! Is that a CRT monitor I see?! Eek! =p

Chris Prasojo on January 3rd, 2008

Hi Jon!

You’re right. The CRT monitors are everywhere… Most office, classrooms, and labs are still using CRT monitor.

There’s no worry of “consuming too much desk space” here; the country has spacious land. Older monitor type–still usable yet uncomfortable–is preferred due to its low cost.

JSam on January 3rd, 2008

Hello!

Ah, that’s true. Heh.

Anyhow, say hi to the others for me.. =D See you back in SG on the 25th. =)

Chris Prasojo on January 3rd, 2008

Alrighto~
See you on 25th!

chen nan you on January 4th, 2008

[quote comment="546"]Woah,

The cubicles are really nice (at least compared to what I have here @ IRAS). But yeah, spacious too. =)

But wait! Is that a CRT monitor I see?! Eek! =p[/quote]

excuse me, what is wrong with CRT? Yes,some of the company in china is not reach enough to change all the monitor to LED.But it’s not our fault,and I don’t think it’s uncomfortable to use a CRT monitor.

and china is big,but it’s use for its big population,not for putting CRT monitors.

and maybe it’s difficult to access some website from china. but it’s maybe because the company which you are in set the firewall.
cause some company don’t allow their employer to write blog during working time. same in singapore, the sp wireless, i can’t use the internet call software in campus, i can’t use the online tv show application in campus. but i can use them in my mother land china.

so i hope you guys know this.

don’t say ” Eek! =p ” , ok! i know you are rich. but you are rich doesn’t mean you can say ” Eek! =p “.

JSam on January 6th, 2008

Chris:
Heh. =) Looking forward to it! =D

chen nan you:
Firstly, get your facts right. I’m not rich. Yes, I do have a LCD at home. So does most of Singapore. In fact, in the first quarter of 2005 (yes, that was a whole 3 years ago), the penetration rate of LCD monitors worldwide was reported at 63.6%. (source : http://www.ami-partners.com/ami/sections/quotes/6-23-05–Business_Times-Flatscreens_drive_LCD_boom–AA.pdf)

[quote comment="555"]
and maybe it’s difficult to access some website from china. but it’s maybe because the company which you are in set the firewall.
cause some company don’t allow their employer to write blog during working time. same in singapore, the sp wireless, I can’t use the internet call software in campus, i can’t use the online tv show application in campus. but i can use them in my mother land china.[/quote]

or maybe its just the Great Firewall of China. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_People‘s_Republic_of_China

Hmm. I don’t know what internet call software you used, but my FYP group used Skype for project discussion and presentation coordination quite often in school with absolutely no problems at all. As for the on line TV show program, yeah, sure. Watch the on line shows and hog the bandwidth so other people using the internet in school get to surf really really slowly. No comments on that matter.

Finally, “Eek! =p” is my personal opinion on the matter. I never said its your fault and its not meant as an insult to anyone who doesn’t have an LCD. I’m really sorry if you saw it that way.

If you don’t think it’s uncomfortable to use a CRT monitor, that is your personal opinion, and I respect that. I’m confident in saying that Chris respects the opinion of others too.

All I’m asking is you respect my (and Chris’s) personal opinions in return.

Chris Prasojo on January 7th, 2008

Woah.. I didn’t realize the comments are heating up. Having outdoor fun with friends for the entire weekend. Hehe..

Eniwei, Thanks to NanYou and Jon for your personal opinion; and to Jon for clearing the matter. I hope everybody is still in the cool zone :P
Whichever view you’re standing on, I respect them and value opinion diversity. I’m still eager to read your personal opinion on the upcoming blog entries about interestingness–which I have scheduled for this week.
Have a good day, Jon and NanYou! I’m lookin forward to see you again later this month. C u~