Double skin crab

There are different seasons for eating crab in HK. now it is the 'double skin' crab season. The crab is changing its shell in this season, has the hard one and the new soft one as well. The cooking as we were explained is very simple, some spices - salt, pepper - and they are baked. And the result... delicious. It is normally not easy to eat crab, but this one is an exception. We barely had to use the scissors to cut the shell, it was very easy to remove.
We went to a restaurant at City University, one of my colleague is very experienced and well known for knowing where to buy good food. I am never disappointed when I join his dinner parties. It was a 3-4 course dinner this time, we started off with the crab, then had shrimps, fish, goose and dessert- fruits.
I wonder what the next adventure will be and when...

Clear Desk policy

The whole office received a message from our CEO regarding clear desk policy. No surprise about it, we should keep the office tidy, samples should be stored in cabinets, on shelves or in the showroom on hangers, confidential papers should be kept locked away in drawers, this we all know and I'm sure most people do try to follow. However we were requested not to keep things on desks at all, so we should put away all folders we use on a day-to-day basis every evening to cabinets / drawers. Pens, paper clips and all other stationary should be kept in drawers too and not on the desk. The partitions we have should be kept empty - most people keep phone numbers, calendars pinned on the partition, but now those should be removed.
So the office was / is very busy with scrapping old papers, putting away samples or collecting them for charity, so now we look better. The clean desk in terms of stationary and partitions on the other hand is a bit more difficult. There was 1 department who has tried to achieve it, the result is that if we walk on the corridor in the evening, it looks we have vacancies, as all the desks are empty, except the computers and phones.
So which solution is better, have a tidy office but leave some space for people to have the everyday items handy, or keep a completely organized office which looks like nobody works there?
I have things on my desk, papers are in folders, confidential material in my drawer locked up for the night, and stationary handy within reach. And I feel good and feel I belong there...

1 June 2010

I have forgot about this blog again, am so bad. :( Was reminded by Móni, who has found this blog by mistake and told me off for not telling her it exist. :)
Anyway, am still in HK, it's been more then a year now that I came here, and I was only suppose to stay for 6 months. My contract had been extended twice since I arrived and the 3rd one might be on the way too.
I am planning my holiday now - though it is not yet approved. My sis and goddaughter are coming for 2 weeks, I hope the weather will be good, so we can go out. Otherwise it will be boring. HK is not a place to stay inside, the only things to do if the weather is bad is shopping, eating and movie.
That's all for now...