Anyway, I woke up as per normal like any other working days and took my 5 boxes of chocolate with me to the office (yes, the chocolates are for all my colleagues). I reached the office around 7:40am and I get to work immediately by distributing the chocolate to all the people I know. I never knew that I know so many people as the chocolate is hardly enough for all. The best part is, I even give it to the cleaner auntie as she will always come to talk to me once a while and chat with me when I see her at the hallway. And also, I got a total of 5 Thank you cards which I gave out to the 2 Engineering Managers and 3 Mechanical Leads.
The next thing I did was to have breakfast with Neo, it has been our daily routine to meet for breakfast and talk over coffee, but I guess this will be the last. After breakfast, I send out my Farewell email to my colleagues in Motorola which I have been drafting for the last few days. I will include my email content later in this post.
At around 9:30am or so, I started to do my clearance already. First on the list was my direct supervisor who is my Mechanical Lead. He came over to take a look at my locker to ensure that I clear everything and I told him that I have handed over my stuffs to LooPing and upload some of my data on the web already.
The next clearance I have to do is the return my Car Park Label to the Administration side followed by Finance side which I have to submit my manual timesheet form and give back all my card issued by the company.
My next stop is the Security department whereby I have to tell them to deactivate my card badge access by the end of the day. That sort of took me half a day and I have lunch with my team and also a Staff Engineer, Joe from the US team who is leaving Singapore today to go back to San Diego. Joe is a very nice guy, he kept talking with me for the last few days and share his experience. Great to have him to join me for my farewell lunch.
After coming back from lunch, I only left the last 2 signatures which is IT and HR for clearance. I am really hesitant to get these 2 signatures (in fact, it should be only one signature because the HR personnel who is handling my case is on leave and all I need to do is to drop my clearance form and badge into a HR pigeon hole for her). As much that I wanted to leave the office early to go back and rest, I can't bear the fact that I am leaving my good colleagues whom I fought together with over so many challenges and hurdles. Farewell just seems so hard. All I can say is, it is the people, friends and co-workers who make my departure so difficult and hard.
At around 4:30pm or so, I procced to the IT department do my final clearance. After that, I came back down to the office, but to my surprise, my card access was void already. Luckily, Shum was there and he open the door and let me in. Talk about efficient, the Security department is really fast.
I wanted to meet CK and Neo for a coffee break before I leave, but they all are too busy. Maybe other time, we can always come out for coffee. Anyway, I bid farewell to Neo and I proceed to Level 6 to drop my clearance form and badge. That really closes a chapter in my life. A short one, but really memorable because of the people who make it so.
Anyway, just like to say, farewell to all my Friends and Colleagues in Motorola Electronics Pte Ltd. Thank you all for been my Co-workers for the last 1 year plus. Thank you and Good bye.
Here is the content of my Farewell note which I send out to all in Motorola.
Hi All,
As some of you may have heard, today (30th June 2006) will be my last day in Motorola (SDC).
I will just like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude, thanks and appreciation to all of you.
It has been a truly satisfying and memorable 1 year plus experience to be working with all in one way or another and I hope that I was able to leave my footprint behind in the heart of those whom I worked closely with.
In short, a very Big Thank-You to all for the guidance, support, friendship and also patience as well. Not forgetting to thank Motorola for giving me a chance to be part of this big family and dynamic team.
As the saying goes "A journey of thousand miles begins underneath one's feet". Every thing in life has a beginning, and indeed, a new chapter for me is about to unfold. Guess the same applies to all of you, for everyday, there maybe something new waiting for you to be explored. One part of my journey has ended, another will begin. Hope that in the near future our path may be able to cross again, so till then take care and keep in touch. Good luck & All the best!!!
Life is like a series of banquets, people are always getting together, and dispersing again. I really treasure the friendship I have with each and every one of you and will miss you all. Saying goodbye to all my friends here is the hardest thing for me to do but still, all I can say is Farewell to all, Thank you very much, Farewell.
My Contacts:
Mobile: remains the same
Email: *I have remove my email addresses so as to prevent spam*
PS: Please send my well-wishes/regards to those that I may have forgotten to include in this email list especially those in Kyoto team and the LV team that I worked with in the past. Thank you.
Cheerz and Best Regards!!!
Regards,
Francis Goh Young Koon
(PS: I guess the photo looks really familiar because it was taken during the last IR Outing)
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