Thank You and Good Bye!

On Thursday, we had a farewell dinner for TSC who left BLNG upon his retirement. He joined BLNG in 1973 and went through many colourful chapters of BLNG's history.

No farewell dinner would be complete without presentation of souvenirs. TM personally gave TSC a satellite map of Brunei. We have a bigger-sized version in the lab and whenever we had a visitor, TSC never failed to stop in front of the map. He would show the visitor the locations of BLNG Plant, his house and the visitor's hotel. TM thought that it would be the perfect gift for TSC. TM also presented a handmade pure silver 'manggis' (mangosteen), which was a Brunei's local handicraft, on behalf of everyone in TM.

On behalf of the Lab, I presented TSC with a framed, mini-sized Kain Jong Sarat, a handwoven piece of cloth, interwoven with gold threads.



As a surprise, we put together a book containing pictures of TSC at work, which went back as far as 1980! The book also contained many well wishes from his staff, TM, one of his former bosses and colleagues. Even more special, there were messages from his wife and brother.


At the end of the gift presentation, TSC made a heartfelt and emotional speech and there were several occasions where he paused, presumably to stop himself from shedding a few tears.

The next day, we had our Away Day. We had several discussions in which everyone contributed in making sure that his/her voice was heard.





On behalf of the Lab, let me convey our appreciation to TSC on his many years of loyal service to BLNG and the Lab. The lab will not be the same place without you. And enjoy your retirement.

Also, many thanks to the Diamond in the Rough for organising these two events. They were successfully organised, amidst my constant needs for perfection!!

And TM has announced that he has found a job in the Netherlands and he would leave BLNG in the summer, but not before the inter-function badminton tournament.