Introducing AFC

No, I don’t work in Asian Food Channel... Although we do get FREE drinks from downstairs >:)

I work as a part-timer in Asian Football Confederation.

And this is Information Services Department.

Technically we are working in an aquarium. People tend to walk into the wall, which someone did and almost broke his nose.

So they have decided to put stickers, to avoid people from walking into the wall…

Tharash poses for the camera

I’m not really sure whether the line stickers would help, but we’ll see about that when the time comes :P

As we all know, American Idol is currently airing its 7th season. So AFC has decided to start their very own Football Idol too! Right outside the IS department.

Who will be the winner for 2008?

OK, that was just a joke :P

Many people asked me what kind of work do we do exactly? Well, basically, we do data entry work. We get information of footballers and team officials from all over Asia, such as China, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Iraq. Australia is included too. And we just register them into the data system of AFC. Sounds easy, but the work’s tedious and can be stressful at times, especially when there’s a dateline.

My table

In my department, there’s my boss, Mei Jyn. She’s one small chilli padi who wouldn’t let anybody get in her way. She wants things done quickly and perfectly, and you really don’t want to mess with her. So I would always have to be very careful with my work. Oh yeah, did I mentioned that she’s also my sister?

Spot the boss

And we have Aziz. He is a big Iraqi with always a smile on his face. He bullies whoever is near him. And then we have Hafiz, who is more of a cool and collective kind of guy… which is totally opposite of Aziz, haha. Then we have the part-timers! J

I started off in January with David, Heng Wai and Hong Ming. Elaine and Doris came in later in the month and Michael in Feb.And when Heng Wai and Hong Ming said sayonara in March, Chun Weng , Elsie, Kelvin and my close friend, Tharash came along. Just a few weeks before I left, Kah Kit, Kah Fei and Kah Jun came in.

Aziz

There were a few hiccups along the way, but it has been a great time working in AFC. I made new friends, learnt new things. I’ve also learnt countries that I didn’t know they existed, such as Bhutan and Krygistan Kyrgizstan Kyirgystan Kyrgyzstan.

Our trusty sharpener, the original quality

It's been a fun experience working over there :)