The 1st picture are gifts from families: middle one from Beijing given by my father, made in 2011 for University publisher's 10 year anniversary, good for keeping hot tea with the cover. Two with beautiful portrait drawings done by nephew David, were carried by sister Liz all the way from NS in 2009. The broken handle was courtesy of AirCanada baggage handler, but makes the mug unique.
The 3rd picture is of past work related to all 3 of us. The white ones were from training classes back in good Nortel time, the mugs are still here, but the company and its products are legacy now, as many others in the high tech industry. I got lots of Cisco mugs from my 10 years venture there, but the most Cisco handouts then were colorful t-shirts, with one for each milestone and every occasion, so much so that some kids assumed Cisco was a company specialized in producing cool t-shirts. LOL.
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第一張照片裏的杯子是親戚們送的禮物:中間的來自北京,是老爸給的。杯子是2011年為大學出版社十周年製作,有蓋子很適合裝熱茶。 旁邊那兩個杯子上的精美肖像畫是先生的外甥畫的,2009年由先生的姐姐不遠萬裏從加拿大東部帶來。破損的杯把兒是加航行李搬運工的“恩賜”,讓這個杯子變得更獨特嗬。
第二張圖裏是不尋常的組合:黑色杯子是從西雅圖世界第一家星巴克買的限量版,因為喜歡它的形狀,我每天都用它喝咖啡。 那個帶著西敏寺教堂圖案的橙色杯子是2002年我們去英國倫敦時買的,美好的回憶。 有大山圖案的杯子是兒子拿回來的,是他 2013 年 2 天/夜攀登惠特尼山峰(海拔 14500 英尺,加州內華達山脈最高點)的紀念品。 那個白色的小杯子是18年前安省電視台的“捐贈感謝”杯,當時有一對,隻有一個幸存了下來。
第三張照片和我家三個人過去的工作有關:兩個白杯子是在北電上班培訓時發的,杯子們還在,但北電,像高科技許多消失了的公司一樣,已經成為傳說。 我在思科也工作過10 年,得過不少公司杯子。不過當時思科給員工發放最多的是各種 T 恤,每個“裏程碑”和各個場合都會有一件,多到讓員工的孩子們以為思科是一家專產酷炫 T 恤的公司嗬。
杯子啊杯子,多希望你們會說話啊 。。。
順便問一聲,你家杯子們的肚子裏會有怎樣的故事呢?
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