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A special farewell chat session with Andy 

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Congratulations on retiring. You can do all the things you never had time for! May you enjoy your retirement to the fullest.

Regards,
Peter Khoo

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I hope retirement allows you to do something you've always wanted to do but haven't had the opportunity to do. Have a relaxing but active retirement! All the best! :)

Regards,
Kong Yoong

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Happy retirement Andy! Thanks for your contribution to company over these years. Hope that you have find your new goal for your retirement life and work towards it.

Regards,
Guo Xiang

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Happy Retirement and Time to enjoy to the fullest!!

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Happy Retirement and Time to enjoy to the fullest!!

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Hi Andy,
It had been a pleasure knowing you and working with you.
I can't help to recall the time when you are in Penang working with us and the thing that scared us is that you actually "walked" back to your hotel from office by crossing the busy highway during peak hour after work. It might sounds like an adventure to you but your action kind of scared us off. LOL.

All the best on your next journey with wonderful long holiday without needing to worry about the PEDB anymore. Stay safe , keep in touch and enjoy!!

Best wishes,
Yian Keong (YK)
yiankeong@gmail.com

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Whenever I came across the term PEDB, your name automatically popped up in my mind. However, we collaborated more closely on iTrack than PEDB. Haha! It’s a good old memory during the years in Altera.

Anyway, wish you happy retirement and enjoy good moments in your next chapter!

Yan Khai

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Despite that we have not been working together for the past many years, I would say I still occasionally thinks of you  whenever I write my SQL statements. PEDB SQL Coding standard has been and will always be one of the most significant programming skill I learn from you. I remember how "religious" you are in enforcing it. But thanks to you, its a skill or habit that have benefitted me a lot, even when I was working on other programming language.

Thank you so much for being my mentor, thanks for the trust and friendship that you have given me, and thank you again for the hospitality that you shown me when I was in San Jose.

I wish you a happy retirement and all the best.
(Selamat bersara)

Kok Keong
teh_kok_keong@hotmail.com

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This photo was taken during our quick trip to Penang Hill after work.

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Wow Andy, heard from Savita recently that you've done it. It's final. Congratulations!

Much has been said in our recent email exchange. Still, I could not miss putting in more words to wish one of my greatest teacher a good retirement. Did you know? When I just newly joined Altera, my first assignment was to monitor TAL notification failures. That is when I started to work with you. It was initially quite overwhelming for me to have to write to you, as I have been hearing that you're very knowledgeable and technically strong. In my mind, I fear of making mistake and feeling nervous every time writing an email to you when trying to figure out solution to the endless issues (hahaha :P). Over time, I realize you're far from scary. You're a very nice and humorous person. I noticed the hidden jokes and humors in almost every messages you wrote. I enjoyed reading your notes and emails, they are informative, educational and amusing.
I could recall a time, like it just happen yesterday. Chin Ming and I were still pretty new to the team. You sent an email to both me and Chin Ming, then I walked to Chin Ming's cube and pointed out your witty jokes to Chin Ming and we both had a good laugh. LOL. It was a good memory and it gets easier for me since then.

I've learnt so much from you! It's truly an honor and a privilege to have been given the opportunities working with you :)

Wishing you good health, a long fulfilling retirement life, a new, exciting and fun adventure. You deserve it!
You know how to reach me. Please keep in touch. I look forward to seeing you again when you have the chance to visit Malaysia.

Here is a popular classic Malay pantun for you :)

Pulau Pandan jauh ke tengah
Gunung Daik bercabang tiga
Hancur badan dikandung tanah
Budi yang baik di kenang juga

Happy Retirement Andy!
Say hi (translation: meow) to your cats for me :D

Kim

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Happy retirement

You will be missed! And enjoy your retirement. Wish you health and happiness.

Regards,
Kheng Weng

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Congratulations on the new milestone hit!

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Hi Andy,

Can't believe you are retiring! Still remember the time when I worked on iTrack, your cases will always be the last I was trying to close :p, then I had the opportunity to work with you on DataView/PEDB collaboration, followed by AMAX/PEDB handshake and finally PEDB piece, especially on the part where we are working together to migrate PEDB2!! I enjoy working with you, someone which is very detailed-oriented and committed, I learned a lot of things from you, both domain knowledge as well as technical know-how, you are definitely a great guru of mine. Besides, I enjoy those great chit-chat moments we had, particularly the interesting stories that you shared :) You will be missed, and I do hope we can still meet up sometimes in the future, do keep in touch Andy! Enjoy your retirement life with lots of travelling, piano and with your family & cats!

Annie
ongannie@gmail.com
*You have my number, I hope to receive your message one day!

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A picture from one of our team lunches... 

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Hey Andy, it was a privilege and pleasure to work with you for over 5 years - and getting to know you better.  I will cherish our hallway conversations that got too technical very quickly, and it would take some focus to stay with you :).
I guess the day that everyone feared has finally arrived - when Andy hands over the reigns of PEDB to someone else... there will be no Andy to call on weekends or middle of the night or any other time, any more!
Guess what - now you can take that vacation that you always deserved, can learn a few more new languages, travel and just live in other countries and may be buy a retirement house where you need not bother about a stable internet connection, not even a dish antenna :) !  I hope you get to spend quality time with your family and friends.
You will be missed a lot by all the people who worked with you.
Take care, stay healthy, stay safe and happy!
Warm Regards,
Apurva Meher (apurvam@gmail.com)

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A picture taken in 2019. Guess what the numbers represent? 

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HI Andy, it has been my honor to have had opportunity to work with you during our time in SSD/PSI. Your accountability and dedication to work is greatly respected. Your expertise and contributions will always be remembered.  Thank you for always being a patient teacher when sharing your knowledge.

Now, it's time to kick back and enjoy this well earned moment. Wishing you luck in whatever you do. Please do plan to return to Penang when the situation permits. We look forward to hosting you again. Encik Andy, Penang menunggu kepulanganmu. :)

Till then, take care, stay safe and do keep in touch.

Best regards,
Yoke Mooi
leeyokemooi1010@gmail.com

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Congratulations and best wishes on your next play!

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Congratulations and best wishes on your next play!

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Such an amazing career with tremendous impact Andy.  It was a pleasure working with and learning from you.  Fondly remember the several late night conversations that started with “do you have a minute” but never ended before an hour :) I share our stories about the original pedb server that was jammed in the rack regularly!  Super excited for you on  this milestone.
Most memorable of all - Every time I am in the area I recall our movie trip and supper.  Let’s do that again when things open up.   Look forward to staying in touch and hearing about Act II.
(Dhwani.shah@gmail.com)

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Hey Andy!

Not sure if you remember me but I sure do remember you, even though I've left Altera (or now Intel) for 7.5 years now. I am quite shocked to hear your retirement news - you are too young to retire?! Anyway, I hope the counter in PEDB to track the number of days it hasn't caused issue to AMAX Die Release process has never reset since I left. Actually, I don't even know if the two systems are still "alive" today!
Anyway, congrats again on your retirement and I hope all the best to your new chapter in your life!

Winnie Teng (from ex-AMAX team)

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Hi Andy,

I enjoyed working with you and hope you enjoy your retirement life. Please drop by to Penang if you happen to visit South East Asia :)

Take care

Ting Wei

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The first time I had to work with you, I was intimidated. You ignored my emails and refused my calls. I had to get Kok Keong to call you on my behalf. Looking back, those were the good old days.

Thank you for an unforgettable evening at the Stanford Theatre watching Gone With The Wind.

Do keep in touch, spend lots of time with your grand piano and enjoy time with family.

Elizabeth

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Congratulations on your well-deserved "Promotion"... You the Boss now!

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Congratulations on your well-deserved "Promotion"... You the Boss now!

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Hey Andy,
Thank you for all that you've done and shared with me during my time with Altera. Thanks for not voting for Trump as well :-)

Keep in touch, stay safe and have an insane amount of fun with your family and cats.

Swee Heng
cheahsweeheng@gmail.com

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Selamat Bersara dan Nikmatilah Hidup secukup-cukupnya!

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Selamat Bersara dan Nikmatilah Hidup secukup-cukupnya!

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Andy, I have only met you once in real and got to know you're a humor person. :)
Although the time we have been working together is not long, but I will always remember and appreciate your help and guidance when I'm in TDM, also the short trip to Langkawi :). Enjoy your life after retirement and be happy all the time!!

Jiaxin

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It's been pleasure working with you for so many years. Have a good retirement with your cats :) If you drop by in malaysia, do give me a ping :) i'll bring you around.

Jonathan

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It was my pleasure to work with you in the past. It was a great and fun experience we had been going through during the PEDB transformation journey from physical to virtual.

A time to look back with admiration. A time to look forward with anticipation.

Take care, Andy!

Mun Fye

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Have a wonderful retirement and a well deserved "vacation" Andy! Thank you very much for sticking with us through thick and thin; I hope you have enjoyed every bit of your career journey. If you have not upgraded your cellphone to a smartphone - it's about time :D

All the best and take care. Till we meet again.

YY

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Hi Andy, it has been a great pleasure to work with you on PEDB issues when I was in AMAX group back in Altera days. It's time to enjoy doing what you've missed due to work.
Regards,
Amy

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Hi Andy,

Happy retirement! Enjoy the rest and relaxation! I am very happy to work with you and learned a lot of valuable knowledge from you, really appreciate that very much. The fun finally begins! Congratulations on your retirement.

Regards,
Chen Pin

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You will be missed! We enjoyed working with you and we thank you for everything you have done. It is time to start another chapter in life. Wishing you the best of health, happiness and success on your retirement.

Regards,
Yuh Wei

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Enjoy the rest of your life and Thank You

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Enjoy the rest of your life and Thank You

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Andy, I only met you once during the Pulau Langkawi short getaway back in 2019. Thanks for your helps when I was in PEDB team. **I'm the on you always mis-calling my name in the Fogbugz ticket**

Kun Kheng (KK)

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Andy, all the best in your next chapter in life. Thank you for all the great efforts!

Azad

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Hi Andy,
All the best! and Thanks for everything!

Regards,
Yuen Li