{"id":7106,"date":"2014-07-29T16:15:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T08:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sg\/?p=7106"},"modified":"2014-07-29T16:15:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T08:15:54","slug":"the-day-i-got-a-new-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2014\/07\/the-day-i-got-a-new-family\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day I got a New Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2014, I marked an important milestone in not just my life, but also in Phoenix Contact. I got promoted&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>to a husband and father to be! That&#8217;s right, I got married!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_7637_2R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7107\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_7637_2R-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Gift\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_7637_2R-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_7637_2R-1024x619.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_7637_2R-624x377.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_7637_2R.jpg 1791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was a wedding lunch; and it was held on a Saturday in town. Although I invited the entire company in Phoenix Contact, I was still a little worried for the overall turn out because well, it was held in the middle of the day on a Saturday afternoon in town.<\/p>\n<p>However, all of these fears were quickly quelled as people started to come in, although in true Singaporean spirit, some were a little late!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_7885.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7259\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_7885-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"LNG_7885\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_7890.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7109 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_7890-e1403966037202-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ladies in Blue\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_7946.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7260 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_7946-e1406603064640-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"LNG_7946\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_8151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7112\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_8151-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"LNG_8151\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_8153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7267\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_8153-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"LNG_8153\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_8406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7263 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_8406-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"LNG_8406\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I walked around the tables toasting these fellow colleagues, I really felt my heart strings pulling!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_84071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7115\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_8409-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"LNG_8409\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_8418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7262\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/07\/LNG_8418-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"LNG_8418\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_8426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7117\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/06\/LNG_8426-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"LNG_8426\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a> <a 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