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2nd Week At Work

Started the week by completing the first draft of the first assignment given to me by my boss, which is basically consolidating all of the action plans of critical risks from various available reports. Later in the day, my colleague approached me to tell me that I’m going to Malaysia tomorrow for a field trip. The first thought in me was: “Is this guy serious?!?!?!? I’m only here for less than 10 days and I’m already going on a business trip. Wow!” . I was hyper-excited with the golden opportunity, what a chance to learn!

So I arrived at the office the next day with my packed belongings. We left for the airport at 1530h to catch our 1700h flight in a cab. I must say that Changi Airport is truly a beautiful airport. The new Terminal 3 which was completed not too long ago is really a sight to catch. While I was walking inside it, I felt like I was in a posh shopping complex or hotel. All of the floors were carpeted and everything was so polished.

Photo from Webshots

The flight to Malaysia was just a 55-minute trip and I arrived at Citidel Hotel at Midvalley Megamall before 1900h. I got the whole room to myself, since my colleague was staying at his house in KL. After my futile attempt to get TL, CM, Jin Ni and CB to come out for the night (useless barghers, except for TL), I went to bed early to prepare myself for the next day.

I met the client the next morning at their office. It was then that I got the first-hand experience of seeing how a risk management workshop really works. My colleague would basically help to devise a strategy to mitigate a critical risk that the company faced by asking questions and try come up with a solution from the answers that he got. It is almost like a experienced doctor trying to diagnose a uncommon illness in a patient by asking the patient questions about the discomfort that the patient experiences.

At night, I met up with Kristy (I really didn’t expect that she would turn up so easily with my last minute call, but met me she did) and had dinner at the food court in Midvalley.

We then went to Starbucks and chatted until 10.30pm. For those of you who don’t know, Kristy is now going into charity to help kid from Cambodia (perhaps other countries too). She did some travelling back then to Cambodia.  She is also working at the moment.

The next day, I went to the Malaysian branch of my company to finish up the assignment given to me by my boss. I finally got that done at 5.40 pm and rushed to the nearest LRT station as I am to meet up with TL at 6.30pm. My god, the LRT is packed like a sardine can, and I can literally smell the myriad mix of BO (body odours) lingering in the train.

The air-con is not really efficient, so it feels quite stuffy in it. Before I came to the LRT, I thought the MRT at Singapore was already bad enough with people not queuing up to get onto train and people not waiting for the passengers to exit before boarding the train. In the case of passengers of LRT, people literally shove their way through to get into the train. But that is not the worst yet. I arrived at KL Sentral to switch train to get back to Midvalley. Boarding the KTM is truly a nightmare. Not only people were shoving at each other, but it feels like as though everyone was groping everyone else! I can literally feel people hugging me from all angles. One can easily feel like one is a pop-star for a moment as everyone is trying their best to grope you. Needless to say, the BO in KTM is much worse. Guess this is the infamous inefficiency of Malaysian public transportation.

Arriving at Midvalley, I met up with TL and his girlfriend, Josephine (Jo). Kristy joined us soon enough and we went to Italianese at The Gardens (an adjoining shopping complex to Midvalley) and ordered a Salmon pizza and 3-ballz beefball spaghetti for dinner.

Me and TL has been best friends since Standard 6 and this is the first time I get a proper introduction and chat with his girlfriend. What a useless bargher. Blame it all on TL. :D Kekekeeke…….

As we dined, I asked Jo how is TL treating her. As expected, she replied that TL is constantly bullying her, by making her do many things for him. On the other hand, TL did virtually nothing for her. *Sigh~~~ when is our dear TL going to change to a better man? True enough, 5 minutes later, TL spilled the spaghetti (on purpose I’m sure) on the table just beside Jo’s plate.

Well, with such an evidence presented in front of me, who could doubt the authenticity of Josephine’s words? After we finished our meal, Crystal joined us. Our dear Crystal sure have gotten darker. At that time, the paradigm of beauty is redefined, instead of a tall, dark and handsome man and a fair lady, we have a fair man and dark lady. Guess that would make me the damsel in distress in a dire situation. :) As for an update of Crystal, she was the Assisstant Producer for a movie which was completed recently. She appears to be very happy and contented with her life, and I am happy for her as she has found her niche.

That dinner came up to RM 100, which is obviously freaking expensive.

The next day, I took a flight back to Singapore in the afternoon. Boy, I was really flushed and tired. Arrived at the house at 4.30 pm. On Saturday, my relatives brought me out to watch Hellboy 2. In general, I think the movie is not bad for a family movie, but it offers not much depth in terms of the movie plot. Well, that sums up my second week of work. I really had a great week, and I am really looking forward for the rest of my internship in Singapore. Oh yeah, did I mention that my trip to Malaysia is a all-expense paid trip? ;)