Results are out. I graduated. Yayy!
Heading down to KL this Thursday, up to Genting on Friday and back to Ipoh next Monday. Can't wait. hees :))
I think I have to say byebye to the YLA final round of interview. The first round of applications was easy so I thought why not give it a try? As I recall, I submitted my application right a day before the closing date prior to my finals. Heh, I should have been studying right? I know. Haha. Now, I feel a tad bit stuck between the two. A part of me says I want to make it, a part of me says its okay laa, don't need to. The reason is because it falls on this Saturday and I've always wanted to join a programme beyond my university boundaries, an outside organizer. At the same time, it clashes with my Genting trip and it would bring inconvenience (not to me but my family) to make it for the interview. Guess I'll not be going then, very likely. :/
Hoping also to get a decent job at an audit firm and planning to pursue my ACCA. I just want to get a firm that I'm happy to work for. Please make it happen!
Aside from the little voice in my head wishing to get a good job (and maybe researching further on ACCA classes), there's nothing much else to worry for now. I can hear my lecturer saying now, define good! Haha. It means to me in a personal perspective. In the meantime, I want to enjoy being at home and with my parents. So tadada
Going to eat zhong zi later for lunch. Yums
Monday, May 29, 2017
Monday, May 22, 2017
Bangkok and Styles
Already missing the trip and people. Omoo
I particularly enjoyed spending personal time with each friend individually on many ocassions throughout the trip. Like the mere exchanging of seats during our van tour was a good way to enjoy my trip with my individual friends as I could personally chat with each of them. I'll also cherish the funny memories when we excitedly crammed in the tuk tuk cars during our Bangkok trip to save on our travel fares. It was a one-of-a-kind experience. Our first ride to the hotel on our first day was the craziest of all. We had all our luggages stacked up with the 6 of us crammed in a mini tuk tuk til the tuk tuk driver couldn't see anything with his rear side mirrors. hahhaha. The one sitting at the corner of the tuktuk was also always the most challenging "seat" as it was the most vulnerable position to fall out from the tuk tuk. The way to go is to cling tightly on any steel bars for support. Haha.
I'll miss the times when the 8 of us stayed in the cubical dorm. We ate sour mango dipped with sauce and pork sausages on a friend's bed like it was a normal table how we'd randomly "bid" our turns to use the bathroom to shower too since the dorm provided shared bathrooms in the common area. Haha. How we'd walked a distance and find our way with the help of Google Map to a specific location. How we'd passed by food shops or stalls and shout at the sight of mouth-watering food! We always end up buying food for munching. I personally enjoyed sharing crepes and green latte with another friend at Santorini too in a quiet little petite shop. Shopping, taking pictures and tasting food were most of the things we did during our trip. We couldn't exactly stick to our original plan since the rainy weather came about unexpectedly but all was well throughout. My stomach must have stretched a lot as I was always either eating or walking. When we were there, 7 Eleven was our favourite convenient store. Haha. That's because the 7 eleven had quite a variety of frozen packed food which could be heated immediately upon purchase and we were pretty fascinated about that, and their tuna bread.
At the end of the trip, got some nice slippers, snacks and sandals as souvenirs as well. Yapadoo! If there were two things to check out, I would definitely recommend Chak Tu Chak market which is easily accessible by BTS to Mo Chit station and going for a relaxing massage by selecting the right masseuse. :)
There were many memorable times and the trip was fun overall. Wished we had another one in future!
Now I'm back home, having mixed feelings while waiting for my results to release. Stressfulnya.
Recently, I've been keeping up with Harry's videos, songs and interviews. :)) Just discovered Harry Styles's late night show with James Cordan. Its so awesome. Wished I could be there to be in the moment when he sang "Two Ghosts". The atmosphere and everything looks great. Seeing his face beaming from time to time when he sang with his favourite idol at another of his concert also makes me feel that its so cute. A singer making it big fangirling and wiping his tears as he sang with an older; famous band singer, how humbling it is to watch. Haha. It was the first time I could tell his expression was genuinely so happy. Whereas his interviews were sometimes hard to conclude as if he has to be careful with his words and hold back his thoughts. Besides, the instrumentals in the acoustic version of Dua Lipa's Scared to be lonely performance is another wonderful piece. Wuuhoo!
I particularly enjoyed spending personal time with each friend individually on many ocassions throughout the trip. Like the mere exchanging of seats during our van tour was a good way to enjoy my trip with my individual friends as I could personally chat with each of them. I'll also cherish the funny memories when we excitedly crammed in the tuk tuk cars during our Bangkok trip to save on our travel fares. It was a one-of-a-kind experience. Our first ride to the hotel on our first day was the craziest of all. We had all our luggages stacked up with the 6 of us crammed in a mini tuk tuk til the tuk tuk driver couldn't see anything with his rear side mirrors. hahhaha. The one sitting at the corner of the tuktuk was also always the most challenging "seat" as it was the most vulnerable position to fall out from the tuk tuk. The way to go is to cling tightly on any steel bars for support. Haha.
I'll miss the times when the 8 of us stayed in the cubical dorm. We ate sour mango dipped with sauce and pork sausages on a friend's bed like it was a normal table how we'd randomly "bid" our turns to use the bathroom to shower too since the dorm provided shared bathrooms in the common area. Haha. How we'd walked a distance and find our way with the help of Google Map to a specific location. How we'd passed by food shops or stalls and shout at the sight of mouth-watering food! We always end up buying food for munching. I personally enjoyed sharing crepes and green latte with another friend at Santorini too in a quiet little petite shop. Shopping, taking pictures and tasting food were most of the things we did during our trip. We couldn't exactly stick to our original plan since the rainy weather came about unexpectedly but all was well throughout. My stomach must have stretched a lot as I was always either eating or walking. When we were there, 7 Eleven was our favourite convenient store. Haha. That's because the 7 eleven had quite a variety of frozen packed food which could be heated immediately upon purchase and we were pretty fascinated about that, and their tuna bread.
At the end of the trip, got some nice slippers, snacks and sandals as souvenirs as well. Yapadoo! If there were two things to check out, I would definitely recommend Chak Tu Chak market which is easily accessible by BTS to Mo Chit station and going for a relaxing massage by selecting the right masseuse. :)
There were many memorable times and the trip was fun overall. Wished we had another one in future!
Now I'm back home, having mixed feelings while waiting for my results to release. Stressfulnya.
Recently, I've been keeping up with Harry's videos, songs and interviews. :)) Just discovered Harry Styles's late night show with James Cordan. Its so awesome. Wished I could be there to be in the moment when he sang "Two Ghosts". The atmosphere and everything looks great. Seeing his face beaming from time to time when he sang with his favourite idol at another of his concert also makes me feel that its so cute. A singer making it big fangirling and wiping his tears as he sang with an older; famous band singer, how humbling it is to watch. Haha. It was the first time I could tell his expression was genuinely so happy. Whereas his interviews were sometimes hard to conclude as if he has to be careful with his words and hold back his thoughts. Besides, the instrumentals in the acoustic version of Dua Lipa's Scared to be lonely performance is another wonderful piece. Wuuhoo!
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Where do i go from here?
Its 4am and my eyes wants to close but just had the urge suddenly to blog. Had to laa so here I am to type type abit. Heheh.
I finally submitted my first job application. Yess! Took me so long to figure out how to present my resume after days and days of lackadaisical inspiration. As I was looking through other resumes this morning, found many which were creative and realized mine needed much improvement. :P Finally got it done around noon and sent in one earlier. *fingers crossed* I don't even really know if that's what I want but I try. Will continue to apply for several other companies tomorrow as well before starting to gear up for finals. Exams are almost in sight. Like really, have to start studying kao kao and smartly already. 10 days or so left. Eeks! This semester, I'm sitting for 3 papers for finals. Interesting indeed, heavy syllabus but also finding the subjects a challenge to the brain! :)
Of course, not forgetting, feeling scared about the coming 1 year. Where am I heading next? Another bump in the road. Its just surreal how time flies so quickly. 3 years of uni that soon! Then now, its another big life question. I'm confused and also, a little more confident about my different potential options than I was a few weeks back.
To note here, I felt glad to be able to re-connect with a friend and some other people after feeling a little distant from them. The past week was filled with fun as well as the few of us celebrated a close friend's birthday over at Ipoh STG. It was one of the best dining experience (or its just my feeling, especially at that time). It felt so relaxing to be there in that moment and dine with the bunch in such dinner setting. It was the first time for me to put some effort in dressing up for the occasion too (Like seriously, due to the theme. leaves me with no other option out). It was everything on that evening that created a memorable celebration and dining experience. Clicks of the camera, light banter, random conversation starters and laughter. What else? The pleasant customer service and enjoyable company. :) Just wondered why the lighting there was so dark and was telling a friend how I couldn't see the menu. Was using the help of the scented candle to order. Even with that, it was difficult to see! Hah
Okays, time to go to bed.
I finally submitted my first job application. Yess! Took me so long to figure out how to present my resume after days and days of lackadaisical inspiration. As I was looking through other resumes this morning, found many which were creative and realized mine needed much improvement. :P Finally got it done around noon and sent in one earlier. *fingers crossed* I don't even really know if that's what I want but I try. Will continue to apply for several other companies tomorrow as well before starting to gear up for finals. Exams are almost in sight. Like really, have to start studying kao kao and smartly already. 10 days or so left. Eeks! This semester, I'm sitting for 3 papers for finals. Interesting indeed, heavy syllabus but also finding the subjects a challenge to the brain! :)
Of course, not forgetting, feeling scared about the coming 1 year. Where am I heading next? Another bump in the road. Its just surreal how time flies so quickly. 3 years of uni that soon! Then now, its another big life question. I'm confused and also, a little more confident about my different potential options than I was a few weeks back.
To note here, I felt glad to be able to re-connect with a friend and some other people after feeling a little distant from them. The past week was filled with fun as well as the few of us celebrated a close friend's birthday over at Ipoh STG. It was one of the best dining experience (or its just my feeling, especially at that time). It felt so relaxing to be there in that moment and dine with the bunch in such dinner setting. It was the first time for me to put some effort in dressing up for the occasion too (Like seriously, due to the theme. leaves me with no other option out). It was everything on that evening that created a memorable celebration and dining experience. Clicks of the camera, light banter, random conversation starters and laughter. What else? The pleasant customer service and enjoyable company. :) Just wondered why the lighting there was so dark and was telling a friend how I couldn't see the menu. Was using the help of the scented candle to order. Even with that, it was difficult to see! Hah
Okays, time to go to bed.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Thoughts
At crossroads again. Soon enough, I'll have to sit down and ponder about my future. Which path should I take? I wonder..
When I have the time, I'll think about it. Soon, because it takes time to carve out a plan. Now let's talk about the present! ^^
Went to UTC to renew my IC today. Finally! Luckily, I was not imposed a penalty for renewing it past the 21 years age. Keke. I suggested to my mom if we should buy any vegetables at the main market next to it? My mom said find Petai. Told her OK, let's find petai. Hard to find it eh so no chance to eat it since for a while. Went to the Ipoh main market after that. It has been so long since I last saw a living chicken. Hahax. Looked at vegetables and bought them with my mom. Something different from my usual daily routine. Had lunch at old town area afterwards while waiting to pick up my IC at 3pm. It was a well spent day with my mom. :)
VIVA was over yesterday. VIVA = Final year project presentation. Don't ask me why its called VIVA because I also don't know why. hahaha. Felt half a burden lifted after the presentation was done. It wasn't my best presentation which was well, a lil' regretful. Not sure why, I was nervous. Maybe it was the fact that its my first time memorizing my script for a presentation. I dislike memorizing scripts for presentations! But since it was a review of journals, I had to memorize the contents le. Thankful anyways. Hehee. Snapped many pictures with my five group mates after presentation was over. We were having a casual photoshoot around the university campus. We did not miss the 'hot spot' for VIVA photosnaps. Its like a tradition to snap photos outside the library after VIVA among final year students. Its such a cliche typical university student thing so yes, we did that cliche typical student thing. -.-
My bad. When I was the onlooker or passerby, I used to think oh, VIVA students again yah. When we were the one taking pictures yesterday, onlookers and passers by must have thought the same. Its altogether a different feeling when we're in that situation itself looking from different sides. Plus, those late nights that we stayed up together, the sacrificed hours in front of the computer, frequent meetings, and the countless sleepless nights while your amount of sleep debt increases over the months, I could not have felt more contented at the end of VIVA. As I was walking back in a slightly slower pace than my friends were towards the car, I could have a view of my friends walking at a distance slightly further ahead of me. At that moment, a passing thought struck me, it was our last semester together and they were the bunch of friends I've spent most of my last 3 years with. Its hard to imagine what's it like without them.
Well, the next part comes the turnitin process, paper work and final compilation before the hardbound copy of FYP is submitted in roughly 3 weeks time. Hope everything goes well. Yahoodeeho! :D
Slowly and surely, I see some of my bucket list or you could say, mini dreams being fulfilled. It wasn't really all planned. Things just fell into place that led me towards a choice or decision that made me fulfill those list of things I aimed for or wanted to do, one by one. It brings a sense of joy and deep comfort to achieve some of this few things.
Soon, I'll get to fly overseas. Even if its not far off, I'm glad to be able to travel across the seas for a holiday with my uni friends. :) I guess its important to dream and have goals. Unlike those mind-blowing dreams that quotations tells us to strive for, I have rather many little ones. Some dreams are still left at hand. Can't wait for them to eventually come true. One day I'll catch those dreams for suree!! :)
Over the course of the few weeks since I left my blog unattended, things were pretty rough for some reason. It was painful to watch and experience firsthand the kind of emotional distress that an incident can have on someone you love. I flew back first before the rest of my family members after CNY since I had to resume classes. The flight home from Kuching on my own while eating the pre-booked nasi lemak brought back so much memories of my childhood. I was sniffing and holding back my tears while eating. Silly girl; silly girl. Just pray that my family will be kept safe and sound, healthy and happy always. :)
When I think about working life, I am uncertain if there's one job I could stick to forever. Why, being a grown up is certainly challenging. The kind of future commitments that one is tied down to - the life itself. I don't think its the job alone. Probably it's everything that comes along with being cast into the working world. For this reason, I hope that I'll figure it out. It has been my ideal choice to study and work part time. Then again, I guess it'll have to be the other way round. At the same time, I wanna be back home to be with my parents. Yet, I know the best opportunities are not back in our beloved hometown, Ipoh.
Never mind, I'll just continue with my assignments first and figure about this again next time. 2moro, gonna eat outside with dad and mom. Yaays!
Til then, take care everyone!
When I have the time, I'll think about it. Soon, because it takes time to carve out a plan. Now let's talk about the present! ^^
Went to UTC to renew my IC today. Finally! Luckily, I was not imposed a penalty for renewing it past the 21 years age. Keke. I suggested to my mom if we should buy any vegetables at the main market next to it? My mom said find Petai. Told her OK, let's find petai. Hard to find it eh so no chance to eat it since for a while. Went to the Ipoh main market after that. It has been so long since I last saw a living chicken. Hahax. Looked at vegetables and bought them with my mom. Something different from my usual daily routine. Had lunch at old town area afterwards while waiting to pick up my IC at 3pm. It was a well spent day with my mom. :)
VIVA was over yesterday. VIVA = Final year project presentation. Don't ask me why its called VIVA because I also don't know why. hahaha. Felt half a burden lifted after the presentation was done. It wasn't my best presentation which was well, a lil' regretful. Not sure why, I was nervous. Maybe it was the fact that its my first time memorizing my script for a presentation. I dislike memorizing scripts for presentations! But since it was a review of journals, I had to memorize the contents le. Thankful anyways. Hehee. Snapped many pictures with my five group mates after presentation was over. We were having a casual photoshoot around the university campus. We did not miss the 'hot spot' for VIVA photosnaps. Its like a tradition to snap photos outside the library after VIVA among final year students. Its such a cliche typical university student thing so yes, we did that cliche typical student thing. -.-
My bad. When I was the onlooker or passerby, I used to think oh, VIVA students again yah. When we were the one taking pictures yesterday, onlookers and passers by must have thought the same. Its altogether a different feeling when we're in that situation itself looking from different sides. Plus, those late nights that we stayed up together, the sacrificed hours in front of the computer, frequent meetings, and the countless sleepless nights while your amount of sleep debt increases over the months, I could not have felt more contented at the end of VIVA. As I was walking back in a slightly slower pace than my friends were towards the car, I could have a view of my friends walking at a distance slightly further ahead of me. At that moment, a passing thought struck me, it was our last semester together and they were the bunch of friends I've spent most of my last 3 years with. Its hard to imagine what's it like without them.
Well, the next part comes the turnitin process, paper work and final compilation before the hardbound copy of FYP is submitted in roughly 3 weeks time. Hope everything goes well. Yahoodeeho! :D
Slowly and surely, I see some of my bucket list or you could say, mini dreams being fulfilled. It wasn't really all planned. Things just fell into place that led me towards a choice or decision that made me fulfill those list of things I aimed for or wanted to do, one by one. It brings a sense of joy and deep comfort to achieve some of this few things.
Soon, I'll get to fly overseas. Even if its not far off, I'm glad to be able to travel across the seas for a holiday with my uni friends. :) I guess its important to dream and have goals. Unlike those mind-blowing dreams that quotations tells us to strive for, I have rather many little ones. Some dreams are still left at hand. Can't wait for them to eventually come true. One day I'll catch those dreams for suree!! :)
Over the course of the few weeks since I left my blog unattended, things were pretty rough for some reason. It was painful to watch and experience firsthand the kind of emotional distress that an incident can have on someone you love. I flew back first before the rest of my family members after CNY since I had to resume classes. The flight home from Kuching on my own while eating the pre-booked nasi lemak brought back so much memories of my childhood. I was sniffing and holding back my tears while eating. Silly girl; silly girl. Just pray that my family will be kept safe and sound, healthy and happy always. :)
When I think about working life, I am uncertain if there's one job I could stick to forever. Why, being a grown up is certainly challenging. The kind of future commitments that one is tied down to - the life itself. I don't think its the job alone. Probably it's everything that comes along with being cast into the working world. For this reason, I hope that I'll figure it out. It has been my ideal choice to study and work part time. Then again, I guess it'll have to be the other way round. At the same time, I wanna be back home to be with my parents. Yet, I know the best opportunities are not back in our beloved hometown, Ipoh.
Never mind, I'll just continue with my assignments first and figure about this again next time. 2moro, gonna eat outside with dad and mom. Yaays!
Til then, take care everyone!
Monday, January 9, 2017
Training at CH
Finally! I feel my feet on the ground.
My final internship presentation was over yesterday and that marks the end of my 3 months internship. 3 months does sound relatively short compared to a usual 6-months program and yet, it was still filled with meaningful experiences and misadventures. :)
I'm going to miss the amusing sights of passengers taking the KTM daily. If you take the train daily, u'd know. People emulating Mission Impossible moves as the ktm train makes its last call: Frantically trying to get access pass the automatic entry barrier, people dashing across the platform in various directions, men taking long strides and even big leaps to rush into the coach other than the women's designated coach (some still end up in the ladies coach, not by choice though. A mistake or unawareness! Haha), ladies hurrying in small steps while clutching tightly onto their handbags on one side. Some do make it after the impossible feat just in the nick of time before the ktm closes its doors while others would be left disappointed. It takes about 15-25 minutes for peak hours whereby the crowd starts to gather over time and 45 minutes during off-peak hours. I'm also going to admit that I did all the silly things that a daily commuter could possibly do. Haha. Since I take the KTM and LRT to work everyday, I missed my ktm train once because it was pouring down heavily, overshot the LRT station by a few stations once before I realized whats going on, got onto the wrong side of the platform and only noticing it after looking across at the other side of the platform (My client's office and actual office near KLCC is in the opposite direction hence, the difference in length of queues), was slapped with a penalty once for my TnG card due to my forgetfulness too. Besides, I made a clown out of myself once after trying so hard to make my way out of the crowded LRT train before hurriedly rushing back inside (thanks to one of my seniors who absent mindedly told me to get off one stop before my actual station! -.-) and almost always missing the right LRT stop if not for another senior who was always reminding me that it's time to alight from the LRT. Haha.
I'm also going to miss the interesting locations I had for fieldwork. What more the fieldwork itself and the people that I met along the way. It felt like mini adventures being assigned to different places every few weeks and the rest of the experiences that came together with it. I had the chance to try yummy food at Midvalley discovering Go! Noodles, DubuYo and some cream-like puffs. Yums! It was my first time eating the baked cheese rice at Kim Gary's too. Hahhaha.
There were times of stress at work no doubt. It was tiring as well. Sometimes, tiredness clouded my thoughts and made me feel like wanting to be back at university to study. My main shortcoming at the firm was also communicating in Mandarin as generally, most interns from my batch were more comfortable speaking in that language compared to English and thus sometimes, connecting with people was a difficulty too. It was a 'banana' struggle which I faced daily back at my office and eventually, I overcame it a little by little over the days, weeks and months. My seniors however knew of this and would speak to me in English as most of them were good at both languages. A few close interns chose to speak to me in English individually too. The good experiences definitely compensate for these shortcomings, making those less memorable experiences less significant too in the end. :)
Lastly, I'm going to miss the bunch of people over there. The ones who I've got to know over the months have definitely made my internship more meaningful including my seniors, manager and other intern. I'll miss the time spent at fieldwork working in teams, having lunch together, stocking up snacks at a way too convenient AEON supermarket for tea time, carpooling back to lrt after work, telling how sleepy we are after lunch and doing everything together.
Then, there's the interns who are all friendly and really noisy people. At first, I was not familiar with everyone as I felt a little reserved having to converse in Mandarin but these situations do push us out of our own comfort zone sometimes to improve on our language I guess. :') After 3 months, I realized the silliness of interns definitely makes the office a much more interesting and cheerful place. :D I'm thankful for the times we ate at our hmm.."favourite" lunch place - Ambank foodcourt (cos its the nearest to our office), the noisiness and silly things we did back at our office, taking biscuits from the pantry for tea time, walking to the LRT station as a group and taking the LRT ride together until we part ways at different stations, plus packing and leaving our office at 5.45 sharp daily. LOL, (back at office la), hopping onto the LRT one stop away just for McD and lunch during lunch hours and accompanying some of colleagues for random shopping adventures before Christmas and annual dinner.
Not forgetting, interning at KL gave me the opportunity to be closer with my brothers since I had to parasite at my 2nd bro's room. Haha. Grateful to both my aunty and uncle for taking care of me as well. Besides, the dramas airing on TV especially 'Another Miss Oh' definitely accompanied me throughout my late dinners every night. When the drama ended on TV, it was also my last week of internship edee so it definitely would bring me memories.
I missed the Cheong K session among planned by afew of the interns on Sunday as I head back down to Ipoh the other day and they recorded their singing on Whatsapp group. I don't know why but it totally touched my heart and made my eyes filled with tears. Maybe it was because on the last day, their craziness affected me plus they gave me such a warm farewell and I could feel their sincerity individually, even the ones who I just got to know not too long ago. T.T I also had a long conversation and appraisal session with my manager/company supervisor on the last day of my internship before I left. It was definitely a good heart-to-heart session otherwise, I would definitely have regretted not having a proper conversation with him before I left. All these experiences gave me some blues after I ended my internship on Friday until yesterday that is. Haha
Some pics to do the talking:
Yay! I am finally ready to move on to the next phase of my life that is: My final semester as a student. Gonna have to work hard and put effort into my final year project and graduate happily! :)
My final internship presentation was over yesterday and that marks the end of my 3 months internship. 3 months does sound relatively short compared to a usual 6-months program and yet, it was still filled with meaningful experiences and misadventures. :)
I'm going to miss the amusing sights of passengers taking the KTM daily. If you take the train daily, u'd know. People emulating Mission Impossible moves as the ktm train makes its last call: Frantically trying to get access pass the automatic entry barrier, people dashing across the platform in various directions, men taking long strides and even big leaps to rush into the coach other than the women's designated coach (some still end up in the ladies coach, not by choice though. A mistake or unawareness! Haha), ladies hurrying in small steps while clutching tightly onto their handbags on one side. Some do make it after the impossible feat just in the nick of time before the ktm closes its doors while others would be left disappointed. It takes about 15-25 minutes for peak hours whereby the crowd starts to gather over time and 45 minutes during off-peak hours. I'm also going to admit that I did all the silly things that a daily commuter could possibly do. Haha. Since I take the KTM and LRT to work everyday, I missed my ktm train once because it was pouring down heavily, overshot the LRT station by a few stations once before I realized whats going on, got onto the wrong side of the platform and only noticing it after looking across at the other side of the platform (My client's office and actual office near KLCC is in the opposite direction hence, the difference in length of queues), was slapped with a penalty once for my TnG card due to my forgetfulness too. Besides, I made a clown out of myself once after trying so hard to make my way out of the crowded LRT train before hurriedly rushing back inside (thanks to one of my seniors who absent mindedly told me to get off one stop before my actual station! -.-) and almost always missing the right LRT stop if not for another senior who was always reminding me that it's time to alight from the LRT. Haha.
I'm also going to miss the interesting locations I had for fieldwork. What more the fieldwork itself and the people that I met along the way. It felt like mini adventures being assigned to different places every few weeks and the rest of the experiences that came together with it. I had the chance to try yummy food at Midvalley discovering Go! Noodles, DubuYo and some cream-like puffs. Yums! It was my first time eating the baked cheese rice at Kim Gary's too. Hahhaha.
There were times of stress at work no doubt. It was tiring as well. Sometimes, tiredness clouded my thoughts and made me feel like wanting to be back at university to study. My main shortcoming at the firm was also communicating in Mandarin as generally, most interns from my batch were more comfortable speaking in that language compared to English and thus sometimes, connecting with people was a difficulty too. It was a 'banana' struggle which I faced daily back at my office and eventually, I overcame it a little by little over the days, weeks and months. My seniors however knew of this and would speak to me in English as most of them were good at both languages. A few close interns chose to speak to me in English individually too. The good experiences definitely compensate for these shortcomings, making those less memorable experiences less significant too in the end. :)
Lastly, I'm going to miss the bunch of people over there. The ones who I've got to know over the months have definitely made my internship more meaningful including my seniors, manager and other intern. I'll miss the time spent at fieldwork working in teams, having lunch together, stocking up snacks at a way too convenient AEON supermarket for tea time, carpooling back to lrt after work, telling how sleepy we are after lunch and doing everything together.
Then, there's the interns who are all friendly and really noisy people. At first, I was not familiar with everyone as I felt a little reserved having to converse in Mandarin but these situations do push us out of our own comfort zone sometimes to improve on our language I guess. :') After 3 months, I realized the silliness of interns definitely makes the office a much more interesting and cheerful place. :D I'm thankful for the times we ate at our hmm.."favourite" lunch place - Ambank foodcourt (cos its the nearest to our office), the noisiness and silly things we did back at our office, taking biscuits from the pantry for tea time, walking to the LRT station as a group and taking the LRT ride together until we part ways at different stations, plus packing and leaving our office at 5.45 sharp daily. LOL, (back at office la), hopping onto the LRT one stop away just for McD and lunch during lunch hours and accompanying some of colleagues for random shopping adventures before Christmas and annual dinner.
Not forgetting, interning at KL gave me the opportunity to be closer with my brothers since I had to parasite at my 2nd bro's room. Haha. Grateful to both my aunty and uncle for taking care of me as well. Besides, the dramas airing on TV especially 'Another Miss Oh' definitely accompanied me throughout my late dinners every night. When the drama ended on TV, it was also my last week of internship edee so it definitely would bring me memories.
I missed the Cheong K session among planned by afew of the interns on Sunday as I head back down to Ipoh the other day and they recorded their singing on Whatsapp group. I don't know why but it totally touched my heart and made my eyes filled with tears. Maybe it was because on the last day, their craziness affected me plus they gave me such a warm farewell and I could feel their sincerity individually, even the ones who I just got to know not too long ago. T.T I also had a long conversation and appraisal session with my manager/company supervisor on the last day of my internship before I left. It was definitely a good heart-to-heart session otherwise, I would definitely have regretted not having a proper conversation with him before I left. All these experiences gave me some blues after I ended my internship on Friday until yesterday that is. Haha
Some pics to do the talking:
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| Annual dinner. With Karen |
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| The first few colleagues whom I got to know. Coincidentally, all my closest friends at CH. <3 3="" :="" br="" nbsp=""> |
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| Christmas dinner without Me! Haha. CSU4 interns and my company supervisor/manager. With some interns missing inside here. |
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| Farewell lunch. A small bunch of us, interns and seniors, among the large group of colleagues. |
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| I had to return all my things to the company on the last day. I asked the HR dept if I could at least keep my intern tag/photo. She said 'No'. *sad betull. Luckily I had took a pic as safekeeping beforehand! At least, my only memory left are photos. Lol Thank you CH and everybody! :D Now, its time to play before my new semester begins. Hahaha. |
Friday, December 9, 2016
The end of my short stint
Funny how things can be. Yesterday our client asked us to join them for their early christmas buffet lunch in the office. When I heard my client saying 'join us for free lunch', I couldn't hide my overjoyed smile. The truth is, the thought of free lunch seems appealing to me nowadays. Haha. It was a simple buffet serving Malay food and drinks held in the office itself. The drink served was the syrup with the 'tadpole-like' jelly which is so hard to find nowadays. The one whereby the aunty from the third stall in the canteen of MGS sold.
Today marks the official end of the interim audit. It was our last day of the interim audit and also my last day at the client's office. The office was mostly run by Malay staffs with the top management being managed by Chinese. Most if not all could converse comfortably in English but I felt comfortable conversing with them in BM. Since all the staffs knew today was our last day for the interim period, I happened to deal with two staffs on separate occasions which they asked me casually that I'll be here for the final audit right? They asked this with friendly smiles on their face. I dealt with them a few times before so I knew they were both nice. Knowing I wouldn't be here, I smiled at the lady who first asked me this and angguk kepala je. Another chubby jolly and efficient guy popped the same question when the office was almost empty and it was about time for my team to leave the office. I immediately said most probably not but my other team members masih akan datang. I carefully chose my words not to tell him the reason was that I am only an intern and my internship would end by then. I guess he assumed I was leaving my current job so he asked me Henti bekerja ke? How long dah bekerja kat sana? I wanted to tell him the truth but held back and said tak lama lah and as I stood there, I could see he was expecting for my answer to continue, and seeing him smiling attentively, I ended up telling him that actually I would sambung belajar (It was what I could think of which was closest to the truth without revealing that I as an intern was handling their company's audit, of which so the client happens to abit mm song when another intern accidentally emailed one of the staffs with his position being trainee) and I knew he genuinely considered my answer and went on to ask me bekerja dan belajar tak boleh ke? By then, I felt a sense of guilt as I answered tak bolehhh, sibuk la. He just continued to senyum lebar and laughed a bit. Then he asked me a final question, ambil ACCA ye? My reply was mungkin la because in actual fact, I may intend to do so. It was my first time knowing perfectly well that I was not going to see the faces of these people again. It was also hard to want to tell the actual reasoning yet having to answer curtly. As it was almost time to pack and leave, and as we were returning all the files that we used for our audit, I realized that it really was my last day here. I wouldn't be around for finals since my internship would already end. That I'll probably actually miss this office; this fieldwork experience because I've started to feel familiar with the staffs, the working conditions for this engagement and the ever nice guards allowing who has to open the door for us daily.
Spending the last one and a half month here and as I made my usual commuting route home, I felt a sudden attachment to this experience, the staffs at the office as well as the client's place itself.
When I'm at my client's office side, I am always busy with a task at hand. I had to overtime with my team and reach home at 9.15 on average. I need to walk that long bridge to my client's office every morning and its sloping in the wrong direction yo! By the the time I reach home, I have late dinners which I eat slowly while watching TV. Sometimes, I feel burned out by Wednesday or Thursday and Fridays are my days to catch up on sleep. I go back and forth in deciding whether I prefer being at my actual office or outside. On the other hand, I'm thankful for certain reasons. I get extra sleeping hours (40mins) longer when I'm at my client's office since I get to leave the house later, I get to avoid the mad rush of KL's city centre and public transport conundrums early in the morning and after leaving work, since I'm always on the other side of the platform heading away from KLCC's direction or take the train home at times where there are less people commuting, I met some nice colleagues which I've spend the whole time together with during my audit fieldwork whether it comes to being in the same meeting room doing our tasks together, having lunch together, going to AEON big to get stock for snacks, and walking to the train station or car pooling together, in and out for the past month. Needless to say, how my experience is so far, I had times where I felt appreciative to be where I am on some days due to happy moments, and there are times when I felt like I just wanted my internship to end as quickly as possible and that I prefer studying.
A month more to go and I have mixed feelings during my internship. I'll be back at the office so I wonder what more is up. I'll remember that I have some experience to cherish regardless.
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Movies
Luckily there's my brother, otherwise I would be bored alone. He decided to take me out to 1U instead of letting me stay at home the entire day. :)) We went for lunch, Ayam Penyet, his treat after which we decided to catch a movie of my choice. Teehee. 'The Accountant'. I chose it simply because Ben Afleck is in it. Hehees! Liked him in his previous shows. It stars Anna Kendrick as well. :)) Enjoyed the movie much simply because I could relate to the main themes of the show which revolves around accounting and autism. Plus, its filled with action and its thriller based. It had quite a unique storyline. Earlier, as we arrived at the mall, we stopped at one of the pet shops at the entrance too. We walked in and took a look at the pets there. Mostly, puppies and dogs. My brother spotted a bulldog and directly walked to it. He kept telling me how cute it was! So I too took a closer look and yes, it was cute! omg. Fat, big headed and round round like a snowball. Haha. Sadly, it has no tail. Where did it go?? :( Anyways, still, I didn't see a cute bulldog like this before, I always imagined it to be bulldog-ish, you know. My brother kept trying to get its attention by waving and saying Hello but it seemed disinterested with people. Despite that, my brother kept waving and saying Hello to the bulldog with hopes and i just found that cute. HAHA. 'Inspired' by my brother, I decided to do the same. I waved and said hello to another dog as well (Forgot what species) and it was quite mind relaxing. ^^ Enjoyed the short afternoon. :D
I earlier had intended to blog about my internship so far. Now, I don't feel like talking about the serious stuffs yet. Haha. Anyways, its past 3 weeks already. Time flies pretty fast. Hoping to learn much more. Also, there was this moment when I was sitting in the train staring out the window and recalled the earlier moments of the day when my 3 colleagues or rather friends, were teasing me, I couldn't help myself as to suddenly smile at the silliness of it all. At that time, there were other passengers in the train standing while I was seated and one or two persons were particularly looking in my direction so I was trying hard to keep a straight face for fear I'd look silly. Hahah. The thought of it though, their facial expressions, silly remarks and silly smiles. I know they're having a fun time as they teased me and I don't really care. Loll. Seems like they are having a good time and seeing people happy makes my day, anyway. Haha. Yet, it doesn't change the fact that its still plain silly! aiyoo. hahah
Anyways, I'll continue talking about movies which I have watched and do some short reviews.
Train to Busan. Most of the people I've heard from who has watched it said it was good or they loved it. I beg to differ (Not being shakespear here yahh. ahhaha). It was ok ok for me only. Plot wise, it was abit too shallow for me and I know, it is quite expected from a show made out of zombies as the central theme. What more can a plot go about except for the casts to run from these zombies?? Haha. Emotionally wise though, everyone was saying how good it was so I had some expectations. Unfortunately, I was not moved to that extent. It does tell you though to cherish your loved ones. I think that's the kind of message the director or scriptwriter wishes to convey. All in all, it was okay for me. The one scene that is sure to make everyone in tears is definitely That scene. Haha. Watch it and you'll know. :)
What other shows I've watched?? Oh yess, Deepwater Horizon. The first 45 minutes of the show slowly killed my interest of the shows and made me think if it was the right choice watching this. For me basically, I could not very well understand the jargons of those oil rigs and stuff and it was all dialogues. At almost the middle of the show, I started feeling bored and feeling regretful about the movie tickets (I didn't pay for it though la, my uncle did. Hahahah). When the climax began, that was the real turning point. When things started to go wrong and the oil rig started to blow, wow! Suddenly, the show was so happening. Hahaha. Really one. That's like the best happening movie or 'action' film I've seen in quite a long time. Omo. The scenes were so real and the different threats faced by the various crews onboard taking place concurrently was so well directed. It was honestly a great cinematic 'gan cheong' experience. Woo! :)) And yes, the 45 minutes are completely necessary as a build up to the central occurrence of the oil rig disaster and to get a grip of the whole story as much as it comprises of mostly dialogues. I didn't regret watching because of the action part. So worth it! :D
Lastly, another show that's good was a show I watched pretty long ago. Its called Love, Rosie. A romance flick. Its very nice (you can get to stream it directly from youtube. haha). Its about the love that finds it way at the very end and best friends from childhood. Sounds familiar? Don't want to give away spoilers. As I was watching it too, I was debating as to whether I've come across such a plot before as it all seems too familiar. Yes, indeed. It comes from a novel of a famous author. Shh. Takkan beri nama. haha. Anyhow, I watched til the very end and yes, there's many struggles and challenges until the very end. I liked it how after everything they went through, they still had one another. :)
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