4days 3 nights - Kuala Lumpur + Desaru
Day 1:
Reached changi for collection of airport pass at 8:30am and managed to complete by 9am, successfully reaching budget terminal by 9+ am for checking in flight to KL. We arrived at KL by 11:25am despite a slight delay. Upon arrival, we caught a shuttle bus and express train to KL sentral and checked into hotel.
Factory tour was our first stop, lunching as we took a cab to our destination. I was impressed to see a real manufacturing factory along the outskirts of KL. Dinner was settled at Berjaya Times Square as we walked around the huge shopping mall with an indoor amusement park. We caught the movie "Mr & Mrs Incredible", super funny movie.
Day 2:
Woke up early to travel to the new bus terminal to book our tickets for the first bus at larkin bus terminal. We cabbed to sunway lagoon to spend the rest of the day there. woohoo 5 theme parks into 1 - Water park, adventure park, Wild Life park, Xtreme park and Scream park. Almost impossible to complete all the parks in one day, nonetheless, we sped through them! i really enjoyed myself a lot there despite having to walk to and fro the huge park. Leaving the park at 5pm, we took a bus back to KL sentral where we took our luggage and travel to chinatown in search for MY City hotel. The evening was spent enjoying chinatown and A&W!
Day 3:
A travelling day. we left hotel early at 6am for a morning stroll to the train station to catch the bus to Larkin. our 4hours (to johor) + 4hours (to Desaru) journey began. finally, we reached desaru at 4pm. Evening was spent at a kelong booked with the hotel. seafood dinner+kelong experience+ fireflies+fireworks!
Day 4:
Free and easy with phototaking around the beach.
The entire experience:
A packed trip with many fun-filled activities, travelling and a backpacker's experience. Switching hotels every night while carrying a heavy bag was more tiring than expected. it was only 3 nights but it was a quite tiring. a prelude to a possible europe trip next year :) it ended my break nicely.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
A new chapter begins...
The start of the rabbit year marks a new chapter, a new chapter of career and a new beginning. i am really excited over the changes. indeed as one grows, we become comfortable in our environment and is afraid of changes. nonetheless, i am looking forward to my new work environment :)
The start of the rabbit year marks a new chapter, a new chapter of career and a new beginning. i am really excited over the changes. indeed as one grows, we become comfortable in our environment and is afraid of changes. nonetheless, i am looking forward to my new work environment :)
A chapter closes...
As the tiger year drew to an end, it also marks an end to the first chapter of my working life. the last one month was full of contradictions, pacing back and forth of my decision. it was a tough decision, leaving behind a clearly defined career path, leaving behind the attractive salary and leaving behind the familiarity. but each time i took an hesitant step back, i move forward more confidently. i came into audit with the intention to stay for 3 years, with the intention to learn as much as I can. this dream could no longer be achieved but i have discovered my purpose in working. sometimes i wonder if i had called it quits without trying hard enough to the stay with the firm, but i realized i no longer want to stay with the firm as the culture is not ideal.
much as i enjoyed the work, i do not want to end up always tearing from stress and unhappiness over it. i do not want to work with a team with so much miscommunications during peak due to piling workload. instead of revolving my life around work, i want to be in more control of my time and journey of life. Having chosen to stop chasing the banking dream, I want to be in an industry i have an interest in. lastly, i realize i do not want to be so focus over financial statements and compliance but to approach it from a more business perspective. looking at the management letter points raised by myself, i do feel ashamed for bringing up such petty issues. yes, i have defined the path of my future journey and is working towards there.
on the last day, i teared when i drafted my final email to my engagement, biding them goodbye. recently, i had really long chats with my senior due to the uncountable times she came crying up to me. seeing her cry tugs at my heartstring knowing that her right-hand man is no longer able to assist her further. nonetheless, we have completed and rounded up almost all work thankfully. leaving the team at the crux handicapped them greatly, nonetheless, i left on amicable terms with everyone.
As the tiger year drew to an end, it also marks an end to the first chapter of my working life. the last one month was full of contradictions, pacing back and forth of my decision. it was a tough decision, leaving behind a clearly defined career path, leaving behind the attractive salary and leaving behind the familiarity. but each time i took an hesitant step back, i move forward more confidently. i came into audit with the intention to stay for 3 years, with the intention to learn as much as I can. this dream could no longer be achieved but i have discovered my purpose in working. sometimes i wonder if i had called it quits without trying hard enough to the stay with the firm, but i realized i no longer want to stay with the firm as the culture is not ideal.
much as i enjoyed the work, i do not want to end up always tearing from stress and unhappiness over it. i do not want to work with a team with so much miscommunications during peak due to piling workload. instead of revolving my life around work, i want to be in more control of my time and journey of life. Having chosen to stop chasing the banking dream, I want to be in an industry i have an interest in. lastly, i realize i do not want to be so focus over financial statements and compliance but to approach it from a more business perspective. looking at the management letter points raised by myself, i do feel ashamed for bringing up such petty issues. yes, i have defined the path of my future journey and is working towards there.
on the last day, i teared when i drafted my final email to my engagement, biding them goodbye. recently, i had really long chats with my senior due to the uncountable times she came crying up to me. seeing her cry tugs at my heartstring knowing that her right-hand man is no longer able to assist her further. nonetheless, we have completed and rounded up almost all work thankfully. leaving the team at the crux handicapped them greatly, nonetheless, i left on amicable terms with everyone.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
CHANGES.
many thoughts and feelings are going through my mind but somehow i can't seem able to pen down anything. a blank mind.
recently, hope has been shining brightly upon me, foreseeing a future of possibilities and dreams. decision to move on has been finalized, no more worries and unhappines over the same issue. the determination to leave my current situation is so strong that nothing can change that. yet when i officially declared, i was upset though relieved. irony. i know i will miss the working hours, miss the windowless audit room, miss saying hi to the security guards, miss the nature of the work and most importantly, miss the friends here. much as i am leaving this engagement forever, all i want to say is, this engagement is not a deep hole. it is where many memories of audit form and where there are many laughters within. definately been piled a lot of work but the learning exposure is excellent. great seniors who guided and taught me along the way, great managers to share their experiences. Yet, nobody is indispensible and dreams should be chased individually, not defined by the company. My apologies for leaving during the crunch time was accepted by my manager who acknowledged that "sometimes, we have to be selfish".
Definately, each job has their own perks and disadvantages. the pull factor now is so strong that i am really glad for the opportunity to move on. pleasantly surprised by the little little factors that add up, pleasantly pleased by the granting of my small requests really brought my confirmation to a full stop. no more deliberation, no more consideration but a definate resounding yes. looking forward to the change of environment, looking forward to a place i wish to stay long in.
the last month marks much ot-ing to round up the experience, but this shall be the last time i am contributing to this engagement and to this firm. looking forward, this time with confidence and happiness...
many thoughts and feelings are going through my mind but somehow i can't seem able to pen down anything. a blank mind.
recently, hope has been shining brightly upon me, foreseeing a future of possibilities and dreams. decision to move on has been finalized, no more worries and unhappines over the same issue. the determination to leave my current situation is so strong that nothing can change that. yet when i officially declared, i was upset though relieved. irony. i know i will miss the working hours, miss the windowless audit room, miss saying hi to the security guards, miss the nature of the work and most importantly, miss the friends here. much as i am leaving this engagement forever, all i want to say is, this engagement is not a deep hole. it is where many memories of audit form and where there are many laughters within. definately been piled a lot of work but the learning exposure is excellent. great seniors who guided and taught me along the way, great managers to share their experiences. Yet, nobody is indispensible and dreams should be chased individually, not defined by the company. My apologies for leaving during the crunch time was accepted by my manager who acknowledged that "sometimes, we have to be selfish".
Definately, each job has their own perks and disadvantages. the pull factor now is so strong that i am really glad for the opportunity to move on. pleasantly surprised by the little little factors that add up, pleasantly pleased by the granting of my small requests really brought my confirmation to a full stop. no more deliberation, no more consideration but a definate resounding yes. looking forward to the change of environment, looking forward to a place i wish to stay long in.
the last month marks much ot-ing to round up the experience, but this shall be the last time i am contributing to this engagement and to this firm. looking forward, this time with confidence and happiness...
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Goodbye 2010, hello 2011
2o10 was an exciting year, a year which taught me much about working life. working life is for a lifetime, not like studying where at the end of each year, we are closer to the end of the journey. learning about the craziness of working hours in audit to kick start the year, 12 midnight, 1am, 2am, 4am, overnight working till 6/8am was definately an experience. forcing ourselves awake with music, snacks and cross referencing
learnt how to multi multi task, which is a very basic requirement of audit. juggling many tasks on hand, simultaneously and liasing with multiple parties while trying to figure out where each piece falls under was a challenge. a real big challenge conquered and overcome. all in all, i really thank my this big engagement for teaching me so much during this short span of 1 year. the whole cycle starts from now, gambatte ahead! :)
other aspects of life including love, family and interests have been quite stable during the year with no significant changes.
forseeing 2011 as a great year of experiences starting from now. with many ambitious new year resolutions set out, i love the journey of discovering and achieving each of this resolution.
2o10 was an exciting year, a year which taught me much about working life. working life is for a lifetime, not like studying where at the end of each year, we are closer to the end of the journey. learning about the craziness of working hours in audit to kick start the year, 12 midnight, 1am, 2am, 4am, overnight working till 6/8am was definately an experience. forcing ourselves awake with music, snacks and cross referencing
learnt how to multi multi task, which is a very basic requirement of audit. juggling many tasks on hand, simultaneously and liasing with multiple parties while trying to figure out where each piece falls under was a challenge. a real big challenge conquered and overcome. all in all, i really thank my this big engagement for teaching me so much during this short span of 1 year. the whole cycle starts from now, gambatte ahead! :)
other aspects of life including love, family and interests have been quite stable during the year with no significant changes.
forseeing 2011 as a great year of experiences starting from now. with many ambitious new year resolutions set out, i love the journey of discovering and achieving each of this resolution.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
'if life goes the way you want it each time, there will be no challenges.' hp
learning from mistakes, moving on and embracing each day with a smile. There is so much more to learn each day. like always, i look forward, never backwards :)
In search of my destiny, a destiny i have to discover on my own.
learning from mistakes, moving on and embracing each day with a smile. There is so much more to learn each day. like always, i look forward, never backwards :)
In search of my destiny, a destiny i have to discover on my own.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
A working weekend.
For the past few months, I have been rather cooped up in my little hole. Noted that I have been digging down the hole like an ostrich, burying my head underground with no idea of the world going on around me. Till a day last week, this ostrich stopped digging the hole, jumped into the hole and held the head up above the ground. luckily the hole isn't too deep yet as I can stand and see the world around me. Then, the first question i asked was: i noted you have more hair on your head now. oblivious to my surroundings, only living in my own world has been the lifestyle i have been leading.
peak has been real long, never seem to break since it started in Jul. knocking off at 8pm is early, 10pm is my usual, 12pm is slightly late and 2am is late. life goes on day after day. felt like i have not seen my family much, often spending whatever remaining time i have with Mr GH. this misery is deep and people around me probably felt it much. i was resolved to change this, hence, on one Monday morning, I woke up filled with excitment like how it was on 1 Oct 2009 when I was all ready to start work. unfortunately, this enthusiam could not last past 2 days. By Tue evening, I was way too exhausted.
i wonder how this engagement has the power to demoralize and break people down, noting from its history that every girl on this job probably has dropped at least a tear on this job or maybe a bucket. been a while since i broke down over a job, but i did again. demoralized right to the bottom of the pit plus this engagement sure mould me into a sour grouchy teary emotional fellow. i have heard too many times about how strong i am seemingly holding up by seniors and by peers as i try not to show signs of a failing heart but the closest to me seems to be bearing all my nonsences. nonetheless, knowing myself, i will keep going on. going on till i found my heart's desire which i believe i will one day.
putting work aside, been thinking quite a bit these days about girls. looking back from a year ago, i noted that ambitions of girls have indeed changed including myself. other priorities have come forth and moving up the corporate ladder is less of an importance. no longer do i yearn to earn lots of money or become the CFO of an MNC, i am just contented with a stable job, a sufficiently stable source of income with a simple family and some friends. thinking back, years ago i would probably have laughed it off and do not believe that this mentality would be for me. yes, i still wish to be a successful career woman, juggling well in work, family and friends but audit makes me realize that if i had to choose one, i clearly know which i want.
*smilez* on a side note, i enjoyed phuket. pretty scenary, spending time with friends while relaxing. enjoyed spending time walking along the beaches, eating pancakes and just walking time away. however, seems like i have not had enough time recently with work occupying the majority. nonetheless, i will keep my smile and my motto on.
Strive, Believe, Achieve. Simplicity and sincerity :)
For the past few months, I have been rather cooped up in my little hole. Noted that I have been digging down the hole like an ostrich, burying my head underground with no idea of the world going on around me. Till a day last week, this ostrich stopped digging the hole, jumped into the hole and held the head up above the ground. luckily the hole isn't too deep yet as I can stand and see the world around me. Then, the first question i asked was: i noted you have more hair on your head now. oblivious to my surroundings, only living in my own world has been the lifestyle i have been leading.
peak has been real long, never seem to break since it started in Jul. knocking off at 8pm is early, 10pm is my usual, 12pm is slightly late and 2am is late. life goes on day after day. felt like i have not seen my family much, often spending whatever remaining time i have with Mr GH. this misery is deep and people around me probably felt it much. i was resolved to change this, hence, on one Monday morning, I woke up filled with excitment like how it was on 1 Oct 2009 when I was all ready to start work. unfortunately, this enthusiam could not last past 2 days. By Tue evening, I was way too exhausted.
i wonder how this engagement has the power to demoralize and break people down, noting from its history that every girl on this job probably has dropped at least a tear on this job or maybe a bucket. been a while since i broke down over a job, but i did again. demoralized right to the bottom of the pit plus this engagement sure mould me into a sour grouchy teary emotional fellow. i have heard too many times about how strong i am seemingly holding up by seniors and by peers as i try not to show signs of a failing heart but the closest to me seems to be bearing all my nonsences. nonetheless, knowing myself, i will keep going on. going on till i found my heart's desire which i believe i will one day.
putting work aside, been thinking quite a bit these days about girls. looking back from a year ago, i noted that ambitions of girls have indeed changed including myself. other priorities have come forth and moving up the corporate ladder is less of an importance. no longer do i yearn to earn lots of money or become the CFO of an MNC, i am just contented with a stable job, a sufficiently stable source of income with a simple family and some friends. thinking back, years ago i would probably have laughed it off and do not believe that this mentality would be for me. yes, i still wish to be a successful career woman, juggling well in work, family and friends but audit makes me realize that if i had to choose one, i clearly know which i want.
*smilez* on a side note, i enjoyed phuket. pretty scenary, spending time with friends while relaxing. enjoyed spending time walking along the beaches, eating pancakes and just walking time away. however, seems like i have not had enough time recently with work occupying the majority. nonetheless, i will keep my smile and my motto on.
Strive, Believe, Achieve. Simplicity and sincerity :)
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