Look East

My personal world map

visited 16 countries-
like to visit 7 countries

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Got this from Nor's blog, kinda cool. Looks like the countries I've visited are either in Europe or around this region. Definitely need to visit our neighbours in Indonesia. By choice of 'want to go' s, my preferences are:

1. Australia

2. Greece

3. South Africa

Lessons learnt

ITs been nearly 2 weeks now that I have started my adventure in KLCC. You see part of the adventure is getting there. I have been trying out for the past 10 days on timing, etiquette, making urself comfortable and some other stuff with regards to this. Before I started work here, it was one of the concerns that I had. This is what I have understood:

1. I start work at 8.30, tried leaving the house at 7, 7.15, 7.30 and later 7.45 (see below and u'll understand) to get an assesment of traffic and parking availability at the station.

2. It'll take on average 30 mins to get to Kelana Jaya. It takes another 30 mins to KLCC from Kelana Jaya. So, after parking the car and walking and getting on the train (based on the times above) I would arrive in KLCC at 8.00, 8.15, 8.45 and 9.00. See although we start work at 8.30, apparently no one comes in until around 9! Canggih...

3. Getting on the LRT was tricky at first. Being the first stop, initially I thought that the train would be empty by the time it got to KJ. But I guess people learn and adapt. There are now many people who take the trip to KJ and back to where they came from so that they can get a seat. So, we too must learn and adapt. I have learnt that if I can afford to wait 3 mins (which is how often the train comes), I can line up and when the train comes go straight to the front of the line, then I get to sit..

Anyway, enough of that, will continue with my adventures - need to explore the places to eat next! - mcm rusa masuk kampung lah katakan..

Day 1

Today I begin my adventure in KLCC. I have started work at Innovation Associates (or more fondly known as IA). IA is a group of companies, focused on providing end-to-end solutions to our clients specializing in consultancy, IT solutions and outsourcing. Left the house really early today, around 7am, parked my car at Kelana Jaya, took the LRT and ended up in KLCC by 7.45. Not too bad...

Rather interesting for a first day. The MD had called for a management meeting (comprising around 13 of us, managers and above) and has reaffirmed that he would want to make this a regular thingie. For me this is encouraging. Communication is always key in an organisation. Most of the time, crises could have been avoided if the communication had been well executed.

Also, got to know that we will be having a company retreat in Pangkor from 9-11 September. Interesting....

So, not bad for Day 1. I mentioned that I was encouraged by the level of discussions at the management meeting, and quoting En. Halim (the MD)..

"You are encouraged to remain encouraged..." hehe

Here I Come!

Finally the decision has been made. If you recall my earlier blogs, I was in a delimma to sort out the options I have for my career. At the end of the day, the one reason that has swayed the vote was 'peace of mind'. The other options were enticing, but after evaluating and doing some soul searching, I came to realise that when I consider the offers, i had to ask a question - What's in it for them?

That was the killer question for me. Realising this, the offers to stay would make me remain a 'pawn' in the great scheme of things. I've done my share of 'politics' here, and although I can survive the game, I just don't like it...

The other offer was eliminated early on. Good money, yes, but not at this moment lah.. maybe in a few years.

So, By this time next week, I will be in KLCC Tower 2, Level 49 (go find out if u wanna know which company ;) ). Now I have a different delimma..

Should I drive or should I take the LRT? hmmm...