Ulu Yam Trip

I'm still pretty exhausted after the trip yesterday. My working team mates and me went to Ulu Yam for our so-called team building trip. Should we say it as team building trip? I have no idea also. I think it can be consider as four events, the team building, welcoming the three newbies into our team, birthday celebration of the second quarter (April to June) and farewell for Nesa, Benjamin and me, myself.

It's pretty tiring because I have to wake up early in the morning and pick up Nesa from Sri Sentosa, then drive to Bandar Tun Razak to pick up Leanne and Siew Yin before meeting up the rest of them team mates at McDonald's, Taman Melati Utama.

When everyone were there, we drive up in ranch together to the location. After parking our cars, we tried to locate a spot to settle down and get prepare for the 'feast'. LOL. Fizah, Alina and Dalila were taking care of preparing the chicken. They were the one to grill the chicken but maybe I'm not really use to the cooking method they used, I didn't eat much the chicken. It's outer part is overcooked a little, somehow charcoal like. LOL.

I was thinking to get my feet wet only at first just like Siew Yin, Ruth and Calvin. However, we weren't lucky. I'm the worst one, gotten Aline to pull me into the water. I was splashed all over and completely wet like the cat under the rain. Everyone get all wet except for Mun Wah.

After all the water war we had, we get off the river and ate again. Not to forget the cheese cake we brought for the birthday boys and girls. The cheese cake was not that solid anymore. Well, it's not put in the refrigerator and keep cold enough to enjoy but it's still not too bad. Maybe because I love cheese cake, so I didn't nag much about it. LOL.

After the whole trip, we went back home and get bath. I mean my house, Leanne and Siew Yin were there in my house to get bath and change before we head to Mid Valley to walk around and enjoy our dinner. It's pretty fun to hang out with colleagues. Soon, this will be harder to be done as I'm leaving the company soon.

I drove them back to the LRT station before heading to meet up with Charles and Theresa to catch up 'Prince of Persia'. Finally I watched it after so long of wanting to watch it. I just can't get anyone to watch with me. There are more movies that I wanted to watch as well. I wanted to watch Karate Kid and The Socceror's Apprentice.

Team Leader is Leaving

Another shocking news from my management today that my team leader, Benjamin is leaving the team. He just tendered his resignation this Monday and HR department still calculating when will be his last day with the company. Ironically, he will most probably leaving a week earlier than me despite that I have tendered my resignation way earlier than him.

Although it's pretty shocking piece of news, but I'm still dealing with it quite well as I'm leaving too soon. There will be not much impact to me. Of course, everyone will be missing him including me. This scenario same goes to Sook Fuang. Both of the most influent person for me in my team are leaving. I think I should rephrase, one already left and one is going to be.

Anyway, everyone of us seems to be leaving due to better opportunity awaits us somewhere. We have to move on with our life and try to excel ourselves. For me and Benjamin case, we are trying something way different from where we are, starting from zero, probably and hopefully become hero at the end of the tunnel.

Hopefully the team will still stay on firm and good and I do hope to keep in touch with most of them as best as we could be. Now, I can only be looking forward for the Ulu Yam trip next Saturday as to celebrate 4 different occasion. Firstly, as part of team building, followed by welcoming the 3 new recruits to our team, second quarter of birthday celebration and last but not least, the farewell of Nesa, Benjamin and me, myself.

Newbies

This week, 3 new recruits have join us and currently undergoing training by my team leader with some assistance from my colleague, Mei Teng and me. Well, I think I did nothing much than talking non-stop. LOL.

This time, 2 new guys and a girl. It turns out that all of them are from biomedical science background just like me and 2 of them (a guy called Jun Jie and a girl call Jing Jing) are my junior from my university. Such a coincident.

Training newbies is pretty cool. You gotta share lots of thing with them and it somehow make them interact with you. I feel somehow it's not that boring compare to facing that motionless and expressionless monitor processing claims after claims. Probably I am bored with my job right now and I'm starting to get lazy since this is my last month at my current company.

I'm still considering what small gift I will be giving my team mates before I leave the company end of this month. I have something in my mind but I think I don't want to share it here first. Don't want to spoilt the surprise. Anyway, it's such something small that many it's not even significant after I left.

I'm looking forward to my new employment at my new company and I'm thrill with what is awaiting me there. However, at the same time, I am worrying about the new environment that I will be facing next month and the new challenges that awaits me there too. Lord, please grant me strength to face the road aheads me. Amen.

Michaelangelo's Restaurant-Deli-Bar

I went with my colleagues to Michaelangelo's Restaurant-Deli-Bar at Pavilion, KL on Saturday and an outing with our senior, Ruth before she is leaving us next week. Since Ruth was thinking to have Western food, we thought to let our taste buds experience the so "artistic restaurant". However, the experience we had were not that up to what we expected from a so-called fine restaurant which located at Pavilion, which should be way better than those cheapskate restaurants.

The food there is pretty normal, some are not bad, some are quite good, and some are just not so up to my expectation. Since my most of my colleagues think that is okay, then I should not make much complaints about it. For me, I wouldn't promote to you as it's not that really appealing but it's no harm trying. The food there is still edible and some are not bad.

However, the service there was horribly poor and I did comment on that. The supervisor came to us and appologised yet giving us some complimentary cash voucher for the next visit as they are so keen for us to revisit them again. For me, I might reconsider of revisiting it again. As for my senior, she might most likely to revisit as we gave her all the vouchers. LOL.

Changes in My Company

Lately, too many stuff happening around me. Many involve with emotional issues. I doubt if there are more to come and will I able to cope with all that. As I can see, I'm a very well emotional guy and I'm the people kind of guy (just like what my senior said when she gave us a piece of advise during the meeting), I know I will get affected definitely.

Yesterday, my colleague, Li Teng just left our company. After the lunch, we had a meeting and we were announced that my senior, who is the one that I am tag to since I join this company is leaving for a better offer in another company. I do get the shock of her leaving so soon and yet so short notice. Well, that company is willing to pay to get her to work with them as soon as possible. I'm happy for her having a better opportunity and I do think that we all will definitely miss her. I just didn't expect she will be leaving before me even thought I do felt that she is leaving too.

Soon, after my senior, Ruth is gone, Nesa will be going off 2 days before I'm leaving my company. There will be new blood coming into our company soon. I heard from my manager, there will be 3 new recruits. However, thinking of the freshies, they will have no authority to approve any amount of claims in the early 2 months or so. It will be really hectic to the rest of us (of probably a month for me since I'm leaving for good too soon).

I can't imagine our company, or perhaps just my team right now can have so much changes in just a week time. Of course if you take a look in this past few months, there are many changes. However, the changes for now is much more emotional, more intense for me. All I can think of right now is to stay focus for this one month and one week before I start to settle myself into new company effectively on July. Lord, please give me strength to keep on moving forward.