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Malaysia Day 4

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30-Dec-05 is the LAST Day of PROPS-C Training

I can’t get it out of my head… Malaysia Truly Asia!

6:00AM
It was a good thing… the hotel’s wake up call woke me up! It’s our last day of training! I went down and met Earle for breakfast. We then went back to our rooms to get ready.

7:00AM
I took a quick bath, got dressed, and went down to the lobby.

7:45AM
I got to the lobby and asked for my running bill. Yup, it’s in the budget. Hehehe!

8:00AM
The shuttle bus was a bit late. Hehehe! It arrived at 8:10AM. Mwehehe!

8:50AM
We settled down and checked our mails.

9:10AM
The last day of Ericsson’s PROPS-C training has started. We reviewed what we have discussed the other day. Something like a summary of what we have learned so far. I can’t believe we’ve tackled so much for almost 3 days.

10:30AM
We took our break. People were now more open to photo ops. Hehehe!

11:00AM
We resumed our training. We took some case studies. The topic is quite tiring. It’s quite confidential and I can’t discuss it here. :D

12:00NN
Lunch Break. The cafeteria guy was kind to offer me a not too spicy chicken, some coleslaw, vegetables, and rice. This is our last lunch together so people were quite talkative and discussing a lot of things. It was great asking each other about one’s cultural differences.

1:00PM
We went back to our training. The last fews topics are very tiring. Maybe because everyone was thinking of going home or maybe there were too many computations. The tiring part is not the computation but the interpretation of the case study that could lead you to a successful computation or not.

3:30PM
Ericsson’s PROPS-C Training has officially ended. Everyone started calling me. I was wondering why. Then it dawned on me they all wanted their photos taken during the awarding of their certificate of completion.

Everyone had a wonderful time! “Hey visit us sometime in Vietnam!”, “I’ll see you soon!”, “It was great meeting you!”

4:15PM
Everyone has said their last goodbyes and left the office for the hotel. Viji was kind to offer his car to take us to our hotel since our shuttle bus won’t arrive until 5:00PM.

5:00PM
We got back to the hotel. We thanked Viji for the wonderful training and for taking us back to our hotel. It was quite raining so Earle and I decided to just let the rain subside first before we go to Kuala Lumpur. We went to our rooms to rest.

6:00PM
I started fixing my luggage. Since it was still raining, I took a nice warm bath.

7:00PM
Earle and I went to the mall to eat and to buy some electronics. I had my money exchanged to ringgits. We went back to the camera store. To make it short, I bought JVC GR-D290 for 15k++ ringgit.

8:00PM
Earle and I settled at Sushi King. Earle said the food was not at par with his taste. I told him I didn’t really care for the taste but for the ambiance. Hehehe! There was a group of ladies dining. ;)

9:00PM
We went to the bookstore. I wanted to buy a unique book for my girlfriend. I couldn’t find any. Then a magazine caught my eye… FHM Malaysia! I used to work for Summit Media. We used to make FHM Philippines. I wondered what the content of FHM Malaysia is so I bought the magazine and it had a free FHM Malaysia Calendar. Cool!

9:30PM
We went to the grocery. I bought my nephew some chocolate gifts. I also bought my girlfriend this big Hershey’s Kiss. It’s just one piece of Hershey’s Kisses. But it’s big. It’s worth collecting though. “I’m home! Here’s one big KISS for you!” Hehehe!

10:00PM
We went back to the hotel to bring our things back. It’s our last night in Malaysia, so… Hehehe!

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Malaysia Day 3

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29-Dec-05 is the 2nd Day of PROPS-C Training

MALAYSIA TRULY ASIA! I can’t believe I’m in Malaysia! I am so happy to be here!

6:00AM
Man, it was a good thing Earle called me up or I would have been late for my day 2 training. I slept again after the hotel’s wake up call, after my bedside clock alarmed, and my phone alarmed. Hehehe! Maybe I was soo tired last night. Hehehe! Anyway, I rushed to eat my breakfast and immediately went back up to my room.

7:00AM
I took a bath and got dressed.

7:45AM
I was so in a hurry I got to the lobby too early. Earle then came just in time for the bus to Ericsson.

8:00AM
We left for Ericsson Cyberjaya.

8:40AM
We arrived at Ericsson quite early. We were the ones who opened the training room. We started getting our things ready and checked our mail.

9:10AM
We started Day 2 of Ericsson’s PROPS-C training. I gave a presentation for our first exercise.

10:40AM
We took our break. More photo ops for the whole class.

11:00AM
We resumed our training. I gave another presentation for our second exercise not to mention I also drew some comic characters for that presentation. Hehehe!

12:35NN
We took our lunch. The cafeteria lady was kind enough to give me something not too spicy… fish, coleslaw, and TOFU!!! What?! Oh no! Sigh! At least it wasn’t too spicy.

1:00PM
We resumed our training. Yes, it’s my third presentation for the day. I don’t mind. It’s giving me experience and more knowledge about my work. Come to think of it, I gave a third AND fourth presentation since I presented 2 separate topics while others only presented one topic. Somehow it showed me that my trainers have faith in me. That’s a good thing, right?

3:30PM
We took another break. More photo ops again. Hehehe!

4:00PM
We resumed our training. Earle and I rushed off from the training after the last topic, our bus might leave us.

5:00PM
Our bus took us back to the hotel. I can’t believe this bus leaves strictly on time.

5:45PM
We arrived at the hotel. Earle took a nap in his room while I took a relaxing newspaper reading in the bathtub.

7:00PM
Earle said he’d continue sleeping so I left for the mall alone to buy a video camera. I was looking for gifts for my family and my girlfriend. I couldn’t find anything unique enough. I got to know some people while I was going around. Hehehe! Wups!

8:30PM
I called Earle up for dinner. We went down to ,. I ordered a San Jian Chung Sausage Rice while Earle got noodle soup.

9:30PM
We went to the supermarket again. I bought more chocolates and something else… no details needed. Hehehe!

10:00PM
We went around the mall again and finally settled on a store that was selling me the higher version of the camera I wanted at the price lower than the low version of the camera. ?! What I meant was… I was looking for JVC GR-D273 and it was around 15K ringgit. What I found was a JVC GR-D290 and the store was selling it for 15K ringgit! Hey, why settle for the lower version right? Unfortunately, it was closing time so I simply told them I’d be back since my hotel is connected to the mall.

10:30PM
Earle and I started looking around the hotel again… hehehe!

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Malaysia Day 2

28-Dec-05 is the 1st Day of PROPS-C Training

5:30AM
I finally woke up when the phone rang and it was my wake up call. I didn’t wake up to my bedside alarm. I also didn’t wake up to my mobile phone alarm. Hehehe! I freshened up for breakfast.

6:00AM
I went down to the Sunway Cafe for buffet breakfast. Earle met up with me there. After a few minutes, we went back to our own rooms to get ready for our shuttle bus pick-up.

8:00AM
The suttle bus to Ericsson Cyberjaya, Malaysia was on time and we left early.

8:45AM
We arrived at Ericsson and we were surprised to see a huge place. We proceeded to the reception area and got our student identification cards. Earle and I finally met our fellow trainees: five from Vietnam and one from Singapore.

9:00AM
We settled down in our training room and checked our mails. It felt like we never left home… work was waiting for us when we checked our mails. Hehehe!

9:10AM
Andy and Viji from Semcon started the PROPS-C training for Project Managers

11:00AM
We took our first break for the day. We went to the Ericsson cafeteria. I dunno if it was just me but I noticed that it’s been a standard for Ericsson to have coffee, cappuccino, chocolate, and ice tea stations in every floor. The cafeteria is big enough to be 2 restaurants. My fellow trainees and I took our break in the balcony. This isn’t your normal training, it’s… indescribable.

11:30AM
We came back for our training.

1:00PM
We took a late lunch since we had a heavy break at 11:00AM. The food was awesome. We had 3 choices: asian menu, american menu, and european menu. I took the asian menu because I wanted rice. I had several helpings of beef curry, another dish I couldn’t pronounce and mango juice. I almost didn’t finish my meal due to the excessive spice but eventually I did.

2:00PM
We resumed our training. It was gruelling.

3:30PM
We took another break and spent some time for photo ops. We slowly got to know each other. Honestly, I’m still struggling to understand my fellow trainees’ diction and tone.

4:00PM
We went back to our training.

5:00PM
Day 1 of the training ended and the shuttle was again prompt. We left immediately for Sunway Lagoon Hotel.

5:40PM
We arrived at the hotel. We freshened up and met at the lobby.

7:00PM
We went to Sunway Pyramid Mall just beside our hotel. I wanted to buy my own video camera. But I can’t seem to find the one I want.

7:45PM
We went to the supermarket for some food and snacks to take back to our rooms. I got several M&M’s, Quaker Oats Granola Bars, and a limited edition Dark Chocolate KitKat. After the grocery, we went back to malling. We got into Esprit. I found a unique shirt that I liked and bought it.

8:30PM
We took our dinner at The Chicken Rice Shop. The price was reasonable and the taste was uniquely delicious.

9:15PM
We went malling again. Earle looked for his bluetooth headset.

10:30PM
We were ready to go back to our rooms since we were tired from the training and going around the mall. Then we thought… hey our hotel is surrounded by bars and clubs why not drop in… so…

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Malaysia Day 1

It’s morning and yeah, I’m still awake. Maybe I’m just excited for being on a business trip. I called my family and told them I’ll be sleeping in a few minutes. Yawn! I gotta go sleep in a while.

But here’s what happened yesterday…

27-Dec-2005

12:00NN
I arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

1:30PM
I checked-in at Malaysian Airlines.

2:00PM
Earle and I spent some time at the airport lounge.

3:00PM
We went in to the airline lounge.

3:45PM
We finally got into the airplane. I sat in the window side while Earle took the aisle side.

4:05PM
We took off for Malaysia ahead of the scheduled 4:10PM flight. It was kinda tiring so I took a nap.

7:45PM
We safely arrived at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ahead of the scheduled 7:55PM arrival. We didn’t have trouble getting our luggage and exchanging some foreign currency. After that, we went to get an airport taxi going to Sunway Lagoon Hotel. The trip costs 59RM.

8:30PM
We got into Sunway Lagoon Hotel. Man, this place is huge… it’s connected to the Sunway Theme Park, Sunway Pyramid Hotel, etc. And since Ericsson is a big client of Sunway Lagoon Hotel, we got in with a discount and special benefits like transport to and from the Ericsson Office. Oh did I mention this place is huge? Not only that but my room is huge! Hehehe! I can’t believe I’m on a business trip!

9:30PM
We looked for some nourishment. But because it was quite late, we had to settle for… KFC! We traveled all the way to Malaysia and we had to eat at KFC. Hehehe! I really didn’t mind because I was so hungry I could eat anywhere.

10:30PM
We went around taking photos. This place is full of photo ops.

11:30PM
We went back to our rooms. It was quite late and we wanted to rest and be ready for our first day of training.

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