Malaysia Turns 53

Independence Day is supposed to be a public holiday for Malaysians. But not for those working in my company. We work for many different countries, therefore we follow their public holidays. Despite of this reason, we still preserve Malaysian culture. All staff has to wear traditional outfit during certain occasions and Independence Day is one of them.

It's been a long time since I wear baju kurung or qipao. The very last time should be during National Service when I had to perform a drama. So, I find myself a lil awkward in baju kebaya. Bro said I look almost like a tree. LMAO...

What do you think???

Love to see my colleagues in traditional outfits of different races. Malays wearing qipao, Chinese wearing baju kebaya, Indians wearing Punjabi suit. We practise One Malaysia!

Colourful Malaysians

Somehow, I agree with Azli that we looked as if we were going for Raya celebration instead of going to work. Maybe 2 in 1 since Raya is near the corner.


No holiday for Raya as well. We'll be celebrating it with our computers.

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End Of Training

27 August 2010 marked the end of my training period. Will still be considered as a trainee till the confirmation day somewhere in January. I faced many ups and downs together with the other 6 trainees for the past 2 months. We turned from someone with zero knowledge into semi skilled staff. Everything we gained today all thanks to our lovely trainer, Yogi.

Love her

In order to show our gratitude, we organised a pizza party that evening. Was so worried the pizzas from Domino's would not be delivered as it was my 1st time ordering through their website. Haha... Noob!

Yummylicious

Let me introduce you to my fellow colleagues. They have been my close buddies since I joined the company.

(From left): Dayang, Bee, Haizrie & Nana

(From left): Yogi, Tasnim, Azli & me

Multi-racial team

Foosball competition in the locker room after dinner. Haizrie and Nana vs Yogi and Bee. Tonnes of laughter could be heard.


That's juz part of our working life!

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Hectic New Job

Nearly 2 months since I started working with HDPM. What HDPM stands for? Go find it out. It's inconvenient for me to reveal the full name here. Prohibited!

Anyway, I find myself slowly adapting to the company's environment, culture, policies and procedures. It's really different compared to the audit firm I worked with during practical training. Security and confidentiality are top priority. Not used to follow so many tight rules and regulations. Very tiring at times. But as the proverb says, "When you are in Rome, do like what the Romans do". Fortunately, the managers and fellow colleagues are friendly and helpful. Glad to know them all.

My department consists of more than 130 staff, divided into 3 major categories and 8 operating teams. Seems like I've gone back to my school days where the Chinese is the minority. I speak in Malay and English since I joined this organisation. There are only 8 other Chinese staff who I'm still not close with. Pathetic eh? Not a bad factor though.

There's so much to learn. You just can't claim yourself as an expert even after many years of working experience. Changes to policies and procedures happen everyday. Cascades will be delivered to the mail box. It's our own responsibility to get ourselves updated. Well, one of the disadvantages working in the banking line. Oppsss... Looks like I've drop you guys a hint.

*wink wink*

Did I ever mention bout my abnormal working hours? Mine is from 3pm to 12am. Wondering why? I'm serving UK clients. I gotta follow UK working hours and I gotta brush up my English. Duh! One thing I like bout it, I fear of no massive jam and I can speed on the road.

Staff is not allowed to bring in any electronic device into the processing floor. So, I wasn't able to take photos as I wish to. Participated in a number of activities in these 2 months - Inductions, Birthday Bash, Netball. Too bad, the photos taken by the Human Resource team are kept inside the internal drive. No one can possess them in private.

Will post the few photos I've taken recently. Hope there are more to come soon...

3rd Day Induction for KLC & Cyberjaya staff

Buka puasa in Nando's

Our dinner

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