Wow, a whole day meeting of listening to the whole Sales div is really tiring, especially when there's lots of figures, charts and goals. I am quite amazed at the person who prepared all those slides with all the numbers and charts and graphs. I wonder how many days does it take to collate all the data! At the end of the day, I was like having slight headache which comes from trying to stay awake as well as from seeing too much numbers and figures.
But I was awake and nervous when it was nearing my turn to present my slide in front of all the directors and the head of the sales dept. He was asking question and some of them are tough ones. But of course before the presentation, he was nice enough when he saw me down the hallway and assured me that he will not give too difficult a question, and he wont be that nasty to us. He was friendly and generally he was trying to slowly expose us to this kind of meeting.
In fact I heard that it was rare that the whole setting of the meeting was this relaxed. It used to be only a few people presenting but seems that there has been a different approach and more people and more newbies are getting the exposure.
Overall, I think it's a good experience and got to learn a bit about how Sales work out amongst different dept. Got to see for once a real direction of the company and really feel what it feels to work for the company and why we need to put lots of effort into it.
Thursday, May 21
Tuesday, May 19
Well a busy 2 weeks had just passed and I'm so relieved today that finally I'm able to relax again. It was almost a week with almost no rest. At work, had trainings to attends, because of the trainings, we had our backlog to clear. And then there are a lot of pressing matters/issues with delivery, and then had one which required me to do some sizing from scratch. Boy! It was also a new thing for me. And it was quite a number of it. And then there was the visa application and they are really troublesome, especially with all the documents.
Finally today I was done and felt so relieved at the end of the day. Finally got back to being able to go home at 530. The rest of this week, is going to be interesting. My last 2 days include me going to this Sales quarterly meeting and doing a short 2 min presentation on goals for the next 3 months in front of the dept. It'll be an interesting meeting I suppose and a good one to fill up my "free" time for that days.
Finally today I was done and felt so relieved at the end of the day. Finally got back to being able to go home at 530. The rest of this week, is going to be interesting. My last 2 days include me going to this Sales quarterly meeting and doing a short 2 min presentation on goals for the next 3 months in front of the dept. It'll be an interesting meeting I suppose and a good one to fill up my "free" time for that days.
Wednesday, May 13
Sunday, May 10
These pictures are taken while I was visiting Grand Indonesia in Jakarta. It is a really huge mall, about twice or thrice of Vivo city. It was really nice but it was really full of posh and branded goods. So I wasnt really interested in the window shopping at all. So I checked out the upper floors to see what is their specials cafes and food places. I was really shocked to see the decor and interior. It was WOW.
The choc martini welcoming was from JW Marriot Jakarta. I have more pictures in my camera, but those have to wait till I go back to Singapore before I can upload them into the computer. I had a really nice time during this trip. Had lots of fun meeting up with new people and colleagues, as well as meeting up with friends. I really enjoyed the time that I spent over in Jakarta working too. It was a nice thing to meet up with the people who I work with. They are really nice and pretty fun to talk to. I also learnt something from my colleague. He's a project pursuit which is basically a sales guy and I learnt how to talk to customer just by hearing how he talks and managed to convince customer. All I had to do after that meeting was to put it into writing. =) I guess it was weird for the customer not hearing me to speak in Bahasa and had to listen to my colleague in full English. It was advantagous for us though as most of the time, the Indons would somehow be intimidated by English speaking rep. They just get all tongue-tied and ended up just saying 'yes.. yess.. yes..' no longer rebutting and wanting their way.
It was a nice experience overall. I'm currently back in my own hometown for the weekend. Tomorrow night, off to Jakarta for one more night before going back to Singapore. A blissful week had just passed. It'll be time to start work again.
The choc martini welcoming was from JW Marriot Jakarta. I have more pictures in my camera, but those have to wait till I go back to Singapore before I can upload them into the computer. I had a really nice time during this trip. Had lots of fun meeting up with new people and colleagues, as well as meeting up with friends. I really enjoyed the time that I spent over in Jakarta working too. It was a nice thing to meet up with the people who I work with. They are really nice and pretty fun to talk to. I also learnt something from my colleague. He's a project pursuit which is basically a sales guy and I learnt how to talk to customer just by hearing how he talks and managed to convince customer. All I had to do after that meeting was to put it into writing. =) I guess it was weird for the customer not hearing me to speak in Bahasa and had to listen to my colleague in full English. It was advantagous for us though as most of the time, the Indons would somehow be intimidated by English speaking rep. They just get all tongue-tied and ended up just saying 'yes.. yess.. yes..' no longer rebutting and wanting their way.
It was a nice experience overall. I'm currently back in my own hometown for the weekend. Tomorrow night, off to Jakarta for one more night before going back to Singapore. A blissful week had just passed. It'll be time to start work again.
Saturday, May 9
Grand indo foodcourt
Just look at the decor of the place! I was pretty amazed at the extent of what they do for their mall
More of the food louver at grand indo.
Yes food louver. Obviously trying to sound atas like the louvre.
I thought i had a martini waiting for me.
It was just chocolates. I am bawled over by the hotel. More nicer pics n details once i am back.
Wednesday, May 6
Okay okay.
Those pictures were taken during my 2 nights stay over at Putrajaya Marriot outside of KL. I was there as part of the company plant training as well as familiarization. The hotel was really good, as it was actually more of a resort. It had golf course, swimming pool, tennis court and a lot more facilities.
The training was okay and it was pretty easy-going, thus had time to really enjoy the hotel. I went to eat at the Japanese restaurant and I was lucky enough to get the buffet deal which was supposedly only on Saturdays. It was a really good one. Had all the sashimi, less sushi, and more meat and teppanyaki stuff. Tempura was okay but the beef roll and the saba fish was perfect. The chawanmushi was also fantastic since it was really like really soft silken tofu rather than egg. It was not overly saltish but very light and delicate. The oyster teppanyaki was also good. However the garlic rice was disappointing as it was tasteless and rather mushy. They had cold soba, but it was not cold enough for me, otherwise it was decent. I love the fact that they have less sushi so that we can enjoy more meat stuff. It was nice. Miso soup was also fantastic and up to my standard.
Too bad I only get to enjoy 1 night dinner. My first night, I arrived pretty late and only ordered a club sandwich to ease my hunger. And then I had to come back today as I am going to be flying to Jakarta for more business trip. I will be staying at JW Marriot too. Next time I will try a different one. After the trip, I will be off to Surabaya for a weekend with the family, before flying back again to Singapore next Monday.
It's been a nice stay and R&R period over in KL, and now it's time to move to try the one in Indonesia.
PS: Pardon the brief description of the pictures since it was done thru moblog.
Those pictures were taken during my 2 nights stay over at Putrajaya Marriot outside of KL. I was there as part of the company plant training as well as familiarization. The hotel was really good, as it was actually more of a resort. It had golf course, swimming pool, tennis court and a lot more facilities.
The training was okay and it was pretty easy-going, thus had time to really enjoy the hotel. I went to eat at the Japanese restaurant and I was lucky enough to get the buffet deal which was supposedly only on Saturdays. It was a really good one. Had all the sashimi, less sushi, and more meat and teppanyaki stuff. Tempura was okay but the beef roll and the saba fish was perfect. The chawanmushi was also fantastic since it was really like really soft silken tofu rather than egg. It was not overly saltish but very light and delicate. The oyster teppanyaki was also good. However the garlic rice was disappointing as it was tasteless and rather mushy. They had cold soba, but it was not cold enough for me, otherwise it was decent. I love the fact that they have less sushi so that we can enjoy more meat stuff. It was nice. Miso soup was also fantastic and up to my standard.
Too bad I only get to enjoy 1 night dinner. My first night, I arrived pretty late and only ordered a club sandwich to ease my hunger. And then I had to come back today as I am going to be flying to Jakarta for more business trip. I will be staying at JW Marriot too. Next time I will try a different one. After the trip, I will be off to Surabaya for a weekend with the family, before flying back again to Singapore next Monday.
It's been a nice stay and R&R period over in KL, and now it's time to move to try the one in Indonesia.
PS: Pardon the brief description of the pictures since it was done thru moblog.
Monday, May 4
Well it seems kind of a bad timing that when I am going to Europe there are these things about swine flu all over the world. What a pandemic. But of course I have no plans to cancel my travelling plans UNLESS my company puts a ban to it or if it is really red alert situation over in Europe.
For me, this kind of thing is a matter of luck and a matter of how we take care of ourselves. If our immune is good and we take extra care with regards to what we eat and drink, I'm sure that we are in a better position of not getting it.
All that swine flu news is really spreading like wild fire. True it's a dangerous thing but I guess harping over the same news over and over again is not going to help, doesnt it? Just look at how everyone is buying all the medicine for this flu. Very soon, every self-medicating person, will just take in this Tamiflu medicine for common flu as well. Isn't it even worse that the bug is going to be immune of this medicine soon? Sometimes people do not think of these impacts when they self-medicate. I believe that it is okay for self medication when it comes to general cold but for this kind of virus, isnt it best to leave it to the specialist to help us decide it? Afterall, these people spent like 10 years of their lives studying this field! Just because we feel our body, doesnt mean that we know the state at which it is functioning.
So please please take extra care of ourselves at this point of time. Take the extra vitamins, drink more water, and exercise good hygiene.
For me, this kind of thing is a matter of luck and a matter of how we take care of ourselves. If our immune is good and we take extra care with regards to what we eat and drink, I'm sure that we are in a better position of not getting it.
All that swine flu news is really spreading like wild fire. True it's a dangerous thing but I guess harping over the same news over and over again is not going to help, doesnt it? Just look at how everyone is buying all the medicine for this flu. Very soon, every self-medicating person, will just take in this Tamiflu medicine for common flu as well. Isn't it even worse that the bug is going to be immune of this medicine soon? Sometimes people do not think of these impacts when they self-medicate. I believe that it is okay for self medication when it comes to general cold but for this kind of virus, isnt it best to leave it to the specialist to help us decide it? Afterall, these people spent like 10 years of their lives studying this field! Just because we feel our body, doesnt mean that we know the state at which it is functioning.
So please please take extra care of ourselves at this point of time. Take the extra vitamins, drink more water, and exercise good hygiene.
Sunday, May 3
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