Training Trip in the Lion City Part 2 - Training

Yeah, now to the main purpose of the trip to Singapore; to undergo a vendor training....and yeah, I was the earliest to reach the business office...being the annoyingly punctual freak as usual. Hehehe...the tea lady cum the cleaning lady allowed me entrance into the office and even made me a cup of hot green tea which I was certainly glad to have since it was pretty cold in the office.
Anyway, while waiting for the others to come in, I had the privilege of looking around the training room and also to choose my strategic seat *wink*...after all, that's the privilege of being early and a rewarding experience indeed :D
I even captured some of these sneak peeks of the training room...

Hehehe.....this is my so-called nice and strategic seat during the training. I was alone for a couple of minutes and then someone came in; from Altera...hehe, one of the first classmate I met. Oh ya, did I mention that there were only 2 girls in the whole training class? hehehe...that's the world of engineers:p

Anyway, the training was for 4 days and pretty hectic; with lectures and also intercepting tutorials and practicals from now and then. Sometimes the instructor will even give us some travel tips and the places to go shopping in the city...hahaha....one particular statement he made which I was pretty amused with was when this particular lady asked about the location and the distance of this particular place and guess what he answered? He used a pretty unique and distinctive comparison...and these were his exact words:

" Hmmm...it's not near but yet not far. It's just like the moon....you can see it but you know it's very far away"...

Hahahha....good right? Needless to say, the whole class roared in laughter. I must say this is the first time I heard of such a comparison....comparing distance of a place to that of the moon.

Anyway, the training ended on a pretty nice note; and it rained quite often during those few days I was in Singapore. Pretty cold in the classroom....and we even went for lunch with the manager; their treat of course! *wink* We had Japanese food...too bad I don't have the pics:(

Also, they treated us pretty well, with drinks well-served and also breakfast was also provided:)

Well, besides the knowledge, I've made new friends from this training which was a pretty good return; with everyone coming from different background and job scope; there's even lecturers from Ngee Ann Polytechnic....and the following picture was captured on the last day:

There's Yu Shien from ST, CP the instructor, Raymond from MCT, Soon Yee from Altera, Ragu from MCT, Choon Keat from Ngee Ann and also Tong Bee from Ngee Ann.

~Glad to have met all of you...keep in touch!!~

Business Training Trip to the Lion City Part 1 - April 9th 2006

I was in the Lion City for a week, from April 9th- April 14th 2006 for my training; a vendor/third party software tool training. Of course, due to its nature in relation to my current job scope, it is technically a business trip and not much to hope for some personal travel or sightseeing until the last day :p
And not to mention; this is my second business trip but definitely one of the very first which I have to travel on my own. Of course, the return trip from Shanghai does not count since it was just one way where I had to fly back to Malaysia on my own. Anyway, this time, the destination is not as far as China but I was entirely on my own for the entire trip; from the departure from Penang to Singapore.
The trip was pretty cool (I've always liked Singapore anyway *wink*) ...I enjoyed my stay in the Lion City and as I've mentioned, I liked this country and am seriously considering the migration there..haha; much to some displeasure from certain parties (of course!).

Okay, back to my hotel, I stayed in the highest hotel in the city; with 72 storeys high and the unique features of this hotel include its circular structure; yes, the rooms were actually situated in a circular manner. However, if I were to compare the rooms and the facilities provided; I'd say the hotel I stayed in Shanghai any time of the day..hehe:)

This is the view from the main entrance














This is the mini bar.

















The view of the bed.

As I've mentioned, the unique part of this hotel is its circular structure; you feel like you are walking in a rotation; of course, from the room standpoint, it's semi-circular :)
Enjoyed the nice view of the city from my room; which is actually on the 40th storey of the hotel...pretty high ler *wink wink*















View of the city from the balcony of my hotel room; 3 different angles; left, center and right from the balcony angle.
And, if you are thinking that these are pretty common pictures of the city, well, these are to be expected when you are in the Lion City itself.








To be frank, I've always been in awe and admiration for this dot of a country on the globe; I mean, it's practically nothing next to its huge neighbour which is one bulk of visibility above it - referring to Malaysia. However, comparing the reputation otherwise, Singapore goes way above Malaysia....and this is the deserving point..basically, this country's also famous for its strategic location as an international stopover; most of the traders would have to pass by this spot before moving on to Malaysia or Thailand, China, India, etc (If my Geographic knowledge still doesn't fail me...hehehe:)
Development's pretty ongoing in Singapore..I saw construction and buildings here and there. So this country's definitely not resting from development and progressing in a pretty aggressive direction.
Now, that's part 1 of this Lion City trip; will update on the training and the places visited in the next entry.

Sepang Circuit June 2005

This is not taken during the recent F1...hehe; in fact this was taken during last year's Japan GP where I had this privilege to attend and also to go to the famous Sepang circuit :)

It's a little sunny, I know, but since this is a nice and panoramic spot for the capturing of the picture, the candle princess has to grit her teeth and get herself there:)

This is my beloved family...*aww...I do MISS them so much*.

We had this VIP room where we had the nice view of the racing track and were served on hand and foot; with a well-laid lunch and hi-tea buffet.

Kinda royalty sort of treatment huh? *winks*

It's really fun...we spent the whole day there actually :)

Made a new friend; Josephine there.

A Chemistry student from UPM; bound to graduate soon :)