My First Overseas Trip (Taiwan) – 15th Nov to 22nd Nov ‘07

I was very excited and looking forward ever since I have signed up for the Taiwan trip organized by my company. It was my first overseas trip and also my first experience sitting on the plane. Since young I have been enjoying watching the plane/helicopter flying up the sky, one after one but I have not try sitting on the plane before. That’s why this trip was kind of exciting for me.

Very unfortunately on the first day, we supposed to board a plane at 2pm and it ended up flight cancelled! Can you imagine that we have been waited from 12pm (as we need to check-in 2 hrs earlier) to 6.30pm only to know that the flight need to be cancelled due to technical problem!

All of us were so upset and especially me, as this is my first overseas trip leh!!! :-( I even got teased by my colleague saying that since I like to see airplane so much, now I got the chance to see until the next day! Haha…so bad of her. :-(

Due to the cancellation, the airlines need to arrange for our accommodation and meal for the night. We got to stay at JW Marriott Hotel in Putrajaya. It was a very beautiful hotel. So you say is this unfortunate or fortunate?

The next morning we woke up at 4am in order for us to catch the 8am flight. Waking up at this hour reminds me of the 21 days fast and pray where I need to be at church at 5.30am.

Finally I got into the plane and off we go.. I was lucky to get a window seating (actually I beg my colleague to swap the seat with me..hehe..first time mah..) but it was on the wing’s side! Sigh…but better than nothing. Almost the whole journey I was looking at the outside view and I’m really enjoying it.

It takes about 4 hrs and 10 mins to reach Taipei. As soon as we touched down, the coach was waiting for us outside the airport. And so the tour guide started to share about Taiwan and the places that we are going to visit. I wasn’t really concentrated what the tour guide is talking as I just want to enjoy the Taiwan’s scenery.

I know where we are heading but I did not know it takes so many hours to reach the destination? And furthermore the roads are terrible…up down up down the hills. I almost want to vomit if the tour guide didn’t ask for a break. It took us 7 hours to reach the destination. We have already sit on the plane for 4 hrs plus and now we need to sit on the bus for another 7 hours?? Oh man…how to stand? The whole day is wasted on the traveling and we don’t have a proper meal feed into our stomach and because of that, most of us already feeling not well and one of the elderly also vomited. It has really destroyed my mood on the first day.

Overall the trip is just OKAY. The weather was terribly cold in Taipei and the food is not very nice too. Every morning woke up at 6am to have breakfast and start our journey at 6.30am. Every morning is the same breakfast (white porridge with veges) and I’m really no appetite to eat cuz I don’t like porridge. I missed my Malaysian food. ;( My colleague felt pity on me, she said people usually put on weight when they travel but I’m the other way round…haha..

They said I chose the wrong country, I should be going to those western country where I can enjoy the western food. I guess so. That’s why now I’m planning my next year trip to Germany. Perhaps I’ll be celebrating my birthday there in Germany some time in July ‘08. Can’t wait lor…

Here are some pictures that I’ve taken throughout the journey. Some of the historical places are really beautiful too.




the three important people [driver (Nam San), Taiwan's tour guide (Alex) and Malaysia's tour leader (Daniel)]

very serious soldiers and you cant touch them or they will shoot!

this is 101 Shopping Mall not IOI Mall, okie? This is what the tour guide alwiz reminds us..haha..

the most interesting place..called Yeliu Stone Park..can you see the fairy shoes (2nd pic)? Unfortunately I didn't managed to finish the walk as it was freaking cold and drizzling!!

this is the so called "Gunung Berapi" place..

eaten by a dragon before? im goin in now to check out what's in it's stomach..haha..

Taiwan is full of temples and statues of God..almost everyday we go to temple. how i wish the tour guide can bring me to visit church one time.. ;p

guess what is this at your first glance? Fishballs?? dat was my first glance, and when I went nearer..my gosh..it's stones la.. so cute..

the 1st cultural show..i like their costumes..i meant the ladies costume ;)

and then we went to visit "Ling Zhi" factory..have not seen such big ling zhi before

The first place we went at Hua Lien..the longest journey..

This is the place where we can collect all kinds of stones...these are my colleagues crazy collecting stones after hearing the hotel owner's story.. ;p (just kidding). but the stones is not just a normal stone, it's really unique.

Taiwan is famous on Stones. This hotel owner grew rich by collecting stones.. So why are we working so hard to get rich? Go Taiwan collect stones la..haha...

Sceneries along the way..(1)

Pictures up the sky..can you see the clouds?? How awesome is God's creation!!

Pictures of Planes..

傷心的一天

好傷心好傷心. 真的很想大哭一場. 為甚麼受傷的總是我?? 為甚麼我喜歡的人, 最後一個一個的找到另外一半呢? 我真的有那麼差嗎? 心情真的很難受很難受.

有時候覺得自己很笨. 遇到自己喜歡的人又不敢表白. 直到人家喜歡另外一個了, 才來後悔, 傷心. 值得嗎? 有用嗎?

Sigh..我到底該怎麼辦? 表白出來會好一點嗎?

或許這就是, 難聽一點, ‘報應’ 吧? 喜歡我的人, 我又不珍惜. 我喜歡的人又不喜歡我. 為甚麼要這樣呢?

Long Journey - 12.10.2007

What a long journey for me today. I have not experienced traveling to so many places in one day. Phew!!! I was on leave today and went to renew my passport. First I went to Subang Terminal 2 and maybe because I was late, I’m not able to get a number. I was told to come back another day. ;-( Thinking of not to waste this day, I drove over to Pusat Bandar Damansara cuz I know they have a machine for renewal. I got lost from Subang Terminal to PBD. Well, for your information, I’m not so familiar with roads other than my home to office. Hehe…

Finally I managed to find my way to PBD and I quickly try out the machine. It was really fast and fun. Unfortunately I can only collect my passport after 4pm. Gosh, it was only 12 noon and I need to come back here after 4 hours??!! No no no…. I decided to come back another day.

So I headed off to Mid Valley thinking of giving myself a break to shop around in MV as well as the newly open shopping mall, The Garden. Since my sister got some free movie tickets, we decided to watch a movie but it was very limited movie to select for this free voucher and suddenly my sis tot of watching HairSpray whom she wanted to watch initially. I agreed as both of us enjoyed musical/dance movies very much.

True enough, the movie was superb. It was a comedy musical and we laughed all the way. I really don’t mind to watch a second time. All these while my sis & I already wanted to join dance club but we couldn’t really find one in PJ area.
After Mid Valley, we thought of hmm..maybe can check it out some fitness centre. So we went to Les Studio and True Fitness. Finally, we ended up signing to become a member of True Fitness. So, here we go..my sis and I will be starting off our health journey on 16th October 2007.

Way to go....

Berina's Last day at Work - 10.10.2007

Berina is an executive secretary for my department. When she first came to work, we have already named her as super duper hot lady. She is like sunshine in the office. Why? She is very good in dressing up herself as well as matching her dress color with her shoes and nail polish. Haha… She is very colourful wan… if she wears a yellow coat, she will match with yellow nail polish and shoes. Cute, huh?

Apart from all these colorful thingie, she is truly a hardworking and efficient worker. All of us in the department were really appreciate what she has done in the office for us. Without her, I guess the office will be like nobody’s child. She treats her office like her home making sure that everything is in order and clean.

Although she can be very “cheong hei” (long-winded person), well, at least things gets done! She is also an alarm clock for us cuz she will remind us what we need to do and what we haven’t do.

Her leaving will definitely makes us miss her tremendously after 2 yrs plus working with her. All the best to you Berina!


(the lady in green is Berina. Don't you think she's cool??)

小老鼠的大日子!

哈哈,這次是我第一次真真正正的用華語寫blog. 如過有寫錯的地方,請原諒. 因為我是個英學生, 不過我會慢慢的學.

今天是小老鼠,也是我的ex-colleague的生日. 上個禮拜已經約他和朋友一起去唱歌慶祝了. 雖然沒有送他甚麼禮物甚至連蛋糕也沒有,不過我和妹妹親手創作一個蛋糕給他. 你們看看是不是很漂亮,很特別? 外面不可以找到的!

在此,我希望小老鼠的愿望可以一个一个的達成.

ps:偷偷的告訴你,小老鼠很會唱歌的.喜歡唱歌的人可不要約他喔!哈哈,開玩笑的啦.他唱歌是蠻好聽的.約他吧! :)

LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

I always enjoyed reading Star’s paper especially the first page of Metro Classifieds. It always post good and encouraging article. One of it is below which I found it very good especially for those leaders/superior. Hope it benefit you all too.

1. Say something positive every day about the work of your colleagues and encourage them to develop. Do this for a week and see how morale rises.
2. Be courteous. Always say “please” and “thank you”. Integrity is a highly valued leadership trait, so being trustworthy, kind, courteous, respectful and grateful will bring you credit.
3. Be realistic and frank about your errors. Apologize to people you may have treated poorly.
4. Agree on clear objectives for meetings. Presentations and activities with everyone involved.
Rehearse the event, visualizing a positive outcome. Anticipate tough questions or challenges (honestly is usually best where expectations have not been met).
5. Conduct one-on-one interviews with your staff. Be positive about their contribution, ask them what their objectives are and support their development plans.
6. Agree on a “team charter” with your staff that sets out the core principles of behavior expected, seeking everyone’s input. Praise people when they behave according to the principles. Point out any failure to adhere to the charter in private. This will start to mould a positive, optimistic organizational culture.
7. Seek consensus wherever possible. Hold regular team meetings to encourage the open discussion of objectives and problems, but do not be drawn into “moan fests”.
8. Communicate a sense of purpose, standards of excellence and clear targets to the whole team. Issue regular performance-updates-both good and bad. Reward positive behaviors that you want to encourage while discouraging the negative. Encourage regular discussions about targets. Be positive about progress and be realistic and optimistic about the chances of success.
9. Encourage everyone to contribute in the spirit of moving together towards a shared goal.
10. Hold a “post-mortem” in the event of a failed project, involving all concerned. Be open, praise the positives and identify the risks and costs involved. Avoid blaming people, but agree how future projects can be improved. Print and distribute learning points to everybody. Make time for regular project reviews.
11. When things go wrong, take it on the chin and move on. Identify and implement the key learning points from the failure, but do not dwell on the situation.
11. Apparently, optimistic people smile 38 per cent more often than pessimists, so try to see the bright side of life’s little mishaps. Of course, there are grave occasions where seeing the funny side is clearly inappropriate.