And So Here We Go On Another Journey

Not we lah, but me. Who can imagine this is my third company within a year? Yes today is my first day at Golden Agri-Resources Ltd., situated all the way at Pasir Panjang. In fact, I am under the employment of Golden Agri International Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of GAR lol. And I have to take a bus, 3 different trains, walk for another 5 mins to reach my workplace. Holy crap! The good thing is, if I get a car, the parking lot at my workplace is free. Hmm... Time to get a car soon?

Another good thing is, I can go to work with Dear again. It's just 3 more Circle Line stops after HarbourFront MRT station, so we're very near each other. Going home is easy too, cos we can take train to Boon Keng and then take 23 all the way home. Many options for me to go home actually, but all depends on the traffic conditions.

Today was a start learning already day. The moment I stepped in, my teammate, who was here just one month ago or so, guided me on some of the processes that he is currently doing. And I'm expected to take over by Friday cos he's going for reservist! WTF! Only left with two days to take over his stuff. Hongganz... Our other teammate is a girl who has been with the company for less than a year. So is our secretary. We all sit in a square of desks, and beside me is an empty table, supposed for the new guy coming next week, and in front of him is the Bloomberg terminal. That's our Risk Management department. Our direct boss has gone to Jakarta for a meeting and will be back later in the week. The HR lady brought me around to introduce and shake EVERYONE's hand in the afternoon. Even the cleaning/pantry aunties, receptionist, dispatch drivers, but just introducing them to me only lah, no handshakes. And I noticed tonnes of empty desks. The company is expanding rapidly. Interested people please email me your resume and I'll forward it to my HR lol.

Let's hope my next two weeks or so would be fine, cos my senior won't be around and I will have to take over all his current processes. Holy shyt!

The reception on the 6th floor looks damn cool.

The view of the artificial grass and waterfall garden from 4th floor.

Even the caps for glasses for guests got GAR logo. PRO!

The corridor that leads to my office area.

My desk is on the left. Damn new and nice-looking environment.

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Outpro liao!

Yes it's the last day of ICT. Today was a totally boliao day cos we booked in at 745am and slacked all the way to 12pm or so before S3 addressed us and gave out certs and stuff. Then we had the lunch catering and then got out of BBH to then out of PLAB. Woohoo! 5 cycles down 5 more to go!

Should update on my ICT happenings, especially the 3D2N outfield. This is the most tiring and siong ICT out of my 5 ICTs so far. Crapz. Now back still aching. My fingertips still feel numb or something. Dunno what happened. Must have been bitten by poisonous spiders during the outfield!

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Ex/Current Citi Outing

A lil' gathering of ex and current Citi people.

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Yeow Koon's Housewarming

The link to the post.

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Terracotta Warriors At Asian Civilization Museum On National Day

Just one day after dear and I returned from our trip, we went for this museum visit which we had planned to go long ago. And it was National Day too.

We went to the Asian Civilization Museum for its Terracotta Warriors exhibition. Looks kinda interesting. They really brought the real Terracotta statues over to be displayed. How cool is that? It was free entry for the month of August so it's really worth the trip.

Right after the visit, NDP was starting very soon. Managed to capture the chinooks flying the giant Singapore flag right above our heads. Woo...

We then went to Marina Square food court for dinner, and at the same time hoped to see the fireworks from there. The whole window area of the food court was swarmed with people by the time we reached the place. We also managed to find a table near the windows, but obviously we couldn't see anything from our seats. When the fireworks started, we could catch a glimpse of the sensational atmosphere. Happy Birthday Singapore!

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Hong Kong Macau Trip Updates

And my travel to Hong Kong and Macau has been blogged!
Read all about it here from Day 1.

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Carlton vs Goodwood Park

It's the battle between two hotel's durian buffet! We went to try out the two buffets within two weeks. What's the verdict? Don't eat durian buffet! Hahahaha! Cos you'll get sick of it if you're just eating durians and durians and more durians for a meal. There may be different variety of food made using durians, but the taste is essentially the same. Therefore I conclude that it's best not to eat a durian buffet. I would say both hotels' durian cakes are one of the best items on the menu. The other items are pretty normal. That's about it. It's best if you try it out yourself.

Carlton Hotel, 19th June 2011, Sunday

It's Father's Day too! Which was why we decided to go for this buffet. I personally chose this place out of the other places because this is one of the most expensive one hahaha. Nolah there's a buy 3 and free the father promotion for this Father's Day. The international buffet is quite normal. I did not take pictures of them though. There were sashimi, sushi, live oysters, mussels, clams, prawns, steak, sausages, and all the other normal dishes like salad, veggies and stuff. And on top of that were desserts, fruits, ice-cream, chocolate fondue etc. So to eat all that, plus durian desserts, it really is quite a huge test to our stomachs. So my suggestion is to go for the international buffet, or durian dessert buffet, but not BOTH at the same time.

Now let's let the pictures do the talking.


Goodwood Park Hotel, 2nd July 2011, Saturday

Finally! We actually wanted to try this first, but decided not to and went for Carlton's instead. So there we were, going for the durian dessert buffet only. There's Taiwan Porridge A La Carte Buffet too, which is $39.80++ for pax. And I'm pretty sure it'll be a waste if we go for both. There wasn't as much durian desserts compared to Carlton's, items were a bit different too, as can be seen from the pictures. Personally I think Carlton's variety and presentation win GWP's just a little bit.

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