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Some more food pictures!

Something Western this time.

My junior big breakfast.

Location somewhere in Ampang. The place is called "The Bakery". Their food is quite decent. But a tad bit pricey. Like my plate above... it is RM20. But the toasted bread was good! And the sausage.. delightful!

I wished I had gotten what a colleague got though... (although it took super long)

THIS.

Anyway.. .I did not go back to work after that.. (we lunched for nearly 2 hours!)... instead I did my interviews with some pharmacists.. It wasn't always pleasant.. But some of them were genuinely nice to talk to! Some of them.. well.. not so.. I wished I had not wasted my time with them..

But I digress... SO .. I went to 15 pharmacies in 4 hours - 7 interviews. Not bad I would say :) :) About 20 mins each pharmacy I visited including my travels..! AWESOMENESS!

It was a tired day... bumped into a teacher from Nottingham at KL Sentral too... :)

guess the *ahem*

Got my *ahem* today.. Wonder what I shall do with it.. Use it tomorrow? Or keep it for something more useful? ;)

to feel better

Chaque fois que tu t'en va, je pretend que tu va bien

I am actually breaking,
oh no...
not again right?

There's no such thing as happy ending,
Just happy-in-betweens.
And I wished I had not ended up there.
Well not at this moment.

It's my life
but what do I know actually?

I am so tired of turning and running away.
I guess I am never safe from love.
And I guess that's okay.

- Thanks to Britt Nicole's
Safe for helping me speak
what's on my mind -

sing out

Shout to the Lord, all the earth,
Let us sing
Power and majesty, praise to the King!

Wonderful concert by The Paradise Band at the Metro Tabernacle.

I lost my voice, but it was the happiest I have ever felt in a long while!

boss away.... means still got work :(

So while all the bosses are out... it's time for us to play...!!

or so we thought...

We went to IDS to help another intern out.. He had mountains to do! So, it was nice doing something different for a change. Anyway... this is the warehouse.

We did lots of paperwork... reminds me of my time in the bank.

This was supposed to be an amazing picture. I am now ruing my phone's poor camera resolution. Anyway, this FAN is super huge. Industrial type. So even when it looks like it's spinning quite slow ie. you can see all the blades perfectly while the fan rotates; the wind it generates is tremendous! You could fly a kite in the warehouse!! I wish I have it in my room! No need aircond anymore!

It was nice of the other intern to drive us from Ulu Kelang all the way to Shah Alam! It's super far. All of us were wearing casual (because it was a Friday), so we looked like those road side workers with out fluorescent vests on.

Anyway.. I took time to jalan-jalan... apparently it was one rule I shouldn't have broken... HMM.

Stuffs that we are working on. My Panadol babies. Yean's Ribena babies.
Fresh out from the factory.

Anyway... there was dinner after that.. I didn't join. Went home.. Anyway, we met the next day again, with another intern, for Jogoya and Toy Story 3, which I super duper LIKE!

Oyasuminasai

One of the perks being in marketing is that you get to go out of the office...

And have long lunches...

At foodtastic restaurants! Like this!

Fukuharu...

Address...?? Opposite Sucasa, behind Victoria Station, same building as Il Divo, Jalan Ampang.
Try keying that into your GPS! Ha!

So the reason we went there was because some of us couldn't go to Hokkaido, so we wanted to squeeze some Ringgit out of the company's account to bid farewell to a fellow colleague.

Although I may not know her, well it was nice to be invited...

Some salad.. simple.. yet tasty.. dunno what sauce they use. But two thumbs up.

Chawanmushi.. it's a Japanese appetizer I think.. made of egg, contains mushroom (shiitake??) and lemon skin..curiously. First time eating.. but it's good :)

Some sushi...

My number #6 (Refer to board above)... Got two huge prawns. Very fresh.

Yean's Karatsuki Hotate... Scallops I think.. and something which taste like ikan bilis, with some enoki. I think it's quite nice. But Yean will beg to defer.

Desserts... Picture showing a tiny spoon... with a small scoop of ice cream... I think I was supposed to enjoy my food, bite by bite.

One of the perks being in marketing is that you get to go out of the office... and sometimes.... eat for FREE! Average cost: RM50 per person.

the assignment

I have this thing which I have to do.
Go around talking to pharmacists.
To find out a bit about what influence their recommendations.

It's quite an interesting task.
But sometimes,
I feel that I am wasting my time.
Especially when you go out all so far...
Only to be rejected...
saying it's not the right time.

I would mope..
I would whine..
I would interrogate myself..
and question myself why was it so...
As much as I wanted to feel sorry for myself.
I should know myself...
that this...
all that...
it wasn't pre-planned to be a fairy tale.
I made it seem that way.

And so..
I realised...
I was wrong...
I was perhaps just infatuated...
I hated myself for it.
But deep down..
I know I was right.
I was wrong.
It was something so much more.

never

Some of the best moments are the most fleeting.
It never lasts...
like how you would picture it to be.

Reality isn't parallel with fantasy at all.
We almost always imagine the best.
And it ends up usually hurting our own selves.

We just see things different.
Not eye to eye.

But in her eyes,
I can see a reflection of myself.
Of how I could be.
But perhaps more of who she's looking for.
And it's not me nor I.

But those perfect moments.
Are everlasting.
The are unadulterated...
precious...
You would have want to hold on to it too.
I guess it's just me...
I met someone special
And I jumped in right too soon.

strontium acetate rules arginine!

Some pictures from MDA conference, organised at KL Convention Centre recently...

It's three-day event organised for the dental profession. So many dentists, and dental students were there. So, it was like a huge gathering. And, I was tasked to work on all three days. So basically my weekend was all planned out.

Many companies selling oral-related stuffs also set up their stalls there to promote their products, particularly the newer ones... like our Sensodyne Rapid Relief.

Initially I didn't think I would be doing much... but end up learning how to detail like the other sales team members. So, you can pose any questions about Sensodyne Rapid Relief and I will try to answer them for you ;)

It was quite good in terms of building self-confidence when speaking to the professionals. We had to convey the message fluently, efficiently, and of course clearly, to persuade them why ours is the best. So, it was quite an experience.

See, we were still working until 6.30pm on the first day... tiring much! It was quite okay for the next two days. Yean joined the team then. Probably with the extra person helping, that's why it didn't feel as taxing. :D

On Friday evening, we were invited to the Glee-night dinner, organised for the dental professionals at Istana Hotel. The setting looked really nice.

We waited quite a bit for the buffet to start. As usual, the dinner started late with the combination of the infamous Malaysian timing and the unpunctuality of the VIPs.

Everyone's tummy was growling. So in order to placate us, the hotel served us entrées...

Hard-boiled eggs with sambal + mee goreng! LOL!

But it was good... seriously.. haha. I had two eggs and one packet of the mee.

After the speeches by the VIPs, all of us rush to the stalls (literally) to get our food...

The first of my helpings.

I had 5 helpings... yes. 5! No proof though.. I ate everything before thinking of taking pictures. My colleagues even stared at me.. Actually I was even surprised at myself. I didn't think I was that hungry. :p But overall it was satisfying. Reached home with the help of Steven, at 10. Slept after bathing, with my foot super-aching, and was up early the next day to start work all over again at 8am.

It was a good weekend :)

:)

Gosh.. This is just too cute!! Playful puppies and laughing babies get me every time!