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Salam....

Today is a free day! I don't know what to do today cause I'm stuck in KL this CNY holiday. Plus, I want to attend a friend's wedding at Taman Melati tomorrow.

So, what I did today?

1) went to Times Square to change my mobile network. I only spent 30minutes there.

2) went to AEON Maluri to explore the department store for the first time. Found few working clothes! Yeay! (Aeon got CNY Sales btw).   Keep window shopping for few hours, cause I need to buy a wedding gift for my friend tomorrow.

Survey electronic goods(fund from A07Bians)

I don't know how this happened but suddenly a gorgeous heels captured my heart. It's still expensive even after 50% less.  Almost buy it even I noticed that price. Aigooo... I wasn't myself. Belek kasut tu mmg lama giler....Luckily I escaped from my `nafsu'. A test for me today...


Tak patut bawak debit card bila jalan2.patut bawak cash je. By hook or by crook, mmg tak dpt beli luxury goods if bawak limited cash. LOL! *But seriously...*

A wedding

A good friend of mine just got married this morning! Happy for her! But I miss her already =')

I've known her for almost 6 years! We still keep in touch (takde la setahun dua tak contact,tetibe jumpa balik hehe) How crazy she is, how weird she is, I can't describe it haha

Alhamdulillah, everything went smoothly. Ayam ala KFC is one of the dishes. Totally hot stuff! Bukan budak je ek, kami yang dewasa pun rembat gak. Kesian orang tu, asyik kena refill je. Haha.( Bride's fevourite food tuuu)

One great thing about a wedding, it unites people. 

Family members will help everything they could so that the event for 'raja sehari' will run smoothly like royalty event. =D

Relatives will come together to help the event, cooking, decorating etc especially if it is a 'rewang' event ;) Including the neighbours

Teachers will see how their used-to-be-little-students is now a grown up person and is taking responsibility to build a family.

My category in this case: Friends will come together to wish all the best to the bride & grooms. Plus, keeping up each other about current status(dah nak kawin?)hehe. Chatting for 3 hours. Siap buat statement, sape2 nak kawin lepas ni, kne ade booth tuk A07B because we keep looking for table/place to accommodate 10 of us. Under the tree, dining table for bride & groom, home entrance =_= Cheqot/Iqah, statement anda salah  bila awak kata, "orang makan je pun, then balik. buat ape khemah banyak2 " LOL

May Allah bless the couple always =)

Oh, please do not gossiping. Someone buat statement at the wedding just now, "Orang bersosial dengan mengumpat kot". How I wish it's totally a lie.

Ada live band at the wedding, lagu Mawi, Search semua keluar. It's super loud. Nak borak pon susah haha. Suddenly, bila baca doa, dengar kumat-kamit je. Maybe anyone yang baca doa lepas ni, can try to project your voice more. Pernah jugak pergi wedding, clear sangat apa yang dia doakan. =)

Cashflow

Dulu, kat UK, hidup bergantung kat elaun MARA bagi every month. Half of it dah kena bayar rent, tinggal half je lagi. Agak2 dalam first 6 months kat Canterbury, Kent memang sangat cheapskate. Asyik nak convert jeee. Masak pulak malas, konon xde cooking stuffs like kuali etc. Capex tinggi tau! So, snack la menjadi pilihan especially ASDA chocolate digestive =_= . Asyik nak convert or tahan nafsu beli barang selalu. Bukan tahan beli barang ZARA ke apa, tapi barang like chocolate milk ke, coklat, ice-cream etc. Dah gi Tesco tu, ternampak benda2 favourite, tapi kena palingkan muka, pikir beratus kali sebab tak nak spend.

Maybe it's my defensive mechanism? Risau duit tak cukup, parents jauh. Tak nak la mintak kan, sepatutnya apa elaun MARA bagi dah cukup. Try to be independent! =) Orang ajak jalan2, tak nak ikut, tak berani nk spend banyak T_T Sedar tak sedar, in a year I save a lot. 

Luckily, things get better. Dah boleh agak how I spend each month, takde lah asyik nak convert lagi.Bila fikir balik, agak sedih life camtu. Tapi in that period, rasa okay je. Rasa 'berjaya' (?). Hahahaha. After that, nak Eurotrip ke ape, boleh jee. Haha. Duit saving memang tak cukup eh mak enon nak jalan2 jauh. My summer job helps me through it. ;) Alhamdulillah boleh belanja parent jalan2 Europe. Kerja buruh tau, aka housekeeping. Nasib baik kerja okay , banyak relax hahahaha.

Ni list nak bawak apa masa gi final exam hehe(random)

My saving student style:

1.Food yang boleh buat sendiri kt rumah di galakkan masak je kat rumah. Sebulan 2-3 kali boleh la makan luar. Hehe. Pernah rasa nak beli costa coffee, tapi terus kaburi fikiran dengan kopi yang boleh bancuh sendiri kat rumah haha. Sometimes, it works la =p

2.Instead beli food kat cafe, beli kat supermarket je. Contoh: Croissant and doughnut. Boleh jimat 50% tau ;) Agak2 rasa macam nak macam pastries, after balik from lecture, terus singgah town, pergi tesco sebab nak beli pastries ;p

3. Kalau nak ambil angin kat town, instead of window shopping, sila jalan laju2 depan outlet. Stop only if ade sign SALES =))) bila stop,of coz saya masuk. Bukan masuk beli, masuk tuk window shopping je hahaaha

4. I'm the type yang saving giler2 1st, then later nak beli apa2 takde la ternganga je =p Oh, kalau nak beli, beli masa sale je kalau boleh ;)


Actually, this post is to remind me how much a saving person I was in uni. Sekarang...hmm,belanja tak pikir pasal saving sangat pon =(

MT

Dah nak masuk 3 bulan bekerja, eceyyyy =p . Still training je pon, not really contributing to the company yet.

Oh, as intro, kena la cakap what kind of work I do kan? I'm now a management trainee.

Apa management trainee(MT) tu?
1. Oooo...yang dekat 7-11 tu eh?
2. Yang kat call center eh?
3. Macam intern la eh? Dapat allowance ke?

Ni lah yang org cakap bila saya cakap saya MT.

When I first time dengar MT pon masa kat career fair at Mid Valley but that one under Aeon Co. a.k.a Jusco. Most company ada MT. Depends to the company, for what position they want to groom their MTs. They will receive trainings to make sure they are prepared for their jobs, mostly for 1-2 years. MTs will rotate divisions/department so that the management can assess them and later, put them in division which they performed well or choosed. Depends kat management la, sebab good performance or sebab division tu byk kosong lagi. Ada company panggil MT programme, ada panggil graduate programme, young leadership programme etc. Baru jumpa CIMB, they called it as Complete Banker Programme.



FOR ME,
I am under investment team. So I will rotate in investment team only; equity, fixed income, dealing. It's a one year training. Baru 3 months training in equity division and I did stock research on Philippines port. Other MTs did research on other sectors & countries. Bro, rasa intimidated kot! Selama belajar ni, kita study dengan org yg sama level kan. Mana campur PhD student dengan undergrad student. Semua ada experience in the company. Luckily, we got buddy system. A colleague/buddy is assigned to each MT to help us in our research. They've been very helpful to us! Just last week, I did presentation about my stock research in front of CIO, Head of Equities, Fund Managers & Analysts. Fuhhh, relieved! Luckily CEO had a meeting that day, sumpah gigil kalau dia attend =_=

Free snacks!

Bloomberg training is a part of our training. It's really crucial to know how to use it.(sape rajin, sila google bloomberg =p ) This is the photo of free snacks that we took at Bloomberg training center at KLCC (there's a lot more at their lobby btw, cheapskate btol hhaha). The colourful keyboard is specialised for Bloomberg usage, but you can use it on any desktop too.

For my company, we are groomed to be a dealer(for dealing) or investment analyst(for fixed income or equity). Oh, there's also MT programme in finance department. For the time being, I'm happy with it. I'm not even half way in this programme, but I'll update insyaAllah hihi.

Hidup berkerjaya

Kerjaya? Kerjaya ke?

Kerjaya la sangat.. =D

Still tengah training, so still belum dapat contribute to the company.
Why I said that? Not me, CEO said that. He means no harm to us btw(fresh grad emplooyees). Real comment by him, "I hope you guys can catch up the pace, so that you can contribute to the company faster". Everytime dia masuk office, I can see him. Just because his office is next to my work station. *Tau tak perasaan cuak, nervous when he started a conversation with u?*. He's nice though =)

So basically, almost finish with equity division. Dah letak TP. Hopefully kena la nanti, so boleh cover my mess presentation last week. Hehe.

I wish I can write about my equity training tapi I'll save it for now. Tak larat. Hopefully, I'll write the post b4 I forgot about it ;)

KayEll

It's been nearly 3 months I'm back home from UK.
Last time I was in Malaysia, summer 2010. (2years tak balik Malaysia) Sure, a lot of things I've missed.For example, the existence of coconut shake, pearl(the topping you put in your drink), and route LRT at KL is exactly like Tube in London which is much easier!

I still remember, 2009, I asked my classmate how to go to MARA Building in KL. I noted every single detail he said. Take STAR from here to here and then change to monorail from here to here, go to another station, so I need to cross some roads. Serious agak gelabah masa kat Masjid Jamek sebab kena tukar station. =_="

InsyaAllah, I'm go start working at KL this November. Accommodation is quite an hassle cause I need to find friends and a place near LRT. Kalau jauh ada kemungkinan jalan sorang2 which is quite dangerous. Plus, I don't have a car to drive from house to LRT. Getting more worried when I read a kidnapping case happened in daylight and at bus stop =( If bus stop yang tengah2 jalan pun ada kes, bayangkan lorong jalan kaki....

I'm just hoping everything going to be fine and safe for me. Praying hard that Allah will give me the strength and braveness to deal with all these. Aminnnn 

Phone interview

 I was thinking to write about it. Because I like it. =D

Basically, the interviewer(let say I call him TI) can't see my face and I don't have to travel for 2 hours to go to KL(there is where most offices located, 4 hours if it's a day trip T_T ). Sometimes, I even make why-I-answer-it-like-that-faces after I answer the questions. Not a great part, I sit at my frontyard for the phone  interview instead in my room(I need big space and air). So, vehicle sound interrupted the interview sometimes.LOL

TI called me at 6:30pm and at that time I was organizing the laundry. He said he's from ** Bank. He asked me if I'm available for a phone interview. Of course I said I'm not free and I asked him to call me tomorrow. Plus, it was late(what time is their working hour btw =_= ).

On the next day, he called again. He asked:

• tell me about yourself
• why should we hire you
• other than malay and english, what other language can you speak (thought of korean language but naaa...I'm not good enough to put it in my CV so I said nothing else =D )
• why do you pick us
• are you willing to work in shift
• what is your career plan
• how long are you willing to work with us
• what will make you resign earlier

One thing for sure, he said, "Good"  most of the time after I answered his questions. It's either just a common comment or I gave him good answer. I'm sure it's the first one...

Other than asking, he explained a little bit bout the position he's offering me and the benefit I will get. He said on the spot at the interview, I passed. Unfortunately, I have to turn it down(to go for face to face interview) cause I got a better offer and I could learn more from the other company.

The whole conversation took about 11 minutes. It's a great experience, going to lots of interview makes me more natural in answering interview questions.