Farewell Marathon

Time to catch up on some overdue updates after being constantly on the go since I got here 2 weeks ago. In fact, this transfer process sort of started early August and the official offer came in on Oct 9 in the midst of my busy work schedule. It's been a roller-coaster ever since coz there were lots of paperwork to be done within 2 months and I was still working on completing a project on hand up until my last day at work on 11 Nov 2014. The 2 weeks of leave that I had after my last working day just flew by in a blink of an eye.

In the midst of this hectic schedule, I certainly appreciate having good colleagues, close friends, and family who took time to do a few rounds of farewell...feel so loved!! =P

Oct 29 (Wed): Great night out with the D-team girls. Well A-team sounds better if you know what I mean. :P I've been very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with these awesome ladies over the past year and I can't agree more that it's the people that makes the work enjoyable. =)

Nov 5 (Wed): Dinner with the FY15 D-team members at Daorae, had another lunch with the big boss but didn't take any photos. Been with this team for 3.5 years and I can honestly say that I've really enjoyed being part of this team. Good teammates, good bosses, helpful clients, manageable work load and work-life balance, what else could I ask for. Most importantly, this transfer wouldn't have been so easy without the help of my big boss. :P

Our team won the team award this year but we haven't had time to 'spend' the award money yet so the team got me this surprise gift instead and goodbye card. =)

Nov 7 (Fri): Traveled down to KL for the visa interview so took the opportunity to meet up with my favorite lecturer/mentor MsG and Shal in KL. =)

Nov 7 (Fri): Met up with the cousins in KL for dinner and catch up.

Nov 8 (Sat): Had lunch to catch up with 2nd aunt and uncle in KL. 

Nov 16 (Sun): Dinner with my group of best friends at work. I 'successfully' became the first one among us to leave.

Nov 18 (Tues): Best friend came back from Singapore just in time to meet up before I left. My LDR is finally over, hopefully yours will also come to an end soon. :P

Nov 23 (Sun): College buddies came over to KLIA to have a quick meet up during my transit in KL. =)

Thankful for a Great Chapter

3年11个月的时间，说长不长说短不短。当初踏入这一行时，觉得自己或许只会呆个三年，结果不知不觉已经呆了快四年。我曾经说过，离开这份工作的一天，就证明我已厌倦这份工作。可是这一次离职并不算离开这份工作，只是换个新环境。老实说，这一路走来觉得自己很幸运，天时地力人和收获了很多，也常常提醒自己要知足要感恩，尤其是我们这一行，基本都是怨声多过掌声。趁感恩节即将到来，我就用这篇文章来做个终结，回顾这三年多来在工作上值得感恩的人事物吧！

1. 感恩认识了一班很棒又投契的‘大伙儿们’

2011年，最初的我们。=)

珍惜我们的友情，珍惜我们工作之余一起疯癫的时光。

　

衷心感谢你们这些日子带来的欢乐时光和美好回忆。

2011/2012 SRC Committee. 能够跟‘大伙儿们’在同一个团队里同甘共苦，一起努力完成一件事，真心觉得我们那一年真的超棒的! 

2. 感恩能够在一间好公司任职并与一班好同事一起工作

在努力工作之余不忘玩樂。感谢公司每年都全力支持我们办活动，让我留下了很棒的回忆。

2011 Beach Day ; 2011 Phuket ; 2011 Penang Hill ; 2012 Beach Day ; 2012 Orientation Nite ; 2012 Redang ; 2012 Micpass ; 2013 Krabi

3. 感恩从比赛的过程中享受到快乐感和满足感

我们都不是职业运动员，不过我们拥有值得骄傲的团队精神。参加了四年的比赛，让我再次领悟到输赢真的没那么重要，只要抱持着尽全力但不强求的心里，就能够享受比赛的过程。

4. 感恩加入了一个好的工作团队

这三年多来大部分时间都在这个团队里。从当初的不愿意加入直到后来成为团队中的‘老’成员之一，常常提醒自己要把心态摆正，既来之，则安之。每一份工作都有他的价值，试着从中发觉它的好，把本分做好。对我来说最大的收获就是能从上司和队友的身上学习到待人处世和人际关系的重要性。感谢这个团队给予我很多的机会和眷顾，也非常珍惜每一次出差的机会 - 2011 新加坡，2012 上海，2012 新加坡，2013 上海，2013 北京，2013 印度，2013 苏州。

5. 感恩拥有理想的工作环境

每天上班只需5-10分钟，不必堵车，不用缴停车，有固定的汽油补贴，从坐位可以看到飞机起飞降落，工作时可以用耳机听音乐，大部分时间最迟七点半下班，曾经享有一年半的免费午餐，平均每年有至少30天的假期足以去三趟旅行，公司还曾经允许我连续放了9个星期的假。也许有些人会觉得这些算不上什么福利，不过对我来说都是值得感恩的小福利。

6. 感恩拥有安稳规律的生活

0800 起床后边赖床边启动电脑(省时间) - 0810 洗澡后享用外婆老姨准备好的早餐 - 0900 开车上班 - 0920 开始工作 - 1130 跟同事吃午餐 - 1300 继续工作 - 1400 喝咖啡 - 1930 赶着后门锁上之前下班 - 1950 回到家洗澡后跟家人吃晚饭 - 2030 上网聊天看戏 - 0030 睡觉

11.11.2014: 最后一个工作日! 离开前送这首'诗'给即将忙碌的能者们，與大家共勉之。=P

2 Days & 1 Night in Busan

Sept 6 (Sat): Busan (Gamcheong Cultural Village & Gwangbok-dong)

Falling asleep in Jeju and waking up in Busan...can't find a better way to describe our ferry ride. =P Better still, we got to watch the sunrise from the ferry before docking at Busan port at 7am.

I didn't do much planning for Busan and since we had plenty of time and wifi access, we relied on Naver map to navigate ourselves to the hostel by public bus.

Our hostel was located in Gwangbo-dong, a busy shopping and food district. We looked so lost trying to find the exact location of the hostel and the colorful billboards (spot the TGI FRIDARK) all around ain't helping much either. =.=  

Finally found Woori Guest House (used to be a motel apparently) hidden in an alley...looked a bit dodgy but it's good enough for us! For the price of KRW60,000 (RM186) per night for a 4-person room at such a strategic location, we really couldn't complain.

Korean street food for breakfast!! Toast, fish cake, rice rolls...yummyyy!!

Since we couldn't check-in yet, we decided not to waste time and started our Busan sightseeing. We gave a pass to all the beaches in Busan coz we've had enough of it over the past few days so we decided to visit only one attraction - Gamcheon Cultural Village.

As I mentioned earlier, our hostel was in a strategic location and it took only 10 minutes by mini bus (KRW1,000 ; RM3 per pax) to get to Gamcheon. "Gamcheon-dong used to serve as a refuge during the Korean War. Through a series of art projects in 2009 and 2010, Taegeuk Village is now completely transformed. The once deserted houses and alleys are now reborn as representative cultural arts space of Busan."

Colorful artsy houses all around this village.

With so many alleys and stairs making this village look like a huge maze, it's easy to get lost. The rule of thumb - follow the fishes/arrow and you'll find your way out. =)

Great view of the colorful village from Haneulmaru photo zone.


The whole village looks like a drawing. Too bad it was gloomy and raining during our visit so the photos didn't turn out as well.

Running Man filmed one of the mission on the rooftop of the Gamnae Community Center during the Busan episode with Choi Jiwoo. Too bad we missed out this viewpoint during our visit but for those who are interested, it's No. 17 Gamnae Eoulteo photo zone.

Interesting artsy drawings and designs at every corner of the village.

Lots of cute colorful houses.

Plenty of small alleys and stairs to make sure that you get lost in this maze. =P

Hanadoegi photo zone. There should be an angle to blend the figures with the background but I couldn't figure out how. 


Gopro selfies at Gamcheon. =)


After spending 2 hours exploring the colorful artsy village in the rain, it was time to head back. Had some porky steamboat for lunch at a restaurant near our hostel. It was pretty good!!

All of us passed out for the entire afternoon after checking into our room...shows how tired we were...lol!! Woke up at 5pm and quickly headed out for some shopping around Gwangbo-dong. As compared to the morning, the street was much more crowded and happening at this hour. Plus, it was a weekend so everyone was out shopping.

Korean street food again for dinner. Finally had the chance to try Tteokbokki!! =) 

Strolling around Gwangbok-dong. The annual Busan International Film Festival is held around this area as well. 

Shopping time!!! I love seaweed!! =P

Sept 7 (Sun): Busan - KL

Free breakfast at the hostel - they had cup noodles, eggs, kimchi, bread, etc. Made a fried egg+kimchi bread for bro...haha! Btw, the lady host of the hostel was very nice and friendly.

One of my 'mission' in Busan was to buy a backpack for myself. I was lucky to find shops that sells the backpacks that I like! I ended up buying 2 backpacks coz they were cheap!!

Lunch at the same restaurant as yesterday before going to the airport ...more yummy oink oink!! 

Took the bus and subway to get to the airport then it's time to say Annyeong Korea!!! It's been an awesome trip!! Hope to be back again!! =P

Here comes the expense report and detailed itinerary for our 8D7N trip. :)