Didn't post for Days Four and Five, coz i got back to the hotel late for those days... but i'm back-dating this post to Saturday (its monday, and i'm at work now)

Training went well for the final 2 days, alot to absorb. Glenn came in hard, with lots of concepts and ideas, and i could see alot of potential with this new software environment we're moving to. But for the moment, its test-and-trial time, to see the limits of what we could do... and what we can't.

Thursday dinner was a ala-carte buffet dinner @ another nearby hotel's restaurant. Not too bad, and we learnt that this hotel used to be the company hotel, but due to the smaller rooms and.. some bad rep (it was rumoured that the massage parlor at this hotel provided.. "Special" services.. if you get my drift XP). Had loads of laugh, and lots of food.

Friday dinner we went for seafood, somewhere near the Bangsar Village where we went on Wednesday. After dinner we went to see the "Eye on Malaysia", the ferris wheel in KL. There was supposed to be fireworks (and there is), but by the time we got there (KL is famous for traffic jams XP), all we got to see was "Thank You, and Good Nite".

WTF.

There we took a few photos (still with the M'sia DP Manager), thereafter we headed to those food streets in KL, where we ordered their local version of Bak Kut Teh (肉骨茶), which is worlds apart from what we have here....c'mon lor, our is literally meat (肉)and spare ribs (骨) with soup (茶), theirs had beancurd skin, pig intestines, etc..not to say its bad, i prefer the version back home. XP

After dinner, it was back to the hotel, and time for the goodbyes; everyone is going back, back to where they came from. Hearty handshakes were exchanged; goodbye hugs were given, and recieved. Promises of meeting were made... and we went our seperate ways.

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The flight back to SG was in the evening, so checked out the hotel early, and took a taxi to KLCC for some shopping. Didn't know that i was headed for a PURE Branded area... OMG. Its like stepping into Paragon back home, except this was a bigger place.

Needless to say, this non-brand-concious dude took no more than 60 minutes before clearing the area, and left empty handed. KAKA! With nothing much in mind, i went to airport early, intending to rest here..and maybe shop..

Well, i got to the airport pre-lunch, with the flight time in 6hours. Realised there was so little shops around! OMG. So just got down, and had a 2 hour lunch (eating my food while watching Bleach on my PSP). Bored outta my mind! ARGH!

Couldn't take it anymore... so i decided to try to get an earlier flight.. apparently KL-SG flights were jointly maintained by SQ-MH, and there were almost hourly flights to and fro both airports.

The next available flight was for MH... but somehow i didn't feel .."secured", so i opted for the next available SQ flight, at 1700H (1h50min earlier).

The flight back was uneventful...NOT! This time my seating area was surrounded by a Malay family.. and the damn kid at the back kept kicking my seat! WTF! So annoying!

After landing, we went straight to TTSH, where my grandma was admitted to on Wednesday, after having some breathing problems. She seemed better, but still slightly wheezy.. hope all is well.

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Overall, the trip was an eye opener for me.. my first solo trip, first overseas training, first contact with overseas counterparts.... made new friends, more contact with different culture..

In someways, i was sad that these 5 days had come to an end. But good things have to end, eh? At least, it still exists in our memories...

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