Hello there peepo~
if you read my previous entry then you know that I had joined a new working place starting 1st June. So far so good I would say and there are still a lot of things that I need to pick up
Joined the new company on 1st June and on few days after I have to do the induction session in front of 10 people in that company. hahaa.. I managed to explain to them all the important details throughout the 2 hours + session and the response is quite good hahaa (but luckily this 10 people is about the same age as me.. moving forward I have to do it for expatriate and etc.. that time I guess I will need to prepare more.. hahaa) on the 6th June (4th working day in the new company) I already got the chance to travel to Singapore for a business trip. I'm really lucky and glad for all the happenings :) Hehe..it is my first-time travel to Singa land ! and my first-time travel alone to somewhere I have never been before! and.. it is my first business trip experience~
all this first-time I will never forget~
-6th June 2017-
Penang --> Singapore
via SilkAir
while waiting for the flight~
Beautiful Weather~
Touched down roughly about 11.30am and the meeting is 1.30pm.. without wasting more time immediately I try to connect to the airport wifi while finding a place that sells the local sim card. Brought it from the money changer counter and ask for the cheapest sim card hahaha.. since I'm only going to use it for just one day right, why want to waste money. Earlier did ask Vic darling which carrier has the cheapest sim card and she tells me M1 but then the data is only100mb and the counter is not selling that carrier prepaid card. They only have Singtel and the cheapest they have is $15 Singtel prepaid card.. for me is quite expensive weyy if convert to Msia ringgit (MYR 1 = SGD 3.10) Since the cheapest they have is $15 and I do not have extra time to waste so just grab it. With the amount of money paid, it comes with 4GB data, 500 minutes local calls, 30 minutes international calls to anywhere and 100 local SMS. not too bad I guess? but it is a five days prepaid card.. hahaa.. after five day the sim card automatically will be terminated even though you have balance in it
Speed up my footstep to the immigration gate and book a grab car to bring me to Robinson Road
Haha.. it is also my first time using Grab in a foreign country. *Previously try before Uber in Thailand but I'm not the one booking it, is my sister hahaa* Stuck at the immigration for roughly half an hour due to the line quite long. but luckily the grab driver is patient enough to wait for me. The ride is about 20 minutes from the airport to Robinson Road ($18).. You can see a lot of people in business attire walking here and there then yes you reach Robinson road.. hahaa
So coincidence that my company office building in Singapore is located next to Vic darling's office building. hahaha. if you are reading this - Thank you again for making time to meet me up for a quick lunch at the Lau Pa Sat food court. Even though that day the weather is terribly hot but still managed to catch up with you for lunch in Singapore is really good :D Hope there will be more time like this~ After the lunch session with Vic, she some more insist on bringing me to my office only she leave. scare I lost in finding the office .. hahaa.. **how to find a friend like this you tell me? didn't manage to capture picture together, only on Snapchat.. hopefully future I get to travel there again xD** at 1.30pm sharp the meeting started.. meeting till 5.30pm with the global team HR.. really glad to have the opportunity to meet up with the global team HR from Poland and Ukraine.. even my director say is her first time meeting them.. all this while they just communicate via email, phone or conference video/call.. haha.. Indeed I'm really lucky and the timing is so chun as well..Pack things all and grabcar to Hotel
One night stay at
||| Novotel Hotel, Singapore Clarke Quay |||
-check in, unpack, wash up, check email awhile and get ready to go out
Oh ya. Spotted this phone on the hotel table.. haha.. can consider a facility maybe? a smartphone prepared by the hotel for their guest to use it. How cool is this.. you can actually bring this phone out with you when you are traveling around the city or in the hotel area. it has unlimited calls to local or international, 3G and more.. haha.. so cool right? Since I already have data so I didn't bring this out to use it hahaa.. perhaps next time? hehe
the cute white cab we took from the hotel to the
||| Night Safari, Singapore - 80 Mandai Lake Rd |||
the night safari is located quite far away from the city.. roughly 30 minutes + to reach there
Thank you, Kate and Anna, for organizing this..
Even though that time quite hungry but when on the tram going around seeing the animal
the hungry feeling kinda stop for awhile .. hahaa the tour on the tram takes roughly about 40 minutes.. we didn't go down from the tram to explore the night safari by feet because we still haven't take our dinner..the tram tour end about 9+.. we ate our dinner at the foodcourt inside the night safari.. no picture is taken because all of us are hungry that time.. we talk, we laugh, we eat
**only picture taken at the Night Safari.. so pixel and face so round like ball.. LOL..**
After our scrumptious dinner at the night safari, we grab a cab and off we go to Clarke Quay to chill by the river side since the night before my arrival they had gone to the Gardens by the Bay. *I shall go next time xDD*
Didn't manage to capture a picture at the place we chill because busy talking and drinking ..
After the 1st round drinking by the river side, Kate suggested to go to the sky bar- 1-Altitude for second round haha.. we finish our drink and we take a slow walk by the river side to the sky bar building.. To enter the sky bar you need to pay the cover charge $35 per person and you can choose a drink from the cocktail selection. All of us go decided to go with the Singapore sling since we at Singapore .. hahaa.. cold jokes aside..
Sipping our Singapore Sling enjoying the city view of Singapore ~ Indeed a good night!
A group photo with the beautiful women ~
Reach hotel roughly about near 2 am, wash up and dozed off within minutes
the very next morning - wake up at 6.30am bathe and all
Go down to enjoy a quick breakfast before grabbing a car to airpoirt to catch my flight at 10am
-7th June 2017-
Singapore --> Penang
via SilkAir
Guess what.. while walking to the airport departure gate, bump into Lis darling and her parents, they also waiting for their plane to transit back to Penang after their vacation hahaa.. so coincidence we are taking the same plane and her seats in the plane is just next to me.. **no nice picture taken together as well because both of our face like zombie early in the morning and so sleepy** hahaa
All this coincidence happens just like that without any plan.. Love this momento!
Looking forward for more opportunity like this!
Lets do it!
I can do it!
