You're Fired

I took part in this Malaysian Today "You're Hired" competition a few weeks back in my college. It's like a search for a Malaysian Corporate Hotshot ala The Apprentice. only thing it's not reality TV la. They started out with interviews in every college, Metropolitan being the first stop, and yours truly being the first candidate to step into that room.

Even the interviewers weren't quite ready then. I was first interviewed by Patrick Wee, MD of MyPartners. Then a tad later, a representative of JobsDB.com came in. And mid way through, Farah Shamin, Head of MARCOMM Malaysian Today, steps in. So I was a bit thrown aback. But nonetheless, thankful for the many brief moments i had to think of better answers.

I personally thought i blew the interview. Because they asked me to think of myself as a brand, and describe myself in a sentence. I took aeons to reply, and even so, couldn't come up with a better one. so yea...i wasn't counting on getting through.

But a few days ago, surprise surprise, I receive an email stating that I got into the Top 50 of the competition. was all psyched and stuff. but if only i knew what was installed for me today.

Today, was the preliminary round, where all 50 (only about 40 odd showed up in the end) met at Berjaya Times Square at 8.00 am on a freakin Saturday morning. We were split into groups, and guess what? Our first task was to recruit people for JobsDB.com. The 5 teams with the most number of forms completed will move on to quarter finals.

So at 9.30 am, on a freakin public holiday no less, in Times Square, where the only souls present were the cleaners and the security guards, they sent us off to do the job i hate to do most in the entire world - recruit. Not only that, they expected us to photocopy the forms, and 7-11 being the only shop open at that ungodly hour (in the shopping/hangout in KL context), decides to charge us 20 cents per copy! Oh but we were given RM10 seed money.

We have up till 12.30 pm, but by 11 am my feet were already burning. Yeah, i wore heels. Smartest move ever. So with painful feet, and a dying spirit, I stationed myself at a corner, and asked only those who came close enough for me to speak to. I sound exactly like the person people DON'T want to hire, i know. No fighting spirit whatsoever. But yea, sales calls, recruitment, direct selling etc...not what i plan to do.

When we were all called back, and the results were tabulated, it was no surprise that my team did not make it. They had 9 teams altogether. We were probably 7th place or something. So no next round. Sure i was disappointed, but i expected it. Owell, better luck next time.

After we were "let off", i followed Shahrum, one of my team mates, to a few stops in KL. Funny how the pain in my feet seems much more bearable when it comes to shopping. haha...however, retail therapy only numbed the pain for a while. I decided to come home after visiting Pavilion, KL's latest high end shopping mall. Shahrum was nice enough to give me a lift home.

Shahrum, myself and the Bossini Flowerman. :) sights and sounds of KL....tsk tsk...

Pavilion, too expensive for my liking

yup...not going back to Times Square anytime soon. :)

who am i

who am i
but a simple girl in a plain tee
sipping on teh o ais with glee
talking about what i did today
because i never know what to say

who am i
but a girl whose sun kissed skin
tells the places where i've been
far from fine restaurants and fancy bars
but i have gazed at and slept under the stars

who am i
but a girl whose nails are slightly chipped
on which the polish are slightly stripped
a far cry from perhaps your ideal
but whose penitence is real

who am i
but someone of the past
wishing i had made it last
knowing that it'll never come true
for who am i, but not the person for you

haha yes i'm good...just a poem...no significant recipient....:)

the 53.7 km ride

i finally went cycling. as in a training ride, not a racing one. and i now know where i stand - waaaaaay at the bottom. yea...i'm a slow cyclist. i am in dire need of more training.

coming down the hill, which they made me go up painstakingly for the 2nd time just to take this shot

Anyway, on Sunday i joined Andy, Sue and Choon Yean for a ride at Hulu Langat. We started at about 8.30 am or so. The whole ride took about 2 hours 53 minutes. And we covered a distance of 53.7 km. The sun was especially hot at about 11 am. and the hills of Hulu Langat was quite treacherous. The fact that i was the slowest cyclist amongst them made me cycle alone most of the time. picture this - hot hot late morning sun. uber steep hills. alone on the highway. doesn't sound too fun aye? haha...but i had fun. i wasn't alone that much. i usually catch up with the rest pretty quickly. i think.

promote powerbar la what else...:)"so fast again? tsk tsk...sue sue..."

but the bottomline is i rode and i completed. and i'm so glad i did!ren, andy, sue at the Hulu Langat dam. the reason we cycled up and down those wicked hills

Don't Love Me

its a little old, i know, but this song had me drowning myself in self pity for the past few nights. either the lyrics are so amazingly meaningful or marc anthony is absolutely hot in the video...i now announce No Me Ames the best foreign song i've ever listened to in my life. seriously. forget French. Spanish is the new language of love now!

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I'm going cycling tomorrow! i can't believe i am, but i am! 67 km route at somewhere around hulu langat. i hope i can keep up!

happy birthday julie

time and space has come in between
what was once there now could not be seen
a friendship so strong that bound us together
somehow loosened as we drifted from each other

but the times we spent back in the past
as two besties would forever last
and though we find it hard to go back
of the present time we have i'll keep track

maybe we'd be best friends again, maybe not
but friends we will be, nothing short
and sooner or later we'll both find
that i'll always have your back, as you'll always have mine

have a happy 21st birthday, ju. i wish you many more good grades to come, ultimate strength to endure the ldr, and everything you've always wanted to come your way...[sounds so cliched haha...]. just have a good one!

why wasabi and i do not get along...

On the other hand...

Happy 22nd Birthday Khong Khong!!*muax*