It's been so long since I had the time to sit down and type a proper post! Haven't go the time...
I've been going to Bangsar Shopping Center for about a week+ for my field visit at Khiel's.
Btw, Khiel's is a really good skin care brand! It has a really strong pharmaceutical background and it uses most natural ingredients. It's a bit pricy though. It's new in Malaysia. So if you girls/guys need some skin care regimen I suggest you people to head out to any of the Khiel's boutique. As far as I know there's Khiel's in Bangsar Shopping Center, Midvalley, 1 Utama and The Pavilion. =)

While at BSC, I got to meet lots of fun people. One of them happens to be Zhi Yun's school mate! Her name's Michele. She and Zhi Yun are so alike! They're both super nice girls. They're really sooo nice there's no possible way that anyone can not-like them the moment you meet them. =)
Last week I was transfered to Midvalley and got to work together with a fellow colleague of mine..Ashley. =) After the Christmas event, the both of us had nothing else better to do, so, we're just kinda stoning at the boutique everyday. lol.
Shall be working till this 31st then I'll be back to the office! woohoo!

Btw, I had an awesome Christmas this year!
Finally went to Cameron Highlands after so many many years. The one thing I missed the most about Cameron was the super duper delicious scones and the galaxy of stars. haha.
What I didn't remember was the never-ending winding road up..
Spent the 3 days relaxing...just getting away from the "city life". I felt really chilled and wished I could stay for a longer time. Sigh. =(
Btw, it's highly recommended to stay in Bala's Chalet if you're ever going to Cameron Highlands. Despite the "reviews" I read about the bad service and all, it turned out pretty well. The rooms were well up kept and the people were helpful. I loved my stay there. =)

P.s.: I love you so much dear! Thanks for making me so happy. =)

(was writing this post while watching Edward Scissorhands. It's an awesome movie! So please excuse the grammatical errors, spelling errors if there's any. I'm too lazy to correct them)

While conducting my field visit at the Khiel's boutique, I noticed a board filled with what I remembered as "Polaroid pictures". You know, pictures that comes out of the camera instantly the moment you snap it? I remembered how fun it was to play around with the camera. Ahh...Nostalgia. So...it gave me an idea. I thought of getting a polaroid camera. It's really difficult to find it these days in the normal camera shops though. And from what I've observed, the new "polaroid" cams are now known as Instax Minis made by FujiFilm. The price ranges from Rm230-260. Quite reasonable I would say. The only downfall is the price of the films. They're quite pricy but I guess that's the price you gotta pay for trying to go beyond the norm of digital cameras where you can snap endless amount of pictures and then proceed to scan through it in your computers. lol. Cameras like these makes you appreciate pictures more. It's kinda like "one shot, that's all you've got so don't waste it" kinda thing. :p

I miss the old fashion way of keeping pictures in albums.

Wait for me instax cam! you'll be mineeeee soon!! haha. =D

Update: ok, just checked, the price of the film is RM23.50 per 10pc pack. woot. I still want it!

So yesterday was my official first-day at Loreal. Woot!
I felt like a kid who's won a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. *teary eyed*
And for those of you who are wondering...YES, I've quited my job in Mont Blanc and I merely worked there for about 2 weeks+. Was there from 23rd Nov - 11 Dec. Here's the super long winded story.

I got to know about Loreal's vacancy for "Management Trainees" from Emery. There was a day where we all hung out and we were talking about jobs. I was being so dramatically pathetic because I was the only one who hasn't got a job yet. Was going on and on about my poor jobless-self. haha. When I heard about the job opening I was wondering if I should give it a try since..well, you know, there's no harm trying. About 2 days after the day we hung out, I googled "Loreal Management Trainee" and the page was just there. Before I could submit my resume, it was a requirement for us to type a 2000 words max essay explaining why we're suitable for the job. I crapped a few stuff..and I  honestly can't recall what I wrote in there. A day later, the Hr senior exec called. His name is Dan. A phone interview was conducted and he said that if I'm shortlisted I would be called up for a face to face interview. At that point in time, I was thinking "oh damn, I screwed up the phone interview. There goes my chance".

Surprisingly, they did call me back for a face to interview. Went for it, and waited again.
The following week I was called back for an assessment. That was the time I met up with a college mate of mine, Ming Ser. The assessment was really fun. It started with a self description. In the self description section of the assessment, we were required to pick an avatar from the com which represented us and briefly explain why we chose the particular avatar. There were also some individual and group presentations where we were given a box of products. The last part of the assessment was a round-table discussion where we were given a few pages of case study and we had to decide where we would open a new factory in a new country and we had to make our choice of place as convincing as possible. Throughout the whole assessment there were a panel of assessors who would sit around and watch us. I would say it was a pretty long assessment. Was fun nonetheless. =)

The following week after that I got an email by Loreal which says "thank you for participating in the Loreal assessment" yadda yadda. Basically letting me know that I've totally, miserably FAILED. Was kinda down, but decided not to let it bother me too much. At the same time, the next day, Cesarine from Mont Blanc called me up and told me that they were keen on hiring me. I accepted the job without a thought because I didn't want to continue being jobless, plus Mont Blanc was a pretty good brand plus I could see some future with the company. However, just 3 days after I begun in Mont Blanc, Dan from Loreal called me up. He told me that initially the e-mail sent was a mistake and I was invited for a panel interview. -______- I told him, "it's okay..I've already found a job..thanks for calling anyway". After putting down the phone, I breathed a deep breath..started wondering if I made the right decision when all of a sudden he called again. This time, he told me to re-consider. I then told him, I would call him back. Consulted my mom, bf and all, and was encouraged to go for it. So, I scheduled an interview with him the very next day.

At the panel interview, I was asked loads of questions by the head of the departments and the hr director. They were interviewing in pairs. So technically, I went for 2 interviews in a day. Honestly, after the panel interview I didn't know if I could make it because when I told them that I've gotta give a month's notice to Mont Blanc before quitting, the HR director said something like "oh..that's too long..we can't wait that long". Kinda gave up hope again. But, at night, around 7pm+ Mei Kuen called and told me that Loreal would like to hire me as their Management Trainee. I was ecstatic! The only thing I was worried about was my current job at the time. I mean, my manager in Mont Blanc was a very nice lady, she was really nice to me. And I just didn't want to hurt her feelings or anything. So I had to toughen it up to let her know. Initially I thought I would have to pay Mont Blanc a month's pay for an early release so Mei Kuen said they could buy me out of the company if that's the case. But, my ex-manager was nice enough to let me off early and pay me for the days I've been there as well. God bless her soul. She's a wonderful woman.

After all that, I finally stepped foot into Loreal officially as a management trainee yesterday and met up with 3 others who were starting with me as well. They're Ashley, Julian and David. The other 2 girls couldn't make it because they were away for their graduation. I've met them though, at the hospital while I was going for the medical check up for Loreal. =)

Yesterday, the whole "Plan" for next year have been laid out for us. I'm really impressed with everything they did so far. We had super fun games, they treated us lunch, briefed us through their product portfolio, history, mission, etc. Plus, we got to hear from some of the previous management trainees. All of them said that it would be a tough ride but at the end of the day, it would be fruitful. They said that the most important thing was Perseverance. Not only that, we got to hear from the Loreal Malaysia's MD as well.

Did you know that Loreal's Managing Director, GM, Brand Managers were mostly Managment Trainees by Loreal themselves? And despite the economy downturn the company was able to generate more revenues?
I'm amazed.

Never in a million years I thought I would be able to end up as 1 of the 6 management trainees selected. I'm blessed, truly.

This is where my career path truly begins I suppose. =)

.....and that includes what you do in FACEBOOK. Yep. The most happening social NETWORKING site in this era. Since people love asking me about MY Facebook, I'm just gonna answer it once and for all. And if I ever get such questions again, I'm just gonna ask them to refer to this post right here.

I don't know why do people even bother about the NUMBER of friends in someone else's list. I mean, is it a matter of life and death or something? I just don't get it.
Do people check my facebook just to see the amount of friends I have???
That's just dumb.
I hate it when people ask me:

1. How come you have so many friends on your facebook ah?
2. WAhhhhh 5000 friends, really???
3. You accept everyone??
4. For what you have so many friends of facebook? do you even know them?
5. Where did you get 5000 friends?

Time sure flies when you're working. haha. A few months ago, while I was "busy" lazing around at home, life seemed to moved at a much slower pace. Now, I kinda forgot how it felt like to just laze around like that, and it's only the first month of work!
Doesn't mean that I don't like working though. The thing is, I do like working. It's fun. Plus, I choose to ignore all negative perceptions of working. ;)

Recently I seem to be injuring myself a lot.
It's either I'm just not bothered about myself, or that I'm the no.1 Klutz. I think it's the mixture of both.Sigh.

At Tambun, I knocked my toe and got my toe-nail chipped off. It bled and 'till know I have to put a plaster on it 'cause if I don't I can't wear my shoes properly. It's painful when the broken nail accidentally gets caught on something.Dammit.

2 days ago, I got myself 2 paper cuts on the same finger. Both of it was on the left middle finger. Fantastic.
Then, while I was walking down some steps at the car park, I tripped and fell and scraped my knees 'causing a hole in my black slacks. Not only that, YESTERDAY, I got another cut. This time I'm not sure from what, but it's on my right middle finger. Still hurts abit.

When  I told my sis I fell at the car park, she laughed-out-loud and said "Didn't you feel EMBARASSED?!"

My answer : No.
You know why?
'Cause I fall all the time. I don't only fall while I'm wearing heels, I am also capable of tripping over nothing while I'm wearing slippers...in public. After a few times, I kinda gotten used to it and have developed a thick face. Learned the art of "falling and pretending nothing happened". =))