Internship #2

Time flies, it's already a month I've been in KPMG. Honestly speaking, I haven't been doing much besides helping my seniors with administrative works like printing, scanning and stuffs. I've also learn how to make coffee, for myself. Well it's rather easy, you just need to place your cup there and press a button. There were a few instances where I got to follow my seniors to client's office to perform vouching and casting but that's about all. I was told that my actual engagement starts next week, here comes the real stuffs I guess.

Tho there wasn't much work for me but I sure did enjoyed myself for the past few weeks. Last week, my department organised a 'Karaoke Night' and everyone from the department was invited, including the interns.  We get to sing from 7 till 12 and dinner will also be provided. Above all, there will be free flow of beer throughout the night. Free flow wor, how could I turn down such an offer? The picture below basically sums up the night. Haha..

Internship hangover

The very next day when I was in office, a notification popped out from my phone and it's from the Hotlink App. I tried my luck and surprisingly I managed to claim a pair of free TGV movie tickets. Hmm.. come to think about it, I've actually claimed quite many stuffs since I downloaded the app :D

Oh and I received my salary last Friday. It's not much but I'm still very happy cause it's still the largest sum of salary I've ever received. 

Well overall my first month of internship went quite well, kinda boring actually. Haha.. Looking forward to be doing more audit related stuffs.

Internship

My one week holiday is coming to an end and I'm gonna start my internship tomorrow!! I will be doing my internship in KPMG which I'm really excited cause it's one of the 'big four' accounting firms. Will be staying at my aunt's place in SS2 since it's nearer to the company. It's been a long while since I last stayed there and I'm really looking forward to visit the night market on Thursday.

I missed those days when I could actually sleep during exams or even leave the examination venue early. Now that I'm in Degree level, I don't even have sufficient time to finish all the questions though it was a 3 hours paper, how sad. On the bright side, I'm glad to say that I've finally completed all of my F papers after almost 4 years of studying. Although I can't guarantee that I'll pass my Audit and FM but at least I know that I've tried my best, last minute studying and lotsa procrastination along the way. My next semester will be my industrial training which will last for around 3 months and then there's another 2 more semesters to go. That's when I'll be taking my P papers and if I could clear everything, hopefully, then I'll be graduating next year around September. Well it's still a long way to go.

So during this short break, me and my classmates decided to have a 2D1N trip to Bentong and Bukit Tinggi. We left Setapak at around 10am after having our breakfast and arrived at Kin Tick Orchard Village after just 30 minutes. The place looks very relaxing as it was located in the midst of the mountain covered by dense forest, the perfect place for a retreat. Upon reaching, we quickly unloaded all of our belongings and decided to go cycling. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough bikes for all of us and so we went jungle trekking instead. It was a rather disappointing walk to be honest as it only took us half an hour to complete the entire trek. The sun was above our heads by the time we returned to the main lobby and it was almost time for lunch. However, we decided that lunch could wait and so we went to Sungai Chiling first.

It wasn't a long drive to Sungai Chiling and we arrived in no time. The place was crowded but we still managed to enjoy ourselves there. At last, hunger took over and we left Sungai Chiling after about an hour. We had our lunch in Bentong and also tried the famous 'ice cream cendol' before heading back to Kin Tick Orchard Village. We were all pretty exhausted when we came back so we just spent the rest of the evening doing individual activities. Most of them went swimming while the rest went cycling. Given that I couldn't swim, I decided to go cycling with some of my friends. Late in the evening, we gathered back at the lobby for dinner. After dinner, we had karaoke session and some of us played jenga. At night, we returned to our dorms and played some card games, along with a little alcohol. Haha.. We didn't sleep until about 3am.

Surprisingly, we still managed to wake up the next morning for breakfast. We didn't do much after breakfast and I slept through the entire morning after having my breakfast. At about 12pm, it was time to check out. We bit farewell to Kin Tick Orchard Village and off we went to Bukit Tinggi. We visited the French Village and took lotsa pictures there. It started to drizzle late in the afternoon signalling us it was time to head back to the car park. We still managed to take a last group photo before the rain came pouring down. We ran back to the car park to retrieve our cars and head back to Setapak. It was already around 4pm when we reached Setapak and we had lunch.. er dinner? before bidding farewell to each other. Good luck and see ya guys in 3 months! :D

Taylor Swift Red Tour

Taylor Swift! Taylor Swift! Taylor Swift! It's all over my head right now.. Taylor Swift! Taylor Swift! Okay right I shall finish this post first before I get all crazy again. Ow Taylor Swift! Taylor Swift.. 

Yup I've been a Taylor Swift's fan since secondary school but I would never in my wildest dreams, picture myself seeing her live performance. Although she would be having a concert here in Malaysia but the fact that the tickets to her concert was sold out so quickly diminished all my hopes of attending it. The fact that I would be missing her Red Tour in Malaysia seems to be turning into a reality.. until the day before her concert.  

It was a Tuesday and I was in my car taking a breather after my table tennis co-curriculum. Suddenly, a notification popped-out from my phone and it was from the Hotlink Red App regarding the contest to win Taylor Swift's concert tickets. It wasn't my first time seeing this notification and I've been trying my luck winning it for the past few weeks but apparently my claim icon always shows a 0 whenever I clicked in. I was about to ignore it but I told myself 'why not?' and so I clicked in and scrolled down to the bottom. I was expecting to see a 0 again but to my amaze, it shows 4! I quickly pressed the claim button and then there was this question that I would need to answer. It was asking about some awards which Taylor Swift did not received and I really had no idea which was the correct answer. I hesitated for a while and eventually chose the last option. Immediately the screen shows 'Congratulations!'. I've just won a pair of Red Zone tickets to Taylor Swift's Concert worth RM728 each!

So now I have a pair of tickets, who should I ask? I logged on to my Facebook and looked at my friend list and I thought 'Hey, why not ask TJ? Maybe she likes Taylor Swift too?'. I was afraid that since it was so last minute she might have other things to do but luckily she says okay. Great! So now I'm all set to go for the concert the next day. 

Concert day! I was so excited that I wasn't even paying attention in class. We went early to avoid the traffic jams and arrived at Bukit Jalil at about 6.30pm. The crowd was already building up outside the stadium by the time we arrived. Everywhere we went it was all red in color and there were many vendors selling Taylor Swift's merchandise. We went to claimed our tickets at the Hotlink booth and then took a walk around the area taking some pics. I had the worst chicken rice ever at one of the restaurants there before entering the stadium at about 8pm. I was kinda disappointed as our seats were quite far from the stage but well, I can't complained much right since the tickets were free? Haha.. Not long after we found out seats, a local singer, which I have no idea who she was, performed a few songs before Taylor Swift finally went on stage at about 9pm. It's hard to describe the atmosphere when she appeared on stage but I'd say that it's totally mind blowing!

She started of with a few quick songs and it got everyone on their feet. I really did not expect her to be doing so many dancing and hot moves but eventually she did. She even spoke a few lines of BM like 'terima kasih' which made the crowd go crazy. After the opening, she went down to the opposite side of the stage and that's where I got to see her in close distance. I wanted to take pics of her but my phone's camera just doesn't do well in low lighting. She sang a few songs including 'You Belong With Me' and 'Enchanted' with her guitar before going back on stage. The rest of her performance was equally  awesome but the one song that really stood up was really 'Love Story' which I bet the whole stadium would know how to sing. Oh and boy she looks pretty when she wore the white dress while singing 'Love Story'. She ended her performance with 'We Are Never Getting Back Together' at about 10.30pm. I really felt that it ended too early but it was still worth it no matter what. 

After the concert, we waited for the traffic to ease off a bit before going back. Tsk.. I really wished that it would not have ended so fast. We love you Taylor Swift and make sure to come to Malaysia again!! 

Ow and thanks TJ for going to the concert with me :)

A Day To Be Remembered

I just came across my blog a few moments ago and realized that there's yet to be any blog entries for this year and it's already the month of April. This one should be a short one as I've still got to study for my finals. Why is it that I'm always finding other things to do during exam period the fact that I should actually be revising? Haha..

There's still one more paper to go for my finals and sad to say that this is the hardest paper among all. I've got tomorrow to study for my FR paper which I hope it's enough. Speaking about exams, I really did not expect this to happen to myself but eventually it did. Last Saturday during my HE paper, I was about to enter  the examination room and when I was about to reach out to my pocket for my wallet, it wasn't there! I was shock and lost for a brief moment as my student identification card was in my wallet. I went to the invigilator and told her my situation and she told me that I've got to verify my status before I'm allowed to enter the room. I knew it was only a one hour paper so I ran as fast as I could to the SBS office and luckily it didn't took long for the staff to verify my documents. I came back just in time to finish  my paper. Oh and I was also driving without my license that day :P

We're having a class trip to Penang after our finals and I'm really looking forward to it. Let's hope that I can make it through my last paper.