awesome osaka..

Hmm its almost 1 months plus till have a lil time to throw all the things out from my memory bank.
yes, im pretty busy recently  started a week before i'm flying to osaka as i have to ensure that no pending task which might burden my colleague and users during my absence. I just know that i have to go to the Shiga plant 2 weeks before. I still remember, until the day before..i still havent finished packing due to end month closing and account closing on early month, i even not aware of the departure time. Bulan 4 la plk we got all issues in all systems and by hook or by crook..all these issue need to be solved before 2/4/2012..(in other words, before im flying ok...dot.). Alhamdulillah, i managed to solve all the critical raised issues on 1/4/2012 at 8:30 pm. Thank you Allah.

awesome sakura..

We arrived at Kansai Airport, Osaka around 6.20 am (5.20 am malaysian time) on 4th of April. In Japan, the sunrise started at 4 am in the morning. Nama lg negara matahari terbit kan. Temperature by that time is around 10C to 12C which is mmg sejuk gile..gile punye sejuk. Sebenarnye last a few days..sempat la jg google weather forecast at Japan..lebih kurang same mcm pg South Africa last time. Tanye jg dekat boss, do i really need to bring gloves? Sbb dulu mmg kitorg bwk gloves dan segala. Tp..diorg sume rilek aje. Ckp skrg tgh Spring kn. So..i pun rilek jg la. Skali..im not expected that mmg sejuk hingga ke tulang sum-sum kot. Bila ckp..mulut berasap-asap. Dlm hati menyesal jg la x bwk glove..sbb kt malaysia pn x tahan sejuk kn.

nasi beriani yg paling x sedap and termahal i ever ate - RM50 per plate..

Smpai jer di Kansai Airport..kami terus ke platform bas no 5 & ticket machine. Nasib boss dh berguru dgn one of our colleague yg pernah menetap kt sane setahun..so walaupun kitorg x bp exactly paham cara nk gunakan ticket machine yg ala2 agak canggih tu..tp based on try & error & info dari member kitorg tu, sy & bosses just masukkan Y2000 utk membeli ticket yg berharga Y1500. Rate yg sy dpt Y100 = RM3.77, so kalau Y1000 = RM37.77 genapkan je kpd RM40, kalau Y1500 =.RM55.5. So, boleh nmpak kan betapa mahalnye ticket bas dari Kansai Airport ke hotel kami, New Hankyu Hotel. Kami dijangka sampai di hotel lebih kurang dlm pukul 8.45 am (45 - 50 minit). Bas Aiport limousine tu plk mmg arrived on the dot at 8.05 am..sgt punctual! Sebelum naik bas, setiap beg akan ditag kn dgn sequence no yg berbeza..dan kami jg mendapat salinan utk sequence no tersebut. Tag tersebut xleh dihilangkan and only an authorize person jer boleh amik beg based on tag number yg ade kt kita. Betapa securenye system bas diorg ni. Bile naik bas, driver bas tersebut mmg akan menyapa mesra setiap org yg naik dengan ucapan 'Ohaiyou gozaimasu' yg bermaksud 'Selamat Pagi!' berserta eye contact and bow.

Smpai jer di New Hankyu Hotel, kami hanya dibenarkan check-in dlm pukul 2pm. Memandangkan jam baru jer pukul 8.50 am, so kami tinggalkan luggage di tempat yg dsediakan oleh hotel utk free and easy activities sbb schedule kami utk esok & luse agak tight.

Tempat pertama yg dituju ialah supermarket Yodabashi..betul2 berdepan dengan Hotel New Hankyu. Smpai kt sana, kami berenam berpecah, sy follo boss sy ksuzi dan lain2 tu saya kurang pasti sebab xkan la boss besar kami nk follo budak2 muda tu plk kn. Cuma kyg pastinya, kami berjanji akan jumpe semula di hotel dlm pukul 1.45 pm.

One thing that i noticed about Japanese people is that they dont speak english. Even they know that you are foreigner, they will speak nihongo with you. So you have no choice, whether you speak with them in japanese or in english, they will reply back in Japanese. So, even you still at 1st level of learning Japanese or masih tergagap like me, it doesnt matter. You still can communicate with them, and this people will not laugh at you, seriously. If we does not understand, they will use body language to communicate with us.

For a few days we used to wear layers of clothes because the weather is quite cold especially at night. Nasib baik kitorg sempat tgk sakura yang baru nak berbunga. Even we doesn't have much time for shopping2..(nama lg business visit kn..), but overall i think i love osaka. It was a nice place with a nice people. For me, Japanese people was really different from malaysian or any people from the third country. I believed that they was raised to be polite, respect each other and also very punctual. Most of the public transport will arrive on the dot based on the time display. Hmm..i really wish to be here again for the next2 year but this time will be with my family:). Its not for shopping2..but my intentions is to let our kids to get early exposure on the good things about Japanese culture InsyaAllah..:))

nampak jer mcm kt pasar mlm..rege..suma above RM80..

RM40 for hair clip..!!

baju buruk camni pn dh RM107

genba at Shiga Plant

tempura..

kansai aiport..

RM200 for a sweater..ssh gile nk cari cheap cloth for kid..

shiseido brand for body shampoo, body shampoo and rinse

automatic toilet in japan..haha

japanese food provided by MAS

green tea ice cream..

Mini Kimono - RM80

Original croc Y5480 equivalent to  RM200. kopak..kopak...sakit kaki punye pasal..

Fridge magnet

cyberview lodge Resort & Spa, cyberjaya...

Pernah pg x tmpt ni? If not yet, i strongly recommended this place for you klu malas nk keluar jauh2 to other states in Malaysia la. Actually, last few years, pakcik husband pernah ajak kami bercuti di Hotel Putrajaya/Cyberjaya ni..but i refuse to go sbb i paling x suke dok hotel kt KL areas. Kalau hotel mcm kt KL..tgh2 kesesakkan..eeeuu..it will stressed me out lg ade la!

Baru2 ni pakcik husband ajak lg, dsebabkan keluarga mertua ade bersama..so kami pn follow jer la.Mase tu I imagine, paling best pn atleast blh mandi pool dgn adam la. Smpai jer kt Cyberview Lodge, my thought was totally wrong and a bit strayed away, i was so impressed with the view. Hmmm..not bad! Surrounded by towering palm trees, splendid tropical garden...and all i can say at that time is..WAHHHHHH (with mata sedikit terbeliak and mulut sedikit terngaga ok).

The place is so stunning and shud go ok. I fall in love with the environment,  the smell of the fresh air, the architecture of the building, the whole ambiance...everything la..including environment in the room and what i can say is almost every single thing has amazed me out! I just cant believe that there are an awesome place on the outskirts of the city. The environments was so quite and pleasant when you wake up in the morning and walk away to the pool. 2 days of excitement has relief me out from the work-stressed towards end year of 2011.

We also had an opportunity to release stress and relax our body at Sembunyi Spa. 1 room (2 person) entitled for Sauna, Steam and Jacuzzi. Sembunyi Spa offered you a an ultimate body & spiritual relaxation with several treatment package like manicures, pedicures, facials, massages and spas. Package after childbirth pon ade! Tapi kitorg just take standard package jela. Sauna 5 minit sbb panas, Steam 5 minit jg...then baru jacuzzi. Tu pn was2 sgt nk berendam dlm kolam bubble tu..baru celup hujung kaki pn dh jerit..adeh2..panass! Then mak mertua siap tarik tangan soh berendam jg sbb die ckp ok jer. Lepas beberapa saat berendam seluruh badan dlm jacuzzi pool tu..baru la rase ok sket..dh rase x panas. Lame la jg kami berendam..dlm 20 minit kot. Overall, mmg puas hati...insya'Allah..will visit this place again someday:-)

ISTD Retreat 2010 - Damai Laut, Lumut Perak 10-12/12/2010

  

During the 1st day, after reached Damai Laut at 7.30pm, we had our 1st activity - KRA presentation around 8.30pm. Honestly, it was soo bored! Really! After all, we just arrived from the long journey. Haha..a horror starter for the retreat and i can only stay..up until the 3rd presenter only..after that i noticed that we started getting bored..sleepy..tired..and some already sleep at the back. kantoi! Finally this boring session adjourned around 11.30pm...lega! We had no time to walk around the Swiss Garden Hotel..and most of my colleague decided to have a bed.

The next day, we started our new day at Damai Laut with a nice breakfast. The teambuilding event started at 8.30am conducted by Encik Azzam Sabtu. I never thought that we all will have a great time during the teambuilding session. My thought was totally wrong and this proved that he was a great consultant and his strategy to tackle us to be in line was succeed! No wonder la our GM was eagerly wanted him to lead our teambuilding session. The 1st activity, BINGO has make us in crazy chaos. We need to find 7 person which meet the criteria stated in the box and the person that we think suitable with the criteria must agreed and put her/his name in the box provided by themselves, and the rules is..nobody can write her/his name on behalf of them. The examples of the criteria was: Who do you think - had a hairiest leg,  beautiful, able to talk in other language, tough, walk like a model, a great singer and etc. The last three person submitted the paper will be punished. Waa...scaryyy doh!! So once the game started..we run to the person who we think meet the criteria and begging him/her to write down his/her name. I feel so relief since im not the last three person submitted the BINGO. But my relief was yet not longer when En Azzam called 6 person including me, tasha, kak ani to stay in front of the class. OMG! En Azzam introduced us as person who admitted that we walk like a model. Cis! x pasal2..we need to proved that we walk like a model in the class. Yes, i agreed that was a fanatic fan of American/Britain next top model..but i never thought that i will experienced this at all. After that, En Azzam call upon a several person who admit that he had a hairiest leg. It was so funny and the class was screaming like crazy when this 8 people including mazlan, sarip, pojie, rashwan & etc slowly shows their leg to proved that they really had a hairiest leg. As a nutshell for the 1st activity, be cautious and do not simply agreed since every decision we made will have a consequences. Hmm..a great starter.

Then, we proceed with Salam Mesra - We learn a  several tips and a proper way on how to develop a relationship with others, how to be polite on building the relationship, proper eye contact during communication. The next activity is Ballon challenge. We are given a stick and ballon. Then we need to fill in the ballons and put the stick through the ballon without popping it. I never do this before and at first, i think it was impossible. But our thought was wrong when one of the colleague successfully put the stick through the ballon without popping it. After that, our thought was totally changed. If he can do this..so do i. So we try our best to find the way and finally it succeed! yeayyy!!  Then our motivator conclude that nothing is impossible! Yes..nothing is impossible as long as we strive harder to achieved it with a proper planning and strategy.  The next exercise is fire challenge. In this fire challenge, we need to lite off the fire using our own fingers. Ngaa..seriously im scared to death. My heart was pump and beat faster than ever (but my baby inside keep on encouraging me..go mommy...u can do it mommy..u can do it..yess2!!). Before we start, En Azzam teach us on how to control our EQ. Warning: Please dear, don't do this at home by your own. Experimenting it without a proper knowledge can led to a potential injuries.

Cowboy themes..

dinner - Cowboy nite

ISTD - Info System Technology Department

depart time..

Best dresser

fire challenge

personality test