Serendipity

I'm glad to have the opportunity to go back to Japan. Now, getting ready for the trip to Tokyo in 5 more days. I forgot how cold is the winter, so I have to be ready for the bone chilling experience. Three years ago a friend borrowed all my winter jackets for Mt. Kinabalu trip but he went missing after that, and I never see my jacket since then. No choice, I went to buy a few thermal and winter clothing at Uniqlo. Lucky me, it is near end of winter so they have winter clearance sales. But I still not sure how to run a marathon in winter. Hope I don't fall sick after that.
RM 5 each...Very cheap! 


I feel blessed to be surrounded by wonderful friends around me. When my plan to get a sponsorship from my company didn't turn out well, a friend managed to convince her company to consider on sponsoring my trip to Japan. Lucky me, my proposal was accepted by the Board and they are so generous they even gave me more than what I proposed. The company I'm talking about is SCYE Global Education. They provide training to corporates and individuals. From Cambridge English to Customer Service, from Personal Grooming to OSH Management System, from Cabin Crew to Basic Pilot Training. With all the credentials, no doubt they won a big tender with Felda recently. Thank you SCYE Global! I wish SCYE Global every success in the future. And to Ely who recommended me for the sponsorship, may Allah bless you. 
En. Hassan, an officer works for SCYE Global, personally came to my office in his uniform to handover a certificate & the check to me. My office colleague Nursalwan surprised looking at the amount.


I'm lucky to work in a company where we can have fun in the office. Recently, Group Advanced Data Team performed unplugged in public at Celcom lobby in promoting ours "the Cube" services. We sang a few songs available in our CMT list. Then, Dato Shaz personally requested us to sing one more time at our cafeteria level 5 during lunch hour.
We had a good time!


Comments

June Malik said…
I wish I am going back to Japan! Good luck for the run :) and have fun!!
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 10:48:00 AM GMT+8
Kam Kasturie said…
Thanks Kak June! Hope one day you too can go back ;)
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 11:07:00 AM GMT+8
RaYzeef said…
Good luck Kam for Tokyo Marathon :)
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 4:29:00 PM GMT+8
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