1st day in Hyderabad, India

6 July 2009

actually we arrive in Hyderabad on July 5th, 11.40pm ( GMT +5.30 )... oh ya... for all my blog reader... from now onwards... those time and date i mention will be on GMT +5.30 untill September 12... Lets continue my story...

when we arrive... we actually waste our time on the H1N1 temperature checking and the laguage recovery... we actually did waste for almost an hour inside the Hyderabad International Airport... than... we went outside and met with the HR Department of R&H... although i cant memorise their name yet... but soon i will update u guys...and than we actually took 1 hour to reach our apartment thats been ready by R&H... we arrive home (Malaysia Cultural Estate) around 2am... and we have our tiny briefing of the apartment and arrangement of apartment in Block 3, No 104 with the HR Department guys... I was being arrange into this 104 with Steve, Desmond and Albert... while Kahirul, Firdaus, Nicholas was being arrange into Block 18, No ( still unknown for me )... and lastly Paw Xuan has been arrange into Block 27, No ( still unknown for me )...after that they left with those HR... and we decide among ourself which room to take by drawing lots... than we unpack our stuff and went to sleep.. Because we have to be ready downstair by 9.45am for our transport... and is 3.am in the morning now...

I wake up around 6am and do some try out on the internet access... but sadly i cant connect it bcoz of some problem which we need to let the HR know... by 7am... i give up on those setting and went back to my room for my lovely sleep... I woke up again on 8.30am to get myself ready for everything... and after that... Steve, Desmond, and Albert is also ready b4 9am... we ate our light breakfast and watch TV while waiting for our transport... around 9.35am... the electric has been cut off and we decide to wait downstair for the transport... by 10am our transport arrive... and it took us to R&H... and we arrive there around 10.30am... during the journey to R&H... we have a conclusion on Hyderabad road / transportation / car hon... which we all agree with... ( if u're interested to know... plz come and get the info from me personally )

when we arrive R&H... we were brough to meet with Reshmi (HR Executive)... she brough us into education room to put our belonging there and than she bring us to the cafeteria downstair to ate breakfast... I hv order a Egg Burgit (recomended by Matthew) and ate... Although it is spicy.. but i can still stand for it... except that the Black Pepper was a little too much of it... after hving our breakfast... i knew that this cafeteria has few rules... one of the MOST IMPORTANT is... we must take our plates to the designation place for the worker to wash it... it was totally not like Malaysia at all.. just leave there and go... it give me the feeling of... they always keep their image high...

after our breakfast... we were brought to a Video Conference Room to meet up with BG-Prep Lead... after we make our introduction with the India BG-Prep apperentice to the person in charge of all of us... Prasad ( Digital Production Manager ) give us some Bg history of R&H... we learn quite a lot of things here... by 1pm... it was Lunch time... and we been dismiss and we were given a mug and a bottle by R&H with their Logo and our name on it... and than Reshmi show us the way to the R&H pantry and roughly guide us how to use some water service... ^^ than someone lead us down to cafeteria again for our Lunch... and surprisingly... we have our Lunch together with Prasad and Dileep (Assistance Manager - Compositing & Lighting) on the same table... XD

After our lunch... we went back to another conference room for the employee hand book briefing... Reshmi and ( a girl ) roughly bring us thro the employee hand book and expected us to ask question if we encounter some misunderstand or confusing... but the employee hand book can also be found in the RnH website which i cant really provide it here coz is a little bit of P&C... After the briefing we all have an hour tea break before we start our basic education... after an hour... the class start and i found that... is not really a class coz we are only try out out login ID n password... so that Reshmi can bring us one by one to make the Index Finger print ID for our entrance for the next 3 months apperentice training here... when it was around 4.30pm we were brought to a screening room to have a view of RnH DemoReel... to get to know what RnH has been doing since 23 years ago... and than our "teacher" roughly told us the aim and vision of RnH so that we can bring up those Aim n Vision someday when we work as part of RnH... by 5.40... "driver" bring us all back to our appartment...

All of us get rest in our own appartment until Dileep contact me ( which they choose me as their "leader" )... and the time Dileep and I agree was roughly around 7pm,,, around 6.30pm... i was too bored until i play "Plant vs Zombie"... around 6.45... Nicholas, Khairul and Firdaus came over to our place... and by 7.05pm we contact PawXuan and Dileep to meet up at the Club House... coz Dileep wanted to bring us tour around the Club House... and guide us on the menu of our dinner... just incase something wrong happen... and it really went wrong,,, lucky that Dileep is here to guide us... XD (how wrong was it?! we actually order only curry without anythings... and lucky Dileep ask the waiter to repeat all the order we have taken... and finally... we add some Naan, plain rice, and Briyani Rice...) guess what... the total we ate only... INR950... is cheaper than we (bgPrep Apperentice) though... we actually though it will get 1k plus...

After that we have a tour to PawXuan house... after the tour... when we decide to go back... we get lost... XD get lost in Malaysia Culture Apartment... finally we decide to ask some security guard the way back to our apartment... and it took us 10 minutes or less to reach our home...


Didn't manage to take photo on this day:-
only this: XD


- a sign board on the ground floor of Vega Block showing that Rhythm and Hues is on 11th floor...

Depart and Arrival to Hyderabad, India

5 July 2009

it was 9.45pm when we get into the boarding gate... we're lead by Steve during the boarding... because he is the most experience among all of us who get to go oversea very often... after we done our Immigration things... we run towards a train n get to the inner boarding gate... funny things was... we ran towards the wrong direction and we didn't know it... now until when we reach the end of the road... and than we have to ran back to out own gate after knowing where is it...

While we we're running towards the gate... i can actually heard that MH 198 is calling for the last boarding... and we still have half of our way there... luckily when we reach the final gate... it still not so late yet for us for boarding the flight, MH 198, flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Hyderabad, India...

on our way to India... we actually have some snack and dinner... at first the stewardess give us a packet of peanut n some fruit juice... than after around 30 minutes... we were serve with a dinner with a choice Vegetarian or Curry Chicken... well... u knows me... i'm definitely will choose the Curry Chicken... after hving our meal... we getting sleepy... and i guess that's all for today...


some photo i taken:

- we were in KLIA, gate C checking in...






- dinner we have during our flight with MAS






- arriving at Hyderabad International Airport, India






- 1 of our apartments living room... which also is me and another 3 person apartment...





- my bed room with king size bed... haha... first time sleep on King Size Bed... XD

Wonderfull Day with Rhythm and Hues

2 July 2009

there will be a dinner tonight with the whole staff from Rhythm and Hues of Malaysia branch... but before the dinner.. we BG-Prep must gather there in CyberJaya at 4.30pm for a small meeting, briefing and Q&A... I was lucky enough to get Steve to fetch me to CyberJaya... just in one condition... he only pick me up in Bukit Jalil... that was fine with me... because I got things to do in the morning also... so is not tat bad...

when we arrive CyberJaya... most of them is already gather there except for Nicholas... but still he appear 5 - 10 minutes late after us... than... we were brought to the Video Conference Room for some meeting with the Big Person in the Mombai n Hyderabad branch... they roughly told us things we need to know... and then we have some Q&A here and there... surprisingly everything was done within one hour...

after that... one of the co-ordinator there, YeeChen(sound like) tell us the place we have our dinner... and everyone getting ready to go... and just b4 leaving... everyone still decide who to follow... as for Bg-Prep Apprentice... only me and Paw Xuan dont have transport... since I follow Steve car... so the only left is for Paw Xuan to choose which other guys to follow... although Sebastian give her the choice to choose from other than me and Steve... but still... Paw Xuan choose to follow Steve's car... when we guys was saying Steve was too handsome bla bla bla... I think i saw Paw Xuan was trying to explain that bcoz she get to know me more bcoz of the KLCC Kinokuniya trip... something like tat i guess...
but inside the car... when I ask her y Steve... she say coz Steve get to talk about the place like a pro just now in the R&H office... well... i guess mayb I'm wrong or mayb she lying... but... who cares... as long as she was here... XD

after that we go for our dinner at WaterLily somewhere in Puchong... opposite of IOI Mall... it was not tat hard to find... and we have such a wonderfull dinner there... we get to talk to Mandeep, Sebastian, YeeChen(sound like), Ronald, Prashant and the previous batch of Match Moving people... I was quite surprise when Prashant talk about his own background... never knew i can met such a person so fast... In conclusion... the dinner was really wonderful... sadly i didnt manage to bring my camera for some moment capturing... XD

Trip to India Visa Center AGAIN...

29 June 2009

It was Sebastian email that make this trip works... i get into Kelana Jaya LRT around 9.30am... and around 9.45am... i receive 2 text msg from both Firdaus and Paw Xuan saying that they have arrive in the Masjid Jamek Station... and by 10.03am... I finally arrive to Masjid Jamek Station also... but 3 minutes behind my schedule...

When i came out of the ticket counter... I looking for the 2 person who contact me 18 minutes ago... than i saw a girl standing far right in front of me... I though it was her... but somehow my instinct told me contact is much better than just going up and say hi... since i cant get coverage in the underground... so i have to get to the top only than i can contact all of them...

after contacting both of them and Nicholas... n surprisingly she is the one that join the training programs... which mean my instinct about her in my first sight is correct... XP after gathering... than 4 of us head to the Visa Center... on the way there... we getting to chit chatting with each other...

when we were at the place... we fill in forms.. discussing about the form, the flight and what so ever that came into our mind... than after everything get done... we apply our visa at the counter there.. and something happen... but good thing that is all solve within just few moments... and everyone head homes...

yet... i get to talk more with Paw Xuan in the LRT coz we are heading to the same place which is Kelana Jaya Station... we talk quite a lot... a good start to making some new friends... HahaHa... ^^

1st time wireless online... ^^

26 June 2009

Today was just a normal Friday as usual.. but the only big things that wanted me to post this just because i did another "1st time things" in my life again... this is something very usual to all people... but for me... this is my first time... First time of what?! First time to use Wireless Connection in a Shopping Mall...

Venue : Starbucks, Sunway Pyramid
Date : 26 June 2009
Time : 4.45pm

First of all... i came here is because invited by SamLeong... Besides the main point is mostly because of the connection in my house suddenly become very very sucks... 20 minutes bath also cant even browse a webpage of the google search site... So SamLeong become frustrated... and i suggest her to go Pyramid... and thats why i end up online in this Starbucks here with her...

1st meeting with Rhythm and Hues

15 June 2009

Today is the day which Rhythm and Hues will brief us detail about the trip to India. I was quite excited in the morning... because Sunday is the day we fly to Hyderabad, India.

At first, I go meet with Steve in Vision Animation. Than we both go to Cyberjaya together... kinda like started to learn to take care of each other... by the time when we reach there... it was still early... so we just chit chatting while waiting for the time to fly...

there were 5 of us in total who accept the BG-Prep Apprentice. Me, Steve, Albert, Desmond (A.K.A Dazzy), and Kairul... Sebastian and Mandeep started to brief us those do and dont... but both of them started with a BAD NEWS... which is... our flight has been change to 5th of July 10++pm (Malaysia time)... and will be arrive in Hyderabad, India on 5ht of July 11++pm (India time)... and the rest is just some good news which is private and confidential... just before the end of it... there were some Q&A among us...

and in the end... Steve fetch me back to Vision Animation... and the rest is all back to normal... just like old time...

Applying for Passport

26 May 2009

After asking around for few weeks about the place to apply for passport... finally i get the answer... and today is the day to proof that the place is still there... which is Subang Emigrant... just next to Subang Airport...

Around 1030am... i have arrive there and there was too many counter there until i get confuse... i start asking the guard... although they told me which counter but they so UN-POLITE... than I get to the counter... and PAY for the application form... when I ask where is the pen for filling in the form... he reply... "no pen!!! need to bring urself... or u can buy at the counter far right..." at the moment... i was like, WTF... no pen for filling form... what kind of gov building is this... I straight get frustrated because of the manners of those gov people...

after filling form n wait for my turn... luckily the counter that serve me is far more polite than the others... the way she talk and the way she use the word "PLEASE" at least calm me down for a moment... and still i remember he first name was "Mazian"... i guess she is the best among those gov people that work at the Subang Emigrant...