Short trip to KL

Aloha people!

Here I am to update about my life :)

On last Wed (22nd), I rested at home for the whole day. It was not a productive day as I didn't do much on anything on that day. But but, dinner served was slightly better than usual :D All these days, I have been cooking nonsense to be frank, even my dad could not bear my "cooking arts" anymore. He said this in a sarcastic way, "Whenever the clock hits 6pm, you'll just open the fridge, and cook whatever it is there. And you never plan what to prepare, what to put and etc." I was kinda angry with him saying this, but it is so true that I can't argue back. So, ta-da, at least something edible, different for the night :)

After that, here comes my second KL trip in the holidays! Before this, I have followed my friends back to her Endau house. It is followed by the trip to KL. And a brand new environmental project, TechCycle Tech4ALL is waiting ahead! ;)

On 24th (Fri), there was a high school workshop at SMK Subang Jaya. Before this, I stayed in Zhou Yee's house. So eventually, she followed us to the workshop, together with the EPs. All the morning session students attended the workshop, around 250 students. Good job for both EPs who had conducted the workshop successfully! To be very honest, it is really a challenge to speak in front of 250 people, and also to attract their attention. Now, I really salute teachers, who can settle so many students at once, with rules and discipline. 

After workshop, all of us were given some token of appreciation. The counselor, Puan Lee also treated us a lovely lunch. A well-spent day indeed. Last but not least, I really gonna thank Zhou Yee for coming with us! Hope that she had an eye-opening experience. ^^

Delicious food at their canteen =)

Camwhore session at Zhou Yee's place :D

Last Saturday, it was Y2B Malaysia 2014. 

It is also the first day of MyLDS for senior track. I am kinda disappointed with this arrangement as they only prepared two-days activities for senior track. I have never been to MyLDS, which is a national conference that lasts 6 days 5 nights. Being a senior in AIESEC, I am not allowed to join junior track which is almost one week long. An opportunity to participant in such a big national conference is gone :( However, in this two short days, I did learn a lot of things :))

There are 10 companies involved in this Y2B. They are Ernst and Young, TalentCorp, MSC Malaysia, Microsoft Malaysia, Shell, Accenture, Says, Genovasi, MyTeksi and GE imagination at work. The theme is "Building the Bridge: Decoding Gen-Y". Apparently, it is all about Gen Y nowadays. A few representatives from those sponsors gave speech and it was followed by an external forum. They discussed a few areas regarding Gen Y. It is so true that even we Gen Y, also cannot handle ourselves the same generation, not to mention baby boomers and Gen X.

After that, it was workshop session. 
I was assigned to Ernst and Young entrepreneur and innovation workshop.
In the first part of the workshop, they have invited Mr. Nelson, who is awarded as "Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013" by EY in Malaysia. 
If you dont know who he is, take a look at the picture below in which business he has founded :)

Mr. Nelson has founded this corn business 27 years ago in PJ. 

Now, his business has expanded to overseas, exporting corn to more than 16 countries in the world.

His talk is rewarding in the sense that we have learnt a lot from him.

He believes in 5 Ps- Place, Product, Price, Promotion and People.

The key of success in his business is the quality, quality of corn.

For him, experience is utmost important and this is what makes him a successful entrepreneur.

He has been working since young, accumulating a lot of working experience in different working industry.

"You will never truly master the whole business until you experience it," he said.

This is where you learn new skills, train yourself up.

Networking is vital too.

Mr.Nelson advised us talk more and make as many friends as you can!

Of course, be sincere and honest all the time, with smiley face :D

To get help and learn new things, go ahead and ask! 

Never be afraid to be thick-face and paiseh.

People wouldn't know what you need until you tell them.

Besides,

focus on 1 business at once.

Go out and work in that relevant industry, and learn from other people.

After you have some hands on experience, 

only you venture your own business.

Do the things you love.

Start small and be patient and perseverant.

Always have a contingency plan, to grow stably even during recession.

When you partner with your friends to do business,

never forget to write everything in black and white.

In this world, nothing is permanent.

After gaining insights from this respectable entrepreneur, 

we proceeded to the next session, workshop.

All of us were divided into 10 groups of 10.

Yup, so there were 100 students in each workshop.

I joined group 10, in which there were 2 people whom I know with some other new people there.

We were given a case study to be solved and presented in half an hour. 

So, we had to write out our plans and present everything in 5 min at the end of the session.

It was fun and interesting!

I have met some people from Sunway and USM.

They were so friendly and funny, and very soon, all of us blended in well. =)

Our question was that, "our organization is an IT hardware company. We have to come out with an environment activity which will increase the revenue or make a saving, with no fund allocated."

Meaning that, we have no capital to do this activity besides making money for the business.

The situation is very similar to the project that I am doing now, 

TechCycle Tech4ALL.

In this project, 

we are supposed to create awareness and collect e-waste for underprivileged children. 

This suits this question perfectly,

so we went along with this idea.

However,

we realized that it does not make sense if we want to do some charity work while making money out of that.

Why would people donate e-waste to help us make money?

So with quick wit,

we turned the solution around!

It makes sense if we partner with NGOs who can help us to collect e-waste and benefit from this.

And since we are an IT company, we can refurbish on our own. :D

With this,  we save $$ too.

And we go on with this, 

bla bla bla bla.

But guess what?

With such an impromptu plan,

we are the winner group! :D

And the prize is

TA-DA

H&M card which has RM50 in it.

Each and everyone in the group got this.

The happiness was beyond my description

Because I have not bought any single cloth for the one whole year,since last year CNY until now!

Perhaps for girls,

it is indeed an achievement if we can curb our shopaholic personality!

I did not buy any shopping items like cloth, shoes, make-up etc,

for last whole year. 

Until recently, 

only I bought 2 pairs of shoes for this coming nwe year as some of my old shoes had come to the end of their lifespan.

THAT'S WHY I WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN I GOT THE SHOPPING CARD :D

But besides this,

I really learnt a thing or two out of this Y2B.

The next day was MCP election.

This is when we elected our Member Committee President for AIESEC Malaysia.

It is the most important event of this year as it determines the future of AIESEC Malaysia.

There were 2 brave female candidates this year.
The whole process lasted for one whole day, from 9am to 4pm.

There were a few sessions, starting from candidate speech, external forum to Q&A etc.

This whole election really opened up my mindset,

 on how leaders should visualize their future to lead people.

One should be always sensitive towards the surrounding.

To be the head of the organization in one country,

it is very important to know our own government inside out.

Questions asked were not easy,

but it is something that is relevant and important.

Even you are here for only one year,

but the impact a leader creates should be beyond this 365 days.

Three years.

Five years.

Or maybe ten years.
And as a leader,

What do you envision yourself in year 2020?

Realization also dawned on me for the fact that,

how small I am.

How much do I know about my own country?

How unsure am I for my own future?

How determined am I for what I want in future?

What do I really want for myself?

For this world?

How I want my life to be?

Like a zombie?

Or a writer, who holds firm on her pen, writing her own stories?

To do or not to do,

it is a question.

To be honest, I also dont know what I really want for myself.

But,

I am working very hard to make a living out of this world.

I do put in efforts, in everything I do,

even in doing house chores.

Whenever it is, just do it without leaving regrets!

Especially when we are young.

And at least,

I give myself a lot of opportunities to try on many things,

and even things that not everyone can experience.

I am glad that I took the first step to step out of my comfort zone.

Although it did fail for a few times,

I still made it, for who I am.

The real adventure starts after CNY, where I will be alone out there, 

surviving in a new world with new people.

Can't wait for that adventure!

Last but not least,

these are the awesome people that I have spent my weekends with.

The world is so big,

and life itself is so good, 

isn't it? :)

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great ;)