Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Bali (yet again) with Expedia

Expedia Inc.....where do I start. Ohhh right, this is my new job this year. I gave up 3 other offers to join a company I hardly heard of. An industry I have no idea how it works and not to mention giving up sign up bonuses from the other offers. Well I'm too tired setting up shared service, I don't particularly want to get my hands dirty again in the software industry nor am I interested to continue my trait with the airlines for now at least. Expedia seemed to be a better choice.

8 months down the road, it IS the best choice so far. The company is actually full of optimistic leaders, and the best of all my Director is one of the those role model you'll get only in fairy tales. I'm loving my job yet again.....

We had a company offsite back in June for the APAC team, not too keen on the destination as I vowed not to go back due to the 'Land of Thousand Temples' prank pulled by my cabby 8 years ago.



Thexre you go.......Westin Bali...........
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That's my director on the stage.........Damn, this guys speaks better in public than I do.....

Only did I realized that my position in the company entitles me for special perks.....hmmmm nice...
We had this national dress code thingy.....lucky enough it's close to Raya.....managed to grab one of these Baju Melayu at a discounted price....of course my buddy Bob loaned me the additional stuff....
Well the Koreans here are not the old uncle Roy or Sam that I'm used to back in Samsung.......

The giant on the left, Miro....my new bff in the company...he is huge, loud and he talks alot....well he drinks a hell lot too....
They used to call us the Siamese twins back in the KL office.....I just can't see the similarities expect for our curly hair....but he's blond and I'm not.....duhhhhhhhh

Another good thing bout this trip was you'll get to wake up with a massive hangover by the beach......VIVA Expedia....

My new team right here....used to led the amazon warriors back in AirAsia...this time a pretty good mix of course male dominated for a start.....good bunch of chaps I must say....made my life way easier.....

A trip is never a trip with its local cuisines......there you go, my last meal before departure....
 I've been receiving feedback from the people around me on how happy I look lately.....I guessed it must be due to the unnecessary job stress from my previous job. I'm now home most of the time, the company is treating me good, the boss is approachable......I having the best time of my career life. Let's see how this one goes.....the longest I hope......