Day One @ HSBC

Just 10 days ago I nearly yelled with my lungs out after I finished my ICBM paper, and you have no idea how relieved I felt after the exams. It was the hardest semester ever, and although I am still yet to get my results, but I'll put it aside for at least 2 months first. Since I did not do my shoutout last week, here is my redemption.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Okay I'm done. =P

Despite that, I lacked rest, as right after ICBM test I attended the preaching session by Pastor Stephen Tong, which was indeed as marvellous as I would have imagined. Truly inspiring, and what touched my heart was the fact that during one of the 3-days-session, the stadium was FULL of children who were so eager to allow God's words showering on them. Remarkable =D

Then on the following Monday, was my

INTERNSHIP.

Suet Yen posted a question in her blog on why most of us would be so mad to undergo internship right after exams. Well she had a point there, but for me, there is only one answer.

HSBC. =D

Truly it is God's grace that somehow my application of an internship with the renowned bank was accepted and the moment I talked to the Graduate Recruitment Manager Mr. Izwal, I knew it would be a valuable internship experience for me. =) For that, I will start my day 1 of my internship in the bank. It's gonna be a bit long, and in case you might be disappointed, first day is usually full of stupid stuffs done lol.

9.20am

Sitting on the comfortable sofa in 12th floor. XD Okay irrelevant.

As Malaysians, a supposingly 9.30 meeting with Mr.Izwal was late for 10 minutes, so I had a chat with 2 fellow interns who were accepted as well. Speaking of banks rarely accepting interns. =S Both seemed very highly-educated, with one from Monash, and the other one doing Actuarial Maths.

ACTUARIAL MATHS OKAY. And she's already in the land of the Kangaroos for few years already.

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, the University of South Australia bound-to-be graduate (me) was feeling intimidated LOL. XD

Luckily both of them will be in different departments. =P

So after signing relevant documents, Izwal brought me to the department I was allocated at, which is the Commercial Banking Department. Apparently this is where all the loans applied by Malaysian companies will be reviewed before being approved. Okay, enough said, since I am under the confidentiality contract SWT.

10.05 am

Again there was 2 interns there, with one of them smiling at me as I stepped into the department. Well very soon enough, we quickly became brothers HAHAHAHAHAH. That later.

So I was introduced to the Planning Director Mrs. Rahayu, who then introduced me to all the officers in the department. The very next day I was bullied by those officers for forgetting their names HAHA. Again, details on that in the next post. =P

Typical office environment, but at least there was a significant difference between HSBC and the one I worked last year. At least I haven't seen dust yet LOL. So I was sitted in an empty place, with the table awesomely spacious (no jokes)! It is no wonder so far I haven't felt any stress yet, as all the people took their time and enjoy the space that they have while doing their work. XD

As I settled down, Rahayu told me the first thing I would do was to get familiarized with the Hub system of the bank using the PC. Sounds like something hard, but little did I know, it was BASICALLY reading the company's website.

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But again, with such opportunity to slack, and also since the bank is SO willing to pay me by READING their website, why not? XD XD HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. And also thankfully, their website was quite informative. Plus with the activities that they have almost every month, I am more determined to apply for a permanent job after I graduate. =D

I would say Claryn will scream once she sees this statement, as the activities I meant was SPORTS activities.

So I SLOWLY took my time and read and unbelievably, I have a lot more yet to be read. So 2 hours shot past by and it was already 12. LUNCHTIME!

Remember the brother I mentioned just now? Yes I followed him, the other intern, and the whole bunch of bankers to have lunch at a nearby cafe full of Christmas decorations. Splendid, although the price of the food was even more splendid (in some other meaning LOL)

So I sat with the interns, and after just knowing each other for few minutes, it felt like we knew each other for years XD. At least there's no sense of intimidation HAHA. One of them was Gideon, while the other one was Yan Fun as mentioned earlier. Both of them worked for 2 months earlier before me, and from their faces, I did not see any signs of stress yet. XD And most remarkably, until now, we verse in Cantonese more than English, which somehow made it easier to bond with each other. Hmmm.

Speaking of Yan Fun, I actually had a word with her when I was "busy" reading the website, as she came along to talk to the officer next to me, in which she was introduced to me. The fact that she looked SO MUCH like a mother, I asked

"How long have you worked here?" XD

1.15pm

So I was back in the office in an hours, only to learn a bad news during lunchtime.

THE PLACE I AM SITTING WAS THE MANAGERS' SECTION. MEANING ALL THE OFFICERS AROUND ME WERE ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

But they are so friendly, so don't care lar =P

So I continued reading the website again. This time with an addition of reading DOCUMENTS regarding on loans. Suddenly I loved READING XD XD. And then a naughty thought came to my mind, as I tried to use the Internet, but apparently the account I was temporarily using, belonging to my Malay senior was ineligible for Internet usage. Sigh. So as I was nearly bored to death reading and reading and doing my own notes to kill time, there came the hero Gideon.

What's up bro? HAHAHA. Not really a hero, but he actually came to my place and gave me his ID to try logging into the internet. Though it failed, but still awwwwwwwwwwww

Bro, get back to work lar =P HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Very soon after, I was ordered to move my butt.

To hang decorations onto the office ceilings. -_- With that, another half an hour was gone, maybe more than that.

Even the Ultraman on top of my pc (left by the previous owner I assumed, an Ultraman fan) laughed at me. And notice the red and green decorations, those were the ones hung by me.

Plus the numerous toilet visits (did I mention the toilets are damn nice XD), time flew by really easily.

Not me, but the toilet. Nice right? XD

With myself finishing my "work" sharp at 5.45 pm, I walked gleefully towards the nearby LRT station anticipating for the next day.

With that I conclude the first day @ HSBC. Day 2 coming very shortly hehehehehehe.