Trip to Malaysia

CitiTel Hotel in KL

I just had a trip to Malaysia last July 10-11. First time and exciting.

The company that eyed on my resume in jobstreet had asked me to see them personally in Malaysia after I had a skype interview with them a week ago. They bought a round trip ticket for me from Clark to Kuala Lumpur, and had my reservation in CitiTel Hotel in Kuala Lumpur Sentral.

Got the glitch? No? Yes? Good. Its Clark Airport, you heard me. I was not able to inform them in advance that I am from Cebu, and Clark Airport would take a plane ride (the fastest mean) from where I came from. So, I reserved a seat from Cebu to Clark last July 9, had a one night stay there, then flew to Kuala Lumpur the following day. I arrived in Kuala Lumpur aroung 3:45PM. Thanks to a Filipino man and his little daughter who chatted with me and helped me all the way my flight from Clark to KL. After that I took a 1-hour bus ride from the airport to KL Sentral and again befriended a Malaysian priest missionary in the bus and helped me again to locate the place where I should meet the trip sponsor, the company. Thanks to him again.

When I met the company representative, I was suprised he was not that totally in business attire while I am seemly overdressed in coat and tie thingy. Then we had a talk over a cup of coffee in starbucks, showed me thier office, had dinner, then a couple of beer, then drove me back to the hotel. That was a very long day. I could not imagine doing a lot of things in just a single day. The CitiTel Hotel was cozy, I never had stayed in such kind of hotel sponsored by NEC which I worked for almost 9 years. The "kuripot" japs always had us on some cheappy hotels no matter how important is our business trip.

Anyway, my flight on the following day was 7am so I had to leave the hotel around 4am. I arrived at Clark at 12noon then took a 2-hour bus to Manila and stayed there again for 1 night, in Richmond, wow huh. Then, the next day, is my flight home to Cebu. What a tiresome trip and a fulfilling experience.

I wish I could get a job offer from them and take a major turn of my carreer. Malaysia is a nice place to explore anyway with all the english-speaking locals, not to mention its very low cost of living. Malaysia here I come :D