It’s been a fruitful, productive two days meeting with these fellow colleagues from Malaysia office! Not only we received so much knowledge from their valuable experience, but we’re also pampered with their hospitality! Many, many thank you from us!
Category: Office
Friday Prayer at Masjid Jamek KL
The historic Masjid Jamek is just next to my office’s building, so it’s really convenient for me to walk and do my Friday prayer there. The mosque complex is not too big, however it is really convenient. The main prayer hall is air conditioned, but the mosque terrace is clean and neat with prayer mats…
Jumuah Barokah in Ampang
Alhamdulillah it’s Friday, and it seems to be also a special day in Kuala Lumpur. In front of our bank’s hall, near Jalan Ampang, yellow tents are erected, housing many variety of sellers, from food, drinks, fruit to clothings. We call it “pasar kaget” back home in Jakarta (literal translation: surprise/sudden market ☺️) It’s nice…
The Origin of Kuala Lumpur
The office meeting room where we spend our day look over at the historic mosque in central of Kuala Lumpur. People said this js the origin of this capital city of Malaysia. “Kuala” means “river”, while “Lumpur” means “mud”. The mosque is sitting at the top of the muddy plains, which was formed because of…
Off to KL!
My office team jettisoned to KL for couple of days benchmarking visit in neighboring country’s sister entity. Who says only politicians can do “studi banding”? 😂 Such a pleasant surprise that I and Ella met with Leo, our long time friend from Andersen, the very first years of our career. We shared the same flight…