1st week in Hyderabad

We flew to Hyderabad, India last Tuesday (October 28, 2014) as part of the preparation for the client visit the following week. I was really hesitant to go given the circumstances but we had NO choice.

I was really afraid of getting sick as I did the last time that I went here (2012).  Unfortunately, it did happen yesterday.  I kept on vomitting and my head was killing me. ���� I really am sensitive to the food and environment here.

Today eventhough it's a weekend, me and my team prepared for the client visit.  We had to wait for more than 2 hours just to find a decent fastfood which delivers in our hotel.  Out of all that we've called, only Dominos pizza delivers.

By the way, today is my 10th year in Accenture.  What a way to celebrate it! ����

Anyways, tomorrow is another day.  Goodluck to us.

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Kuala Lumpur Day 1

This is a very interesting day for me... I was packing my things very late last night.. I set my alarm to 4:00 AM as my flight is at 8:00 AM... I was surprised when I was woken up by my mom opening my cabinet.... and guess what time it is... 6:00 AM?!?!?!!?!? I immediately stood up... knocked on my brothers room door.. get dressed (without bothering to take a bath)... gargled some mouth wash.. and headed towards the door...

My brother was driving like mad.. I felt like I was in the fast and the furious movie.. good thing there was no traffic... we were able to reach NAIA terminal 3 in less than 30 minutes... :) whew...

since i was travelling alone.. i have no choice but to observe people around me... here are my observations:

• SQ915 MLA to SG - I was seated at 41D.... there was a vacant seat between me and this old looking business guy.... he had a lot of newspapers and magazines on his seat.... he's chinese looking... so i minded my own business and browsed through the magazines... i decided to watch scream 4 during the flight.. while watching the movie... food was served... hmmm i wonder why the guy sitting beside me was served first and his food is different from that in the menu.... ... then he keeps on looking at me... it seems that he wanted to talk to me.. when a stewardess approached him.. he asked how to operate the video... hehe...
  



• immigration KLIA - there was a long queue of people... it took me around 30 minutes before it was finally my turn... while waiting i noticed an arabian girl... she's so covered up and only her eyes can be seen.. he was looking intently at the girl next in line to her... unlike her that girl has too little clothes on... hehe... i wondered what she was thinking.. does she want to wear less too? or maybe she was offended of her? i dunno... aside from this.. i also noticed a lot of persian/indian looking fellow directed towards the immigration office for clearance... i kept on thinking and hoping that I won't have to go through that...
  

After immigration, i went to a money changer... 10,000 PHP = 653 RM... oh well... then I queued up for taxi... budget taxi here is 74.30 RM from the airport to my hotel (Renaissance).

My room was ok... not as big as my room last time in Traders Hotel but this would suffice... I'm 5 minutes away from KLCC so not bad... :)

I'll clear up some of my SERP mails tonight so I can concentrate on my HR tasks for tomorrow... wish me luck!!