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I left my uncle's house at 7:04 am. As usual I was greeted with the ever notorious Subang/USJ traffic jam. It isn't something most people would wish for at so early in the morning. No matter how much they hated it, it is unavoidable. However, I was comforted by the manners of the drivers in the morning. They drive more sanely. Perhaps in the evening, work place stress is to be blamed for "hell drivers". I took my sweet time. Kind of like taking an easy stroll back home. Traffic jam as usual on the way back home with my bladder about to erupt with urine while my mind ponders on what to eat for dinner annoyed by my growling stomach.

The day went well. Entering through the gates of Lafarge Concrete Malaysia didn't bring much more excitement. Probably due to the many rounds of interviews that has caused me to gotten used to entering through those gates. I saw a group of people standing at the main entrance and instantly I thought they are the Vietnamese Trainee Managers who are here for their 6 months training. Approaching my usual parking lot, I saw Ng, another external trainee. He used to work as a Designs Engineer. His previous job really is as good as it sounds. As before, all large group of people would have to congregate in the meeting room at LCM. There I met 4 more persons. Three internal candidates and one external. So, in total we have 13 people of which 6 are locals. One of the local, a girl will not be joining us as Assistant Area Managers. She would be posted to the technical (QC) department.

Great day of getting to know the not so many managers of different levels over lunch. This is a very performance driven company run by a pool of very young managers. All in their early to mid 30s. Indeed the prospects look very bright. This Wednesday would be Lafarge Aggregates and Concrete Malaysia One Day Communication Summit which will be held at Armada Hotel. It will be a whole day event spanning right through dinner. We would have to wear our new Lafarge coporate polo t-shirt with our names embroidered on it. I am very excited because there we will meet the more senior managers, in fact the top, Regional President himself and other top managers.

The day ended with my very first medical check up. Like all kampung boys, I was very kampung indeed. I almost over-flowed the container I needed to pee in. Don't ask, guess how. While being X-rayed, I was expecting the machine to release a bolt of lightning that will zap my chest but it didn't happen. I didn't even know it was over. I had to cough real hard while the doctor stares at my family jewels. Doctors watch the most porn. Dirty people. =). That was about all that happened on my first day at work. I hope to post some pictures if I ever have the chance to do so. Till the next post. God bless...