Put it in a...

...NUTSHELL,

*recently being infected by this nutshell allergen. Thanks to the person who understand what I mean*

 no "3/4 quarter speech" to show here, just...

Wait a minute, I am officially released from the "six-month sentence". 815 Hooray~

Here are five lessons I have learned via my internship:

1. Frugality.

You know la... Business, everything is about the money. So we have to do our best to save, save and save. All we have to do is using our "creativity" to curtail the spending. For typical one, reuse the paper or so called "fully use" the blank area. Next, amendment in the labeling. We can use different blank white sticker to hide the wrong part. There are etc etc n etc. Oh ya, better don't simply on extra air-conditioner and do OT... Manager will confront you. 

2. Mum's the word.

Myself had failed to do this in the first place as I told somebody my allowance and went too far about my background. But now, I learn to keep mum about myself. Never ever simply share your information with strangers, not until you see him or her through and through. Brilliant move?! Somebody taught me this in the org. 

3. Subtle observer

I really learned this even though I know I  have already had subtle mind. HAHA * narcissism* If you want to bad-mouth about somebody, better watch out! Devil might be spoken. Also, when you wanna sneaking around, beware of the CCTV. Eating snake must have the limit too. Last tip: you should have in-hand information to formulate whose ass to kiss. *Don't be judgy as it's a fact of living*

 4. Nod your head

Nod your approval no matter what. "Right" is always by your boss's side. You will not stand a chance to say: "Boss, I think you....". Nah nah nah, triple cross "XXX". But then if you have a gut to say it or beh tahan liao, dare it. Good Boss might listen to you but it is on own your own peril. I tried once, to oppose Madam's perception regarding the products' problem, and there's no way for me to retort. Turns out I treated the subsequent problems nonchalantly.

5.  Fierce

I could not fierce with strangers. I was asked by the supervisor to bark at the operators whenever they act wrongly. Frankly I can be fierce in front of family, but just could not imagine myself bark like a fierce dog in front of foreigners coz I am shy. Most of the time, I just reiterated my comment softly and passed them. LAME. Still, I should really equip myself with this kind of "quality" in the near future. BE FIERCE! 

Live Chat with Mr Prof

Yeap, formal visit by Prof. and I have passed it with " 5: Sangat Memuaskan". HAHAHA. How so? Coz I watched it with my eyes - my SV indeed marked that "5" right before Prof on that visiting form. *So proud of myself* no threatening or flattering...

Look, I had been just informed few hours earlier that the visit was on exactly that day, and they were rushing from Penang, right after the Ling's. Hell no! I thought Prof would have given a week or a day notification. What was my reaction was not a reaction. I could not just stop them from coming?!
W.a.m, that's nothing, as my friends said: only a "chit-chatting" what~~ LOL

Prod did not know my location and he called me for confirmation. And, first reaction arrived at my place with his three post-grad students: "Wah, it looks like hotel."
Second, I was not surprised until he told me that he was from SP too. hehe
Third, he wanted to meet my sv and I simultaneously. So impromptu huh~
Fourth, he asked some random questions:

What does the factory produce? Pudding

What's main ingredient of the pudding? Carrageenan it is

What problems are you facing in pudding? Syneresis

How do you cope this? Constant research on the formulation of carrageenan and LBG. Different proportion is used.

Any lab test conducted? Erm, we do not have any in house lab, but we do some simple one like checking pH and Brix.

So what do you have learned from here? Mostly food safety management system, ISO docs and etc. Indeed, I have learned a lot. Like a whole lot... My sv and I have some learning exchange.

How long is your pudding shelf life? 18 months.

How do you test it? Uh uh, we do not test it, we outsource for people to test it.

Ok, then you know how? Uh uh, testing on the microb?

No... ok I let you know. There's a method called Accelerated Shelf Life Testing. Go find it out. Ermm, okay I will.

Fifth, ahha, end of the not-so-exciting chatting session which was conducted in rojak language. What do you know, I actually love to speak 1Malaysia language. He walked out the room, reminded my sv to fill in the sv's report and in fact he said "thank you and bye". *Ahem, forgot something? Excuse me, no any survey form for me? Coz my friends got it*

P/S: My sv was nervous than me myself during the live chat as he asked her what qualification she has had for her to work as food safety supervisor. Also, my sv was afraid to chat in English.
I comforted her: Language and qualification, they doesn't matter as far as you do the job well and you own the precious years of experience.

Ending soon

So, another 6 days to go for my dear course-mates to happily "graduate" from their three quarters of uni's journey... Congratz... My turn very soon too. Yea, 24 days. Haha 4 times of yours. Can't wait to see all of you. My uni, My friends.

I am not going to give my "3/4 graduation speech" so fast at this moment. Coz I am going to read some of yours first. But, really no sense of "reluctant" to leave your workplace? Sure have a little...right right...

Recently really have not much of work at the org... I felt like I am taking "blind salary"...  Okay, there was no  such direct translation of "gaji buta". It's suppose to be described as a SINECURE, and I just learned the word. How nice was it.

Well, I am a sinecure now who pretend to be busy while the boss passes by...My handphone can run out of battery in a single working day just because I keep on surfing the net while "working". LOL.

YG these days

There were two "Ms T" coming for their probation today... I was glad enough to welcome them as my current "job" could finally find its descendent.

I had no time at all to entertain them as I was busy with my daily task. I thought my supervisor and other colleagues could at least settle them with little simple task.

Who knows when the clock tick-toc-ed to 12 o'clock - LUNCH TIME, we indeed had a small discord.
Seriously?
At their first day of working?
Yup, we (actually was between both Ms T and my sv) disagreed in the lunch time arrangement of who should go out first by 12pm instead of 1pm.
 My sv would definitely choose the former one, that means both Ms T had to go out at 1pm since only a colleague remained in the office.  However, I couldn't think of once that both Ms T would refuse to do so.
I mean as a "new people", I thought new people will always have to "follow" the "old people" 's suggestion. HAHA.
Anyway, good to know that "new people" could fight for their rights too. At least I know I dare not, unless it is something urgent. You know~ die in hungry for lunch.

At last, my sv had no choice but to let them went for 12pm's. We went out almost at the same time, but we didn't come back on same time...
AHA! I could guess it. They had definitely fled away....because of what? We were still puzzled. They didn't even have a call to inform HR that they quit.
Okay, don't tell me the reason you be a half-day quitter was because of a mere trifle in "lunch-time arrangement".
Come on, we have already told you that it was just alternately. Colleagues must help each other...
Or maybe it was all about a "plan" i.e. flee at the lunch hour.

Bad of me...

I should be rushing home after 5.30pm but instead I ended up tete-a-tete with Ms. M for an hour right in front of her house. (fyi I was sending subcons to her so dropped by her house)

tsk tsk tsk...

Nothing important business to discuss. Together we spent time bad-mouthing, commenting, gossiping, reminiscing (her old days) and prying. I have no idea why she like to update the organization's latest news from me. Concern maybe as her past job? Or maybe here comes her-sarky-psycho: "How do you live without me?"

Indeed I was clever enough to "exchange" info from her. And now I got some first hand info that at least one former operator (get fired one) and one present staff (keep on showing I-am-bored-pattern) are looking forward to job-hopping to her company.
Pathetic to know this is imminent... even my SV also thought of fill in their job application form.

Looks like Jasmine Revolution is about to on~ gradually~ Ms. Lim partially support you but dare not see some or half of the admin staff end up having a "family-reunion" at another company. This is too cruel~

Another thing is we did find a mutual point of view that is superiors barely to accept advice or opinions from inferiors which I feel bad for them. There's always rooms for improvement for only those are open-minded. Guess they don't know this simple rule for sure.

Being a "professional" intern, I supposed I should take my courage to express my opinion based on my expertise; but eventually I ended up by being a kibitzer as I could sense from the superiors' remark. And for once that's enough, never be a person who give unwelcomed advice again, unless you are instructed to do so.

P/S - In case you would like to know the history of real Jasmine Revolution: all-encompassing-jasmine-effect-shakes-egypt-up

OT please~

July is here......
Lower half of the year signifies daily production quantity also being curtailed half... No more OT for foreigners until 10 o'clock at night for RM32.50 a day.
So, how are the foreigners going to live with this low wages of RM20 a day without OT?
Do the maths:- working for 26 days with OT: RM845; w/o OT: RM520.
With this such a three-hundreds and twenty-five bucks huge difference, even you asked them not to OT, I am sure they will try their best ever to "create" the OT. hahaha. They know to play tricks by slowing down their progress and then what? They manage to get the OT lo~ So clever yet so stupid. "You thought boss will grant you-ah?"
What so funny is even local operators dislike OT, they manage to live with that RM20 per day (Maybe it's just for personal spending). Thus, you can see how hardworking are the foreigners to make ends meet in our land.
"Hardworking in extending the working hours"

Sorry, Madam~ I have no idea of....

....... what were you thinking about. Crap!

Okay, here's the short story.

After the inspection of FDA (US Food and Drug Administration), you, Your FACTORY got so many NCs ie. NONCONFORMANCEs. I am one of the "staffs" who help you to do the closing report: we changed the sanitizing bottles, correct this correct that, hoping to see changes in stubborn operators. So that, we all do not need to rush and "pretend" when next audit is coming.

BUT,
after all these corrective actions, you are the one who said: "after you take the photos for FDA to see，you please change the bottles back to the old one, coz I don't want them dirty the bottles and when auditors come just put the new back"

*rolling my eyes* Come On!
Your OLD sanitizing bottles have already banned by MOH, now you still want to use that NC's bottles?

You can't always give them to see the "Good Pretending Side" of your factory, but you need to train your operators. Takkan you cannot ask your operators to clean the bottles daily to keep the bottles always clean? That's the only solution. Practice Make Perfect maaaa, tiok bo? Foreigners operators cannot be pampered like that. Remember you are a FOOD FACTORY!!! Hygienic is the core obligation.

A kind girl: that's ME

I have to say I am really really a kind-hearted girl. Why? Coz I am too nice to accept my supervisor's request in fetching her to breast-feed her son daily.

Here's the thoughts:
Thinking negatively: Why am I suppose to fetch her? Because she is the one who supervise me in internship? She could call her hubby to fetch her instead. Is my car's fuel too much to spend nowhere?

Thinking positively: It's just a stop-off at a taman on the way. Since I have to go out for lunch everyday, it should not be a problem for me to fetch her to the house. Moreover, she will treat me a dollar fruits - jambu batu or mango in return even though I am paiseh to get it...

But, I think I deserve it: I mean the free fruits. Wahahahaha.

Intern equals to slave

Internship days - it can be also called slavery days with no doubt *old news I know*
With no strings attached... I can do whatever you ask. BUT, don't ever take for granted that I should settle all your mess.