I admit that this blog is very wordy. Majority of the people out there prefer a visual description, in my observation at the very least (photo blog anyone?). Well fret not about that as I've inquired about taking photos around my workplace and surroundings that aren't considered restricted. Pictures coming up soon! That's that, and I had a very routine Thursday as I delve and further enlightened myself about Perl Scripting. Browsing through the whole thing earlier, it's actually a complete 4 day lecture. Currently in day 2.5 of the slides, I guess it's slower when you need to experiment the codes/examples yourself and figure out why a ton of errors would make your life miserable. But of course you get the learn more with all the different inputs you can try without having anyone waiting for you. :D
Investing some thoughts of what an ideal working environment would be like, and so I've found some funky pictures to share. As much as this do not seem to relate with what I'm actually doing in Intel, just imagine a newbie being thrown into a cubicle with some wild imagination going on (or just in the name of art).
Believe it or not, my cubicle looks somewhat like this. Except that I have an LCD monitor, no clock and some nifty drawers behind me. Oh, and we don't have to be in formal clothing ^^ Jeans and t-shirts FTW~!
This reminds me of how my cubicle neighbors can sound/look like quite a 'party' with all the constant footsteps, chats in Mandarin and Hokkien (and the occasional fluent English, sometimes with an accent) plus cliques discussing "where to for lunch" or "what to do later/where to yumcha after work". And FYI, I didn't eavesdrop, it's just loud that I couldn't ignore it.
And this I could only imagine when I could actually somehow integrate to the seemingly tight society here, but of course it doesn't get any wilder than this. We're all working after all, getting the job done... properly! A pin-drop-silent office environment (with the clicks of the mouse and keyboard accompanied by rare whispers) would be quite the prison-like which may be detrimental to vigor.
All in all, it was quite a fruitful day. There was a quick celebration for the April babies in our department which served some snacks and of course a cake. Got to know a few of my colleagues better, but still there's much to do in closing this gap between me as a newbie and them as the seniors. Bonding session needed, hm... *hint hint* to some specific readers, hehe... :P
Took my chances and decided to travel to Gurney Drive, putting my faith into the road signs available. Unfortunately, they have miserably failed me as I ended up going in circles as Penang has a thing for one way streets and many random junctions which takes you to somewhere (like McAlister Road which I found after leaving Gurney Plaza, pfft~) or no where at all (some housing area in the middle of town). Caught a movie (Date Night) with Andrew who wasn't much of a GPS but more of a friend who's there to share the feeling of being lost but not giving up just yet. Oh and char koay teow in Gurney Drive hawker center is quite the expensive, Andrew told me it's actually normal for it's popularity. The portion is rather small too, bummer...
I so need a tour guide. Going to head back to KL this weekend while I still have the chance, so some packing to do and thinking of what I can bring back from home. Perhaps my desktop? Until next time~
P/S: Pictures are courtesy of deviantART. And does Intel Penang connect to the Internet via an Ireland server? It's freaking fast, so not streamyx or anything TM would provide me thinks.
P/S: Pictures are courtesy of deviantART. And does Intel Penang connect to the Internet via an Ireland server? It's freaking fast, so not streamyx or anything TM would provide me thinks.
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