First day at Perfection The Training Academy

WOW, what an awesome first day of work! Jessica (my co-interner) and I left the hotel at 11 to catch the train. Unfortunatly, we missed the first one and had to wait 45 minutes for the next train. They don't really have a schedule so you just have to wait and see if a train will come to pick you up. The train finally came at 12 which was when we we're supposed to be at the office. We hurried to work and were 35 minutes late. Luckily, people in Malaysia are so laid back that no one said anything about us not being on time. They were surprised that we showed up today because they weren't really expecting us and had nothing prepared for us. We sat down in their little meeting/lobby area which looked like the inside of a spa. There was soothing music playing and lots of candles burning, we loved it so far. Terrence, the assistant manager had us fill out orientation sheets which included question about our hobbies, favourite food, and  what places we wanted to visit in Malaysia- these things would not be included in a Canadian orientation. We then got a tour of the place. Basically, it is an after school program for kids with learning disabilities or who require extra help with their education. There were 8 classrooms, a teachers lounge, some other small rooms and a very crowded and cluttered office. One of the desks was cleared off for us and there was an ancient computer that we could use- we brought our laptops to use instead. After that, we had to wait until our boss- Mr. Christopher (a dr.)- came in to tell us more about what we will be doing.


My boss came in and gave us our job descriptions and requirements. In short, we have to go into the classes to promote their exam preparation lectures. We are also guest lecturers for a 6 week, 1 class a week seminar in which we will be teaching an English class. We were showered with gifts all day long. We got a bag with about 10 notebooks, a pencil case, a folder and other materials. Mr. Christopher brought us a fresh loaf of his favorite bread and two delicious mangos. When we left, the ladies gave us a bag of candy!


Work was done by 5 and Mr Christopher loaded us in his fancy Mercedes to go explore the city. Mr. Christopher is a big deal in Malaysia. He was a judge on top chef Malaysia and is big in the food scene. He owns a lot of expensive real estate and sports cars. Most of all, he wants to show us all the great places in KL and make sure that we get a great experience. After work, he drove us around the nice part of the city. We drove past million dollar condos and 5 million dollar houses. I thought it looked like 90210 but he said that there were places much better than this! He then took us for "coffee" in a super fancy mall that has only been open for 8 months. (He just bought a condo across the road from it for 600 000 ringet ($200,000)) This was not just any coffee shop but one where they make cool designs on the drinks! We were taking pictures of the drinks and he taught us some photography tricks to get the best food pictures. see below for our drinks...

This was the coffee shop. Journal by Plan b

Outside the shop

Mr. Christopher's Latte

We HAD to eat the carrot cake but they were sold out so we had to try the caramel banana pecan cake instead. It was really good with rich butter cream icing in the middle.

 After this, we walked around the mall and onto our next food destination. We tried a chinese donut- deep fried dough sticks. They came in this bag- haha

Then we went to the food court for a Malaysian noodle dish. I can't remember what it was called but it was quite good.

We finished off with this interesting dessert. It was a mixture of fruit and vegetables topped with brown soy bean sauce, fried fish something, peanuts, and some sweet sauce. This was not my favorite. The soy was really over powering and I was already stuffed by this point from all the previous food we had to eat.

When we thought it was all done and we could go home, Mr. Christopher walked us around the mall some more and took us to the top where you can see the KL skyline.

This was the name of the brand new modern mall

It was open in the middle, a couple stories high and a couple miles long

Here I am with the KL skyline in the background. Notice the Patronas twin towers and the KL tower in the back? It was so beautiful!

We then got back in the Mercedes and saw the parliament building, a street full of bars and pubs, and a street full of authentic Malaysian street food which was full of people and you could barely drive through it. He said that he usually drives his porsche through this street. (yes a Porsche!). Then we made it back to the apartment and we were both yawning and super tired after all that. 


That was a long blog and a lot of information but I had a great experience and want to share as much as I can on here. I'm so excited to go back tomorrow!