Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Orientation

Arrived at the airport safely, excited and a little tired. We were expecting warm welcome from our seniors, little did we know it's the beginning of a 5-days torment for us.
The Incheon airport is not as big as KLIA, but it's quite organised. The best thing I like about it is that we need not have to walk so far to collect our luggage and go to the exit.

After our arrival we went to Malaysia's Embassy in Hangnam-Dong, met the embassador and the other officers over there. Later the seniors took us to one of Korea Exchange Bank's branch to open an account.
As we went back to the embassy, none of us knew that we were entering the 'gates of hell'. It was the begining of our orientation. We were punished for coming back slowly, not bringing our files with us, and any other excuses that they could think of.
All in all throughout the 5 days orientation, whether we were in our motel or during the camp, we must be prepared to do pumpings, half- stand, marching and other activities anytime of the day, be it 6.30am early moring or 2.30am before dawn.
The one event that I believe all of us will always remember is standing with our clothes and shoes on in the swimming pool for 2 hours !
We cooked our own meals during the 2 days 1 night camp. We did quite a good job, considering that most of us never really cooked before.
We also didn't have enough sleep throughout the orientation. There was once where I only manage to sleep for 1/2 an hour, which made me woke up late and got hukuman for it.
However, we do understand that our seniors were trying to prepare us for the life in Korea which is full of pressure and tension. They were also trying to make us unite as a batch and help one another.
But, sometimes I still don't really agree with the method they use. I'll definitely not use this same method on my juniors next time.

Anyway, the air here in Seoul is worse than KL I'm still trying to get use to it. I'm still very tired, recovering from the orientation. Hopefully will be better soon.

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