My Crystal Grad Trip

Going for a snorkel. That's my friend by the way.

Going to another sea for snorkel.

I ended my last undergraduate exams on May 5. The paper was Trauma Psychology and Crisis Intervention - possibly the last examinable trauma I will have.

My last exam venue.

On May 6 and 7, I attended HR summit on May 6 and 7. It was one of Asia's biggest HR conferences, and the programme fee was super expensive for students. But we were so fortunate to be sponsored by one of the event sponsors, so a few of us got to go representing AIESEC Singapore. I opened my eyes to the latest corporate HR practices, including innovative compensation and benefits plan such as luxurious travels, as well as got to hear some solutions to HR challenges faced today. Not to mention, there were just so much cool freebies available, such as relaxation music CD, travel medical pack (gonna bring that on my travel to Qatar!), massage services, etc. Our MCVPOGX won a voucher to Universal Studio! Gosh.

Then May 8 to May 15 I was totally occupied with National Planning. It's possibly the first time for AIESEC SG that the MC currents took up active role in leading the planning, so that we can guide them using our experience. I led a day on talent planning. Again, it's the first time for us to do proper talent planning, so it really did put a lot of stress on myself to create proper tools for the planning.

This is my MC team. It's filled with girls!

After that and after a week of working in the office, I officially moved back to home in Malaysia where I'll be spending my 2 months at. I lugged back a car filled with my 11-year Singapore memories, and drove for 6 hours before reaching home.
Then the problem came.
My room needs to make space for these stuff. So I spent the next three days doing spring cleaning for my room, throwing away even older memories, such as primary school exam papers, primary school magazines, secondary school notes, old clothes etc. Eventually, 8 big boxes of memories are now for give away or throw away. ): But the result is I get a cosy room with all my belongings nicely placed for my use and living. =D
And good bye Singapore, I'll come back there only a year after.

BEFORE.

For the next few months, I hope to be travelling a bit in Malaysia to see the famous touristic places that I've always wanted to see! I wish to use this time to know my own country better before venturing into another country.

So that's it. My eventful May. =D Hope to hear from everyone too!

• Qatar is a small peninsula in the persian gulf. Some actually refer to it as the bridge between the east and the west.
• There are almost 1.5 million people living in Qatar...with only 200k Qatari locals, which makes it a veeeeeeeeeeeery international country. You'll basically find people from all nationalities here.
• Qatar is ruled by the Emir hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Al Thani is the royal family in Qatar
• Qatar is is a very conservative society
• They have a traditional dress that they still use to this day - Black Abaya for ladies; white thob for men
• The main university is Qatar University. It is a separate university where each gender has own campus. The other universities are co-education.
• For the non-Qataries, what we wear varies, as long as they are conservative. In some areas such as hotels and others, you can wear bathing suit to go swimming.
• In the Islamic calendar, people fast during the holy month of Ramadan. Non-muslims can eat but not in public.
• Since most people are expats, they will spend summer back in their home countries for 2 to 3 months. Hence the roads will be without traffic!
• About the weather: most of the time it is pretty hot and humid. But the good thing is everywhere is air-conditioned, so the heat is only felt when you are reaching wherever you want to reach.