Summarize Experience@Singapore: Electronic

Woo the 5 day trip has ended and I am back at KL now. The last day was gloomy day, even the sky said so. Since morning it has been raining, quite a heavy one. It is the only night i feel i have enough sleep because we are meeting at 12. The night before i had barely enough of sleeping time and the day schedule is kinda rush.

In overall this is a great trip. Contact@ Singapore is a agency form by EDB (economic development board) and MOM (ministry of manpower) which both are Singapore government agency. As stated by them, EDB will focus on getting investor in to Singapore and MOM will gather talented from all over the world to fit the manpower needs. As for me, this is just BRILLIANT! Getting all resources from outside of Singapore and making their own Economy growth. I can see how much they wan talented people by the way thy treat us.

The accommodation bill for the whole trip is over 20k Sgd. The room itself, each nite cost 200sgd. Staying for 5 nite will be 1000Sgd. They are 36 of us in total which at least need 20 rooms. Here it is, 20k Sgd. Then the food they gave us is top class. Everyone of us is fed like a pig. We have big crab, big prawn, big chicken, big and alot of fruit (durian, mangoesteen, rambutan altho all from M'sia). It is just awwwwesome. U can imagine how much they wan u to stay and work for their country.

Now i am kinda stuck in between. I dunno what shd i do after this. Shd i stay here and work. or shd i get a job in sg. In sg, i have alot of opportunity to grow, to learn, but i am worrying bout their workload. It will be 1.5times more if i work in KL. The pay thr is ard 2.5 to 2.8k sgd, in KL i only can get 2.2 to 2.5k. For me, the pay is not really that important, what important for me is the potential, the growth, the training. ARGHH monday is my interview with maxis, another decision to make.. ARGHHHHHHH

Experience@Singapore: Electronic-Day 4

Day 4, Thursday, 15/7/10

I am still flu and coughing when i get up early morning. Still the same breakfast i had. Then we visited the United Microelctronics Corporation. This is really a China-man company. There re so many Chinese in there. When we are at the presentation room, at the side there are some which board use for brainstorming. I only can see Chinese word on the board. This is really discouraging. Especially for those international student that cant read and write Chinese. Very not professional le.

We had our lunch in the bus. I wish to eat Mc spicy aka chicken Mc deluxe in KL. But my throat do not allow that, I have no choice but to eat the extra Mc Chicken. After the quick lunch, we arrive at Land Transport Authority. A agency for Singapore transportation planning. They had some Sg transportation history presentation, then show us the MRT planning. It is really brilliant. I wonder how much time they use to think of those stuff.

Some old ticketing system of buses. Similar to what we have in KL last time

Last company visit is the MediaTek, another IC design which focus on HD TV chipset and RF chipset. I saw WIMAX technology! I am related to this company! I handed in my CV to the HR and i hope i can get the reply from them.

We had our dinner in Food republic on orchard road. I ate the Ba Cho Mee or some minced pork noodle. Not bad the taste, is different from what i ate before. Then we go to Bugis Village, then Bugis Junction. Not really special but crowded place. And now i am back to the hotel and writing my blog post.. RUSH ah!! the hotel wifi is so slow!

Experience@Singapore: Electronic-Day 3

Day 3, Wednesday, 14/7/10

This is a bad bad day for me. I wake up with flu and sore throat. After having breakfast, which I stupidly go take fired egg and toasted bread, GG(good game which also means ‘good’ job). My throat getting more and more itchy, and also I drink more and more water.

In the noon time we visited Broadcom which is a world leading communication chip design house. What surprise us is when the refreshment and networking session going to end. The VP(vice president) of Broadcom actually come to us and give us some short talk! I am like wow!! such busy person will appear upon us, the low ranked fresh grad! He talk bout how they keep their passion to work hard and innovation to kick their opponent tail ( I think he mean ass). LOL. By the end of this session, I start coughing…..

Next we have visit to HDB hub. I know what contact@singapore wanna tell us. Work hard and stress yourself and get 1 of those flat! Fisrtly I will need to get a job in SG. Then work my ass out until I got a PR. The my CPF ( similar to EPF in Msia) start rolling~~ Wait it roll until I got the money to pay down payment of the flat then I can apply! BUT, there is always a but, I only can buy a second hand house which is at least 5 years old. OMIGOSH, how long do I need to take to get a brand new flat. then how bout a car!!! BTW, I had MOS burger finally! Yakiniku Rice Burger! is DARNNNNN nice! so different from the burger I ate before. There goes my throat, BANG!

Next is a visit to Infineon Technologies a famous brand for chipset and computer industry. I started to get dizzy by then.. I think I had a fever. The Infineon presentation is not really impressive so most of stuff they tell I have forgotten. After that I am able to sleep awhile in the bus, when I am awake , I feel much better BUT! there is alwayssss a but, I am standing infront of a Chinese Indian fussion restaurant at Serangoon road. I say WTH! More burden for my throat! In there we had very very nice CRAB! CHILI crab the famous dish of Singapore! Nice but my throat goes pain again. ISH

More importantly it is Wednesday nite, Ladies nite, My gang are going to Zouk but I am sick. So sad, I can only stay at room and search the net for Mambo nite. A special nite that the DJ will play some Retro music and ppl thr will do some synchronize dance, how cool. Sad, my day end with 2 panadol pill… gd nite..

Experience@Singapore: Electronic- Day 2

Day 2, Tuesday, 13/7/10

Wake up in the early morning and have breakfast at hotel. Looking at those bacon, ham and bread, i tell them, i am gonna eat you for 3 more day ! OH god.. Today we are visiting a fab!! wat is a fab? It is a short name for wafer fabrication manufacturing facilities. Which that company will recieve offer from fabless IC design house and help them fabricate their IC. Sounds boringggg.. Here is where the clean room are, wearing like u ar in insanity hospital. And i can hardly talk to others when u wear like dat and have a mask on. SSMC a joint venture company from Taiwan. The bad thing we only get lecture from them bout their company then do some netwokring and refreshment after that, but no facilities visit. I wish see some clean room and how people work in it.

After lunch we go to Fusionopolis, a place where all scientist gather and think of the future of technology. How cool if i can join, but too bad is that most of the employee inside is Phd grad. In side the showcase gallery, we able to see some of the latest technology adapt to our lifestyle. Smart kitchen, smart bed, smart TV, all smartie stuff which is too far from me. It is the future, who know wat will happen.

Then we are off to Soitek Singapore. The only company so far that show us some potential to grow in it. The facilities is new and so many space is unoccupied. The patented technology there have are cutting edge. It should be a great company to work. Too bad the recruitment has just ended early this year as said by HR.

At nite, we are going to MARINA BAY SANDS! wow! casino! We took the wrong train and we walk so long to get there. The casino is not as impressive as in Macau. The smoking area in the ground floor suck. Not dat classy after all...

MBS i took in the Marina barrage

Experience@Singapore: Electronic Day 0 and Day 1

In the middle of my usual afternoon nap, I receive a call from an unknown number, when i pick it up, it is the contact person from contact@Singapore speaking to me. It is my first tele-interview. After a few intro question and inquiries, the phone call has ended. On the following friday, i recieve a email said that i have short listed for this program. Wow it will be an awesome trip.What more awesome is it is free! I dun not need to pay for the accommodation and food there! After doing some internet search bout the location of accommodation and company visit detail, i have accepted the offer and book my coach ticket online. Here start the journey to Singapore.

Day 0, Sunday, 11/7/10

I depart from Corus Hotel at 10am. A surprise is that i found out one of my coursemate are taking the same coach with me, which bring me a great company. After a 5 hour journey, i am finally at Singapore. My first thought when i touch singapore ground is that, OMG the weather is darnnn hot! I quickly find some shades and start looking for taxi and get to StudioM hotel.

After some rest, we then go to Vivo city for a late lunch. The carl's jr burger thr is much much different from what i have in KL! because thr got BACON!! the real bacon!! not the fake fake chicken bacon or beef bacon in KL! U really need to drop ur jaw to enjoy such big and tasty burger! YUM~~

Then we take a railway ride to Sentosa to the casino! Is fun walking ard in the casino seeing all the expression on the customer face, but some are just desperate. For me who cant affort for such high risk investment, i enjoy by learning at the side of game table. In overall the interior design is good and what's better is i cant smell of any cigarette smell.

My trip end with a long long queue at the taxi stand in Vivocity. ARghh so many ppl are out to shopping at sunday nite....

Day 1, Monday, 12/7/10

After having breakfast, we gather and visit headquater of Contact@Singapore. I am impress by the number of participants and the diversity of the group. There ppl from Taiwan, China, Korea, Philippine and Malaysia. But mostly is Mandrain speaking student so more or less we look like a trip from China. From the Raffle city office block which where contact@Singapore located, we have a great view around central area of Singapore.

A nice view with Singapore flyer ( the big ferris wheel) and the Marina Bay Sands

After the lunch, we have visit to Avago Technologies and a tour at Marina Barrage reservoir which is a flood control system for Singapore water facilities.

After the visit at the same nite, we walk around the hotel and get to enjoy some night scenery at clarke quay. Just a short walk away we are at the famous Merlion. I dare to say that place has the best night view in Singapore!