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Day 1 @ SG: 16 January 2011 (Sunday)

* Left Angeles City at 6:30 a.m.
* Met my PH colleagues at the airport for the first time: D'Laarni and Meg :-)
* Flight at 1010 H, 5J799, Cebu Pacific Air
* We were interviewed by Immigration officials at NAIA, before we were allowed to board the plane. They were asking for any proof that the company invited us to Singapore for a training. We realized we had no doscument to prove it, not even a company ID, so we had to bear the interview.
* Narin met us at the airport, accompanied us to the apartment, took us to lunch (Kopitiam Food Court, Tampines Mall), and had the apartment keys duplicated. Narin also instructed us how to take the train in going to the office.

Day 2 @ SG: 17 January 2011 (Monday)

* 1st day @ Brandtology office
* Jerry Foo was the first to meet us. He let us stay at the conference room, and told us a canteen is available at the ground floor, in case we want to eat.
* At around 9 a.m., we were introduced to everyone in the office. Of course, their names were all familiar to us, as we've worked with most of them: Kelly, Aishah, Sophia, Chong Chwan, Pei San, Hauzee, Kanako, Regina...
* Training started at 9:30 a.m.
* Went back to the apartment so Hauzee could install wi-fi / Internet connectivity.
* TRAINING: Kelly discussed about the company profile, and some insights about online intelligence and the role of SMRAs in the process; Aishah lectured on Account servicing; At 12 noon, we were invited for lunch by the CEO, Mr. Eddie Chau, the CFO, Mr. Stephen Loh, and Kelly Choo, Co-founder and Business Dev't Director.

Day 3 @ SG: 18 January 2011 (Tuesday)

* Was supposed to continue with training at 9 a.m., but asked if we could have free time to finish our deadlines. To give way to the deadlines, training was canceled on this day.
* Finished Citibank-PH-MARs, QC for HP-HK Weekly Analytical Report and Citibank-APAC-Regional Report
*Still working till 1 a.m. at the apartment...

Day 4 @ SG: 19 January 2011(Wednesday)

* Training at 4 p.m., only for a few minutes; it was postponed due to urgent editing tasks assigned to me.
* QC tasks finished at the office.
* Met the SMEs (Erwin, Kelvin, Kesavan) at the office.
* Brief discussion with Chong Chwan re Citibank-PH

Day 5 @ SG: 20 January 2011 (Thursday)

* Lunch with the SG team: Dorothy, Kelly, Sophia, Pei San, Aishah at the food court near DBS building
* 2 p.m.: Discussion with Dorothy re work-related concerns
* 3 p.m. : Meeting with Chong Chwan re Citibank account, and re agenda for meeting with Citibank writers
* 4 p.m. : Training on Iteration
* QC, HP-HK-MARs-Dec 10
* QC, LVMH-W& S- BA

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