After the scrumptious meals I had 2 days before and ample resting, I'm back to work, in a part time job. This time it was an Export Furniture Exhibition, held at MAEPS (Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang).
MAEPS is Asia's largest and most comprehensive showground and exposition facility. And a more surprising fact to me was that MAEPS is actually a property of UPM & MARDI, and it is located just a few kilometres away from UPM's campuses and hostels. The building certainly looks giant to me. I'm in awed because it never appear to me that UPM compound was so so big. Along the way to MAEPS I can see 2 football fields! *gasp*
Export Furniture Exhibition, or better known as EFE is a globally recognized event. Already in its 6th series this year, this event was held in conjunction to our country mission to become the world leading exporter of furniture (Malaysia is currently the world's 10th largest furniture exporter). I never know about this. *squint* More than 320 leading manufacturers and exporters from Asia, around the world and especially Malaysia will be showcasing their attractive, innovative and exciting furniture designs in this fair. It is a must-visit event for the industries players, buyers, and visitors in their quest for market expansion and business growth.
I worked as a promoter in Caccina, a local sofas manufacturing company, that manufacture mainly high-end leather sofas. As this is an international fair, my job scope include ushering, serving, and abit of selling to mainly international buyers. It was kind of an interesting experience as I get to know people from all walks of life, of multiple origins. It was a tough job at first because I'm not familiar with what I'm supposed to do or say (and the bosses were certainly not helpful at all), and I have difficulty in understanding those foreigners' English, and on top of all, my feet were aching like hell because of my heels!!! Argh...!!!
But luckily I learnt my lesson quick and switched to wearing flats instead the next day. Phewww... As the days went by, I was more familiar with the job. And am really quite happy with this job because I actually get to know better of more people, as in my colleagues. They are the ones that enlightened my days at work. So I guess it true when they say sometimes it's not the company that make you wanna keep your job, it's the people you work with. =)
5 days are over, and tomorrow - back to school! Yeah ^.^
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