and the winner is ...

I received the invitation from HR about 3 weeks ago. After clicking accept on the invitation, I totally forgot about it until last Friday on the day of the event. It's the closing ceremony of my last training. A high tea of sort. Be it on any other week, I would welcome the intrusion but being the busiest week, I almost didn't go if it was not due to the persistent persuasion from the HR training coordinator to ensure high attendance and food are not left to waste ... so she said.

Boy was I in for a surprise. In fact many staffs were. There were not only our batch present on that day but many other as well whom 'graduated' from HR series of training. In addition, directors from every unit participated in the program were invited too. From far I saw Mr Z. Apart from tea and certificate, top 3 scorers from each batch from every series were given prizes too. HR kept their surprise well. Many were caught off guard 'as not dress up for the occasion' since most of us rush from office to the hotel. And I certainly didn't aspect that I would be chosen the top scorer amongst the rest in my batch. The other two winners were the ladies which I'm closest with during the course of the training. One is the regional sales manager from Kuching (I'm close to her bcos I know nuts about sales) and the other one is the finance manager (since I'm hopeless with numbers) - so that's how we became close. I'm like a leech who stuck on others. LOL And what they got from me? Maybe a couple of jokes to ensure everyone is wide awake during the course of training. Ha!Ha! Frankly speaking, I'm not sure how I managed to score high against these brilliant people. Anyways it was a pleasant surprise. And I'm thankful to all the other participants as we are now turned from strangers to buddies. As I mentioned in earlier post about the said training, I'm just so glad I managed to finish the modules and didn't aspect of winning anything.

So after all the congratulations, cakes, satay and dim sum I rushed back to the office to continue ... working!