It was practically busy for the two days... from the time i arrived in the office, till the time i go back home... in fact, i still have some work to do, once i go back to work :D
Next week is the whole week off work... there's four days of public holiday, and Friday the office will be close *yay*!
So during those busy days, what i did was calling up some clients to remind them that their Actuarial Valuation is almost due, and for the ones who agreed, I am to write out their proposal for the actuarial valuation :D I even already sent a couple of proposals out to two clients, using my own company e-mail :D:D:D
Internship #8 W2
There was nothing much to do today... Basically just waiting for the clients to give us all the data... Ha ha ha...
Anyway, after lunch, Li Fern briefed me on the process of valuation of retirement funds... And here's where Actuarial Maths comes in, for there is usage on mortality rates, turnoever rate, and even disability rates (where applicable)... Present Values, nPx, V^n all comes into the big picture.... :D
Seems pretty fun to do, actually... hahahaha... She also showed me a sample data, and all sorts of functions, formulae and short cuts that can be used on Microsoft Excel to help with the task of cleaning data... In the sample data that I had, apparently there was one employee who was born like a century ago, and still receiving salary and working till now... xD So that's an example of a data that I will have to check later...
Now, I'm gonna play with some data on Microsoft Excel, to familiarize myself with all those nifty short cuts and functions =^_^=
Anyway, after lunch, Li Fern briefed me on the process of valuation of retirement funds... And here's where Actuarial Maths comes in, for there is usage on mortality rates, turnoever rate, and even disability rates (where applicable)... Present Values, nPx, V^n all comes into the big picture.... :D
Seems pretty fun to do, actually... hahahaha... She also showed me a sample data, and all sorts of functions, formulae and short cuts that can be used on Microsoft Excel to help with the task of cleaning data... In the sample data that I had, apparently there was one employee who was born like a century ago, and still receiving salary and working till now... xD So that's an example of a data that I will have to check later...
Now, I'm gonna play with some data on Microsoft Excel, to familiarize myself with all those nifty short cuts and functions =^_^=
Internship #7 W2
Yesterday the internet connection was really bad... but oh well...
In the morning, I finalised and corrected my template that will be sent to the client, so now that it's sent, it's a waiting time, until the client sends their data back...
After lunch, I calculated some retirement benefits manually, for a few staff who left their company at the end of last year... so it's being checked and reviewed now... hahaha
I'm starting to get used to more things... Plus learning to do more stuff using Excel... Excel is great... ;)
In the morning, I finalised and corrected my template that will be sent to the client, so now that it's sent, it's a waiting time, until the client sends their data back...
After lunch, I calculated some retirement benefits manually, for a few staff who left their company at the end of last year... so it's being checked and reviewed now... hahaha
I'm starting to get used to more things... Plus learning to do more stuff using Excel... Excel is great... ;)
Internship #6 and Over the weekend
I skipped another day of post yet again... And that was because it took so long for blogger to load at my pc at work... I'm starting to think that my connection is getting slower and slower... i hope it's not controlled :( When I arrived home, I went out for dinner, and then slept... I've been sleeping pretty early lately... =/
Anyway, I was still preparing and editing the Data Request template until just now... Now that it's done, it's been sent to the client for them to fill in... And I've to wait for it to arrive... in the meantime, i'm to build my skills in using Microsoft Excel and such... pretty nifty tool, i'll say...
There's something else lined up after lunch too, but I don't know what it is yet...
Another thing yesterday, the whole office staff was in the conference room, listening to something... and i wasn't sure whether i'm supposed to be in or out... so i stayed out, at my desk... pondering over my lack or courage to ask and how i keep hiding at my cubicle... ish ish... i better start doing something :P
Ah... And I also forgot to bring my wallet to work.. so i had to rely on Ssaiful to lend me some cash for lunch... Tee hee hee...
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Over the weekend, I had a CT Scan of my brain on Saturday... Interesting experience... I could see the outline of my eyeballs and the space behind my nose... xD Thankfully, nothing was wrong with my brain that is causing my frequent headaches... The neurologist diagnosed that it might be muscle tension causing the headaches... I guess i got it from my dad, since he used to suffer from migranes... and occasional headaches as well... :p
Sunday I went sailing... and the wind is strong... feels like the wind is getting stronger and stronger... I really need to put on more weight... Argh...
Anyway, I was still preparing and editing the Data Request template until just now... Now that it's done, it's been sent to the client for them to fill in... And I've to wait for it to arrive... in the meantime, i'm to build my skills in using Microsoft Excel and such... pretty nifty tool, i'll say...
There's something else lined up after lunch too, but I don't know what it is yet...
Another thing yesterday, the whole office staff was in the conference room, listening to something... and i wasn't sure whether i'm supposed to be in or out... so i stayed out, at my desk... pondering over my lack or courage to ask and how i keep hiding at my cubicle... ish ish... i better start doing something :P
Ah... And I also forgot to bring my wallet to work.. so i had to rely on Ssaiful to lend me some cash for lunch... Tee hee hee...
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Over the weekend, I had a CT Scan of my brain on Saturday... Interesting experience... I could see the outline of my eyeballs and the space behind my nose... xD Thankfully, nothing was wrong with my brain that is causing my frequent headaches... The neurologist diagnosed that it might be muscle tension causing the headaches... I guess i got it from my dad, since he used to suffer from migranes... and occasional headaches as well... :p
Sunday I went sailing... and the wind is strong... feels like the wind is getting stronger and stronger... I really need to put on more weight... Argh...
Internship #4 & #5
Okay.. so i forgot to post yesterday...
Basically I didn't do anything related to work yesterday, and just surfed and chat as usual... Until 4 PM
But I did meet up with Saiful and Elina for lunch.. that was fun!
At 4 PM, we had a team meeting, which they call practice meeting... for benefits practice team, i guess... anyhow, i was pretty quiet, trying to absorb what they're saying and observing what they do in the meeting... It was pretty full of energy ;)
So at the meeting, I've been assigned to help a colleague with some Benefits Project... involving recalculations and updating the database, as number of employees always change each year... something called the annual benefit statement, or something like that... *gives a confused look*
So after the meeting, I have work to do.. and I finally finished it this morning, just before i posted this post on my blog...
Plus today, I'll only be working half day, because I'm going to UiTM Shah Alam, more specifically, my faculty to be awarded my Dean's List certificate in a little ceremony... Elina, Wanie, Balqis and Nadia will be there... I don't know about the rest, by i heard Fhad may also make it all the way from Terengganu...
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On another note, pearl has finally entered CD... i'm sure it'll be fun xD although it caused some ppl to be a bit displeased... =/ sierra is now acting president in the ol' guild, and she's as excited as a kid.. totally cute! ;) Now it's time to persuade sierra to join CD as well... lol!
Basically I didn't do anything related to work yesterday, and just surfed and chat as usual... Until 4 PM
But I did meet up with Saiful and Elina for lunch.. that was fun!
At 4 PM, we had a team meeting, which they call practice meeting... for benefits practice team, i guess... anyhow, i was pretty quiet, trying to absorb what they're saying and observing what they do in the meeting... It was pretty full of energy ;)
So at the meeting, I've been assigned to help a colleague with some Benefits Project... involving recalculations and updating the database, as number of employees always change each year... something called the annual benefit statement, or something like that... *gives a confused look*
So after the meeting, I have work to do.. and I finally finished it this morning, just before i posted this post on my blog...
Plus today, I'll only be working half day, because I'm going to UiTM Shah Alam, more specifically, my faculty to be awarded my Dean's List certificate in a little ceremony... Elina, Wanie, Balqis and Nadia will be there... I don't know about the rest, by i heard Fhad may also make it all the way from Terengganu...
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On another note, pearl has finally entered CD... i'm sure it'll be fun xD although it caused some ppl to be a bit displeased... =/ sierra is now acting president in the ol' guild, and she's as excited as a kid.. totally cute! ;) Now it's time to persuade sierra to join CD as well... lol!
Internship #3
Today's post is a lot later than usual... And that's mainly because I only goofed off in the office just half the morning, before i was assigned some work to do...
Lol.. So I was pretty much busy today... I had to analyze a set of raw data, and the size of the data was really really big... up to date, and compiled since 1984... a daily data, in fact... It was a bit scary though, because I'm not familiar with analyzing statistical stuff using Excel... so I could only managed the task by using an analyzed data as a sample and basis for doing mine...
I think I managed to do it properly... I hope xD
After lunch, I was given the task to extract raw data from a certain website... Data that was extraded consists of some sort of bond yields, and i needed to extract them fortnightly... so that's what i basically did, keying in the dates, and extracting the data... i managed to do it from the year 2002-2005, and then half of 1999, 2000 and half of 2001, before the website kicked me off... lol.. sorta... the website where i extracted data from just suddenly stop loading.... :p
But oh well... after lunch also, i felt really really sleepy... and was given the advice not to eat so much during lunch... but i can't help feeling very hungry by lunch time :D
Time to sleep... Night night! >.<
Lol.. So I was pretty much busy today... I had to analyze a set of raw data, and the size of the data was really really big... up to date, and compiled since 1984... a daily data, in fact... It was a bit scary though, because I'm not familiar with analyzing statistical stuff using Excel... so I could only managed the task by using an analyzed data as a sample and basis for doing mine...
I think I managed to do it properly... I hope xD
After lunch, I was given the task to extract raw data from a certain website... Data that was extraded consists of some sort of bond yields, and i needed to extract them fortnightly... so that's what i basically did, keying in the dates, and extracting the data... i managed to do it from the year 2002-2005, and then half of 1999, 2000 and half of 2001, before the website kicked me off... lol.. sorta... the website where i extracted data from just suddenly stop loading.... :p
But oh well... after lunch also, i felt really really sleepy... and was given the advice not to eat so much during lunch... but i can't help feeling very hungry by lunch time :D
Time to sleep... Night night! >.<
Internship #2
It's Day 2 at Watson Wyatt...
I still have nothing to do at the moment... waiting for the team to be around, so that we can have lunch and discuss stuff... My mentor/supervisor is on medical leave... I hope she gets well soon...
Besides that, I've discovered the web version of MSN Messenger... much to my delight, i could chat online, as i've no idea what to search for on the internet anymore... it's odd... only the IT person thinks that i'm not supposed to have the original MSN version access... perhaps... ;) but web version is good enough for me... especially when i'm still sitting at my desk doing nothing...
I've even started corresponding with Elina (Elle) via e-mail... since she was also given a company e-mail in her name... cool, eh? xD Although we do wonder why companies like to use dots in the e-mail address... imagine Ayin.Ghani... lol... or Rudy.Ghani... xD
Had a good long chat with ch333s, pearl, faustus, even micar... and i'm still very much tempted to log into neopets, but nah... it gives me the opportunity to look into other things on the net, that i've been neglecting, such as my blog (",), my e-mails, and more... I can even start researching on scholarships, etc...
I still have nothing to do at the moment... waiting for the team to be around, so that we can have lunch and discuss stuff... My mentor/supervisor is on medical leave... I hope she gets well soon...
Besides that, I've discovered the web version of MSN Messenger... much to my delight, i could chat online, as i've no idea what to search for on the internet anymore... it's odd... only the IT person thinks that i'm not supposed to have the original MSN version access... perhaps... ;) but web version is good enough for me... especially when i'm still sitting at my desk doing nothing...
I've even started corresponding with Elina (Elle) via e-mail... since she was also given a company e-mail in her name... cool, eh? xD Although we do wonder why companies like to use dots in the e-mail address... imagine Ayin.Ghani... lol... or Rudy.Ghani... xD
Had a good long chat with ch333s, pearl, faustus, even micar... and i'm still very much tempted to log into neopets, but nah... it gives me the opportunity to look into other things on the net, that i've been neglecting, such as my blog (",), my e-mails, and more... I can even start researching on scholarships, etc...
First Day of Internship
Yep, it's been a long time since I last posted in this blog... And I've been pretty busy too... Mostly I was settling all my applications for undergraduate studies + scholarship applications + being with zaid (of course) + sailing...
Now that it's my first day of internship/practical training... and zaid has left for the states, i've lesser things too manage... for now... especially with all my scholarship applications, referral letters, recommendations, etc. are all done...
So on the first day of practical training, my dad sent me to the office... I'm now an official intern at Watson Wyatt (M) Sdn. Bhd. also known as Watson Wyatt Worldwide... I was welcomed and introduced to the company profile by the HR Manager, and was introduced to all the employees present at the office by my appointed mentor...
I was the last to start my internship... My friends have told me earlier, that on the first day of internship, it would be very BORING... lol... at least, i have the computer, and the News Straits Time to accompany me... had lunch with Saiful today, who's doing his practical training for UniAsia, in the same building... tomorrow, it's lunch with my colleague/team members.. Ppl here seem to be pretty friendly and helpful, and the longer I'm here, the more i like it a lot!
Now that it's my first day of internship/practical training... and zaid has left for the states, i've lesser things too manage... for now... especially with all my scholarship applications, referral letters, recommendations, etc. are all done...
So on the first day of practical training, my dad sent me to the office... I'm now an official intern at Watson Wyatt (M) Sdn. Bhd. also known as Watson Wyatt Worldwide... I was welcomed and introduced to the company profile by the HR Manager, and was introduced to all the employees present at the office by my appointed mentor...
I was the last to start my internship... My friends have told me earlier, that on the first day of internship, it would be very BORING... lol... at least, i have the computer, and the News Straits Time to accompany me... had lunch with Saiful today, who's doing his practical training for UniAsia, in the same building... tomorrow, it's lunch with my colleague/team members.. Ppl here seem to be pretty friendly and helpful, and the longer I'm here, the more i like it a lot!
Briefly...
Athlete's camp was not as fun as before :p
Managed to apply for that MyKad yesterday... oh, and by the way, Happy New Year 2006 everyone!!!
Things are so hectic, I feel like I'm such a busy person... although in reality i'm not... maybe... i don't know... i couldn't find the mood to write in my blog, thus, another long absence of a post...
I fell sick the day after christmas... headaches, vomiting, purging... went to the Damansara Specialist Centre... gave me loads of meds...
Then I went to get my eyes checked... seems like my "antig" has changed a bit, so I had to make new lenses... There goes RM100, and another RM80 from the hospital bill...
I also got sick in the athlete's camp.. hahaha... couldn't sleep at all on the first night at the hotel, where the motivational athlete's camp was held.... I didn't mind getting sick... i managed to skip aerobics because of that... hahahaha... but i didn't get to skip the next day's physical training, which turned out to be an hour of yoga... damn, yoga is HARD :-P
On the last day of camp, I had to take my leave early, to attend the practical training briefing in UiTM... I was so impropriately dressed!!! In tracks... hahaha... the outfit that all the athletes had to wear during the camp... I didn't even wear my headscarf... At least, nobody question my sudden appearance without it... xD With having to attend the briefing, I managed to skip the boring part of the camp, which were classes such as Nutrition for Sports, Goals, etc... and the closing ceremony =D
I've read Fruits Basket until volume 9!!! Yippee!!!!
Managed to apply for that MyKad yesterday... oh, and by the way, Happy New Year 2006 everyone!!!
Things are so hectic, I feel like I'm such a busy person... although in reality i'm not... maybe... i don't know... i couldn't find the mood to write in my blog, thus, another long absence of a post...
I fell sick the day after christmas... headaches, vomiting, purging... went to the Damansara Specialist Centre... gave me loads of meds...
Then I went to get my eyes checked... seems like my "antig" has changed a bit, so I had to make new lenses... There goes RM100, and another RM80 from the hospital bill...
I also got sick in the athlete's camp.. hahaha... couldn't sleep at all on the first night at the hotel, where the motivational athlete's camp was held.... I didn't mind getting sick... i managed to skip aerobics because of that... hahahaha... but i didn't get to skip the next day's physical training, which turned out to be an hour of yoga... damn, yoga is HARD :-P
On the last day of camp, I had to take my leave early, to attend the practical training briefing in UiTM... I was so impropriately dressed!!! In tracks... hahaha... the outfit that all the athletes had to wear during the camp... I didn't even wear my headscarf... At least, nobody question my sudden appearance without it... xD With having to attend the briefing, I managed to skip the boring part of the camp, which were classes such as Nutrition for Sports, Goals, etc... and the closing ceremony =D
I've read Fruits Basket until volume 9!!! Yippee!!!!
About Me
- Ayin
- Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
- Liking a good challenge, physical activities such as sports, fitness; a bit on the lazy side when it comes to thinking games.
