Backdated post. Actual event took place on 08 December 2006.
Finally, this is my very first trip to Kuantan.
I am quite excited since this is officially my first time setting foot in Kuantan (excluding Kijal trip).
This is actually Flare’s 1st Away Day, where Prem decided to bring us to his hometown for some good food and work while away from office with creative meeting.
We went there in 2 separate cars since Adrian went back earlier as he had to run errands back in Kuantan.
Prem, Azli and Zul went in 1 car while I was privileged whereby my my nearby neighbour, Loh came to pick me up.
Since we are the nearest to the Karak highway, we decided to have breakfast while waiting for them.
Even after we finished our breakfast we still have not gotten any updates from they guys.
We decided not to wait anymore and start our journey since Prem’s should be able to catch up since he drive very fast manner.
Loh made a quick stop for his ciggie break, and true enough the rest join in like 30 minutes later at the stop near to Kuantan.
When we reach Kuantan, we picked up Adrian and look out for places to have lunch.
But in Kuantan, there isn’t much place which is open for lunch.
According to the locals (Prem and Adrian), most of the good food only starts operating at night.
Hence we decided to head to the hotel, check-in and eat there.
We had lunch at Hyatt’s main dining and there isn’t many people at that time.
There isn’t much options hence we ordered from the ala carte menu.
I personally think the food was OK, it wasn’t great but not bad either.
Prem, Zul and Adrian have Hyatt’s specialty fried rice which comes with a lot of fried chicken and satay while for Azli ordered chicken rice.
I think Azli loves chicken rice as I tend to notice he orders chicken rice quite often.
Loh tried their Thai Style Chicken which I didn’t had a chance to steal a bite but it does look tempting.
As for me, Stir Fried Sotong with Spring Onion. I find the dish is a little too sweet.
Yes, I taste sugar! and I don’t really like my food to be sweet.
Right after lunch, we head back to our rooms. While everyone are sharing rooms, I get the whole room to myself since I am the only girl in the office, and that spells privilege 👸.
After a short break, we head to the meeting room and started our creative meeting.
We played mini games to keep everyone alert and engaged.
The game is similar to “Win, Lose or Draw” and surprisingly, I won the game.
And to my surprise, I got rewarded with cash prizes. Haha, extra pocket money for the trip .
Yay! I am good at these guessing games. I pay attention, you know!
After the meeting, we head to the nearest pub next to the beach at our hotel.
While chilling by the beach, we chit chatted and discussed about work a little.
And I think my brain seems fresher while sipping chilled pineapple juice, looking at the ocean and white sandy beach.
Now, I wish I could work like this everyday!
And this is not even half of what happened on the first day.
So stay tuned for the part 2.