A Brand New Day, A Brand New Start Y'all!

So here it is! After about 5 months of selection processes, one telephone interview, a bootcamp for four days in AirAsia Academy and Gopeng... and oh, not to forget all the emails back and forth between the NGLers and the programme administrators - THIS IS THE DAY I BECAME AN AIRASIA ALLSTAR OFFICIALLY!

So the day started with a drive from Brickfields to AirAsia Academy, Sepang with JJ. We decided to car pool and the drive itself took us about an hour. When we finally arrived in AirAsia Academy, it was like meeting up with our long lost family members! Some of other NGLers selected were there and it was one BIG happy family again!

Clockwise: Gopi, Jimmy, me, Poom, Darma, JJ, Jovi

It was a great time, just catching up with one another in real life. There's only so much you can do through a Facebook page. Later on,other guys arrived and we had our breakfast in the lounge and chatted away.

After a bit, we proceeded to the Main Hall and guess what? We saw clipboards arranged on the wall by Azhan and the NGL Administrators. It had the photos, quotes and etc from our time here during the 4 days bootcamp. The printouts just brought back so much memories! It was definitely not easy and as they say in AirAsia, it was all blood, sweat and tears from each and every single NGLer!

Day One proceeded with us seating in a semi-circle arrangement and being briefed by the management. Naresh, one of our mentors briefed about the uniqueness of the program. The NGLers have liberty to chop and change or modify the program as per our needs. Very unique compared to other companies'.

And yes, the CEO of AirAsia, the ever charming and a rebel with attitude, Tan Sri Tony himself  did come in to give his speech. Before him, a long list of notable and key personnel from the organization - such as Aireen from Corporate Finance, Azran from AirAsia X, Raman from ASEAN Culture and so on.

Then the climax of the day, Mr. Tony walked in to give his speech. Like every time, he was inspirational and straightforward in his communication. He requested us to introduce ourselves one by one and even tried to remember everybody's name and to our surprise, remembered them all correctly. Like deja vu, something similar to the intro time at the start if the bootcamp happened again! For some reason, Mr. Tony called me "The Fat Bastard", and it was jokes all the way. Looks like I'll be a clown for some time, wooohooo!

We had classes for the rest of the day and more briefing about our projects. Every single one of us was pumped to know what's in store for the rest of programme. You could just see in the face of every NGLer the eagerness and drive to make this a successful programme. 

The first day was just awesome! All I can say is I think I've made the correct career choice in my life at this point of time. I just wish to give my best in everything that I do here and be a catalyst to the change that's going to come. I'm so thankful to God for whatever has happened thus far. Wish me all the luck guys!