When you have developed a relationship with these people, these working people, you can already call them your friends. Before i get to the sad part, let's recap shall we?
Advertising
Marketing team asked for my help to come up with a name for their new promotion. I started scribbling words that makes sense to me. I admit i might have cheated a little and used the thesaurus (EH! Hello! It's a book that provides you with knowledge! So it should be useful!) and found a few out of the ordinary words like "ballyhoo", "hullabaloo"and they chose "extravaganza" (ok, that's a little more simple and less crazy). So yes, my phrase was printed on to the promotional posters and was distributed around Miri and in facebook.
Online Stuff
Amanda was on leave for a few days, so my assignment was to come up with short stories that fits a facebook status for her to post on MMRS's page once in 3 days. So i wrote quite a few, sufficient for 2 months. It covers just about everything - weather, fashion, entertainment industry, food, lifestyle, quotes from famous and influential people, like i said, everything i can think of. (Made me think for a second there that i could actually be a writer for a fashion magazine. pffttttt)
Marriott Matters
My assignment was to find suitable and impressive art that best fits the theme of Ramadhan, Eid Mubarak, Malaysian Independence, Sri Lankan food, and the London Olympics! My boss actually taught me how to use coraldraw and it was so user friendly and efficient. (Makes me think photoshop what? LOL) So basically i helped my boss in editing the Marriott Matters for July/August/September edition.
Birthday Card
Did i tell you that MMRS distributes birthday cards to their employees. YES! They do keep tabs on when your birthday is. Amazing right? Just when you think no one remembers your birthday, and suddenly you find a card in your locker. Brightens your day knowing that the management does care. So i helped Mr Jamal to insert the names of the birthday boys and birthday girls of the month and printed it on some cool paper they have in stored!
Meet the GM!
Marketing team what shorthanded and they needed someone to go up and get the signature and pass something to the GM! I swear, my heart stopped beating for a bit. I don't know why i was so intimidated. Weird right? He's just another man working there. It was all in my mind about him being scary and all, when the truth is, he is so utterly friendly and smiles a lot. He actually made me smile just by looking at him smiling. So contagious.
Making full use of the staff benefits!
Staff gets half price discount on F&B no matter lunch or dinner. So i went and have buffet dinner at Zest with my two friends. It was great! My attention was all at the dessert counter!!! Maybe it was because i have not had buffet meals in quite a while.
And here's the sad part.
I told them that my internship period is up because i want to focus on my classes, halfway through the semester. And on my last day, they made me promise to go dinner with them, which i agree. They brought me to Dragons Seafood, Off Luak, Bakam road. I knew in my heart that i can never forget them. They are my friends that i cherish forever.
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| Lobster that we had. |
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| Appetizers! |
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| Sales and Marketing team, as well as PR Team. My Marriott Family |
So you see folks, first it was work, then it became fun and relationships start t build up amongst friends that made them feel like family. And that was how my internship went in Miri Marriott Resort and Spa.
This is Amira Saryati binti Misnu
Curtin University Sarawak Campus
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