You betcha! The proofs? No updates since the last entry on March 24 and some blogging friends are already sending where-are-you messages.. Well, I was away from March 25th to March 27th. They put me and some 20 over people at this place, somewhere in the middle of a forest in Janda Baik, Pahang. The place was called D’Ark Training and Resort.
Firstly, there was no ark there. But, it has the Benus river flowing right beside it. The nice things were that we had lots of clean air throughout the 3 days 2 nights stay there. And instead of the regular noises made by vehicles, the sound of river water flowing through some little rapids filled the otherwise quiet resort. And at night, we were serenaded by crickets and cicadas..
The not so nice but valuable thing was that we were put through a grueling series of theories and exercises on Value Based Sales by our Albanian instructor.. I am not in Sales and now I can appreciate that doing sales is nothing like a walk in the park..
Anyway, what happened after the 27th? I had to sit for my trial exam on March 28th. What exam? Will talk about that in another post when the time comes. I did pass the trial exam and now I need to beef up on some weak areas for the actual exam on April 7th. Wish me luck! Thanks!
And finally, after clearing up all the accumulating work stuffs and the mental fatigue, I have this teeny weeny little time to dish out this short post and let you know that I am back..
The picture up there is where my room was. It had the kampung design and just like a kampung house, don’t dream of hot shower. The installed hot shower unit was for show only..
The picture on the left is the Sungai Benus. The water was crystal clear and cold. The little rapids were quite strong at certain spots. A bunch of us did go for a cold dip after our class in the evening. Lovely cold dip!
In conclusion, it was a suitable place to conduct a boot camp type of training as the participants would be far away from the hustle and bustle of the city thus giving them the opportunity to clear up their minds and absorb as much knowledge as possible.
Investment already made. It’s ROI time!
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The great thing about going back to Dumai apart from being able to have a family get together and celebrate Pasha’s Granddaddy’s 63rd birthday, is the food. Previously, I wrote about lontong and now it will be about Bandrek and Sate. These are the food that this entry is all about. That’s why I did not have the time to look for visitors…
That’s the sate still packed. Notice the marketing effort that the owner has put into his sate. It’s not just some old newspapers or generic, blank wrapping paper. This one came with a logo, name and contact info. Banana leaf was a nice touch as well.
This is Mama Pasha’s favorite sate, the Sate Padang (beef). The yellowish spicy sauce made from a mixture of rice flour, coconut milk, turmeric and few other stuffs is the trademark of Sate Padang. I don’t quite like it as much as Mama Pasha does. I would normally just eat the sate without the sauce.
This is my favorite, the Sate Kambing (lamb). This version came with peanut sauce instead of soya sauce. I had the soya souce (Sate Kambing Bumbu Kecap) version on another night but did not snap the photo as it was too delicious to wait.
Last but not least, Bandrek, a special drink that I could not find anywhere else but Dumai. I could get the instant one from Jakarta but the taste is nowhere near the one made in Dumai. Bandrek is not even known in KL. Brought back some instant Bandrek home but they’re just not that nice…
Bandrek is made from a mixture of cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, coriander seeds, cardamom pods, lemongrass, Indonesian palm sugar (gula merah), milk, coconut and optionally, egg. I love mine with egg added. I can’t describe the taste. Only those who have teated Bandrek know what it taste like.
So, if anyone asked me, what’s more worth it than getting as many visitors as I could to this blog when a buffered earning from Nuffnang was on? The answers are all of the above. All Nuffnangers know that when you have a BE, the best thing to do is to get as many visitors to your blog as you can since that is the best way to maximize your BE earning. However, for me, BE came at not quite the right time…
The statistics taken from Nuffnang Analystics clearly showing a huge dip in visitors on the column labeled 01-Jan. That was the time that we were in Dumai, Indonesia. The two high spikes are the results of AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 and AJL25, repectively. Nevertheless, our lost there was our gain with our family in Dumai.
No BE or any number of visitors can beat that…
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A quiet late morning in Jalan Paus, Dumai. A far cry from the hectic Klang Valley back home…
Nothing much to do. Just wait for the next meal… This is what taking a break is all about…
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