{"id":394,"date":"2019-06-26T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school\/?p=394"},"modified":"2020-12-09T13:22:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T13:22:07","slug":"student-internship-at-time-kuala-lumpur-blog-3-temples-elephants-and-fibre-optic-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/business-school\/2019\/06\/26\/student-internship-at-time-kuala-lumpur-blog-3-temples-elephants-and-fibre-optic-cables\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Internship at TIME, Kuala Lumpur: Blog 3 \u2013 Temples, elephants and fibre-optic cables"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Rushad Doomasia, BSc International Business<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By the time Friday 21 June arrived – the last day\nof our first week – we were already accustomed to a full-time work schedule and\nthe jet-lag had subsided for the majority of us. So it was only natural for\nMizi (our co-ordinator at TIME) to ease us into the weekend with a half day,\nwhich reflects the relatively relaxed atmosphere one can find in the Malaysian\nworkplace. Our day started off with TIME colleague Ezrin sharing his life\nlessons and how he\u2019s learned from his mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A tasty lunch and temples<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the afternoon we made plans to go into central Kuala\nLumpur (KL) for some sightseeing. Lunch came first – in Malaysia this is\ndefinitely the most important part of the working day. Nicholas (the only one\nof us with local experience) took some of us to a nearby place called Uncle\nSoon’s. To put it simply, I had the world\u2019s tastiest fried rice for the meagre\ncost of RM 8.50, about \u00a31.50. Later we explored Little India, and the rest of\nthe group ate at a cosy Indian restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highlight of the day turned out to be our visit\nto Thean Hou Temple. The impending thunderclouds provided an excellent backdrop\nfor photos, along with the stunning architecture. When it started raining, an\nobligatory visit to the mall was in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elephants and fibre-optic networks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday was our first outing outside of KL and our\nmost memorable day so far. On the way to Kuantan we stopped off at the Elephant\nSanctuary, which looks after previously captive\/injured elephants. We were able\nto get really close to the elephants by helping out with range of tasks, from\nscooping up elephant manure and scrubbing their urine off the floor, to\nactually hand feeding the elephants. They were surprisingly affable, and even\nthe shyest of us felt confident enough to approach them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, after a 4-hour drive, we reached TIME\u2019s cable landing station, where staff went into further detail about TIME\u2019s fibre optic network and procedures. We learned how Time has been involved in multiple major fibre optic projects worldwide. This includes \u2018Unity\u2019, the only fibre traversing the Pacific Ocean, which connects the US and Japan. In this regard, Time has collaborated with MNCs such as Google to get this completed. They showed us disused cables pulled directly from the ocean, as well as existing cables running through manholes. Right next to the station was the beach, where we enjoyed ourselves before our long journey home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Rushad Doomasia, BSc International Business By the time Friday 21 June arrived – the last day of our first week – we were already accustomed to a full-time work schedule and the jet-lag had subsided for the majority of…<\/span><\/p>\n

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