Entries from January 2009 ↓
January 20th, 2009 — Blog, Food
Malaysia is well known for its food, and of all things to do in Malaysia, we managed to made the best progress in tasting exactly this.
But amidst intense competition, one dish stood out amongst the rest -
BAH KUT TEH!
By chance we found out that the bah kut teh restaurant next to our hotel (Dynasty Hotel) is one of the best in Kuala Lumpur. You order it by portion-units (i.e. “4 person portion of bah kut teh pls”) and it comes in a big pot of amazing herbal broth, succulent pork (we ask for only the ribs), and soy bean skin.
Even the veggie that we ordered on the side is teeming with flavor - I wouldn’t be surprised that it’s drizzled in pork fat. (I don’t even know what it’s called, but it’s to-die-for)
With some Tiger beer to wash it all down… I am in heaven.
Other notable favorites
Yee Sang for Chinese New Years:
Nasi lemak straight from the stall!
Something I can’t even name but is really really good:
ABC dessert that has shaved ice, coconut milk, corn, red bean, green glutinous noodles, etc. No idea what ABC stands for. But who cares, it’s good!
Ryan and I have a healthy love for coconut-anything and everything
There’s a lot more we’ve tried, but I usually am more into eating than taking pics.
January 18th, 2009 — Blog
Ryan, me, Jean, Diego, and Albert (JobStreet CTO) with our JS hats and teddy bears
I’ve been in Malaysia for the last 2 weeks working on a project at JobStreet.com with Diego, Jean, and Ryan. JobStreet is the equivalent of Monster.com in the US for Southeast Asia with operations in Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, and India. They even have a stake in 104 in Taiwan. The founders are all MIT alums so it’s truly an “MIT company”.
One thing I appreciate about the company is how down-to-earth and low key the executives are. JobStreet is a publicly listed company and well known in Malaysia - its ads are plastered all over taxis in Kuala Lumpur. Yet, Albert (CTO) and Mark (CEO) have made themselves available to us little MBA students. In turn, I can say our team worked VERY VERY hard on this project.
As cliched as it sounds, it’s really been a great learning experience both in business and culture. Thank you JobStreet!
p.s. If you ever want to advertise open positions in Asia, be sure to use JobStreet!
January 16th, 2009 — Announcement
So, we sit on the 4th floor of JobStreet’s main building in Kuala Lumpur with the engineering team. Every day at around lunch time the entire engineering would go out to lunch together as a mob - I say “mob” as in at a mininum 10 people and can be up to 25 or even 30.
How do you mobilize a mob of this size?
It turns out their cue that it’s time for lunch goes like this: at around noon time some one will blast this song on the speakers:
May I have your attention please?
May I have your attention please?
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
We’re gonna have a problem here…
Then every one starts getting up for lunch.
