And thus another day at work begins. During this three month period I have been able to witness a web application I worked on in the early stages of my internship now inch closer and closer into being deployed for use, which is not only a huge honour, but more importantly to me, gives meaning to the work that I have done here. I have had the opportunity to work on parts of the XTOPIA system, and those small portions on their own are many magnitudes larger than anything I’ve ever built back in school. Even more valuable, though, is the things I’ve learned from my seniors here in the office. They have been a big motivator for me, never failing to pick me up when I’m stuck in a rut, and a huge help throughout my learning experience here, fielding any questions I had with well-detailed answers, really making sure that I understood everything.

Being caught up in work for most of the morning, I look up to the clock and realise that the day has already reached its halfway mark. Once again, as with every other day at work, I am struck with what must be the hardest question known to Malaysian man: “Where to makan?”. While the office’s central location in Petaling Jaya means that there is no shortage of choices for a good (and reasonably priced!) lunch, it undeniably makes the decision that much harder. After several minutes of indecision, all the while putting up with a grumbling stomach, a few fellow XiMnetizens and I decide to leave the choice up to fate. We enter a list of nearby eateries into a random number generator and soon enough we’re off to eat.