Training Day

Wednesday 30th April is my official training day....

9.30a.m - Retail Consultancy Role in Brief
10.30a.m - Pre Marketing & Marketing
2.30p.m - Pre Fitout and Fitout
3.30p.m- Post Marketing, Reporting and Recording Format

My training schedule was not according to what it was given.....because it clash to our project manager's appointment...so we started with Pre Marketing & Marketing at 10 plus instead of knowing our role first.....supposed to be two hours but it took more than that....finished during our lunch time...me and my other two colleagues almost 'died'....cause we were hungry and cold..damn the air conditioning...its so freaking cold especially in the meeting room...still feel cold even i wear my jacket....anyway....it was about understanding the steps of retail planning.....too lazy to list out the fifteen steps and some of the steps are divided to another few more steps... too much things to understand and remember....

Calculations~~~~sigh....i dislikes numbers....because i'm not good....i have to calculate the gross yield, summary of projection rent, household income, how many square feet, retail expenditure....and more....1 meter equals to 3.28 square feet....i must remember this in mind....still got few more formulas...oh well...no choice lah...i have to learn all this because its part of my job.....i was all right with the theories like the marketing research we must know the demographic, psychograpic, household survey, shopper survey, shopper & resident expectation, competitor info and other relevant info....well.....we get this information from the marketing research company....so yeah...we have to know all this to convince the tenants why, how, what, when and which...

we manage to cover one topic for the whole Wednesday....the others were postponed to Friday because Thursday is a public holiday....Friday was the worst day just for me....because whole day sitting in meeting room listen to what our project manager presenting about Pre Fitout and Fitout and Post Marketing....later on it was project brief about the shopping malls they are currently doing...when i look at my watch i was so surprise to see its SIX p.m already.....and i thought since working hours is over i can go back home...in the end no....my project manager ask me to stay back because we will be having a meeting....i was like give me a break.... but i didn't manage to rest because the meeting started right after my training finish....can't help it because our team is currently doing a very big project so a lot of work must be done....during the meeting, i learn a lot...understand the tenant mix... have to balance everything.....can't put too many F&B on the concourse floor because it will affect other floors...cut the lots because it's blocking the other lots and customer can't see it's there...and many more....oh well....the design layout has been changed many times....because we want it to be perfect and balance..suddenly my boss asked me a question and he say the answer i gave is a very safe statement... oh well....i deserved it....because during the training i did not pay attention...the worse thing was its our project and i can't remember the population percentage...it's all inside the marketing kit...i read but i kinda forgot...he-he...anyway finally i understand why he asked me that question and why we should put the tenant inside....another thing...we didn't manage to catch up the pre fitout and fit out talk because the fella was rushing for his next appointment....till the three of us was blur about the mechanical and engineering thingy....

Saturday is also a training day....we are assigned to go for shopping malls visits.... as usual see the tenant mix, the lightning, why this lot is so different from others, the ambience, the flooring, the colour of the pipes...which represent which....and many more...like i said....TOO MUCH TO LEARN......all the mechanical & engineering thingy...not easy to remember...well we had our lunch at desa park city....RAKUZEN is a japanese restaurant...i forgot the name of the meal i ordered...the food was not too bad...but my desert has a HAIR inside...great....first impression of RAKUZEN....the waitress ask if i want a new one...i said nope because i was very full.....the meal cost me RM22.00.... expensive....

Basically thats my training for the three days....and today which is Monday....the training continues....started with reporting and recording format which is the financial part....well i manage to understand the so called accounting part which everyone has to know....the final talk was RETAIL CONSULTANCY ROLE IN BRIEF....ha-ha..I was thinking might as well don't present because we roughly know what are we doing already....so we just listen...*almost fall asleep*.....the following days will be shopping malls visits again....have to cover three shopping mall in one day...ha-ha i was wondering can we do it?? shall see tomorrow....

I know today's blog looks a bit messy...ha-ha...too much to write you see....so i made it as brief as possible...hopefully you guys understand... =D

P.S: I will try to update my blog at least twice or thrice a week...