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I had another extra few hours to burn yesterday morning while hanging around at the company’s office while an assessment was going on.

Compared to last few years, the place seemed deserted. It was a building complex with a difference, the kind which would have attracted internet start-ups to make them into offices. Nice green open space, seems right the right environment. But maybe the combination of economic slowdown and the wrong locale made sure that the place did not take off as it should.

Having a look aroundThat's my floorNice long tall corridors ...Personally, if I were to run a start-up, I may have a hub there since it was secluded enough but at the same time accessible through the road. Public transport maybe an issue but you could always use Uber.

Many of the old tenant had left. I remembered that there used to be a chic home appliances outlet on the ground floor where I used to ogle at the Smeg fridges - which I knew I could not afford. Most of the units on the ground floor were empty. Occupancy I would put at around 30% overall. Which was a shame ... And we were down to just a single cafe - the Three Little Birds Cafe. The mocha there could be better but the sandwiches were still OK.

The cafe was still openThe car park downstairs ... smaller than it shouldMaybe the place would turn around once the other offices around the area were also opened and the economy get better.

Assessment Day

It was going to be a big few days for Ara Damansara Medical Centre when the MSQH assessor hit the place for their audit. They had been preparing for a number of months and since I was in charge of the labs, I had to do my bid.

The morning briefing started at around 8 am, which meant that I had to delay my morning rounds. By the time the talk was done, my phone had already been ringing a number of times. I drove back to Subang just about the time when the morning rush hour was dissipating, and was finished by lunch.

Waiting for my afternoon meetingThe morning trafficThen came the time for my interview. The assessor was meticulous but had yet to go through the lab completely. After a 30 minutes chat, she got on with her assessment and I was dismissed for my afternoon rounds back in Subang.

So, it was a day of driving back and forth. Luckily the heavy traffic which was plaguing the Subang Airport Road had eased off following the completion of the LRT line. Back home after the afternoon rounds really made me tired both mentally and physically. Time for an early night trying to convince Idlan to go to sleep early. It would be his English papers tomorrow.