Day 4 in Korea: Public HR Policy, Pangyo Techno Valley Visit & Dinner With Malaysia Embassy in Seoul

Actually to have this opportunity to come and exposed to the life of Korean community and government official is something that is very valuable to me personally. I am so much in debt to the Malaysian Government for giving me the chance to see and feel Korea myself.

Kadang kala terasa macam mimpi jadi kenyataan pulak. My Mama in Penang know me better, because when I told her I have been selected for this course, she said, "Memang dari dulu lagi Mat dok sebut nak pi Korea kan..akhirnya jadi kenyataan"

Okay. Laporan diteruskan dengan aktiviti hari keempat. Seperti biasa selepas breakfast kat hotel kitorang bergerak ke COTI. Kelas hari ni adalah berkisar kepada Public HR Policy & System of Korean Governmnent. It was delivered by Mr. Park Kyung-Bae, a professor from COTI. He was previously a coordinator for Malaysian Official, like what our Mr. Park (he called him Junior Park, since both are 'Park' family) task now.

After lunch, we actually had our first on the ground visit to Pangyo Techno Valley. Pangyo ni area industri macam kalau kita di sini, Cyberjaya la. Banyak IT based company kat sini. And hari tuh kitorang visit 2 company kot, satu Korea Bio and LabGenomic.

Dah habis petang tu, kitorang pun bertolak balik semula ke hotel. Actually malam ni, embassy Malaysia di Seoul ada host welcoming dinner dengan kitorang. HE Ambassador Malaysia to Seoul, Dato' Ramlan bin Ibrahim pun turut join malam tu, bersama-sama dengan Kol. Aziz (Atase Defence), En. Rashid (MATRADE), Pn. Dinatra (PPL JPA) dan beberapa pegawai lain dari Kedutaan Malaysia.

The dinner was held at Moghul Restaurant at Itaewon. Untuk makluman, Itaewon ni merupakan kawasan yang paling banyak kalau nak cari makanan halal sebab banyak Turkish or Arab restaurant kat area sini. Masjid besar Seoul pun ada kat sini, tapi kitorang tak sempat nak menjejakkan kaki ke situ sepanjang trip kali ni.

Everyone was having fun time. Chit chat. Bergosip gosipan. Haha. Kat sini juga HE Ambassador sahkan tak perlu risau pasal ancaman yang kitorang dok tengok kat tv sejak dua menjak ada kat sana pasal North Korea nak serang South Korea kan. In shaa Allah takde apa-apa yang betul-betul serius lagi so far katanya.

So semua orang pun lega lah. Dah dapat official assurance from ambassador himself kan.

Memang best la. Kat dalam panas dengan heater and panas tempayan tempat diorang masak roti naan tu kan. Tapi bila keluar ja restoran masa nak balik tu, masyaAllah sejuk amet. Aku rasa maybe 0 degrees kot malam tu. Kitorang dengan just pakai suit ja. Yang perempuan pulak dengan berbaju kurung saja. Masing-masing cepat ja lari naik atas bas bila kat bawah tu.

Dalam lebih kurang pukul 9.00 malam kot, sampai hotel. Rest.

The end of day 4.