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The Internship
Overview
Reflections
The Company
Credits
Sabrina's musings and adventures in Pestle & Mortar.

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Overview



The Intern

I'm Sabrina Chan, a final year student at Taylor's University, majoring in International Business. When deciding which university to attend for my bachelor's degree, an important factor that my parents and I were looking for was a university that incorporated an internship as part of their module. This was because my parents believed in hands on learning and wanted a program that would give me a 'taste of the real world'.

When the time came for me to chose an industry to intern in, I was torn in a couple of directions. The first choice was to try out in an NGO as it has always been a dream to serve my community as a career. The second was to get my hands into event planning, or more precisely, the business of pageants. Ever since my stint in Miss Malaysia the year before, my interest in the industry had grown. Lastly, I also wanted to get into retail. Owning a failed online business of my own, this seemed like a good option for side income to support myself in the future.



The Internship

After much contemplation, I choose to do an internship in retail as it seemed to carry more weight than my other choices. I got into Pestle & Mortar Clothing, a Malaysian clothing label as a retail intern. The internship would carry on for a period of 3 months -from 6th January 2014 to 21st March 2014. I would receive an allowance of RM5** during that duration and would report to the Head of Operations. My working hours were Mondays to Fridays from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm.

To know more about my journey, or to read my daily reflections, click the buttons on your top left.