Day: August 6, 2007

Just another day in office? NO! Of course not! Everyday in office is exciting and

challenging! I am going to the Luwan facility starting tomorrow! Last day that I will

be in office here at least for the new couple of months! One step nearer to my goal!

 

Also gotten my namecard today. haha! not bad. But too late. They said they’ll have

to print another set when I am there as the numbers are different (so professional!)

haha! Ate 星期一鸡腿饭for lunch again! hehe! really love it! haha! Wang Yong says

the drumstick looks like a ping pong bat… but what the heck, I eat it anyway! hehe!

 

Well, what can I say? Sad to leave my comfort zone. But its necessary evil I guess.

For the greater good… hehe. Would be involved in implementing a super big system

for the whole of China. Sounds big. I think its an opportunity to learn the processes

of the organisation from how it generate sales, to all the behind the scene operations.

 

Like what Linus told me:"observe, see what are the processes…" Guess I’ll have to do

that. Hope my ISS experience can help. haha! Excited! Well at the same time, I am also

abit 舍不得my still new workplace, my workstation, my wonderful colleagues. I have to

be adaptable to changes. Thats the only thing that’s constant. I can only hope it is for the

better.

 

Meantime, I shall continue to email the relevant heads and keep track of what has happened

in both sub organisations and what are the directions. Need to know how they think. It’s mind

screwing. but its good for my mind. haha!

 

Also taken a picture with my fellow interns from China. Too bad they are all not from Fudan.

Difficult to meet them in future as their internship would have ended. Man! I am missing my

colleagues here already! Like Mike, Waley, Peter, Denise, Jessica, Joyce, Catherine, Carrie,

Connie… sooo many! haha!

 

Took a day to check out the bots idea. Glad that the sales and marketing department thinks its

good! hehe. I like it when things get real real big. Thats what my microsoft project 2007 is for

anyway. dun waste the software.

 

Gona go home soon. meeting Gary and gang for our usual dinner. noodles and egg! hehe! First

time went home with Denise! haha! I remember the first time I went to office, she was the one

that had showed me THE WAY around here! Havent had a chance to thank her! Maybe I can do it

here! Thanks Denise! You are the best 大姐！！I hope she sees this! discussed on the Parkway

issues on our way home. She shared with me quite abit on how is all started here! interesting!

 

Had the same 洋葱拌面，加个蛋！haha 4.5RMB as usual. Took a evening sunset shot of our house.

Later Charlene will be coming over and bringing stuff that dore bought for me.

 

Now time to back date my blog! Was away during the weekend for a company

retreat at HangZhou!

 

Took a couple of hours to travel to HangZhou. Had a pit stop at this place called 长安. I

wonder if all pitstops are called this name. It’s really not a fetish, but the toilet there is

AWESOME! first time I see bamboos at the urinal. The best part? I see people emptying

their bladder to fertilise the bamboo as its covered with a fountain of ahem… man-made

chrysathemum.

 

After the pit stop and travelling for a while more, we finally reach the place for lunch!

Lunch is at a hotel restaurant in 杭州 called: 花中城大酒店！Once there, we listened to the

speeches by the different department heads and of course a speech by Boss. hehe. I think

I am kind of settling into the good food in Shanghai… haha!

 

Finally travelled a little bit more to the resort that we are suppose to go! Woah! that place

is fantastic! The shower facilities is superb and there are many facitlites that we can utilise!

The only short comming is that we are leaving for another attraction! Its swap area that

we are going! But I am going to checkout the place tonight! hehe!

 

We went to a swap. Good stuff! We were brought to 西溪之地。The swamp area. we

explored the swamp on a boat. pretty cool place. If I am not wrong, HangZhou is the place

where silk first discovered. The most amazing part is that throughout the entire hot afternoon

in the swamp. I have not seen or been bitten by a single mosquito! Also saw interesting stuff

like groups of wild ducks swimming in the swamp, fisherman at the swamp. I really wonder

if there are any crocodiles. Hmm…

 

When the tiring afternoon is over. we are all famished! Ready to really enjoy the dinner thats

coming! hehe! We went to another hotel restaurant. It’s called 宝胜厅！ The place has a pretty

good ambiance! Had dinner with randomly picked members of the organisation and we watched

performances by the different departments and medical/dental facilities. Even I have gone up

for the group performance by my department. We sang 明天会更好！I would really love to think

so!

 

By the time we went back to the hotel room, I am a little shang and tired. Wanted to go to 西湖

to have some tea and chat with my fellow colleagues. But I guessed I came out too late and we

missed them. Nevermind. Still went with Dr. Fred and gang to the games room! hehe! not bad!

Learnt a new game called 沙湖球！ Its interesting! sliding stuff on the board filled with bits of sand! Also

played Billard. super difficult… I prefer pool. haha. WEnt back to our room after that. HAojie and I

chatted for awhile before we watched Initial D in our room. The TV there is demand TV, where we

can choose our programs anytime we want. Cool. Slept at 3+am.

 

Second Day!

 Woke up at 645am and went for breakfast! I like the international Breakfast! good stuff! hehe!

Set off for 千岛湖！Its called a thousand island Lake. The place used to be a series of mountains.

But the rain water from HuangShan is being trapped here and the mountains are being submerged,

forming many little islands. Altogether, there are 1078 islands (that are being qualified as islands).

Hence the name Qian Dao Hu. Which means Thousand Lake. The place is cool!

 

It is an extremely inaccessible place. So I am glad we went there! hehe! Checked out the 梅峰 which

is recommended by the travel book that I bought （自助游）! That place is a peak on one of the islands

and we took a ferry there! Also had lunch on the ferry!.

 

This Mei Feng is the place to visit when you go there! It is said that ther view there is even more manificent

than the view from helicopters. I personally find the view of the entire Qian Dao Hu mesmerising. I can

see range and range of mountains (they say its Huang Shan or part of it). Super good view!

 

Althought we only visited this one place today, its extremely rewarding as it is very inaccessible. By the

time we set to go back at around 3, we needed nearly 5 hours to get back! reached office (the drop off

point) at about 830. Had dinner with Haojie and a nearby eatery and went home. Shagged. But Happy!

hehe.