TSD Day 032: 杭州游！- 绍兴！

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The Trip to Shao Xing!
Today things went pretty smoothly! Arrived at Shao Xing at about
9. I think its a pretty good start. Went to visit 鲁迅 ‘s home. He
is a very famous man especially in chinese literature! Bought a
statue of him there! The other thing is, I have also tasted: Smelly
beancurd! 臭豆腐！First time in my life! I heard it originated from there!
hehe! Interesting!  Went around the area after that and then to
East lake! 东湖！ haha! so funny!
 
I personally like East lake better than the West Lake… ITs very nice!
Also manage to know friends from Hei Long Jiang! 黑龙江！Very nice
people! Shall go there when I go HArbin soon! hehe! I think its really
interesting to know them! hehe! They are pretty good friends! haha!
Gave them a pack of 姑嫂饼! very meaningful to them coz it reflects
their relationship.
 
After West lake was Lunch! pretty good! The tour guide brought us to
this restaurant that costs only 20 rmb per pax for lunch! had a super full
and nice lunch! woah! Went to one more location and I bought some
Shao Xing Wine 绍兴花雕酒！ there! hehe… for 20 rmb… after bargaining
of course! After that begin our journey back to a Long jing tea session and
another silk show… haha!
 
TRAIN!
Went to the station after that. Had Dinner in the station. Very lousy food!
After that checked in. I realised that if I paid 5 rmb more, I can
stay at the resting room and have priority queue to board the train! hehe!
sommore got Movie and people serving tea… haha! nice!
 
HOME!
Finally reached shanghai… missed the train… the Taxi queue is crazy…
super long.. went out to the streets instead… finally got back home,
un pack and SLEEP! haha! Damn shang… but extremely happy! hehe!
I am so glad I went on this trip. made me more confident on self trips!

TSD Day 031: 杭州游 – 乌镇！

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The Trip
Woke up at 615am in the morning! hehe! To take the tour bus
to Wu Zhen! Its a water village with a rich history! There was
some misunderstanding and we did not get to the bus till like
about 8+. During the journey there, we also had a free sampling
of the famous tea, not long jing龙井茶, but white chrysanthemum 白菊茶!
Its very refreshing! I like! But did not buy.. haha!
 
Went on to visit Wu Zhen! Very nice place! Abit like Venice. I
would say its the Venice of the east. Went with Fang Yi’s friend:
Wang Jing, who is interning in his company. Visited the house of
famous people like Mao Dun and also went to the temple of
Gui Gu Zi. I bought their famus product: 姑嫂饼！ not bad! haha!
abit like dried 芝麻糊！
 
LUNCH!
Went to one of the restaurants in Wu Zhen for lunch! Not bad!
Had their famous 红烧羊肉！Pretty good actually. Especially when
I am someone that doesn’t really eat lamb. After that we came back to
Hang Zhou for a Silk exhibition and fashion show (included within the tour).
 
Went to Zhang Jie’s office after that. I discovered an AMAZING
product of theirs! its called Bei bei! 备备！IT’s an amazing product
to help backup information of your mobile phone while you are
recharging it! very interesting. uses a hardware to make it happen.
I think there a few aspects that is similar to Tencube’s service.
except one is hardware and the other is software. You guys really
have to checkout www.budiu.com ! I REALLY want to get their product!
super useful. they are in the midst of making my phone a compatible
model in their range of supported models! hehe! Thanks guys!
 
Dinner!
I think I enjoy Dinner the most! With Jennifer (Zhang Jie), Fang Yi
and Kai Lin and their colleagues in their startup! ITs real nice and
fun! Also joined them in the brainstorming session. interesting!
 
WEnt home tired. about 11+. Bathed and slept like a log.
 

TSD Day030: 浙江游- 杭州！

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Journey to Hang Zhou!
Today I begin my visit to Zhejiang via a Bullet Train! hehe! I took Line 3 to 上海南站
station. For your information, Zhejiang is a Province in China and Hang Zhou is one
of the cities within ZheJiang. (Saying it just in case some don’t know, like me!)
The train is cool! Takes only about 1 hr 15mins to get to Hang Zhou! The moment I
arrived, the first thing I looked out for is the ticket counter to get my ticket to get my
ass back to Shanghai by Sunday night. Thank God I got it! hehe! (At 38RMB!) This
bullet train ticket is 50 RMB with another 15RMB for delivery.

On Arrival!
When I got out of the station, the first person I saw was ZHANG JIE! hehe! 真够朋友！
She brought me to their office MR Tech! It’s call 每日科技! Its the holding company for
their successful creations like Xiadan.com and Beibei! (I’ll talk more about beibei in my
later entry!) We went for lunch together! hehe! really thankful for them showing me around
Zhejiang University! ITs a great place! I saw another of Chairman Mao’s Statue. This time
with his arm on up. Went to get the tour packages to Wu Zhen 乌镇 and Shao Xing 绍兴
(This are other cities within Zhe Jiang).

Exploring Hang Zhou!
The first place I went to was 灵隐寺！A very famous Temple in Hang Zhou! I hired a tour
guide (that’s 10 RMB) to eplain to me the praying processes within there. I was told the
methods of prayer and got to know that there are actually 5 halls in the temple housing
different gods and prayer for different purposes (e.g. health, fortune etc). Great place! I
prayed in the 5 temples according to a stated order and got out of the temple. Also bought
an ornament that has my nick on it. Bought one for Dore too. It reads: "智智" and "祺祺".

Went to 岳王庙 after that. Temple in honour of the famous general during the Song Dynasty:
General Yue Fei. It’s ok only.But I finally saw the evil couple (Qin Kuai I think) that plotted
against Yue Fei and eventually his death. The statue of this evil couple is the same as what I
saw in my primary school text book! So happy to see the REAL stuff! hehe! Bought a set of
chinese chess for (10RMB there as well!)

After that I went to the 西湖 (West Lake) area and went to 孤山 as well. Saw many various
attractions and statue. but too bad most are closed as I was too late. Had dinner there as well
Its some pieces of sausage and rice in lotus leave. After dinner, I walked and walked to another
place… finally I went to the musical fountain! hehe! A very interesting place! hehe! FULL of
people and couples along the west lake actually. Only I am alone… haha! But I enjoy touring the
place alone… the tranquility… arrr… along with the wind and the beautiful scenary. =)

HOME! (not mine, theirs, but I am equally excited!)
Went back to the office to meet up with the Zhang Jie’s friends who bought me to Fang Yi’s home
(HE has gladly let me stay in his house! thanks!) Had a few game of chess before calling it a day!
Tired from all the walking, but happy!

TSD Day029: 中国化！

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Today is pretty exciting! there are a few things that I want to achieve!
1. spend not more than 11RMB! (that’s S$2.20)
2. Live my dream! (Of the Chatbots!)
3. Prepare for Hang Zhou!
4. SHEN website!
 
Ok! So with my arm still aching from yesterday’s weight training, I managed
to squeeze into the bus and make my way here. even the simple action of
holding the handholds make my arm ache. haha! weak! hehe!
 
Did the SHEN website revamp stuff first thing in the morning! Followed by
emailing Melissa on the bots idea! hehe! Would be really great if I could play
a part in driving this project! It’s like my baby! hehe! If only Parkway would
breathe life into this project! Thats all I need! hehe!
 
LUNCH! (6RMB!) 
HEhe… I thought 星期一is the best and most value for money lunch you can
find in this area! But today, Mara bought me to this 无招牌 (No brand) place
to get some packed lunch! ITs only 6RMB!!!! I ordered one meat and 3 vegetable
dishes! haha! Mara mentioned it used to be 5rmb! I was like… wtf… so cheap?
IT has quite big proportions! I think I am good! hehe!
 
After Lunch! Fruitful!
Gona do up my log book for NOC and send a few mailers for the Worldlink website
update! hehe! The afternoon is really fruitful! I managed to download the SHEN site
and also complete my NOC log book! now its up to date! hehe!
 
THE GREAT DISCOVERY!
Thanks to TINA! I got to know a loop hole in the process on our website and managed
to dicuss with other departments, to develope a new process. hehe! The best part?
I am the one doing it! hehe! Its gona be an item on the management meeting next wednesday!
hehe! Gona go home soon! having dinner with the guys! I heard that Wei leen is gona
show us a new eatery! hehe! Explore explore!
 
DINNER (10RMB! Over budget!)
Ok we ate at this extremely lousy restaurant… super lousy! I order curry rice… and
its like Curry + rice… very very lousy… I shall not go there again… went to after that..
Took a picture of Mickey and Minnie… cute! hehe! Going to Hang Zhou Tomorrow! yay!

TSD Day028: Breakfast with Samuel changed everything!

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RELIGHT MY FIRE!
Met Samuel for breakfast today! I think it changed my life!
At least for this one year! It relighted my FIRE! hehe! My 
Passion! I thought I would be caught up and bogged down with
the monotony for the rest of the time here! But I am wrong!
(I am glad to be wrong!) He allowed me to see the forest through
the trees. He also shared with me more plans that the organisation
has… Confidential… hehe….
 
I shall go do the feasibility study of my idea! I think it would be a
DREAM COME TRUE if I am able to do the project! hehe!
 
LUNCH AND LUNCH AGAIN!
Man! I think this is a blessing! First was the team meeting lunch
with Dr. Liam, the other one is a lunch that Mara (from call Centre)
bought for me, her recomendation. Its  桂林米粉！Not bad! Too bad
no meat! argh! Carnivore! Have to thank her for her treat of the
珍珠奶茶 as well! hehe… The Team lunch is good! Had Japanese
Bento… its Cod fish! woah! good stuff! hehe!
 
Accupuncture!
The is cool! Alicia in Call centre is actually well versed in Chinese
Medicine! She did it on Tina… to solve her neckache. Wow! This is
cool! First time I see REAL needles in REAL people! COOL!
 
THINK BUDGET? THINK AGAIN!
For all the China dudes who think u are living on the lowest possible
means… think again! I thought I could live with just 30RMB per day
on meals. You know what? This amount is considered EXTRAVAGANT!
(I was like oh my god!) I was thought the way to live with just 11RMB
with a balanced diet! I shall start that regime tomorrow! hehe! =)
 
My FIRST PAYCHECK! hehe!
Wow! First time getting my paycheck! It says 1155RMB! hehe! wow!
 
The GYM!
I tell you! the Mr Zhang, the boss of the Gym (of all the 4 outlets) is a
great man! hehe! HE was 2nd in one of the Nation wide body building
competition! haha! China no. 2 sia! haha! Then we had a personal
trainer for this session that we sent. haha! not bad! We did lotsa weights.
My arm almost broke… I think tomorrow gone le… cant even lift my hand
to grab the handholds. haha!

TSD Day027: Losing Steam? 化悲愤，为食量！

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Does this happens to you? Charged and fully motivated at the beginning,
Slowly as you become more into the job, your life becomes a rountine.
Your hopes, your dreams, slowly give way to the monotony of this life,
this routine… I DUN WANT THAT! This should not be happening. I shall
not get bogged down by too many little things that distracts me from the
goal, from the purpose of what I am here for! =)
 
Today!
Today has been rather mundane. (Oh no! my attitude! its changing!) okok!
Today is ok-lah! did some presentation slides, help Denise with the DTC
minutes and did more SHEN and dreamweaver stuff. I think I am not cut
out for websites.  Am suppose to meet Sam for lunch today to discuss
about marketing. But its being postphoned to tomorrow. Shall be meeting
Gary, Alex and Coco for Sakae later. Gona 化悲愤，为食量！and eat my fill!
 
Tickets to HangZhou!
One good news! Got my ticket to HangZhou! hehe! Gona go this Friday! yay!
first time getting tickets via phone orders. In China, alot of things work via
phone bookings. I bargained even for that. haha! Was suppose to pay 25rmb
for delivery of the tickets. I slashed it to 15. hehe! Smart!
 
Treats!
Well as the tittle implies! This space is meant to recognise all the heroes and
heroines that helped make my day with their generosity of sharing! hehe!
HAve to thank Lulu for the Hi Chew sweet that she gave me! used to love it
when I was a kid! And Wang yong for the 小麻花！but I still perfer the one
from denise… even though this one is good too! hehe!
 
Dinner@Sakae!
Woah! the dinner is darn darn good! hehe! had A LOT of good food. for my dear
friends who did not see the previous entry of my visit there, you can check out
the pictures! its just cool. good food, great friends wonderful food! woah! what
more can I ask for? hehe! Had dinner with Coco, Gary and Alex! hehe! worth
it! This is a treat for Coco for the treat she gave us last week for Alex’s Birthday!
hehe! I think its all good stuff!

TSD Day026: THINK BIG! Never too small to make a diff!

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What a start to a day! hehe! Promised to help Denise with taking minutes
for today and tomorrow. Gotta reach the place at 830! hehe! Shag! But
I think worth while! Denise is like my big sister! She really knows alot about
the company and Shanghai in general! 
 
WORK!
I help her do the minutes alrite! But after she had a meeting with Jane, we
realised draft one is not enough. haha! Feel so guilty that she has to redo
alot of the stuff. But She still ask me to help. haha! Shall do better this time!
 
Other than the minutes, I also did the internal Audit presentation! Hell! haha!
lotsa miscomm along the way… kena F**ked for following orders. But well.
thats the way things goes when you are stucked in the middle. I am beginning
to learn the politics and how things go. I shall one day learn and set it to my
advantage. That day is not far away. each day I learn and apply. Matter of time
before I learn the operations and also the politics. I feel that such politics are
more or less the different kind of people doing the same kind of things. 
 
OH MY LUNCH!
Almost died during lunch time! HAd late lunch (15minutes late actually) but it
feels like forever! haha! Luckily had my favourite 鸡腿饭！that saved the day!
haha! I love the MONDAY restaurant! haha! Help to boost my morale abit and
fight off the monday blues!
 
TICKETS TO HANGZHOU! ASES!
Also ordered tickets for my trip to HangZhou! Miss my Zhejiang ASES friends!
let me do abit of Advertisment here. ASES stands for (Asia-Pacific Student
Entrepreneurship Society) and they are a super great bunch! hehe! looking forward
to seeing them this weekend! woot! haha! Gona take a look at their startup!
Xiadan.com! (Guys! this is a really good site to share Movies and music LEGALLY!)
Also have to thank Denise and Catherine for helping to guide me to book the tickets
for the trip to hangzhou! hehe!
 
SHEN Stuff!
On top of that also did a bit of editing on the SHEN webby. hehe! put up our
8th Batch name list! yay! hehe! Dinner At 家家米粉 is not bad! had roast pork!
woah! good stuff the soup tastes great too! haha! At home I had 2 cakes! one
is a fruitcake with rum! haha! The other one is a super duper THICK chocolate
cake! haha! damn thick! and very sweet. Making me feel guilty of this SINFUL
treat! looking forward to hit the gm on wed! Tue would be a treat for Coco from
the Fellowship (Alex, Gary and I).

TSD Day 025: Shag Day Slacking…

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Woke up at almost 10am today. Shag… duno y… haha!
Spend the morning reading and playing chess with Gary.
 
When to 迪卡浓！and bought the bag today! hehe! Had our
lunch at 又一处！good food with great quantity! hehe! After
that we went to shop around the area and bought my favourite
王老吉！which is equivalent to 佳佳凉茶! very nice! But the seniors
said its over priced. still finding an alternative. I like the bag!
Good for my Nanjing trip next week! hehe!
 
While shopping I found this Pretzel shop! very nice! the size also
bigger than Auntie Anne’s if I am not wrong! I had the sour cream
and onion also tasted Gary’s Cinamon flavour! hehe! Good!
 
Gona have a meeting later on the web site. hehe! wonder what
is there to do. Excited! ok. So the meeting is about revamping the
website.. have to make it simpler and update the stuff. the rest is
fine. haha! After the meeting have some time to pack up my room
and make it look neater! hehe! Also made Dore’s Calendar a permanent
fixture in my cupboard! nice. hehe!

TSD Day024: Zhang Man! Buddies

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Today is a generally relaxed day.. 
Spend the morning ironing away my shirts and slacked a little here and there.
Had at a noodle store behind cloud nine. It is only now that I realised that the
usual noodle store that I used to support is actually not the cheapest! there is
another one which is cheaper and looks cleaner! hehe! But I am still more
attaced to the older store I used to go… emotionally attached… maybe I’ll
still go once in a while.. haha! Anyway I ordered a 大排面！It’s only 6rmb!
 
In the afternoon, I spent my time online slacking away and reading a little on
my 48 laws of power. A pretty good read! hehe! I also prepared green bean soup!
I think I have got talent at cooking! hehe! It’s not until about 430 pm that
I start to prepare to go meet Zhang man and her friends! hehe! MEt them at about
515pm at Raffles City at Ren Ming Guang Chang. First Had dessert at Mega Bite!
No space! haha! Had to eat STANDING! haha! Fun!
 
We waited for like an hour or so before we finally got to the restaurant! Full of people!
Its also in Raffles City. Its call 港丽餐厅 pretty good ambience! hehe! The food there
is great! especially the desert with a bread! haha! nice!
 
After dinner is a visit to Xin Tian Di! The Clark Quay of Shanghai! hehe! nice place
with great chill out music! hehe! I like! Really shag after that! Went home! Called Dore.
Gona sleep. Tomorrow going to get travel backpacks! hehe! Cool!

TSD Day023: Happy Birthday Alex 周！

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First of All, have to wish our fellowship mate Alex a happy birthday! hehe!
I Hope I can finish my work today asap and get to join the guys for dinner!
 
Early in the morning work Work WORK!
That aside, cast into the reality of an OT! haha! Well! Luckily, Thanks to my
大姐 Denise in ParkwayHealth! She treated me to a 麻花！Great way to start
a day! hehe! Helps to offset abit of my mental trauma… Man! Gota finish the
stuff today no matter what! The goal? NO OT! hehe! Work my ass off in the
morning gathering and producing a document. finally managed to send it
before lunch to all the key people! hehe!
 
Lunch at 星期一！(Again? Argh, not sian ar?)
Haha, I love 星期一! today I ate their 招牌便当！Together with Jessica, Mike
and Sarah! hehe! Took the opportunity to ask alot of HR related stuff, like
talent retention and head hunting! haha! I think I shall formulate deeper
questions to ask! To really gain knowledge in the HR domain.
 
Also have to thank Anneke for the pizza treat! hehe! Pepperoni Pizza is
great! hehe! Hope ur feet heals soon. FYI, her feet got rolled over by the
bus door this morning. Morale of the story? Dun stand near the DOOR!
not too near that is… Pizza is great!
 
Play to win! hehe!
Today is a day of treats! hehe! Another treat from Sister Denise! haha! sounds
so Catholic! A 姚豆！Nice!
 
Treats keeps you happy! Thus improves one’s efficiency! hehe! manage to finish all
the inputs and come up with a presentation based on a super long email! hehe! I think
I level up le! In terms of political skills and work efficiency! Also tied down the workflow
with Melissa for Call Centre! hehe! That’s what I call efficiency… so what do I do for
Monday? haha.. shh… (I also duno… hehe!)
 
Going home soon! Early today. About 5pm now! Gona get a wireless router man! hehe!
Cheers! Got a Belkin wireless router! hehe! Good stuff! 399rmb! hehe!
 
Dinner – Celebrate Alex’s Birthday!
Met Alex’s friend, Coco. Was still wondering at "Cloud Nine" until we went to Coco’s Family
run restaurant! hehe! Good food! Really! Celebrated Alex’s birthday there! The food is real good!
After that Coco went to our house and we chit chatted for a while! Fun nite! hehe!