Daily Routine for Pattaya Biz Trip X_X

had a very very long day... so exhausted - WORSE is that there's no chance to rest during those long car ride (not to mention can't listen to 903!) as big boss Mr. Dick U. is talking all along...

really 收買人命咩

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06:50-07:20 breakfast
08:00-09:15 hotel to office
09:30-12:00 meeting
12:00-12:50 lunch
13:00-15:30 meeting
15:30-16:45 report
16:45-17:50 office back to hotel
18:00-18:40 report
18:45-19:20 hotel to restaurant
19:30-21:45 dinner with bosses
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Dinner place - Nice environment and good food (except a bit too windy for like 30 min)

Really exhausted.... but oh well, when i see the factory - once again i feel i got one step closer to the "chemical engineering field" again :)

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better get some rest for another long day tmr! Add oil - to myself!! :)

New offer....

but then my friend asked - 要錢定要命?????

er.. how about want BOTH???

my brain is so busy lately.. i just want some rest.. V_V;;

you made my day!!

wow today is my lucky day....

well, started out very stressful and some sxxx need to clear up w/ big boss this morning... *sigh* keep wondering if i am really fit for this job or not?????

still not sure...

anyhow, so was so busy and occupied for the whole day (busy for nothing?!) anyway, still make it to dinner w/ Bz though :) (20 min late) XDDD actually asked her out as her birthday is coming up tmr so want to meet up and catch up a bit. I had such a great and relaxing time dining w/ Bz. She can always take up whatever the stupid things i blah blah blah w/.... at the end of the dinner she also give me a gift - i was like WOW, i should be the one who's giving out gift to her as it's her birthday....



i feel so blessed :)

after dinner i decide to go back to work (as tmr have to meeting and "lost" half a day).. just want to catch up before it's too late (again)... so got back to work around 10 and didn't leave until after 23:45 @_@... 2nd nite in the row that i'm taking taxi home sucks V_V''' i need to change that i need to change that....

ANYHOW, mom is in bed already when i got home (as usual) :( but then i found the parcel ceci was talking about earlier.... and ANOTHER WOW:


I've absolutely NO IDEA why cees get me this for??? wow.. i wanted to try them all immediately lei (but of course not la... i still need to work tmr lor V_V) i'll probably try it out during the wkend... (ha, MAYBE)

i SAID it was my lucky day ga la.... how come getting presents for no reason????? :P

thanks for loving me...

Yuen Long Day Trip & belated gift..

work has been crazy - the earliest day i got home for the whole wk last wk was yesterday (Friday) - but still i didn't get home until 9ish

@_@'

u know, i really hope that they won't get rid of me after the contract - when all the things are on system and no need such great man power @_@

hope for the best....

and today i wasn't planning to go out but ended up went allllllllll the way to Yuen Long to pick up my b-day/x'mas/new yr (and whatever) gift :P so here's how FAR i went all the way for the gift:



it's REALLY FAR (and it cost me as much from Nan Cheng to Yuen Long vs. Sai Wan Ho to Olympic City). but i guess it's cool to ride the "West Rail" the first time gae :P the actual journey isn't that "LONG" - probably around1.5 hrs?

And of course - ALL THE WAY to Yuen Long wor, must get some "hand letter" la :D

hahahahahah (and it taste GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!) kekekekeke

Thanks my dear friend for the gift :D and auntie and uncle walked me alll the way to get wife biscuit after we had afternoon tea - u know i have no idea how to get around @ YUEN LONG ma :P and i already have 2 of them as my dinner tonite at work (the one on the left is banana "go")

and since it's "on the way" from Yuen Long back home... so stopped by at work and ended up staying there for like 4+ hrs... i guess probably b/c i've nothing better than do gwa?! @_@''

so anyway, got home after mid nite - and checked out my new toy - no, it's NOT a game - as i complained that my notebook is so hot that i can pan fried an egg *seriously!!* SO, my friend got me this:



it turns out really COOL - i mean it does really cool down my notebook.. it said it's 1.6lb but it's very light to me - and now i can really put my notebook on my lap! kekekekeke.. and best is that it's powered by USB - no extra outlet's cable is needed!!

bravo~~~~ i'm happy kekekekeke

Oh, one more "happy" thing - since i've already worked today - i can go out and have fun tomorrow and really enjoy the weekend!!! yeh~~~~~~~~~~~~ :D

Last Day in SARA...

so after 3.5 yrs (a wk short) here i'm - last day in my current job

Actually as some of you might have been reading my blog the decision has been made a while back - so isn't really "panic" or anything - rather it's more like "yeah, finally it's here"

it wasn't really THAT BAD - i mean, actually i'm more in a "happy mood" - sending out my final farewell emails to some of the closer suppliers i've known through the last few years - it's kinda sad to say good bye - and w/ my next job ahead i don't really see much chance for us to "meet" again - all i can say is that i'm indeed verygrateful to come across so many different individuals in my SARA's career. Getting some of their returned emails, although short, really make me feel warm - from the bottom of my heart...

after all i probably not the WORST person in world :)

And for sure the toughest email sent was to my chemical team - the division itself is like my baby, and grown up w/ these ~10 ppl - world wide. We may not even see each other more than twice a yr - but i'm quite sure i talked to some of them EVEN MORE THAN I talk to my mom! :PPPPPP I know i'll just be so "not used to" NOT talking to them on a day-to-day basis!

only thing is anand wasn't in the picture.

I still don't know how well i'll do to "move on" to my new job.... well, at least i got the wkend such that i can prepare a bit....

Great exposure, great ppl (ha, except wrong boss). I'm glad i joined SARA back then, and i hope it's the right decision to take off as well...

Updates...

Well i haven't really jot down anything for a long while - i mean, just not in the blogging mood that much anymore....

so, here's a recap:

Work:

not doing much at work anymore - i feel kinda bad being there and not really contributing.... OH WELL, this wk will be my last wk so guess it's alright - and last wk had lunch w/ breeze, and the other day w/ vincent; i think Priscilla is saying will have dinner monday/tuesday w/ Amy, company "farewell party" on Tuesday, and "drink tea" lunch w/ whole company on Friday, and cake on me in the afternoon (tradition in HK). Oh, of course, not to mention k Friday nite boh. For better or worse - i mean, i guess it's "good' as deep down i'm glad "ppl do care about me leaving" - but on the other hand just a bit too "tired" of all these "entertainment" - feeling just a bit too much XDDDD

part of me is feeling sad as leaving gae..... but oh well... gotta move on, i know i've to.

Being a bad tour guide:

well, i went to the big buddha (yeah, AGAIN) with alison and chelsey yesterday - it was a BAD BAD decision as the weather was extremely BAD (amber raining warning) and it's just NOT THE RIGTH TIME TO GO - NOT AT ALL!! i was SOAKING SOAKING SOAKING WET and i just hope the girls won't get a cold or sth as they've finals to work on. Different than the last 2 visits, this time i can see NOTHING inside the cable car on the way up (too foggy / rainy) - frankly speaking really kind scary (like some horror film) - and as i was climbing the stairs up to the big buddha - gosh, practically the stairs becomes a little water fall @_@'' (i need to ask alison to give me some of those picts)

it rained so bad that my pants and clothes won't dry out off even after an hr MTR ride from Tung Chung -> Sai Wan Ho V_V'''

Well, learn by mistake - one more thing to learn of being a tour guide - ALWAYS weight the impact of WEATHER!!!!!

after that soaking trip i didn't really do much throughout the wkend (oh, yeah, i filed my tax!) hahaha..., well, watched a whole bunch of movies - will have a movies review next entry la....

not to mention - 26 days before my US trip :P (yeah, started the countdown for a wk ALREADY) kekekekekekeke

Last Trip - Tianjin...

Some of you may have noticed the # of posts i've posted in the last month has a sharp drop - well, one is b/c my notebook's space bar is DEAD and just tired of using the "full stop" in between *LOL*, and 2ndly is that i've decided to move on from current job - so brain is very "busy"....

it's not an easy decision. really not - from the PERSONAL point of view I guess. YES current company has a lot of POTENTIAL, but then maybe i'm really ruling by my heart (rather than head) - i decided to go. I don't know if it's a right or wrong decision.... but i think once i decided, don't think twice

Some times one just have to take chances, and just do it w/ no regret. In some sense i wanna challenge myself what's my tolerance bottom line - stupid you may say, w/ my career to risk over...

ANYWAY....

so here i'm on last biz trip - yep, after talking to vijay on the flight i realize i'm REALLY prepared for an exit... and here I'm in Tianjin

I lost count how many times i've been to Tianjin - maybe 4 or 5? but i've never really see the town... hmm.... too bad... but Maggie did show me some very VERY good place for food - Dumpling is SUPER! (north chinese style) both TASTE and price is GREAT... no one can beat!! that place also have some "Ching" style (the dynasty) and it's just GOOD....

of course, their chestnuts during winter time is good (still hot when Maggie gave me!)... I also remember one time Maggie got me some strawberry - and it's so FRESH and SO SWEET!

actually i feel sad to leave Maggie, she has been very very good to me. Not only a colleague, but REALLY a friend.

feel the same when talking to Pawan, Rajesh, and of course, Jai

ak just called earlier as well, i feel bad that the family drag him into this b/c of me... but then i told him the reason of taking a career 2 yrs back is for the education - so now i'm really no return ticket! i think it's good that i make this "sacrifice" - b/c i really wanna do my MBA deep down. I know i'm not going to make it in US - and i know i'm not going to make it FULL time - but now i've a chance which can "buffer" me more (of course i skip the salary is 2 yr ahead schedule when discussing w/ ak!)...

Anyway, i hope i didn't make a wrong choice, and that i can really work toward my dream - a post graduate education which can help and equip for a higher role....

Wise Man said "Professional..."

"A Professional LOVES his/her job and what they do - NOT the company"

while discussing with low dai, i do agree w/ his comment:

"... it does matter with the company, your job is affected by the company's culture, if you don't like the culture..or don't fit in it....you won't do good job..."

So I guess I'll revised wise man's quote to the following:

Being professional is all about the job itself - you should LOVE what your job is - however, don't stay behind just because you LOVE the company

Or, I'm just not professional enough? hmmmm

Podcast: Manager Tools

Lately many of you have heard me blah blahing about the new Podcasts I've been crazy about... thanks to my sis & bro-in-law for getting me the new iPod!! hahhaaa.. out of all the Podcasts I've been experimenting I highly recommend this Manager Tools' Podcast

As I've mentioned in some of my mails, I mean, many topics discussed are just "common sense" to us - and many maybe very minor things - so minor that we never really sit down and THINK about it! However "minor" they might be, I believe these are some great hints for us to learn, and distinguish ourselves from the rest and being truly PROFESSIONAL!!

Just found that too little time for too many useful information out there - and FREE! Glad that I can do this during my commute time every day (rather than just listening to pop songs!) So check it out when you've time, definitely will help for those who still wanna GROW in his/her own career - after all, who'll really SIT down and TELL you WHAT and HOW to do - in a professional way?! ;)

P.S. i need to listen "faster" though - although the regular Podcast is like 3 times a wk I only "covered" those aired like 1+ yrs ago!! too little time too little time! XD

FW: Don't Hesitate to Self-Promote

Am I blue? or Am I pink? I think i'm sometimes blue and some times pink?????

pretty interesting article...

Don't Hesitate to Self-Promote

"A blue woman wants to get to the point, writes emails without greetings or salutations and believes in win/lose.

"A ‘pink' woman likes to know the person she is doing business with as a person, believes that having a bonding moment first can make work done on tasks go faster and more effectively and believes in win/win," she adds.

Do you like your job?

Happened that i've started to discuss this questions w/ a couple friends of mine, so let's do a survey - do you like your job? and why?

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Answers (yes / no... reason)

1. not really... my job isn't that bad, but haven't found a better one
2. no... b/c i can't foresee any long term goal/growth, and the company doesn't have any system to follow
3. not really... just feeling tired and wanted to retire
4. yes and no... like to learn new things, can MSN, but don't like repeat monotone work, underpaid
5. no... it sucks
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whoever reading out there - build your answer in the comment la :P