Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town...
The Christmas season is here again which explains why I change my blogskin again... Hahaha...
Time to spend a lot of money to buy a lot of gifts for my love ones... I love buying gifts, especially if it's for people I love. Tiring but worthwhile... : )
4:04 PM
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Shanghai Planning Meeting
Just outside Pudong Airport, Shanghai
View from my room in the morning
It looks quite similar to Singapore, doesn't it?
I had been back from Shanghai for almost a week and I decided to upload the pictures in only because I don't know what other sites to surf... :P
8 Oct, Wed
Reached Changi Airport T3 at around 11am. I had a really sweet, lovely time at the airport... :) The flight from Singapore to Shanghai is about 5 hours. I absolutely do not like flight longer than 3 hours cos' after a while, I can't think of anything to kill time. I ended up watching Hancock (nice show btw), Guess 3, played Super Mario and listen to the music.
When I reached Pudong Airport, it was 6pm but when I got out of the Airport, the sky was dark. It's just like our 8pm here. Couldn't get used to that initially. Took the hotel pick-up to Portman Ritz Carlton. I only realized when I am leaving the hotel on the last day that the one-way hotel transfer cost RMB 820 which is almost SGD 170!!! Luckily the company is paying for it or my heart will be bleeding boi... One advantage of traveling on business trip is that you get to stay in nice hotels and all the costs are bear by the company. I had stayed in nothing less than Hilton, Hyatt and Ritz Carlton so far... All cost SGD 200 - 300 per night.
When I got of the plane, I was having quite a bad sinus so by the time I reached the hotel, I just wanted to rest. Ordered a club sandwich from room service for dinner. After dinner, I just rest for the night.
9 Oct, Thurs
Early in the morning, woke up for breakfast then went to the Shanghai office. First thing I commented to my colleauge when I stepped out of the hotel was... 'Is this the outdoor temperature or is this cool air coming out from the hotel?' The air was really cool. It felt just like our aircon in the malls. My colleague told me that this is actually the outdoor temperature as Shanghai is in the midst of changing season (to winter).
My Japan-based and India colleagues
All listening attentively... or not...
By the time the meeting ended, it was about 6pm (and the sky is dark again). Went back to the room to freshen up, then my colleague bought us to this Wujiang Street which sells a lot of cheap nice food. I had the most delicious 生煎包 at Wujiang Street. I was very tempted to vacuum packed it back for my mum cos I know she will definitely love it. The only thing that stopped me from doing that is worrying that I can't get it through custom. : (
Food stalls at Wujiang Street
Succulent Pork Slice Burger (Spicy)
The Best 生煎包 I had tasted!!
Succulent Pork Slice Burger (Spicy)
The Best 生煎包 I had tasted!!
After the yummylicious dinner, went back to the hotel to ran through my preso one more time to make sure that I did not miss anything out.
10 Oct, Fri
My preso was the 2nd last of the whole meeting and I got a little nervous after lunch. Come to think of it, that may be part of the reason why I had a indigestion that day... Or maybe it could be due to the EXAGGERATING big amount of food ordered for lunch. It was ordered by our Shanghai colleague and food for a table of 10 can actually feed 30 people!!!
After my preso, it was a sigh of relief for me. Though it's not the 1st time that I am presenting but each time I had to do it, I still get nervous. :P
As my colleague and I were supposed to fly out at midnight, we didn't have much time to travel too far so we just walked a couple of streets away from the hotel to look look see see... Perhaps because of where we are, the things are not exactly cheap. I'm sure if I have a chance to explore further, there are places to shop... Actually with that kind of weather in Shanghai, it would be very nice to sit in the outdoor, having a cuppa and chatting with friends. For me, I just did not have enough time and not with the right clique. :P
Leaving Shanghai for Home Sweet Home
Headed for the Airport at 9pm for my red-eye flight. I absolutely hate red-eye flight. Can't sleep properly and too sleepy to stay awake to watch a movie or do anything... Haiz... I hope I do not need to take another red-eye flight.
9:30 PM
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
I Am Lazy And I Just Have To Admit It
I am just so lazy to update and even though I know I should be writing something, I just refused to start... Grrr...
5 more days to Shanghai... Am only looking forward to its night view and cool cool weather...
9:23 PM
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