Mid Week Blues


Ok, before going on to talk about my mid week haps, I shall broadcast a very important notice over here:

“I cannot gain access to blogs over here in China!”


Meaning,

1) I cannot read my tags since I can’t even read my own blog
2) I cannot read any of my friends’ blogs. Yes all kinds of blogs, be it Wordpress, LJ or Xanga
3) I cannot tag as well


That sucks!

My friend who is interning in Shanghai has the exact problem. So we are assuming that China might have exercised a ban on foreign blogs while allowing their local blogs to continue operation.

Oh well, think on the bright side, at least I can still update my blog.

So dear friends, if you want to leave a comment behind on the tag board, please don’t. I would not be able to read it and reply accordingly hence please leave a comment via the ‘leave a comment’ below any posts. That way, I can read the comments on my blogger dashboard.

Ok work-wise, I have been meeting up with my manager in charge and general manager more often these days since it is almost the halfway mark for my internship. We meet up to discuss about work in the most unorthodox meeting places ever. There was a power meltdown once in the company and we drove to a Starbucks nearby for a short meeting. We got our air con and I got a FOC large cup of ice hot chocolate. (FYI, every alternate Fridays, certain parts of the company will prohibit the use of air conditioning in order to save on energy especially since it’s summer now). By the way, thriving cities in most parts of China are required to do embark on this energy saving policy to prevent the use of air con on certain days.

Sidenote: I HATE THIS POLICY!!!!!! Please allow me to vent my frustration because I’m a very air con person! hahaha, most of you who know me will certainly be sure of this fact. I stay in air con three quarters of the day back home.

So, I’ve bought a mini portable fan! Which only costs me 15RMB (3 Sing with batteries included). I use it mostly when I’m walking or even working. I kinda started the trend cause my roomies have followed suit and bought mini fans as well. The weather is seriously smeltering hot these days to an extent it’s almost unbearable.

Well, what I’ve learnt from working in a Chinese firm; I’ve learnt to always check back with the manager and my colleagues what is required of me in terms of the tasks assigned to me. Never make too many assumptions. They pretty much leave you on your own to do whatever is necessary and they can be rather demanding of your work quality.

The Chinese place much emphasis on after work entertainment. After a hard day’s work, usually the last place they want to go to will be home. They like to frequent pubs, KTV lounges, restaurants and massage/spa houses. They are very big on unwinding after work and they are generally very good drinkers. Every weekend is something to do forward to cause we will be invited to join them for dinners, KTV or live band bars. I would say the organization culture in the company I’m working is very good for team building. Every quarter of the year, there will be department trips organized to visit scenic places in the other provinces of China. My 2 other friends from NYP just came back from a 5 day trip to Hunan (all expenses paid trip!). Sadly, my department just went to Xi’an in April. How sad, I’ve always wanted to go take a look at Qin ShiHuang’s Terracotta Army. But it’s good to know there’s such a love for travel culture within the company. Everyone is like family. During dinners together with my manager and colleagues, they will get all busybody and asked me about my private life and naturally, it’ll centre around my boyfriend. It’s pretty embarrassing actually because technically speaking, I didn’t tell them personally that I’m attached. They saw the neo print picture of the two of us on the side of my laptop screen when I was presenting my ideas and findings to them. That was so unprofessional of me.

Well, anyway, my colleague has this comment of Jax after she had a closer look at the neo print,
“你的男朋友看起来很年轻” (your boyfriend looks young)


All I can say is, 我也如此认为! (I think so too)

Hmmm.

Ha! I cannot blame them for saying so. He really is boyish looking.

And I just looked at the Krispy Kreme website! Donut party at my place on the day I get back ok! I’m buying 4 boxes of KK donuts back. (I have no idea how in the world I’m gonna hand carry them but I’ll find a way!)

I can only buy 2 boxes for friends, so Marie, Kavi, Youie, Shirong, Yuying, Eileen and Julie, if you want, maximum is 2 ok =)

Check this out!
http://www.krispykreme.com/varieties.html



And for a little "just for laughs" humour (courtesy of Qiu Xin)


(click on it to see a larger view)

Hahahahaha! We were super bored during work, so we use internal email to email each other. Cause some of us do not have internet hence no msn. So we have to resort to his channel to communicate and to send each other lame jokes we found online. Qiu Xin went to the extreme by photoshopping Zhongwei's (aka Mr. Full of Shit) constipated look onto the baby's face. LOL. It was hilarious! I tried so damn hard to suppress my laughter in the office. My shoulders were quivering from the sheer hard work of laughter suppression.

Work is so much fun with this bunch of lame ass people =D hahaha.. They made my work week a tad more interesting!

And I've been relying a great deal on Google Translate. Its really very useful for me cause when I write emails to my colleagues or ask my managers questions, I'll type in english and let google translate, translate everything for me. Haha! cool right! Made me life so much easier. I can type an entire report in English and let it translate into chinese for me. =))) And I'll just copy and paste. But thankfully, report writing can be done in English or it'll be a -bangs wall- situation for me.