10/3/2009 PM
現在在半空中喔~ =P 越南航空的服務實在太……好了，連等也等不了下飛機就要寫下來，要不然下機就沒時間寫啦~
第一接觸，超小一架 3-3 的 A321<-- 這是同行上司 comment 的~然後，在飛機口，居然被空姐勒令關機，這一次真的是勒令喔~ 不像上一次新加坡的勸籲。
11/3/2009 AM
現在是三月十一號了，我正在越南河內的酒店中。這一次來河內是參加國際會議的展覽，現在會議進行中，所以很清閒。
繼續「飛機奇遇記」：
進機艙後，一切正常，只是等我們隔壁的三位乘客。剛坐下的時候我還以為旁邊沒有人，想等一下換個位子呢。見空姐拿着名單對坐號，就想應該是有乘客還沒到吧，等着等着，也不知道有沒有 delay，終見三個日本人進來了！<-- 來越南之前，我不知道這邊有很多日本公司，還擔心他們有沒有走錯飛機 :p (對！VN 的 service 就是好到連這個我也覺得會弄錯！) 三人一進來就是超級大聲的「よっかた！！！」(太好了!) 全飛機的人可能都在懷疑「日本人不是很寧靜的嗎？」我身旁的中東〈或埃及，我看見他的 passport 是阿拉伯字〉白人男子更探身看過究竟。看他們拿着一人一袋的日本 Duty Free，應該是從日本來香港轉機吧。他們連聲「よっかた！！！」〈真的是連聲，一人不下五次，共三人〉，我也隱約聽到「怖い」(害怕)，或許前一班機延誤了，他們擔心趕不上這一班機，而且去河內的飛機班次本來就很疏落，看他們也拿着電腦，應該是去工作吧，要是我趕不上飛機去工作的話，我也會「怖い」。
【插個題，飛機小得日本人一坐下就說「新幹線みたい」(像新幹線一樣)】
飛機不知道是為什麼 delay 了好一段時間〈因為我沒帶手錶，所以不知道 delay 了多久〉卻甚麼都沒廣播。坐着就睡着，感覺到一陣「噪音」與震動，以為已經起飛了，張開眼卻還看見陸地。剛才的震動，難道是飛機在走動的聲音嗎？超怖い =P
飛機終於要起飛了，震動比剛才要大好幾倍，好誇張，從來沒試過這麼嘈跟震的起飛。
起飛後，好不容易等到「安全帶燈號」熄滅，趕緊去洗手間 :p 洗手間就沒甚麼〈畢竟應該沒有比維珍那一次更差的吧〉，一出來，居然有一架餐車在門口！我有自知之明，向空少求救，望向機尾餐點準備處發出「 SORRY」的求救眼神跟小聲哀號〈不想讓全機人都知道我給餐車擋住〉，居然，毫無反應！連正在等洗手間的小姐都向我投一個「幹嘛不出來」的眼神。天喔！越南人很瘦嗎？只有那一點點的空隙〈那空隙比餐車停在走道上留下的那條還小〉，我跟它拼了！幸好，我沒有很胖，看來我還可以當空姐。
然後是用餐時間，我旁邊的中東人要的是 Indian Vegetarian，空少盤來的是 Indian Vegan??，最重要的，是它沒有任何記認，都是寫 Indian Vegetarian〈還是有我們看不到〉。當中東人拆開包裝袋準備用餐時，空少又盤來另一盤東西，說「Sorry」，然後就要換掉，拆開的餐具袋也就換掉，最奇怪的，連麵包都要換掉〈後記：我現在想明白了，麵包是沒有包裝的，所以要換，新盤來的沒有麵包，中東人自行拿起舊的放到新的去；我想，舊的那盤，空少會先放麵包再運到客人吧，也有可能是別的客人發現不對，拿起麵包先吃吧，哈哈！〉。不過，我之前真的沒碰過弄錯 meal order 的航空公司。畢竟會特意下 meal order 的，很多都是 vegetarian 或 religious reason，弄錯了真的很差喔！〈難怪之前新加坡的穆斯林同事說他不會下 meal order，免得弄錯，還告訴我，飛機餐都是 Fish or Beef / Chicken or Beef，他只叫 Beef 就行了。〉
餐點沒有很難吃，算是萬幸了。只是咖啡，只有一個 coffee cream，沒有 brown sugar，下了太古砂糖後 = 雀巢3合1，還是最便宜黑色的那一種。
收餐盤的效率很慢，我等很久才能拿起電腦。〈還是要向日本人學習，他們一上機就是 NDS！而且也沒有用餐﹝應該是在上一班機吃飽了﹞，只喝酒 =P 對了！他們只有一個人用餐，而且那人也沒有拿 Duty Free 袋，看來是從香港出發，在閘口等他的同伴吧，這樣也就說的通了。香港機場從幾年前就沒有了 Final Call 廣播服務，也確實執行起飛前 20分鐘關閘口的 policy。〉
降落是最令人驚喜的，很久沒有坐過降落時不會「機身震到像要裂開」的飛機。降落是整個航程最好的。<-- 因為這個是 pilot 的技術，pilot 是一個白人。
寫了一大堆飛機的，下一篇要寫一下越南初感。
Showing posts with label business trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label business trip. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Friday, December 21, 2007
I'm back
(moved from elsewhere)
'can@ xxx' and 'I'm back' - these have been my MSN nickname and subtitle for the recent half year!
Before changing to this company, I knew that they concentrated their business in Hong Kong or occasionally Korea! For other European or Middle East jobs, they just provide support and thus, I do not expect to travel frequent on business, unlike my previous job which I had to go to Taiwan at least bimonthly and sometimes once a month!
Yet life is always fate! After entering this company, I've been to five business trips in 18 months time. It isn't that shocking for normal circumstances even not comparing to my previous job but it's already too surprised when compared with my fellow colleagues. Last year, I went to Beijing for a training and this started my 'travelling' life in this company.
Unlike the previous company, instead of Taiwan, this year, I've been to Shanghai twice, London once and even to Japan! That was the greatest yet my most unwilling trip to Japan since the timing was not good at all. And it was so far the hardest business trip! Worked until late, had dinner at midnight! After work, still need to finish my homework so stayed up late until very early morning! Slept for only 3 hours and got up for a new day! Yet it's quite pleasant to meet some helpful guys.
And the two trips to Shanghai just awoke me from my dream about shanghai like breaking the bubble we played when we were young. along with its fast pacing development the contrast between, not necessarily the rich and the poor, but the modern western lifestyle and the still a bit backward 'chinese' lifestyle is too obvious! the bund is too bustling and just one street behind it, there's like a dark city. I'd rather go to the times square, the shopping malls, the Xintiandi and places like these instead. placing yourself in these places won't make you too sad 'coz it's really a bit like Manhattan in a certain sense. even better feeling than in hk.. or just keep yourself in the 'star' hotels like the Marriot and Raddison I stayed.
London's always like another home for many hk-ers since we have soooo many friends and relatvies and even family members there. went there for a training, in a hotel near our head office but still haven't been to our office. :P met a lot of interesting fellow colleagues and knew more about other companies within our group. thanks for the ride offered by a helpful guy.
the eurostar now departs from the King's Cross and it makes my 'usual' train home docked at platform far away :P need to pass through the platform 9 3/4 to get there... :P weekend didn't go out to London but to nearby town with bigger and more shopping malls - Welwyn Garden City.
besides these business trip, i went to taiwan. (not kidding, i really went to Taipei and Yilan with kakin, wendy and janet [in taipei for one whole day and one evening]) This is like our annual trip! :P just noticed that since the 03 trip to taipei, we've been to korea in 04, london & paris in 06. and possibly macau in 05.
busy working life these few months, ot ot and ot.....
busy stuyding life this semester... every week an assignment... a 4000 words translation... two presentations.. and term paper...
these were wht i did duirng this 4 and a half months.
just received an email from our MD attaching a memo from our Chairman in the head office titled 'China Initiatives'... well... foreseeable more frequent China trips.. >< why isn't it Asia? so i may be able to go to Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. interesting places?! anyway, let's see how it goes.
christmas' coming and i'd really like to go outsdie to play!!!! but i'm running out of $$....
korea... i started to miss this country...
thailand... stronger and stronger motive to go....
so far these are the two places i really wanna go in near future..
anyone of you interesting to join me?
'can@ xxx' and 'I'm back' - these have been my MSN nickname and subtitle for the recent half year!
Before changing to this company, I knew that they concentrated their business in Hong Kong or occasionally Korea! For other European or Middle East jobs, they just provide support and thus, I do not expect to travel frequent on business, unlike my previous job which I had to go to Taiwan at least bimonthly and sometimes once a month!
Yet life is always fate! After entering this company, I've been to five business trips in 18 months time. It isn't that shocking for normal circumstances even not comparing to my previous job but it's already too surprised when compared with my fellow colleagues. Last year, I went to Beijing for a training and this started my 'travelling' life in this company.
Unlike the previous company, instead of Taiwan, this year, I've been to Shanghai twice, London once and even to Japan! That was the greatest yet my most unwilling trip to Japan since the timing was not good at all. And it was so far the hardest business trip! Worked until late, had dinner at midnight! After work, still need to finish my homework so stayed up late until very early morning! Slept for only 3 hours and got up for a new day! Yet it's quite pleasant to meet some helpful guys.
And the two trips to Shanghai just awoke me from my dream about shanghai like breaking the bubble we played when we were young. along with its fast pacing development the contrast between, not necessarily the rich and the poor, but the modern western lifestyle and the still a bit backward 'chinese' lifestyle is too obvious! the bund is too bustling and just one street behind it, there's like a dark city. I'd rather go to the times square, the shopping malls, the Xintiandi and places like these instead. placing yourself in these places won't make you too sad 'coz it's really a bit like Manhattan in a certain sense. even better feeling than in hk.. or just keep yourself in the 'star' hotels like the Marriot and Raddison I stayed.
London's always like another home for many hk-ers since we have soooo many friends and relatvies and even family members there. went there for a training, in a hotel near our head office but still haven't been to our office. :P met a lot of interesting fellow colleagues and knew more about other companies within our group. thanks for the ride offered by a helpful guy.
the eurostar now departs from the King's Cross and it makes my 'usual' train home docked at platform far away :P need to pass through the platform 9 3/4 to get there... :P weekend didn't go out to London but to nearby town with bigger and more shopping malls - Welwyn Garden City.
besides these business trip, i went to taiwan. (not kidding, i really went to Taipei and Yilan with kakin, wendy and janet [in taipei for one whole day and one evening]) This is like our annual trip! :P just noticed that since the 03 trip to taipei, we've been to korea in 04, london & paris in 06. and possibly macau in 05.
busy working life these few months, ot ot and ot.....
busy stuyding life this semester... every week an assignment... a 4000 words translation... two presentations.. and term paper...
these were wht i did duirng this 4 and a half months.
just received an email from our MD attaching a memo from our Chairman in the head office titled 'China Initiatives'... well... foreseeable more frequent China trips.. >< why isn't it Asia? so i may be able to go to Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. interesting places?! anyway, let's see how it goes.
christmas' coming and i'd really like to go outsdie to play!!!! but i'm running out of $$....
korea... i started to miss this country...
thailand... stronger and stronger motive to go....
so far these are the two places i really wanna go in near future..
anyone of you interesting to join me?
Monday, April 23, 2007
Shanghai 24 hrs!
久違了的上海，卻只能匆匆留了一會。
多虧臨時換了"同行同事"，「認識」了四位地道新朋友。
一下飛機，因為有「傷殘人士」同行，過關等等都異常順利，當地地勤人員一直送到的士站。上了的士，一路還算順利，還以為可以避免了塞車的命運，因在大陸，高速上走六十的龜速多的是，但剛過了機場地區沒多久，卻遇上「高速公路堵車」。
折騰了一個小時左右，終於到了我們下榻的飯店，名為「東湖飯店」，活像回到上世紀四十年代，一座在「上海灘」會出現的「中國式西方大公寓」，當然跟和平飯店又有不一樣的感覺。
剛放下行李，同事的朋友已熱情的在等我們吃飯，吃了一頓很好吃的上海菜，飯店格調很好，我有印象在雜誌上有看過他的介紹，果然很不錯呢。
除了那位熱情的朋友外，他還另外請了一位女生一起來，說是他的同事。不知道是不是他的「對象」？還是為了我這位女生帶一個伴吧？因為我們還去了上海的 PUB 喔。(不是 CLUBBING 啦)
飯後，回飯店一回，開會！！厲害吧！我們都很敬業喔，先把工作做好再去玩的喔。
十一點鐘，出發到 PUB 去了。很不錯，跟香港(基本上是中環、銅鑼灣跟西貢的，其他的我也沒去過)的沒很大的差別，只是酒比較便宜，BUDWEISER 都只不過是 RMB15。
上海晚上很冷，雖然預知了十度，但還是很冷，因為我只有一件 POLO 跟一件 SUIT JACKET。
這一次都沒辦法去「新天地」那邊品嘗好吃又劃算的西餐，唯有等下一次吧。
基本上，這就是我這一次在上海僅餘的FREE TIME......
多虧臨時換了"同行同事"，「認識」了四位地道新朋友。
一下飛機，因為有「傷殘人士」同行，過關等等都異常順利，當地地勤人員一直送到的士站。上了的士，一路還算順利，還以為可以避免了塞車的命運，因在大陸，高速上走六十的龜速多的是，但剛過了機場地區沒多久，卻遇上「高速公路堵車」。
折騰了一個小時左右，終於到了我們下榻的飯店，名為「東湖飯店」，活像回到上世紀四十年代，一座在「上海灘」會出現的「中國式西方大公寓」，當然跟和平飯店又有不一樣的感覺。
剛放下行李，同事的朋友已熱情的在等我們吃飯，吃了一頓很好吃的上海菜，飯店格調很好，我有印象在雜誌上有看過他的介紹，果然很不錯呢。
除了那位熱情的朋友外，他還另外請了一位女生一起來，說是他的同事。不知道是不是他的「對象」？還是為了我這位女生帶一個伴吧？因為我們還去了上海的 PUB 喔。(不是 CLUBBING 啦)
飯後，回飯店一回，開會！！厲害吧！我們都很敬業喔，先把工作做好再去玩的喔。
十一點鐘，出發到 PUB 去了。很不錯，跟香港(基本上是中環、銅鑼灣跟西貢的，其他的我也沒去過)的沒很大的差別，只是酒比較便宜，BUDWEISER 都只不過是 RMB15。
上海晚上很冷，雖然預知了十度，但還是很冷，因為我只有一件 POLO 跟一件 SUIT JACKET。
這一次都沒辦法去「新天地」那邊品嘗好吃又劃算的西餐，唯有等下一次吧。
基本上，這就是我這一次在上海僅餘的FREE TIME......
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