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?