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New Phase?

27 Aug

It has been a week since I had reported to work at this new company. Things have been going quite okay if you look at it from the work perspective, it’s just that.

I see that my work revolves around Microsoft Excel, Visio and Word nowadays. How boring! I would have to spend hours studying a document and think of how things should be done. The toughest part would be how to convey all these to my fellow developer colleagues. They are pure Chinese guys! But look at it from the other side, this is supposed to be the next step in my career ladder. On my first day, the project manager briefed me on this ongoing project and stated that I would be involved in requirements gathering and analysis as well as the design sections. Honestly, this is a bit more than what I had expected because I was tested more on the development side during the interview. I sat for a while and thought to myself. Am I ready for all these?

Apart from these new things that I will have to cope and learn, I now know many new Chinese words! For e.g. database, database tables, columns, source codes, document and etc. Haha.

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China, Day 1 – Shanghai Expo 2010

22 Aug

While I was busy processing the 24gb photos from my China trip during the past weekend, I felt myself being there again. It is always fun doing post-processing as it makes me look at the photos more precisely and they bring back memories.

Here are the experiences from my arrival at Shanghai and visit to Expo 2010.
Date: 09-Aug-2010

Arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Malaysia Airlines at 7:20AM.


Rushed to the nearest convenience store to purchase our Expo tickets at RMB160 each.


The next mission was to get our Maglev train tickets! We purchased the return tickets for a transfer to Longyang Road station and vice-versa. The tickets costed RMB80 per-person. We only realised we made a mistake when purchasing the return tickets on the last day and we had to purchase the tickets from Longyang Road station to the Airport again =(


On-board in the Maglev train! We managed to be there just in time for the max speed ride at 9:00AM. The train capped its highest speed at 431km/h!


Upon arrival at Longyang Road station, we dashed to the Shanghai South Long-Distance Bus Station via metro to purchase our bus tickets for the next day escapade to Huangshan. We had been very worried that we were unable to get the tickets as we could not buy the bus tickets online prior to the trip and did not have anyone to buy them for us in advance. Should the tickets were sold out, we might have to change our itineraries on the spot that day. Thank god we were able to get them! We then boarded a cab to the Shanghai Expo venue. The cab ride costed RMB30-RMB50.


Here are some of the pavilions that we have managed to visit. We selected the pavilions that did not take us more than an hour to queue :D We visited the Nepal, New Zealand, City of Being, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Egypt, Luxemborg, Portugal, Happy Street, Poland and Mongolia pavilions.

Nepal

New Zealand

The City of Being

Denmark

Finland – the Finnish pancake, topped with strawberry and vanilla was awesome.

Happy Street

Luxemborg

Egypt

While we were walking to the Egypt pavilion, we were attracted to this parade and stood there for a while to watch them pass by.

Expo Parade

And, here are the pavilions that we did not manage to visit..






There goes our Shanghai Expo 2010 journey. The weather was exceptionally hot with maximum temperature of 37-38°C. We did get restless at the queues due to the hot weather. The queues at the Iceland and Egypt pavilions killed most of our time. Overall, it was a great experience and it got me prepared with what to expect for the next few days! This shot ended our Expo day:-

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The Complete Retreat

19 Aug

I was supposed to post this up yesterday night but was just too tired after the “complete retreat” package. Hehe.

Happy birthday to YOU!
As conveyed during the make-a-wish session (yup, I was the one making the wishes!), you are only allowed to take 1 MC per annum, please grow from size M to L, and may you be blessed with a smooth journey in your career!

*Photos taken by the birthday boy*

Early morning surprise with the board placed in front of his flat :D It shocked his neighbor too and she was staring at me as she walked passed the staircase (my hiding place).

Gigantic iPhone casing, which was a bad idea =(

His most-wanted item in 2009 list… a Casio G-Shock watch! :D

Seafood buffet dinner

“Birthday cake” formed by using the desserts at the restaurant. Luckily the restaurant has candles! :D

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I am back!

17 Aug

..from my vacation and arrived in Singapore on Sunday with a room full of bags to unpack!

My new room at Toa Payoh

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Backpacking Journey

08 Aug

I will be flying to Shanghai, China with KC 16 hours later. I am kind of excited as this will be my first out-of-country backpacking trip.

How is the itinerary like?

We will be arriving at Shanghai Pudong Airport at about 7AM (Monday). Our first destination will be the Shanghai Expo 2010, which we will be spending a whole day there. On the second day, we will be boarding a 6 to 7-hour bus to Yixian county in Huangshan. Thereafter, we will transfer to Hongcun for sightseeing. Hongcun is a UNESCO heritage site and I am expecting to find many sights of old architecture (like those old houses in the traditional TVB dramas!). We will then rest a night at Hongcun.

Next morning, we will transfer to Tangkou, which is at the foot of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain). The journey to conquer Huangshan begins! Huangshan is also one of the many UNESCO heritage sites in China. Its magnificient sceneries, sunrises, pine trees, granite peaks and views of clouds touching the mountainsides are the main points of attraction and they are the reasons why we have decided to change our Shanghai trip to Shanghai & Huangshan trip :-) We will be spending a night at the top of Huangshan as we wanted to catch the sunrise the next morning.

On the fourth day, we will descend Huangshan and head to Tunxi Ancient Street for sightseeing. At night, we will board a domestic flight from Huangshan to Shanghai (to save travelling time). Then, on the last day, we will be walking around Shanghai, mostly to eat and shop :D

Hopefully I will be able to capture some really nice shots from this trip. However, the main purpose is to enjoy this backpacking trip and learn something from it. Although we have our plans all set, we may find some hiccups during the trip. Hopefully there is none! :-)

Be back with more stories and photos! Adios!

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