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Wednesday
Guess I finally have better news to post. This morning, I overheard my chinese boss talking to my fren in the living room about work. I know its unethical to eavesdrop but i wasnt doing it on purpose. Anyway, he was voicing his concerns and his dilemmas and though he did not outrightly mention my name, i'm sure that part if not all of his concerns were directed at me.
But at least now I have a clearer idea of what he does not know and what he wants to know. And most importantly i think he is quite impartial, as in his concerns were legitimate problems and not personal bias. That's one thing that made my day at least. NOw i know i am not the main source of his frustration. Like me, the singapore boss has thrown us both alot of unknowns to solve. Well, at least now that i've figured out what needs to be done, i can start getting my brain cracking. Furthermore, my worries were given an answer too. He told me that the printers that i needed were easy to get and they are all in the city. With this assurance, that's another load off my mind. At least now i know that he was listening to me and that he realises that he needs to be the one sending stuff to the printers. Great.
Other than finally fathoming him, I am also very greatful to be blessed with Xiao JUn at my side. Though she is yet formally a member of this company,and though i know a lot of times she didn't really want to reveal everything that's on her mind but still did eventually, she has been helping me with every little and big things. From picking me up from the airport to helping me understand the mandarin spoken here plus lugging me along during her precious wkend in the city, bringing me to nice places and good food, bringing me to visit pools and her frens and now she's helping me with all the publicity work that R has thrown to me. Without her help, i'll probably not survive till now and still be ignorant of the way chinese work. Not that i've got the chinese figured out but at least some of my queries have been answered. I'm really glad to have such a fren and I thank Him from the bottom of my heart.
In addition to XiaoJun, i've been getting on better terms with the lady cleaner here (wife of one of chinese boss's fren) and i've also got acquainted with the lady boss of the restaurant that I have my meals. Just a digression, basically i have my lunch and dinner at a rest in the village and m given a budget of RMB100 for two pax to dine there. All i have to do is order whatever i want to eat as long as both lunch and dinner doesnt add up to more than the budget, then i'll sign on the receipt and the rest will settle my bill with the chinese director. How cool isnt it?! Anyway, this lady has been to S'pore and stayed there for half a year for training. And though she looks 28yrs or 29yrs, both her and her boyfriend (i.e. the boss of the rest) are my age! Cant belive it! They were as astonished as me when we realised that we are all born in the same year! Wat a vast difference. She's 23 and is already so worldly when I'm like a naive and foolish fresh grad. Oh man! All in all she's a very nice lady and even offered to bring me around trekking in her free time. Also, she invited me to drop by her rest during the day to chat with her.
Ha, oh this I must tell you guys. Guess wat's our conversation topic tonigt?? MEN. to be more exact its SINGAPOREAN MEN! WEll, basically she didn't believe that I wasnt attached so i told her Singapore guys of my age tends to be too childish so I cannot accept them. and men that are mature enough to be attractive to me are too old (try Pierce Brosnan..old right?) So i cant stand the men in singapore. She shares the exact sentiments as me and in addition to this, she finds S'pore men too flirtatious...all the D.O.Ms! Haha! I am so totally in agreement with her! Then she asked me why are S'porean women so career minded and so powerful. and my answer: Coz S'pore men are too useless to feed his wife so women have to learn to stand on her own two feet. Alright, if u are a S'porean guy reading this, dun stone me. Just look into the mirror and do some reflection. These are comments of two women from two different countries, so we cant be too far off.
Yawn....I'm sleepy.The sun wakes up at 5plus in the morning and people here starts work at 6plus. The latest i can sleep in is till 7am. and i cant take naps in the afternoon because i have to be the role model for whoever that is or will be working with me next time. got to set house rules that there's no internet entertainment nor sleeping during working hours. But since my room doubles up as the office, I have to put in extra effort to keep awake and to withstand the boredom and quietness in the room.
7/16/2003|0comments [speak] 