Sawadee-kah!

Just came back from a 2hr-massage! =D

Seldom will I want to blog in detail what I do everyday.. but this gonna be a exception!

Cos I need to kill time! Ha.. It was a challenge trying to keep myself awake while at the factory these past 2 days.

As I only have a laptop w/o internet connection.. I can only keep myself occupied by going through my predecessor’s emails and files.. upload pix.. and blog in Word 1st.

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20 March (Thur)

Touched down at about 10pm, BBK time.. Flight was delayed by half an hour.

The journey from office to airport felt sooooo long.. maybe bcos nobody talks throughout the journey. We quickly checked in once we reached the airport.. Although there’s still quite a bit of time to boarding.. everyone seems to be in rush! Really 好象在赶飞机.. Ha.

Anyway I didn’t know SQ has these self-automated terminals where I can simply print out my boarding pass.. no need to queue and we didn’t checked in our luggage.. so it was a breeze!

Grabbed a cup of coffee from Spinalli while waiting for the time to board.

Upon arrival, it was another rush! Those guys walked super duper fast!

Is that the difference between going on a biz trip and leisure trip? Yah.. another thing about biz trip is everything is “own time own target”. You eat, sleep, travel by all yourself! Ha.. how lonely.. =D

Checked-in to our hotel situated @ Sukhumvit. Room is rather nice and very spacious! Has got this full length mirror which I like. Heh..


It’s quite nice staying alone actually.. Haha.. freedom.

Unpacked my stuff.. hung all my clothings properly and I went out to the nearby 7-Eleven to stock up on water and some food.

Haha.. couldn’t resist the temptation of massage.. so went for an hour of foot reflex jus outside the hotel.. duo it’s already almost 12am! Only 250 baht. Shiok.. =D

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21 March (Fri)

Woke up @ 5.40am! Super early.. have to gather @ 7am.

Then it was a 45mins travel to the TSB factory. Today & tml are for us to set-up the venue and prepare the presentation materials for Monday’s conference. But when we reached.. we were told that the room we booked is only ava @ 1pm! Meaning.. nothing to do till then! Such waste of time actually.

No wonder my boss keep saying.. we must “play by ear”. Guess it’s a culture thingy.. and very often dealing with different languages often result in miscom.

Something interesting here @ TSB office. Lights will only be on @ 8am sharp.. Energy saving. So for those early birds.. they have to work or eat their breakfast in the dark. At 8am.. some TSB Jap song was played.. after which everyone stood up for their national anthem.. and was followed by some morning stretching exercising! The steps and music were played over the PA system and everyone was doing it @ their workstation! Heard they will do this everyday. Interesting…

Guess what.. from 8am to 7pm.. the only thing I did was the room set-up which took less than an hour. Killing time was tough. Actually was also waiting for the presentation materials from the big bosses so that I can collate and print that will really take a while.. but it wasn’t ready. Was told got to wait till Sat noon le. Sigh..

Had Sabu Sabu for dinner with the bosses and reps from HQ. Initially I felt kinda awkward cos got to eat with other 5 men (4 Jap and 1 Sing). But after a while, it was ok when we started talking.. ha.. but language is definitely a challenge.

The beef slices were fantastic! Oishi!

Went back hotel to put my lappy before I went out again. Took a walk to "Soi Cowboy" the “red light district” of this area.. jus a few street down the hotel.. Then it was an hour’s of body massage before I end the night.

Fried worm, grasshopper, cockroach, beatle or frog, anyone??

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22 March (Sat)

Was almost late today!

Suppose to gather @ 8.30am.. but when I literally jump out of my bed.. it was already 8.10am!

Hehe.. so 难得 I can bathe and dress up within 20mins! Can’t imagine what will happen if I’m late.. Jap are very particular about punctuality.

But no breakfast for me.. =( Grabbed with me a pack of Poky and seaweed that I bought on the 1st night.

Went for a short factory tour in the morning.. and it’s waiting time again. Nothing for me to do till 2plus.. and was occupied till 6plus. Was so happy when there’s work! Haha..

My S$1 lunch @ the factory's canteen! Cheap!

Then it was dinner with the same group of people. Hmmm.. thought I would get to have my own time. They really know where all the good Jap food are.. much much better than Singapore’s and definitely price as well.

Place where I just came back from. Massage.. and more massage!

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Happy Easter!