i am coming home!

this trip is certainly very long. 2 weeks in hk and 2 weeks in shanghai. lots of plane rides in 4 weeks:

nov22: toronto-vancouver (4+ hours), vancouver-hk (14+ hours)
dec03: hk-shanghai (2+ hours)
dec18: shanghai-hk (2+ hours)
dec19: hk-vancouver (14+ hours)
dec19: vancouver-toronto (4+ hours)

me currently in hk airport waiting to get on the long flight back to vancouver. the flight's delayed by one hour, so i'll probably arrive in vancouver around 10.30am and toronto around 7.30pm. can't wait to get back to toronto.

well, i've uploaded some pictures to imagestation: http://www.imagestation.com/members/awy2lee

one more hour to waste... ... ...

- posted by awylee @ 13:23

 
wow, it's been 2 months since i last blogged...

i guess it's not a surprise to know that i am on business trip again. however, this time, for the first time, i am not in las vegas!

i am currently on the second of a two consecutive business trips. i was in hk for the penny bay project from nov22 to dec3. it was another site support assignment just like my duty in vegas before. and i am currently in shanghai as part of the proposal team for the bidding of shanghai subway line 8. my duty for this business trip here is to perform a radio demo and have a lot of meetings with local alcatel people and the customers.

here's what i did so far in shanghai:
friday (dec3):
- arrived shanghai at around noon time. waited at the airport for joseph.s's arrival at 4.30pm
- being treated to fine dining by local alcatel people
- discussion about test plan with local alcatel people until 12.30am

saturday (dec4):
- breakfast buffet at hotel restaurant
- went to science centre
- took subway to "oriental pearl" and aquarium
- went to nan-qian east road (walking street) to look around
- found the shanghai book city (7+ storey bookstore)
- cheap dinner (13 rmb -- noodle and dumpling between 2 people) across from the hotel

sunday (dec5)
- breakfast nearby, had typical chinese breakfast with soy milk (15 rmb b/t two people)
- walked around pu-tse's big shopping mall region
- went back to "oriental pearl" and went up to 263m observation deck to take pictures
- went to aquarium again to pick up souvenirs
- went to check out the "people's square" and "people's street"

it's been an exceptional trip so far where and now joseph and i understand how it feels like to be on a marketing trip!! :p

i'll try to upload my shanghai pictures as soon as possible!!

- posted by awylee @ 23:08