Wednesday, July 05, 2006
1st 2 days of work
omg..boss overslept. we reached there at 10 lor..stone..nothing to do la. no brochures or anything. then when he finally came, he introed to us abit of his values and gauges. quite lucky to haf denise as company as booth attendant and our dear boss is super nice too..he;'s very farnie la. the rest of the info we picking up along the way lor..
it's really very interesting to see pple doing business leh..they all sound so pro..all the engineering terms and the in depth discussion on the functions of the gadgets then still have to consider wat liquid, wat temperature and wat material. then followed by the prices, comparing quality and whether the products are value for money with other countries like china and taiwan which sell cheaper products. all the negotiation and exchanging business info sound cool rite? yea 1st day me and denise really wear super informal..compared to the others in the hall..then lunch time really kenna told off by the pple in the office..ok la..she just mentioned only lor..then we just said we realised too and anywayz it's the boss who told us to wear casual de, during the briefing. he gives example of cargo pants and shirt leh then said jeans also can..
wahh then i got a shock when a guy asked whether the gauges are made of tong, gang or wu xiu gang? omg i stunned lor...wu xiu gang is stainless steel? then tong is bronze wat and gang is steel leh. but it's made of brass which is copper and zinc..so wat's the chinese name for brass..errr...i just said brass la....our boss really like to walk ard, then just nice when he not ard, alot of pple will come and ask so many technical qns.
2nd day we wear more formal liao.. yay! blend into the pro ambience. more biz today also. boss also said 1st day is like bazaar, then today the customers have more specialised knowledge, ask more cheem qns. boss very nice lo..brought us the authentic original turkish delight leh...not bad..less sweet then the one i had in uk and singpore.. but it's more chewy, more q lor. sg's one softer. few kept directing the qns to me...errr i thot i supp to look young? do i look like i'm an experienced engineer? then i've to direct the person to boss and repeat everything he said to me cos it's like not nice to ask him to ask boss again rite..test my memory lor. got one person thought i'm the translator leh..hahahah i dun even know a single turkish word. maybe i shld ask boss tmr. pls lor..boss damn pro la..he studied in uk for dunno 3 or 5 yrs la..design and manufacturing, univeristy of hull leh..he say near york and leeds..so i was also telling him abt my newcastle sep exp. arghhh so many places i nv visit lor.
oh yea so qiao, bear called me this morning. he's in the same camp as longi leh! and he recog him lor..hahaha so i ask him go say hi. but i ask longi..he said he dunno who..i cant even rmb he come my house how many times? not many wat..and he can rmb how roger look liek..so good memory sia. went over to chat with jiali and jm too..they very heng also, booths just oppo each other., then me and denise keep seeing them walking ard tog..we thought why so good de...they can keep walking ard. haha. met eileen from john little lor..omg...so qiao la..we had a short chat la..i rmb she look familiar but dunno where i see her be4 until she reminded me lor..she same dept as jm tat time we work in john little mah...then i ask her we do in 04 or 05..she also cant rmb. haha..i totally cant rmb at all la. oh ya shiaoyi also working lor..super small world la. but she stay in exhibitors lounge de. quite bored also. ke lian.
the goals scored by italy really sugoi leh..last few min..score 2, thrash germ. i support neither. but feel quite sorry for the germans leh..they super devastated. sighhzzz...tonight semi too..portugal and france. 3am again. tmr sure go kup the coffee again.