Triscribe

Author: Y C

  • Fooled you!

    Short post…. I spend most of my time on Facebook nowadays… so much simpler it seems to just go there.  Of course, it doesn’t hurt that they’ve got the awesome scrabulous game to get me hooked.  I need a 12-step program for that because I get quite irritated when I need to wait for others to play their moves.  Anything more than a day and I get grumpy…. It’s a sign of … something :s.

    Getting ready to go to HK again… but am glad that I’ve got at least 10 straight continuous days in Taipei.  I’d been flying every week minimum 4-5 days per business trip.  Was way too much because couldn’t get any work done and totally not productive.  Frustrating to say the least and just barely recuperating. 

    The purpose of this visit however is to prepare my move to HK.  Yes, I’m moving… B- and I have spent a lot of time scouring the internet for HK apts – both serviced and non-serviced types.  Fun, but realize now that we need to get on the ground and see in person.  The range is quite broad but we’re going to focus on the east side of HK Island (e.g. North Point, Quarry Bay, Tin Hau, Fortress Hill, Tai Koo, Happy Valley).  We may go out of the way though just for kicks. 

    Love the March Madness this year!  Final Four will rock!

  • Hope for Taiwan!

    Results of the elections were great ! Fantastic victory for the KMT and Ma Ying Jeou. Now, reasonableness will be the way forward for Taiwan.

  • Law & Order Original

    I was rocking through the Mesmo TV FB app and got curious about the latest status of the show.  A couple of blogs were saying that it’s not doing well and may be cancelled soon due to low ratings…..  Of course, the changes in the show are mind boggling.

    Rocked through it on L&O and Star Trek… unbelievable how addictive FB is 🙁

    What’s the deal?

  • Taipei New Year’s Eve

    Really counting down now… 1 hour and 50 mins and counting down.  B- and I are at her friend’s 8th floor apt which over looks 101.  We can hear the festivities outside and watch from the TV.  Invited a few friends, Malaysians, Singaporeans, Taiwanese and myself.  Good simple celebration …. pizza, TGIF chicken wings, lots of wine and the obligatory mahjong table 🙂

    I’m of course… on-line !

    Hoping you guys have a great New Year’s Eve and a safe one…

  • Hong Kong

    2 days, 2 nights so far in Hong Kong and it’s been a nice relaxing time.  Visited a couple of new friends of Bridget’s and ate dimsum at famous Maxim’s City Hall.  Great view into Kowloon side. Then walked around IFC did some shopping – found that Ecco shoes much cheaper than Taipei.  Couple of walking shoes and off and running (hah hah).

    We were given the OSIM Executive Suite, apparently a cool branding thing.  We got all the OSIM toys they have in the suite.  The saddle, the chiropractor, the full massage chair and the iSqueeze along with some others which we had no idea how to use.  The full massage chair just rocks.  We have to take turns…. It’s got like 7 different types of massages and the chair can recline up to 180 degrees.  Facing the wall mounted flat screen is pretty awesome. 

    It’s quite the treat we figure and so we might do this hotel getaway thinggy more often be it in HK or TPE in the future.  Having our time together and away from the hassle of work is the best gift to each other 🙂

    Today we went up to The Peak via blue line bus 15 and it was nice.  We lucked out the weather was sunny/mostly clear and we got walk around the trail. Cold and windy but still good stuff.  Ate at the Simpatico Italian eatery and was high quality stuff, not as touristy as one might imagine given it’s The Peak.

    We’ll probably forego the Christmas Eve dinner crunch at the hotels/restaurants for some room service with our OSIM massage chair and flat screen TV! 🙂

    For a plug, I’d highly recommend HotelTravel.com for your HK booking.  Each time I’ve done it, the hotel gave me great rooms.

    Hope you all get your wishes this holiday season!

  • Xmas in HK

    B- and I are headed to HK to celebrate Christmas HK style. Not exactly the same as NYC but pretty good alternative. We used Hotel Travel.com to book our accomodations at Cosmopolitan Hotel @ Wan Chai. Sitting in Taoyuan International Airport now typing this, using my CHT HSPDA modem to get online.

    Been quite a month/week/day. Pooped out is more like it. I got hooked onto facebook despite my best efforts to resist. But then B- got into it with the cities thing and it was over. I spent way too much time jazzing up my facebook page despite the fact that putting bad stuff on there could ruin your career (as posted in various newspapers recently). This past week was so full of meetings. I facilitated on Thursday a workshop on strategy and then Friday immediately flew to Seoul (on CI) for another meeting. Just came back to TPE in the afternoon and waited in the airport for B- so we can then fly to HK this evening via CX.

    Looking forward to some QT with B- in HK… she’s been great through this whole few months with the changes in BAT which has made me uncommonly busy. Looking forward to the challenges in 2008 but it’s quite daunting so hopefully the days off from now until Jan 2nd will help me recover, re-energize, and renew myself toward the projects ahead.

    I’m reminded again what blessings B- and I have had during 2007, both personally and professionally. The good friends, church, and colleagues who have helped make Taiwan much more like home.

    So wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas!

  • Remarkable development –

    I remember having discussions on these issues/topics in the 90s during USENET days… here’s seeing history in the “here and now”.

  • Taipei Taiwan Turkey Day Wishes

    Hi folks,

    Wishing you all a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving Day back stateside.  B- and I had our dinner at Les Champs, a French style restaurant and are now really stuffed.

    Winter has set but still comfortably cool.  A few more weeks and then 2008.  Wow.

  • Precious time — sleeping

    Tired last night…. came back from the IPMF2007 workshop in Taipei and crashed in bed. Didn’t even bother to eat dinner. Woke up briefly to say hi to B- and take a bio break but that’s it. Now back to the IPMF Conference for some more project management learning and PDU capturing.

    Was a rough week of travel that did me in…. Seoul Korea on Tuesday, then Malaysia on Thursday. To make it happen, Wednesday was all fly-day, then Thursday meeting then fly back and arrive Taipei at 1am Friday morning.

    I’m getting old….

    And winter is upon is. I had to break out my leather jacket for Taipei as it’s 20 degrees Celsius and slightly wet.

  • Seoul

    Staying at the JW Marriott in Seoul.  Nice city and a nice drive in from Seoul/Incheon airport.  Very “american-like” infrastructure.  Cold now, but a nice cold…. made me think of States.

    Big day long meeting tomorrow.  Going to be a long one.