Author: Y C

  • Beijing Day 3

    Today was a much nicer day here in Beijing… sun came out, from the 23rd floor, I could actually see something, not a lot but not bad. Needed the warmth because am coming down with a cold, sore throat and sniffles and sneezing :(. Haven’t had that in a while.

    Last night’s dinner was interesting. Went to a restaurant specializing in Guizhou cuisine. What that means is goose was prominent. We had goose roasted goose heads, goose intestine, goose soup in clay pot. The other interesting speciality of this restaurant located in Zhongguancun area was dog meat. Particularly dog meat in a hot pot :-o. My friend and I took a pass.

    Tonight’s dinner was cool, very interesting variation of the hotpot. Spicy but with hoisin sauced mixed in there. You can choose a bunch of different ingredients that’s cooked in a thick sauce on a hot plate. Yummy. Good winter food. Had to come back early for a conference call, otherwise would have gone in for some spa action… maybe tomorrow. My classmates and dinner mates will probably hit up some Korean food tomorrow night. There’s a little Korean town thing near Zhongguancun and our hotel which we can do. It’s fun.

    Seminar is pretty weak but I’ll get my PDUs so I don’t care much. Hit up a supermarket this evening after dinner and got some OJ, vitamin C drops and Halls for my cold. Hope it’s not too late. Can’t afford to be sick :-|.

    If it gets too lame, I might join my new friends on a Beijing sightseeing tour…..

  • Beijing

    It’s my second day here in Beijing. It’s been great so far. Flew in via Cathay Pacific Thursday night and got to the Jin Ma Hotel in the Haidian District, Beijing. First of my 10 day trip.

    Came for the Greater China Project Management In Action 2005held at Tsinghua University, the MIT of China and one of the top universities in the world rankings. About 200-250 people from the Greater China Region and some Westerners (US, Kiwis, Aussies) sprinkled the crowd. The energy and the enthusiasm of the crowd was great. It’s nice to see people like really interested in learning and hungering for knowledge. Today’s session was a lot better than yesterday’s which was basically an event for sponsors to have their advertising pitch but that’s not unexpected. Met interesting colleagues in the PM field and good networks.

    The next 3 days will be the training aspect of the program and so we’ll see how that is. After that, more business meetings but maybe I’ll be able to see a little bit of Beijing and do some sightseeing. Although didn’t intend to. It’s about 5-6 Celsius and I don’t really have any winter clothes…. And no camera. Digital camera is on my X-mas wishlist. I have my SLR but that’s not practical when business travelling.

    Nice to experience winter again. But Beijing is really dirty, hazy, foggy, on the 23rd floor, there’s nothing to see because of the haze. People are lively, the Haidian District has stuff to do and I’ve got a Starbucks downstairs at the lobby in case I miss it (I don’t).

    Report back later… sorta boring. All work work work 😐

  • Nice travelogue

    I think ssw15 said the same thing. I’m a Johnny come lately. 2 hours into my insomnia. This sucks. So Hawaii looks great, not surprising.

    B- and I plan on going to Damai Laut in January, near Pulau Pangkor, about 1.5 hours drive from Ipoh.

    This month, going to Beijing for a 5 day conference on Project Management. Will be my first trip to China in about 15+ years :o. Looking forward to it, but at the same time, slightly apprehensive of what I’ll find there. Should be striking and surprising I figure. Conference at the Qinghua U, northwest Beijing near the Summer Palace.

    Indian summer here in Taipei. No idea what the winter is going to be like :s. A few going away parties for some of AJS friends here. Starting to get a bit depressing…. Life beats on.

  • Insomnia !!!

    I can’t sleep…. Past hour or so … I’m taking stupid tests from OKCUPID…. pretty hilarious stuff. Listening to Beethoven mp3’s while doing it.

    Just finished the which girl type I like… Sorority Girl! 😮 {GAG}

    The Sorority Girl
    33% Sexy-Cute, 59% Dark-Light, 78% Artsy-Stylish

    Sexy, neither Dark nor Light, and Stylish. OhMyGod! It’s the Sorority Girl! These Gap low-rise jeans totally make my ass look great, and they show off my designer thong… Don’t you love my shawl? So trendy! Let’s get those cute guys in the striped button-downs to buy us another Cosmo!

    And for the type of “look” I rated :


    Keira Knightley

    53% Eyes, 33% Nose, 48% Mouth, 35% SexyCute

    You seem to enjoy big eyes, small other features, and a sexy demeanor. I actually skewed Keira toward cute in the test, due to the specific pic, but generally she’s pretty sexy

    indeed. Big eyes, small nose, smallish lips. Keira is hot. Hot, hot
    hot. Which is probably why she’s been in about sixty movies in the past
    year.

    Similar: Natalie Portman (cuter), Denise Richards (bigger lips)

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  • Personality Defect Test

    Bitch-Slap

    You are 42% Rational, 14% Extroverted, 57% Brutal, and 14% Arrogant.

    You are the Bitch-Slap, the hallmark response of any abusive husband!
    You are more intuitive than others, focusing more on feelings than
    rational explanations, and you are also probably very brutual because
    you care more about yourself than the well-being of others. As most of
    us know, brutality combined with emotion often leads to BITCH-SLAPPING,
    which is why you are called “The Bitch Slap”. (This does not mean you
    are emotional, only that you are more affected by emotions than
    rationality when making decisions.) Another trait you possess is that
    you are very humble, which could mean you are insecure because very few
    people are brutal AND humble. Not only that, but you are also rather
    introverted, and any tendencies towards brutality you possess may also
    result from the fact that you bottle up your emotions and don’t show
    them to others until you explode in rage. Most likely, however, you are
    not a VIOLENT person, just someone who is rather selfish. At any rate,
    being a bitch-slap does not necessarily mean you will abuse your
    spouse; it only means you are rather intuitive, uncaring toward others,
    brutal, introverted, and possibly insecure.

    To put it less negatively:

    1. You are more INTUITIVE than rational.

    2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted.

    3. You are more BRUTAL than gentle.

    4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.

    Compatibility:

    Your exact opposite is the Braggart.

    Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Schoolyard Bully, the Class Clown, and the Brute.

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    If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42%-58%), you
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    Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is
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    The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant.

    The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble.

    The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

    The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble.

    The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant.

    The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble.

    The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

    The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble.

    The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant.

    The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble.

    The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

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    The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant.

    The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble.

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  • Which General are you?

    William Wallace
    You scored 74 Wisdom, 69 Tactics, 65 Guts, and 48 Ruthlessness!

    Like William Wallace, chances are you have no problem charging a
    larger, better trained, better equipped, better armed and armored
    English army with a band of naked drunken Scotsmen. I’m not contesting
    that you have balls. It’s your brain function I’m worried about.

  • Scottish soldier and national hero. The first historical record of
    Wallace’s activities concerns the burning of Lanark by Wallace and 30
    men in May, 1297, and the slaying of the English sheriff, one of those
    whom Edward I of England had installed in his attempt to make good his
    claim to overlordship of Scotland. After the burning of Lanark many
    joined Wallace’s forces, and under his leadership a disciplined army
    was evolved. Wallace marched on Scone and met an English force of more
    than 50,000 before Stirling Castle in Sept., 1297. The English, trying
    to cross a narrow bridge over the Forth River, were killed as they
    crossed, and their army was routed. Wallace crossed the border and laid
    waste several counties in the North of England. In December he returned
    to Scotland and for a short time acted as guardian of the realm for the
    imprisoned king, John de Baliol . In July, 1298, Edward defeated
    Wallace and his army at Falkirk, and forced him to retreat northward.
    His prestige lost, Wallace went to France in 1299 to seek the aid of
    King Philip IV, and he possibly went on to Rome. He is heard of again
    fighting in Scotland in 1304, but there was a price on his head, and in
    1305 he was captured by Sir John de Menteith. He was taken to London in
    Aug., 1305, declared guilty of treason, and executed. The best-known
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  • You think?

    Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff selling radio, cable assets

    I wonder if it’s the same Pfaltzgraff 🙂

  • Sea change in attitude

    The leader meter

    I remember 20+ years ago that the results of this would be a bit of an impossibility to consider. My how things have changed. And I’m alive to see it!

  • Busy….

    Weather’s changed for the cold now. It’s been a good few days, less stress, more time for myself, good effort at work and QT with B-. Preparing for possibly a very busy November and December with work and such. Went out and picked up a new Asus laptop for under USD 1,000. Will be bumping up the RAM.

    With my classes and private tutoring, got great compliments about my teaching style. My students recommended that I go ahead and start my own English school aimed for the professional set, which is a market yet untapped apparently (hmmm).

    Tomorrow, our hoops club plays it’s first league game at 5pm. You can catch us (if you read Chinese) at the Somebody League’s website. We’re the Typhoons 🙂

    Hope all is well.

    =YC

  • Running around

    Getting ready to head out for 2 meetings and then a close mad dash to KLIA for my mid afternoon flight. It’ll be a Mach 4 shave.

    Looking forward to coming back again. So much to do in Taipei once I get back. I heard another Typhoon is on the way. So you guys come out of the rain yet?