Went to Jakarta this Wed and Thu for visiting some potential distributors over there. This time, I went with another 2 colleagues who were exhibiting in Jakarta. Actually, I have visited Jakarta last Oct also and I only remembered the terrible traffic there as it took me 3 hours to reach town from the airport. This time, it's slightly better as it ONLY took us 2 hours plus. Anyway, the first lesson I learned is I can only arrange maximum 2 appointments per day in Jakarta. However, we visited a very nice and special restaurant, Pondok Laguna, on Wed night as both my colleagues recommend this restaurant a lot and I also found the food very nice and interesting. They serve the local Indonesia food and the most special dish is the deep fried fish. It seems to be one of the most famous restaurant in Jakarta as quite a number of people know about that. If you have chance visiting Jakarta, really got to try this special dish at Pondok Laguna.
Was working on my assignment in my room and realized that the big full moon is just outside my big window now. Don't know why I just went to open my big window (I seldom do that becuase of the traffic and dust outside) and look at this full moon. Mid Autumn Festival is actually a very big festival back at Taiwan as this is the day for family reunion. However, I spent all my last 4 Mid Autumn Festivals in Singapore actually. So I felt a urge to call back home immediately and talk to my parents. But to them, it seems just another day. That's actually good for me. Otherwise, I would start my prolonged home sick again. : ) Anyway, the moon is very round and big this year and Happy Mid Autumn Festival to everyone.
Met up with one friend from Taiwan yesterday. He would be posted to Europe for at least 6 months very soon. During the conversation, he mentioned that he may want to stay over there for a longer period of time, because he is a bit tired of traveling for the past 5 years. It makes me start thinking what I want my future to be. I do plan to go back to Taiwan one to two years later. However, my biggest concern is I might not be able to adapt to life especially working life in Taiwan. One of the options for me is to start up my own business then I may not encounter those problems, but it is not easy. I can also look for jobs and I believe it is not that difficult based on my background and experience. However, if I want to stay in the same industry, I might be going into the international sales position like him as that's my strength. That means frequent traveling would be a must if I really want to do a good job. Then what's the difference between staying at Singapore but go back quite frequently and staying at Taiwan but not around most of the time. Besides, he made me feel that he wants to settle down after all these years, but seems traveling is part and parcel of life for international sales. I don't think anyone can get rid of that if he or she wants to continue this career path. Maybe his case is just a extreme one as he has been asked to change the focus markets a couples of times in the past 2 years. I can understand the bad feeling of trying to adapt to the new environment again and again. Maybe that's his biggest concern and I may not run into the same situation if I really go into it as he is really the extreme case. Anyway, I also just swifted my focus on work to international markets. At least, I got one to two years to try and find out if that's what I really to go into.
It's coming to the end of my 6th semester in MBA, which means that I should have worked on 12 assignments up to now. However, this is the first time that I handed in before the deadline. The deadline is actually this Sat, 17th Sep, but I handed in yesterday becuase I would be in Kuala Lumpur these 2 days. It's actually nothing big deal but just want to memorize this moment that I did finish it much earlier this time though I don't think this one is good enough. Anyway, I got one more to go this weekend and got to hand in next Monday though the dealine is next Saturyday becuase I would be in Jakarda and KL next week. Guess my traveling life really starts.
I normally would do up a planning for every month before it starts. It includes my work, study and some personal stuff. Just more or less confirmed the one for Sep and realized that it's quite different this month. I had a bit of shifting in terms of work focus. So I would need to travel quite a fair bit from now on. Got to be in KL almost every week, Jakarta next next week, and Shanghai in Oct. It's kind of a new start for me in work and up to now I found it quite interesting and challenging still. Though it's really tiring to travel like this, it seems to be a must for me to achieve my target. Hard work dose pay out in the end and hope things can come though like my plan. Just realized that I have limited time left before I turn into the next stage of my life. Got to make good use of this precious time I got here. Work hard and enjoy Life at the same time
