one more Shanghai month

A very dramatic weekend for me.

Friday I was told by the program manager that my manager and the Singapore HR has aligned and I had to return in 2 weeks time. I was fumming so I went straight to the my HR director and I had support to stay till the end of August. Today I found out that my manager actually didn't know anything about that and it was all orchestrated by that f-ing program manager so I took things in my own hands and sent an email to all of them that we had already aligned my return date, w/o informing her.

Take that! Don't mess with the guy with powerful backing.

Well, I will be returning earlier than I had expected. My feeling now is that I will kinda miss life here, the free time and the cheap stuff and never-ending food hunt. But with the savings now I can actually fly here two times a month!

Yeah, I could actually come back anytime I want for fun because I have friends that could host me and I will also be here for training too. I hope my travel plans can remain the same too.

Meanwhile I have a lot of work to do before I go back. Sighs.....

good day

I had a good day today!

I was away from my usual work routine today because I was on training these 2 days. 

A very relaxed course which was quite basic but fun.

So it ended really early today so I went to the gym, did quite an intense workout with the help of one of the trainers and did a fitness test, which revealed my muscle mass to be 27.5kg, and fat percentage to be 17.2%, an increase from 12% from my peak. I need to work on that. Overall, its pretty good for a guy already, there's always room for improvement. I think it was the testosterone after the workout that made me feel good.

Anyway I went home to find out I forgot to hang the laundry from the washing machine last night. I suddenly miss somebody doing the housework. haha. And my internet is still working! It should be ending anytime now......

and I have allowance for my Qingdao trip! I need to earn for my JZG trip too.

No more internet

Ahh!

I just realised my broadband subscription at home is gonna expire in 3 days time and I'm still unsure of my staying time left in Shanghai so I'm not gonna extend my subscription, until August when the HR gives an answer.

So for my night entertainment I have stored some shows to spend my days without internet at home. It is probably also good survival training for me in case I get lost somewhere without the internet for months.

Shanghai Summer Shopping Spree

The hot and humid summer weather in Shanghai doesn't dampen the mood for shopping, especially when all the big summer sales start. I guess they are really smart to attract shoppers to get out of their house and visit the malls in this weather.

I have already bought these within a week:

• H&M dark blazer, orginally 599rmb, last week was 200 but dropped to 150 this week
• H&M pink checked shirt, originally 249rmb, last week 100 but dropped to 50 this week
• Jcrew red chino shorts, original 39usd, online 98rmb
• JS briefcase original 399usd, online 499rmb
• Uniqlo pants original 250rmb, sale 149rmb

More clothes this week... hee hee

• clover pattern shirt 79rmb
• anchor pattern shirt 79rmb

I'm so broke this month and my wardrobe is bursting.

1 year in Shanghai

Today marks the my 1st anniversary for surviving in Shanghai! Fireworks please!

Congratulations to myself for surviving China thus far! It had not been an easy journey, a lot of things that I'm not very used to, so I still like staying in Singapore. Haha.

One year ago I came here on a plane and stayed at a hotel in the hot weather. One year later the weather is still as hot but I got to learn more about Shanghai and China: Taobao, friends, travel, 4 seasons etc.

Well, its also my first year as a working adult in my first company that posted me here on some very unfavourable terms, so I actually requested to be back sometime soon. But sadly I am not going to stay in this company for long, I will be working towards my dream company.

It had been fun and not fun staying in China and this is the longest I have stayed away from home. I still wouldn't know if this would benefit me in the future, but for now I'm being optimistic. I hope I can get used to the life back home.

I wouldn't miss this place because I now have an extra 1K every month that I can use to travel. Hee Hee.
So to celebrate, I did:

2 toys to celebrate my anniversary.

New hair for the anniversary!

Having the new hair in the office boosted my morale quite a bit, if you know what I mean. Haha.