Waking up in the morning... Here's my view! No, this picture wasn't really taken this morning as it was still dark but hey, at least you get a glimpse :)Well my first day at work, believe it or not, I was early... I arrived around 8.30 after a 15 minutes cab ride and a continental breakfast taken in the hotel. I'm not quite sure I'm ready for the local breakfast yet!
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WORK IN THE MORNING + sorting out some badge and laptop gear issues...
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Lunch at 12 with part of the team. It was quite good, I had a little bit of everything... Steamed rice (of course, what else?) with Tofu and Spinach, Chichen curry, some fish, a breaded beef bun, a thin slice of vanilla cake (hhhmmm vanilla!) and some fruits.
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Foosball break... I showed my European skills.. they were quite impressed! Paired up with Jing, we took down 2 teams of lads before being "destroyed" ourselves :) I need to take a picture of their foosball table, it's quite different... with very heavy wooden players!
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MORE WORK IN THE AFTERNOON... almost passing out due to the 23°C inside temperature!!! Considering it was quite sunny and around 7° outside today, I don't understand the need for such a sauna... It's the same with the loo or "the Jacks" as some of you guys might call this place... After discovering a phone in my hotel bathroom, I discovered that the toilet seats in the office are heated and equipped with loads of buttons on the side that do stuff. I won't get into details since I haven't tried... Please note there is no "yet" in this sentence and there won't be! Anyway, I also got my full desktop gear with a docking station and a nice wide screen :D Might take it back with me when I head home!
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5:00 loads of pings... Thanks you guys, it was good to talk to you!!!
>>> The thing that stroke me the most today is that I don't get bothered by people on the phone or chatting around me :) since I don't get much of what they're talking about. This is both a good thing and a bad thing at the same time but it will get better... I hope! Also, I believe I am officially the only European person in this building!
I finally took a taxi home and decided to do it my way this time. Come on Olivia, get a grip! I left the office, walked a bit and found a free taxi... I then tried (let me highlight this word "TRIED") to explain where I wanted to go. He understood but unfortunately didn't know exactly where it was about... so he looked at my map and started driving. We then """spoke""" for the rest of the ride and it was quite funny to have some kind of word exchange with a local person :)
Tonight, I also tried to use my Utensil Sterilising Cabinet and nothing major happened... No, my oranges and apples didn't turn into Jeff Goldblum... I'm so disappointed!That's all folks for tonight! I might take a break tomorrow unless something really really exciting happens... Please note that I have a poor 728Kb/s connection in my hotel room and that it's quite painful to use Blogger in these conditions... I don't trust this speed test cause I'm not even sure my connection qualifies as broadband!!!
Please, keep on posting comments... :)
4 comments:
Malgré ta connexion peutêtre pas top, très bien ton blog et felicitations pour ton chinois!
There's no AW ambassdors in Beijing?
You have to try all the buttons!!! It won't hurt and when you get use to it, you'll love it... I swear (that's one of the thing I miss about Japan... heated seats and funny freaky buttons in the loo)
Olivia, I start my morning by reading your blog. Thanks for this as we (all who read it) share your joy and excitement. And I suppose all of us want to try your fancy toilet (N'est ce pas Dezzie?)! Even if you don't post it public , please try all these buttons and tell me how it felt in private. OK?
We have the same toilets over here, too. It is pretty good as if you use the buttons correctly you don't need to shower in the mornings. And the seats are so nice and warm one tends to spend more time on them than really necessary.
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