Sunday school

Rain during winter

Yesterday was raining almost the entire day, seems like today will be a wet day too. Do you know how it feel when it rain during winter? Even though the temperature is not that low, maybe just 10C, but when it rain, it feels like 5C. It is because of the humidity. Your clothes, sweater or jacket will feels like it is wet and cold, that's terrible. Needless to say, laundry will be a big problem too.

Pure bad luck

First, was my grandmother passed away. Then, my secondary school teacher got really bad diabetic side effect, require eye operation. When I got back to Shanghai, I learnt that one of my close colleague was diagnose with leukemia. Later, Jlynnc's shop got burn down because of a short circuit. Back in office, the other colleague's father just passed away, while another colleague's wife was diagnose with a possible cancer. Last, but not least, another colleague of mine was suspended from work until further notice. All these happen just within the last month.
I really start wondering if there is something with me, or with my office?

Dinner talk

I was out having dinner with some friends yesterday. It was my first time to meet most of them for the first time yesterday. Apparently, most of them are involved in the financial services.
Since they are having similar profession, obviously the chat topic over the dinner is around the financial investment. Shanghai's stock market is really booming and have a lot of potential, almost everyone is trying to get a piece of it. There is an estimation saying that 99% of the players are individuals.
Sadly, this is really not my thing. I really can not squeeze out any interest from myself during the conversation. Furthermore, most of them are professional in this area, so you can imagine the stupid look I had on my face. Well, at least the dinner was good. Maybe I should try to avoid this kind of crowd next time. Too much money talk for me in one night.

Laser tag, Counter Strike Simulation

We were out for a team building event last Friday. It was a laser tag game, an Counter Strike Simulation. It is better than paint brawl, because when you get hit, it will not hurt.
The venue is actually underground. Although it's not as big as I thought it will be, the work out is still pretty demanding. As a result, my muscle still soar after the game. It was really fun.

Last month of the year

Finally I managed to get a Cathay Pacific/DragonAir ticket. Looks like I will be spending more time in Penang this time that I expected. Will need to negotiate with my boss so that I get to work over there while not deducting so much of my leave.
Couple of colleagues came from US to do their Christmas shopping in Shanghai. Most of the stuff is way cheaper, compare to the living standard in US. Even though XiangYang Market has been forced to shut down, it has been separated into couple of other shopping places around Shanghai. One of the most easy to access location is the underground mall right below Shanghai Science & Technology Park. You can get to there just by Line 2 Metro. It's much more spacious than the previous location.
Recently, couple of my friends wanted to buy a laptop and asking me for advise. So I started to do some research. I am evaluating Asus's Eee PC. Maybe not everyone need a multi core CPU, maybe not everyone need multi gigabytes of storage. Eee PC is small, and relatively affortable. An 4GB SSD, 512MB RAM version is selling for RMB 3000. The LCD screen is 7inch only and the system weighted only less than 1KG.

Ticket for Chinese New Year holiday

I have just started to book for ticket to go back to Penang during the Chinese New Year holiday. It is still at least 2 months away, and it is already almost fully booked. Only left some 1 year open ticket which is so expensive. Only Malaysia Airlines still have not started accepting booking yet. I guess that is my last try. Otherwise, most likely either I will be getting an expensive ticket back, or fly back only after the 1st day of Chinese New Year :(