2 months back home

I have started to work since October. I usually work every single minute apart from a 20min lunch break to make sure that I can leave the office before 6pm. Now I am on a biz trip thus my evenings in the hotel give me some time to blog.

My job is intense but it is better to be busy and learn something. Last week I have been making cold calls for a whole week. I was regretting not doing enough cold calling in AIESEC. Luckily, there is a colleague passing on a lot of experiences and showcasing how to make cold calls requesting for information. This week's adventure is to carry out face to face interviews with farmers. I am quite concerned of personal safety though I know that I'll learn something and appreciate the exposure after the biz trip. The act will be on from tomorrow! =)

I am in a love and hate mood for living in Shanghai. I guess essentially every choice has its pros and cons. I love the fact that I have my parents and quite a few close friends living in this city that I can always hang out with. Having Aron here helps me to know my own city better - one night, he found out that Shanghai was called 'the Paris of the far east' in the 1930s and raised great interest to know more about this city.

Life here is definitely more exciting and busier: I spend more time and energy in the traffic every morning and evening, I have friends to hang out with on workday evenings as well as weekends, I try to have dinner at my parent's place at least 2-3 times a week. I realized that I have not got much time for myself - to sit down and read, to go shopping alone or reflect about the past, current and plan a bit for the future... I guess the busy-ness of the city has grown on me. I need to set some personal goals apart from running between work and social life.