Ogakijin Blog

Great Peking Duck!!!
This was Team Dinner!!! Man, I enjoyed too much...
Make me fat... and possibly diabetic? Hmmm.

Finally, my time in Singapore is over!!! I had afternoon flight to PEK (Beijing) by Singapore Airlines.
No, not A380 flight!!!
Before that, I spent morning in Takashimaya department store for shopping.
Well, not "brand" shopping like for myself. Rather, I was looking for souvenirs for friends / clients.

Worked a bit in the airplane and watched some moves as well. Pleasant flight for sure.
However, flight attendants of Singapore Airlines weren't that gentle... not quite rude... but... you know.

PEK (Beijing Airport) was quite messy...
Taxing after landing took 30 mins to have the aircraft reach the gate!!! Obviously, the aircraft was led to wrong side of airport. Then turned around and went all the way to the other side. Hmmm.

Also maybe because it was late flight (arrival@11pm), the shuttle traing didn't run as indicated. "Arriving in 20 seconds" for the first time... then 30 seconds... 2 mins, 5 mins, then 7 mins... How come increased? Then, finally "Out of Service."

Give me a break!!!

Then train came to another platform. Hmmm.
I checked in at the hotel around 1am and went to bed at 2am. Oh sleepy!

Today, first time to play golf outside Japan (other than US AND SINGAPORE!) I came to play golf in Malaysia!!!

@Palm Resort Golf & Country Club Malaysia



With three Korean friends, I played full 18 holes! Score? Well, yesterday was better.

54 - 51 = 105

Nice course it was! Plus, great companies I got. Weather wasn't that bad... Surely sunny... temperature wasn't that high like killing me.
Anyhow, I enjoyed myself most for 2 days in playing golf!!!

Wow, it's first time playing golf outside Japan (other than US, of course!) and Singapore is the place!
Friends and I went out to play at night!!! Day time... too hot to play!

At Jurong Country Club, Singapore.



Score?

50 - 54 = 104 ... not bad, huh? Just usual. NO IMPROVEMENT!!! (my fault)

Well, another day... another golf... Tomorrow I will play in Malaysia? Maybe...
(Means, let me keep my fingers crossed!)

Good business trip means full of "good food." Don't you agree? Hehehe.
Today, somehow my client chose to go to the same restaurant as last night.
Yeah, same restaurant for 2 nights in a row? Precisely.



Full of great seafood. Place?

"Crystal Jade Shanghai Garden"

Full of seafood in Shanghai style. Really good!
Well, that dessert dish isn't from the menu... FYI.

My client specifically wanted full of mango as dessert. Thus, we ordered "fresh mango."
It came out like that.
Ordered one dish last night and two for tonight! Yeah, we must be crazy!

Hi folks.
Longest morning ever had for me! Longer than any given period for any kind of exam while I was in Thunderbird! Hahaha!
Today, had to take PTO - paid time off - from the project. How come? Wasn't I supposed to be busy for coming-up biz tip to Singapore and Beijing? Precisely. Though, didn't have a choice.

25 T-birds from Global MBA program mainly from Latin America are visiting Japan for study (and some sightseeing?).
Somehow, I had been asked to do something... give a presentation to them.
Yeah, am not good at making a speech! Though, had to do something back to school, right?

Thus, I was given 1:30 time in Sheraton Miyako Hotel this morning for my presentation.

Three topics covered:
-Japan's business history (high growth era, bubble era, post-bubble recession era)
-Traditional business management in Japan
-Foreign company's management style

Somehow for me, it was much easier to give presentation in English rather than in Japanese...
Don't know why... not language issue.. Must be the level of confidence.

Yeah, I succeeded to last 1:30 fully. No practice at all beforehand! Good surprise.
At the end, tons of questions raised by students... some of those were really good ones. I guess, it went well even for them.
I must have done a good job!







Received some gift from the professor leading the group. Like this key chain!

Maybe I have to do another one next year? Hmmm. Oh, I can reuse this presentation slides!