ONE WEEK IN SHANGHAI!!!

7th day in shanghai (06/09/07),and it’s the FIRST WEEK here…

Things are still going smoothly=)

So, today we were all deployed to our departments; Kim, Yu Hong and I were to the in-house service where we take room service and stuff (which is like practically doing nothing coz the manager say that with or without us, it wouldn’t make much difference to them even when it is very busy except that our English is better…??) and Angela, Joanne, Gabriel and nick is in Yi Café doing either hostess or as the bar tender.3 months later and we will switch roles =)

And since today was like the official day we start work, we got nothing to do. So the manager just gave us a short tour around the hotel, showing us the different depts in the hotel (like we are some big shots going around where he introduces us to them. Haha)

Saw some interesting things today:

1) This French manager communicating with this chinese manager(who is in his 50s and I think he cant speak and understand English) using their hand gestures and they actually understand wat each other is trying to say. (thou there is this ‘know-a-bit of English manager’ as their interpreter.)

I think this made me realized how lucky we Singaporeans are. We are bilingual and have totally no problem communicating with anyone. We thought that our chinese is bad but almost everyone there say that our chinese is GOOD. (Very few people in china or Asia can speak fluently in both English and chinese)

2) On the way back to the Hotel (I went to wash my hair again.haha) at about 6pm, which is the timing where workers end their work too, I saw this old bus drove and parked at the side of the road. And then, the next moment I know, all the construction workers who were waiting for the bus ran towards it and most of them actually CLIMBED INTO THE BUS THROUGH THE WINDOW as they were so scared that they cant get a seat.

Meet up with Kim’s aunt colleague, uncle albert and another of his friend and they brought 2 of us for some good dinner, some shanghai food.. The food is like SUPER OILY… I shall just upload the photos the next time.. =)

Next was to Xing Tian Di, a place like clark Quay in Singapore. Both of us were like wearing some basic tees and shorts which made us look like super lok pok there.. Went to Ven-Ice for some ice-cream and headed back to the hotel =)

I think my life in shanghai is going to be more and more interesting??? Haha

And most prob my accommodation will be to the new apartment=)