The last day of 2008

Just now I was feeling blue, and I didn’t know why. Finally I got know this is the last day of 2008. I accessed Youtube, and watched some videos as follows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmjQgZPj7F0&e

At seven pm, I went to the party hosted by Mr. Peter Arthur Stanleigh, a Canadian expat living in Wuxi. Last Sunday I gave him a small souvenir from Yixing, a pair of teacups. I guess he had many, ‘cause he’d been living in Wuxi for more than seven years! Much much longer than me. I thought I would no need to pay for the buffet, but I paid. About one hour later, I left alone. Anyway, I talked to Peter for a while, mainly about his business in Wuxi, and I had an idea to conduct an interview about him and published on the MBA magazine. Unfortunately, his company was pretty small, only he and his wife. He also worked for the ArkMedia as an International Sales Director, which was the title on his business card.

I really want to make some close expat friends, and hang out with 'em. I even could help 'em though I am busy most of the time. One day when I sat in the kfc just beside my workplace, an idea suddenly came into my mind when I was looking at the girl with blonde hair. Later I went back to my office and founded a blog called “WuxiVolunteer,” In the preface I wrote:

Too many times I happened to meet a few expat who really needed help, because life is tough, life in China is tougher… Yes, I know China is developing, and more and more open, that’s exactly why you could come here. For many expat, China still remains one of the remotest places in the world, with strange culture and languages. Moreover, the society is designed not for the average, but privileged people, so you will find it kinda hard to do numerous kinds of things here.

People in China usually sit on their emotions, and expat don’t know what they are really thinking. They never thought of providing guide in English, much less did they do. 90 percent of people had learned English in high school or college, but few could convey their ideas in English fluently, no mention the conversation.

English speaking companies in Wuxi

Last night, I enjoyed a dinner at Banana Leaf Thai Cuisine, where I danced with a Filipino woman, and had a nice short talk. Her name was a bit mannish, Jacky. Filipino could speak English pretty well.

I wanna work in an English speaking company asap. Sadly, there’re just a couple of American companies, and most are German's.

I sorted out some this afternoon:

Cummins Turbo Technologies Co. Ltd
GE Healthcare’s Clinical Systems
Caterpillar Component Manufacturing Co. Ltd
Donaldson (Wuxi) Filters Co. Ltd
Wuxi - Atlas Copco Compressor Co. Ltd
WSP Holdings Ltd
Lanxess (Wuxi) Chemical Co. Ltd
Bosch Automotive Diesel Systems Co. Ltd
Siemens Medium Voltage Switching Technologies (Wuxi) Co., Ltd
Krombach Fluid Control (Wuxi) Co. Ltd
Allen Autoparts (Wuxi) Co. Ltd
Wuerth Electronics (Wuxi) Co. Ltd
Putzmeister Machinery (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
Siempelkamp (Wuxi) Machinery Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Froeteck Plastic Technology (Wuxi) Co., Ltd
Boellhoff Fastenings (Wuxi) Co., Ltd
GAUDLITZ Green Point Technology (Wuxi) Co. Ltd
EPCOS (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
Dystar Textilfarben (Wuxi) gGmbH
Kongsberg Automotive (Wuxi) Co. Ltd
AstraZeneca China Ltd
Exir (Wuxi) Technology Co Ltd
Timken Wuxi Bearing Co Ltd

It's time to reflect on my goals

Just now I accessed JustinUSA and to my pleasantly surprised, I found two comments and one flower. This is a big breakthrough for this blog, ‘cause almost nobody knows here. So I really want to know where you found this blog. (Hi Rob, how did you know this place?)

I really appreciate the Internet, which helps me get so many info that I couldn’t get before. Google, among them, is the best. It is brilliantly efficient at shifting information from the hands of those who have it into the hands of those who do not. It’s the information age for all of us. Internet has vastly shrunk the gap between the experts and the public. Additionally, I could also enjoy the comments from you an ocean apart.

What have I done these two days?

1. During the weekend, I’ve read a couple of books in Chinese about study abroad, such as How to choose a major, how to select a country, how to pick a grad school, and a city, as well as a prof.
For me, how to select a major and lessons is the most important.
Don’t choose MBA or other kinda administration and management majors. Don’t too keen on financial aids. If the major I choose that will make me unemployed, who cares the scholarships?

2. Be sensible, set up a goal as quickly as possible and more directly. Make the best of Info on matriculation for international students.
It's time that I reflected upon my mistakes, including my current financial crisis. Success depends on details, which I’m very lacking of.

3. Yesterday morning I went to the library and joined the party hosted by Mr. Peter Arthur Stanleigh, a Canadian expat living in Wuxi. I gave him a small souvenir from Yixing, a pair of teacups. I guess he had many, ‘cause he’d been living in Wuxi for more than seven years! Much much longer than me. By the way, he invited me to the New Year’s Eve party at Hotel Ibis.

What have I done today?

1. I found an amazing site could download many English books! (as Justin Linklist shows: esnips)
2. Posted two diaries for previous two entries.
3. Added a few links to my Justin USA.
4. Have downloaded a couple of books, and read 80/20 Principle.
5. Watched Ai Iijima’s Platonic Sex, a semi-autobiographical novel about a young girl who leaves home to escape her parents and ends up as an adult movie star.
6. I can’t remember what I have got from the listening to Bloomberg radio.
7. Undertaken the MBA English test, and taught them at night.
8. Jot down this “what have I done” list. I gotta go home asap!

Diaries for these two days

December 24, 2008

1. The journal needs a serial number when sent out to the public. Not an ISSN, just a CN is enough. But, it’s very expensive as far as I know.

2. The column of “Impression of professor” is a little bit short-term. As the issues goes, the professors in HHBS is very limited. The way is combine it with the column of “Cover People”, which would be the interviews of entrepreneurs. The title of the column should be “Impression of Supervisor.”

3. Lily didn’t take her keys, and she waited in the bar until I was back from Nanjing at thirty past nine Christmas Eve.

Dec 25 

1. Lily and I registered our marriage at Xin Tian Di just near our apartment building. The state of being a concubine is over, lol! 40 RMB for service charge, 9 for material fee, and the joint photo cost us another 40. Finally we got a Christmas Marriage Certificate in China.

2. I went to the new Carrefour this afternoon, and it’s incredible! Beside the supermarket and shopping area, there’re many fast-food restaurants, including KFC, Lou Shang Lou, seven plus seven, Da Niang Dumpling, ect. The Wanda Mall is under constructing. There’ll be all kinds of stores encompass our home.

3. Wuxi ranks third among top 10 best cities in China, according to the 2008 Scientific and Comprehensive Rating Report on Chinese Cities, produced by the China City Development Institute (CCDI). The top two are Shanghai and Hangzhou. Wuxi Surprise:)

What I had done yesterday

Yesterday I didn’t make an entry. Busy, busy, and very busy! I wrote a news story about the MBA party, which was held on Saturday night, and posted on the college website. Besides, I had to complete a plan for the MBA Journal as quickly as possible.

In the evening, Lily and I went out for a short tour, and saw a new KFC was founded beside our home. Additionally, the new Carrefour would be open tomorrow. On our way to the garden with Chinese traditional style, we’re talking about the great plans for the national Chinese holidays; we plan trips to Nanjing and Beijing, and she had booked the round-trip airline tickets and even the hotel beside Yonghe Gong (Lama Temple) .