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2018-07-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧

bringing lunch everyday so far

bringing lunch everyday so far, mostly leftovers from the night before. i feel good about it. i bring orange too. hehe. i make it basic rule like that, and at night, we can cook or eat outside or order delivery. ;) the foreigner grocery de…

parker pens to all employees by investor

today, leader, some colleagues both foreigners and chinese, as planned are back to this island for business and errands. some took train and some flew in this time on a different day, but many are here now. hehe. drinking a real good tea f…

camp fire with restaurant owner folks and everyone

after yesterday's errand, everyone went to do camp fire with restaurant owner folks and everyone to the other side of island and grilled chicken. great time. crazily hot. eating 四果湯 with folks and hanging out with our real old chinese g…

busy errands, then folks at night again

busy errands in the daytime, then folks at night again. anyways, it's also at night dinner and hanging out, that we all do some business too, drinking tea and hanging out and talking together is part of brainstorming meeting and coming up …

after malaysian food, chose train this time

after finding and eating at the great malaysian restaurant near the office, first plan was flying, but at the last moment we changed plan from flight to ride train this time. so train huh. :) reading, sleeping and hanging around all the wa…

back to island tmrw for other projects

back to island tmrw for other projects related meetings. a will explain to us, but this will be just a renewal of the things we do every year for long years, we are all used to that. just many many big files to take care of again. ;P so la…

dinner with multi-millionaire investors tnite

dinner with multi-millionaire investors tnite. don't know the whereabouts right now. will find out later.our folks b&w are in india traveling for summer holidays before they go study in europe and work in taiwan. as for us, we plan buying …

my b-present prep from eu folks parents

folks family traveling to romania etc... right now for summer vacation and last night, we chatted together and they are preparing to send me this yr's birthday present box. yeahhhhh. hehe. they always ask me "whatever you want honey. " so …

island project again from a

as same time as the current project, big chunks of island project again from a by e-mail. taking care of business. will do! ;) project here and there. this wkend might head back to island with folks. i kind of think that in shanghai, they …

many taobao arrival, vietnamese food

many taobao arrival, vietnamese food for dinner. pretty busy to settle down still. popular vietnamese restaurant was fantastic. lots of mints, lime, and lemongrass flavor to add to vermicelli and spring rolls. back at home, had a glass of …

colleagues dim sum dinner

colleagues dim sum dinner. woke up late and had nice brunch with quiche, hummus, and salad leftovers. finally emptied all our moving boxes. went down to the real estate agent office that found our new apartment and gave our island souvenir…

2 european couples moved back to china :)

great news. our 2 european couples that went back to their countries long ago got transferred to china in their job, moved back to guangzhou, another in donggan. :) totally a hurrayyyyyyyyy! many of my folks friends also are moving to chin…

happy my island souvenir popular in office

happy my island souvenir popular in office. so the folks that came for meeting went back to europe and japan. so tired last night, we ate the deli food that arrived that i found. they all tasted fantastic. the quality of the delivery weste…

96&93 介護がいらなさ過ぎる祖父母!!

96&93 まだまだ介護がいらなさ過ぎる祖父母!! ... totally.... hehe. so i was talking with my family in kyoto they wanna know when i'm coming back for summer holiday, and then catching up, grandparents totally too healthy still. really, the ag…

leonidas chocolates box from associates

continued meeting. today, we all got leonidas chocolates box from associates. yessssss. i just ate one piece and bringing all the leftovers home. hehe. :) busy schedule with many presentations. late dinner. some team will fly back to their…

international meeting kihachi present ya!

international meeting and collegues gathering from europe and japan for these three days. from japan came a person that is half german and half japanese, brought like 20 kihachi baumkuchen and gave to all of us as a present. yeahhhhhhh!! :…

so reached shanghai and settling down a bit

Come Tomorrowアーティスト: Dave -Band- Matthews出版社/メーカー: RCA発売日: 2018/06/08メディア: CDこの商品を含むブログ (1件) を見る listening to dave matthews band new album. :))) yeahhhh, their 9th album since they were away from 2012!!!! …

elon musk was muskin around in breakfast place

elon musk was muskin around in breakfast place that our folks always go to in shanghai! hehe. funny. elon musk was in shanghai until couple of days ago to celebrate his new factory openings. he was in urumqi lu's breakfast place. hehe. a w…

仙草ゼリーにチアシードとナタデココの奴

仙草ゼリーにチアシードとナタデココの奴、下で買って食べて、と。デトックスだぜぃ。 busy busy... totally. tomorrow, i'd join the folks in shanghai. last night, i don't know, i just had a bit of tears roll down my eyes. many things happened in…

afternoon with landlord, lots of foie gras

afternoon with landlord, he came over to my place and hang out. did some catching up. he is such a great guy. he's going to japan with some people in august as well. but maybe to the east, so might not meet up. we'll see. lots of foie gras…

鹿角巷の黒糖タピオカミルクティと仕立屋へ

鹿角巷 the alley(世界中で出店してて、日本も東京に沢山出店してるね♪)の黒糖タピオカミルクティと仕立屋へ。first went to get the drink i won and went to pick up custom made summer suits for my folks and myself. love the way the summer suits a…

busy busy delicious 冒菜 for dinner

busy busy in the all day. delicious 冒菜 for dinner. 冒菜 is one of 成都 speciality food. 火鍋 is also included, but 冒菜 i ate was the one big pot for your self with the ingredients you chose inside. i chose beef, pork liver, wawacai, and…

buying air ticket, bank, and etc...

buying air ticket, bank, and etc... pretty busy running errands. folks wrote me they are pretty busy as well but started opening the boxes that arrived, placing things in the new apartment. hehe. nice, nice, guys! :)thinking of the places …

postcard from european folks in shanghai

postcard from european folks in shanghai. happy happy! hot sunday, slept sooooooooo long in the afternoon until the night!!! went to the small shop that's still open and had tom yam noodle for dinner. very nice taste. has lots of shrimps, …

日本居酒屋と台湾居酒屋はしご

日本居酒屋と台湾居酒屋はしご with folks. so nice catching up and watching foot ball over osaka style okonomiyaki and beer first. i brought many things from home that i am trying to 断捨離 other than things and gave to many folks. after jap…

chinese sns top writers dinner

tonight, having chinese sns top writers dinner meeting at the city center eating beef hotpot together. happy to see this girl that i know again. we met in one of the dinner meetings last yr. she's more famous than me. we chatted for while …

rad wimps もjone caleも11日上海かぁ

rad wimps もjohn caleも11日上海かぁ。looks interesting. started my day with kiwi + yogurt, and a cup of coffee. already chatting with someone from the morning.a little tip for new comers in china. when strange things happen, you might be s…

real good day with foie gras and ink pasta

real good day with foie gras and ink pasta. nice talk with the owner. lots of stretches and bit of walking but soooo hot. many pages files. chatted with folks in shanghai. also got busy with chinese sns that i didn't have time to do. excha…

gathered at 2 with japanese folks to watch the game

gathered at 2 (beijing time) with japanese folks at our japanese folks' hidden secret home bar to watch the world cup japan vs belgium game. everyone brought some midnight snacks, i brought lots of japanese pocky, also matcha ice cream, fo…

酸笋面 and slept early to get up for japan game

finished research in the afternoon, and had 酸笋面 and slept early to get up for japan game! wow, but 酸笋面 really really stinks. you have to shower and laundry right away. it is becoming like our island speciality these yrs.