Haizz. Dont know wad to do.
To do or not to do, to buy or not to buy, to go or not to go, to borrow or not to borrow, to wait or nt to wait, to take or not to take, to eat or not to eat, to indugle or not to indugle were the many die le ma questions i have been asking myself these day.
One of the possible reasons of having such headaches was obviously cash flow problem. Its not that i couldnt afford to spend this amount but the fact was I cant comfortabily spent it which landed mi on this die le ma.
Another possible reason can be explianed by the following picture.
TONS OF RECEIPTS THAT MY PARTHNER HAD COLLECTED! UPON SEEING IT, I WAS SO SHOCKED! SEE THE NUMBER OF TAXI I TOOK? THESE RECEIPST ARE ONLY 10 % OF WAD REALLY HAPPEN.
And that the reason y my leftover cash is something like the below
Yes it still looks good.. got pattern some more, got ringgit, sing dollars, rmb, but my die le ma still there.
Pray that God will give mi wisdom on wad to do. Cheers!
tengyan
|9:00 PM|
Hi guys, very soon (by this week), I will be opening an online store thats sells serveral products that you may like on my page.
In the meanwhile, you guys can thing of wad you want to buy and request mi to source for it.
As this is Fund my Bike project, I have no choice but to charge a small profits.($5? for friends? , $10 for lectureres?will see how . )
And dear readers, maybe you would like suggest what my store shld be called and stand a chance to win a 30rmb cash voucher on any purchase.
More details coming up!
tengyan
|9:46 PM|
Pass two nights dinner was fabulous. LOM guys went for Italian Resturant, Bubble Tea & Western Buffet expedition. Below are the pictures.
If you are currently hungryand do not know how to cook and the next food chain is miles away from you, i would suggest that you shld now click ALT F4 right now.
Damage? 22 yuan per pax.
A sign that BP vid cam is till intact.
Samsom or camera tricks? 
Hei zhu with its supper yan yan!
We the LOM guys went back to motel to have a round of supper which consists of NANXIANG xiao long bao + pringles chips, yanyan , and chrysemthman tea! We also had a round of UTIMATE taidi which consist of a unltimate forfeit of the loser have to strip down to a singlet and shorts and brave the cold wind outside! about 17 degrees. haha! guess how is the loser?
Haha . so TO my LO. dont worry the LOM guys are quite intact together as we often meet for dinner after work together.
Jialat. I think my blog is going to be a Food blog soon...
* buffet update*
Feeling hungry?
Got live band some more.. nearly eat till vommit.
tengyan
|12:00 AM|
"this Tengyan must be having a good time in Shanghai right" was the famous and most often mentioned remarks/reply when the topic was on "how's Tengyan in Shanghai?"
Yes and if you are a frequent reader at my blog, you will probaly/definetly agree with the above statement.
But, however, 可是. iniupa, vanehkam, THE REAL PICTURE ISNT THAT BEAUTIFUL ! IT HAS FLAWS IN IT! IT WAS THE PAINTER WHO WISHES TO PERFECT HIS ART AND DID SOME TOUCHED UP/PHOTOSHOP.
In order to let ple know actually my life is quite tough here, the next few post will more or less be on the sufferings I had in shanghai.
Suffering No 1
sianz... wash clothes again. u think got washing machine? No. So no washing machine how u wash yr clothes? USE YR HANDS LA.
Sian 0.5 face when come to doing housework
Pilez of clothes to wash....
Yes, it may fun to wash clothes with yr hand for the first or maybe the second time... if its your 4th and 5th time.... you will know..the feeling is high until u can die.
Use bathtub to wash clothes lei!!!!! Since when bathtub = washing machine???
How i wished i can end at this step and let the water evaporate itself but that gona take years...
I hate this process the most.. must squeezzzz all the water out..
After which you have to crack yr head where to hang yr clothes aka pasar marlam
So next time the topic is on "hows tengyan in Shanghai?" the correct reply is "good and bad"
Understand? Liao kai bo? 明白吗？upa ini? vanehkam?
tengyan
|10:09 PM|
haha.. once again, cheated a meal. This time is our monthly VSM department lunch. But boss face quite black. Cause sales isnt that good.
Posh Resturant that sells authetic Yangzhou dishes.
For those hu thinks Yangzhou has only fried rice, i got nothing to say to u but to call u a 井底之蛙。
Anyway., This is wad we had for lunch.
For my LO and my Family, the below pictures are there to tell u im not mistreated and to my friends hu are doing their intern in singapore and church friends, too bad. you can cry about it..
Cut ler ries... Somthing Comical happen, while transporting his (leslie) xiao bai cai back to his small plate from the big plate, he actually manage to drop the xiao bai cai into his tea cup!!! LOL i think next time he can be a crane operator.
Some really cold dishes...
not forgetting yangzhou chao mian ( really nice) and famous YANGZHOU CHAO FAN!!!!!!
Some other yummy dishes we had .
And not forgetting a group photo together
Top left to right : Jhoon Kiet ( VSM boss) Terry (Sales exec) Sunny!(Sales and Product Dev Exce), Leslie ( Junior Buyer) Joedan (MSN + Blogging Excec)
Bottom left to right: Even Meng (Customer Service), Jessie (Marketing), Agnes (Purchaser Manager + my supervisor)
Haha. Yap so my world in SKF is revolving around this ple and they are realy really kind ple.
till my next post....
tengyan
|12:33 AM|
Went for a hair dropping session.
Results:
Cutting = 10 rmb
Washing = 10 rmb
Service = Excellent
Will go again? Definetly .
tengyan
|12:49 AM|
Haha, in China, nothing is fake, every thing is real. And wad they will say is the degree of "realness" .
There was a tale that was told by one honest merchant that my friend met when purchasing "real" LV wallet and "real" N pro Willson racket. For e.g Nike set up a factory in China. In the morning, let say 9 - 5 pm, the factory will produced for Nike. And starting from 6 pm, they will start producing for themselves. And that fully explains everything is "real" in China.
Anyway, Chinese is really pro la. Anything that has commercail values, there bound to be "real"
version of them.
BUT WAD I HATE MOST WAS THIS. SINCE THE THINGS YOU ARE SELLING ARE "REAL" TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, Y MUST U CARROT PLE ??????
Let me vent my anger with vivid description and illustration.
Conning Scence 1
Picture of "real" ferrari puma shoes. Percentage of realness: 80%
Con Scence Details
Connee: 受“伤害“Knight (Shanghai), Coner: Wang Sheng Lui. ( aka 王八）
Con Scence: 七浦路国际服饰城地下一程6街50号
Coner's Mobile No: 13472676559
(never give yr name card to ple if u want con ple understand? dumb dumb?)
Wah, this fatty is super classic, his conning skills I would sae is about 99/100
Firstly, I asked him about the price of the above shoes. Open price was 200rmb. Ok sound not too bad as its only like 40 sing. But remmebr must slash if not carrot me. Ok. So i told him. Like that cannot. Too ex. He sae 120 slowest. Cost price.
Halt. Lesson one when shopping in "real street"
Never ask for the lowest price when doing purchasing in "real street" And if the person tell u wads the cost price of the shoes, never beleive it. CAUSE U TELL ME LA U DO BIZ, U DONT WANT TO EARN ONE MEH????
But nevertheless, Do not know what got into my head, I ACTUALLY BELEIVE WAD HE SAID and ask for my size to try.
In the end, i was carroted and paid 120rmb for that freaking shoes.
Although u may say 120 rmb is nothing (which i think so too) as it is only like 25 sing dollars? But trust me, when u happen to know that the other shop happen to sell the same shoes and the opening price is 120 rmb during the following visit, you will definelty want to proceed down to the nearest 7-11 stall to buy one lighter and one lorry of kerozene to burnt down his shop.
Anyway, after frequent visitation to the "real" to a certain extend street, i learned how to be smarter. The following are some of the methods when doing purchasers in "real" to a certain extend street"
Rule 1 Do not buy implusively!
Rule 2 Make no friendship with the merchants there. (its a dog eat dog market there, the reason y they are so friendly towards you is to chop yr carrot. )
Rule 3 When u eye something, ask the person how much. Wadever they quote you. Just sae and i mean just say. Too expensive, and walk away. While walking away, they will will try to hold yr steps by slashing the price. Listen carefully to the price. Take note of the lowest price they offering. Do take note, even their lowest price is still not a right price yet. this process is also known as the testing water stage.
Rule 4 Remember! Never ever tell the people there your budget and never ever disclosed how much you want to buy this thing at.
Rule 5 They will try exert preassure on you if they see that you are that soft kind. They will yell at you and will disgraced you publcily and make you very pai sae until u bo bian but to buy from him/her. This is called physcological warefare. Countering measures, Just ignored it and walk awake.
Rule 6 After yr purchase, never ever ask other shops wad price are they selling cause trust me, you wont feel good after asking and most prob you will cause 7-11 kerozene and lighter biz to sore.
After you keep this 6 golden rules in mind, you will be a very successful purchaser in real to a certain extend street and will be able to purchaser something like the following at 40 rmb
tengyan
|11:28 PM|
Remember my previous entry?
This is wad happen todae..
U think got PSI 500 anot?
tengyan
|6:33 PM|
spaghetti + vitamin C drink!
tengyan
|3:26 AM|
Ask for salary increase
One day an employee sends a letter to his boss to increase his salary!!!
Dear Bo$$
In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company.
I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon.
Your $ $incerely,Norman $oh
The next day, the employee recieved this letter of reply:
Dear NOrman,I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed.
You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet. NOw the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States may go into aNOther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad.
I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean.
Yours truly,Manager10/18/2006 6:59:35 PM
lol *quoted from SP's Friend email*
tengyan
|3:22 AM|
This post is dedicated to a new friend that I got to know in Shanghai. She is a marketing student and currently she's having her internship in a mad house in Shanghai.
Y Apologies? You may ask... The story was dated back 2 years ago...
Her lenghty physique never failed to catch my attention whenever she happens to bypass me in school or somewhere other than school. But ever since the first time I saw her, I know her character and mine character wont click because she has this arrogant and look down on people look on her face.
But my impression of her change completely ever since we were on the same flight from Singapore to Shanghai. (not because she did a plastic surgery to change her outlook). Her openess and as well as her faithfulness and commitment towards her boyfriend had definetly change my opinion on her. Afterall i would argree on this phrase "do not judge a book by its cover"
And here to my new found friend Cassandra, I sincerely apologised for my wrong assessment of u and hope you will forgive me.
And finally,
tengyan
|3:02 AM|
Don't think Singapore are the only ones that are suffering from Haze..
Sumatra Haze had successfully blown all the way to Shanghai
Pui Sucky Indonesia Reading : 105 (Unhealthy Range, Prevent doing outdoor activities)
tengyan
|8:25 PM|
It's Food time again. Still remember the 饨品之家 i told you all about? Actually i got the name wrong! HAHA it's call 饨品世界。
Haha, Sorry la... I know I'm blur..
Anyway, you may wonder y the hell would I blog about this resturant again? Is it because i ran out of material to blog about?
The answer is NO.
After yesterdae's 4TH time out of just 3 weeks visit to the shop, i finally got my VIP TREATMENT which i think i fully deserved it. Haha.
Let me teach you some strokes in order to obtain VIP treatment in a particular resturant.
1st When you step in the shop, you must have those sibei BOSS (not beng) look.
2nd Try to make friends with every staff in the resturant (Manager, Supervisor, Waiter, Waitress)
3rd Try yr best to ying chou to wad the pr manager have to say to you even though the food is ready to be eaten... ( that pr manager really bug us)
4th Praise the manager that the food is super yummy and PROMISED YOU WILL BRING MORE FRIENDS TO THE RESTURANT.
5th Always thank the service staff for their service.
And if you did all the above.. you might get the following
One bowl of gui ling gao.... Tell you this bowl at least cost 15 bucks and my dinner is just 13 bucks... HAHA
I think i can be good biz man in China ....
tengyan
|2:39 AM|
Hi all
Following is wad i did during the weekend...
1. Visit A Ship (just bought cause it got very knight feeling in it)
2. Visit Fake Street and bought a Fake Levis belt
3. Went to KFC and ate finger licking bad chickens
4. Went to FAKE singapore resturant which sells really KO SONG "prada"
5. Had Authtentic YUM SENG ceromony in the resturants ( video inculded)
6. Met up with colleague to go for Bungee Jumping ( but that thing no more liao so heng, no need to act brave !!!!)
7. Went to Ikea to see see look look and i thought i was at queensway.
8. Had meatballs at ikea returants and its 10 balls for 10 rmb !!!! (SG 2 BUCKS)
9. Had FAKE Laksa and cause a thunderstorm woohaa at the resturant
10. Went to church and so happy my pretty colleague went with me
11. Played a new game Qingdao Tai Di and get scolded.... :'(
12. Went to Italian resturant again.
13. Order Bian tang at 3 am and no DELIVERY CHARGE!!!!!
Haha thats all stay tuned for in depth writing in the coming daes!
tengyan
|3:08 AM|
I still remember clearly how my uncles missed my grandma food when she happen to pass away in her fifties when I'm still a small boy. I didnt really taste much of my grandma cooking but i would say her maggie mee and roast chicken were quite solid..
Well ..wad I'm trying to say its that most of us take the things and the "service" around us for granted and often regret and feel remorseful whenever we lose it. I guess this is wad we call human nature and nick and gang would call it FAN JIAN..
One thing I miss most when my foot step on Shanghai is obviously my mum's fantastic cooking. Her roast chicken. hokkein mee, ma you chicken, potato soup, pig trotters, gu lau rou (gou lo yoke (canton) ), fried rice, chicken curry, vege rice, porkchops, lotus root soup, sweet corn soup, herbal chicken and many other more never fail to cross my mind when I'm struggling to think wads for today BRUNCH/DINNER.
Haizz.. So in order to overcome this missmymumcooking symdrome, I had been desperately seeking a resturant that can statisy my needs(sounds R(A) ).
Lo and Behold .. The Lord is good. After some kai xiao from my supervisor, I got to come across a fantastic resturant that sells soups. Super yummy soup that of course fall short of my mum's standard but it is the best subsitute that one can find.
Ladies and Gentleman, presenting to you 炖品之家。。。。 tell you I been there for 3 times already and everytime I go there my order will be :
Corn soup with pork ribs + kaou luck ( the one sh will buy for her mum in parsa malem)
Tell you whenever I eat this, I will be so High that I tot Im in singapore..
Damage? It's only freaking 13 yuan... (cheapest soup in the resturant the others i cant afford)
I think I will be getting my VIP card quite soon as the manager will ask me whenever I step into the resturant
嘿又是你！来一样的吗？玉米莲子汤+一同香米饭？
是的没错！
tengyan
|12:08 AM|
To all my friends in BALLY : Cat, Joyce, Daniel, Kevin, Mel, Shida, Anita, Ama, Sha, Joanne, Qing jiao and ALEXIS.
tengyan
|12:21 AM|
Haha, had a great Mooncake festival below are the pictures! Here comes the 猪脚。。。 Two packet of live NDP fireworks, 12 rounds each.. Happily setting them up..
Went to a town park to eat mooncake, see the moon, chit- chat with new friends, drink tea! Super traditional mooncake festival!
Some China new friend got to know.. Guy in blue is a bike shop boss. Invited him and his family over to celebrate together! Show them Singaporean hospitality! Joel from Philip also joined us.
One thing good about bringing them is that they will do most of the things we as singaporean cant do. For e.g. peeling pomelo.
tengyan
|3:08 AM|
KAO.. Tell you guys if you like cars, u will like this place. The go karting here is great as they offer utah cars that can chiong like a mad machince.
The cost for race is as follow
80km/hr speed for 8 mins on track = 50 rmb
You may think that 80 km/hr is pretty slow but i can assure you that you will change yr thoughts once u get into these lethal machinces.
Some pictures..
tengyan
|2:45 AM|
In Singapore, my church mates call mi cycling siao as i used to like/love cycling and i will refer my precious bike as my wife when in the later days she decided to be unfaithful to me causing me to divorcing her..
Anyway.. before going to another story again. Here are some photoes of the trip
Two bike me and issac rented... CANNODALE and GIANT both has it pros and cons. Our journey started at Panyu lu and our destination was pig house leg which is about 55 km away..
And best part is not long before we set off, mi kana BIRDSHIT! Si bei SUAY!
First Pit stop is about 25 km away. We arrive in this small town at the outskirt of shanghai. Dont worry wad u see in here is not the haze that blown from indonesia. It is fog due to coldness. Thank God for a safe ride cause visibillity wasnt that good and we are unfamiliar with the roads too.
Cycling buddies, Joel and Issac at a bridge overseeing a nice river.. Joel is a philipino teacher teacher maths at a korean school in shanghai for yr info. Got to know him at the bike shop the previous night. Nice chap to be with.
First situation.. Back Brakes went Bad. But hack, hu cares? still got front brakes!
Group pic at a very beautiful park where kids are learning rollerbalding.
After u have been cycling for mad for about 2.5 hours, seeing this sign was like seeing an oasis in sahara desert.
Met up with the rest of the girls hu took a bus to the place. Had a superb lunch involing pig legs to replenish the cells i lost through the trip and and short boat ride ard the place.
Overall thank God for a blessed and safe trip to and fro.
tengyan
|2:23 AM|