Tuesday, November 27, 2007

nantong - e random bits


(im flying to cambodia for hols tis evening, be back tis sun!)

found tis at e hotel reception area....

do they seriously tink e angmohs will understand e meaning of 'QING JIANG PUTONGHUA' ??? faintz.

tis is e ugliest xmas tree i've seen. it's balding lorz. i can see thru e tree. -_-

but e santa claus is pretty adorable. hehe~

winter fashion can realli be quite pretty lehz, somemore e cold weather is conducive for cosying up with ur hunnybunnies.

sg shd realli have winter. then again, it's expensive to hafta always chg wardrobe according to seasons.

my hotel room provides a great view for fireworks viewing. there's like fireworks display almost every other day, usually to celebrate happy occasions like weddings n business openings.

tink some of e fireworks look e same as those tat we see during national day lorz, why shd ours be oni an annual thing.

e supermart opposite my hotel, always visit it for munchy tidbits. their tidbits are not bad, at half e price of sg's.

layout's abt e same as sg's supermart lorz.

cheapest meal i had in china, 6RMB (S$1.20) for a bowl of beef noodles. 10 xiaolongbaos for 6RMB oso. freaking cheap.

beef noodles taste so-so, but xiaolongbao is pretty gd tho. but not v clean, it's a dilapidated eatery. heng we nv LS ahz.

tats my hooligan-esque team-in-charge, veri slap-worthy. LOL~

buffet bfast at santeh hotel every morning is a game of luck. when e chef is happy, he will gimme my scrambled eggs e way i want it...

but! most of e time, i get crappy scrambled eggs...

dry, overcooked n veri messed up scrambled eggs. bah~

but bfast is quite decent lahz, much better than my prev taipei hotel's bfast for sure.

Monday, November 26, 2007

last day in nantong... 2007


(im back!! but flying to cambodia tmr)

client treated us to a farewell lunch last fri at tis posh (again) restaurant.

they served us WARM papaya n corn juice. gosh~

v funky tasting, not for e faint-hearted. i din finish mine.

HAIRY CRABS!!! MUAHAHAHAHA~

client ordered 1 hairy per person, but someone din want it n gave it to me. so i have 2 hairy crabs! ohohohoho~

when i was taking e prev photo of e hairy crabs, e finance mgr turned e plate around n suggested tat i snap e hairy crabs frm another angle...

-_-''' -_-''' -_-'''

seriously i dont tink she meant for e photo to turn out like tat. LOL~

qian loves crabs!

hw can they possibly taste so gd simply steamed?? yums!

set off for shanghai airport e nx day as early as 730am on a sat. on e car arranged by client, quite comfy.

rem i mentioned tat i hafta take e ferry to cross e yangtze river frm nantong to shanghai?? those are e ferries.

those ferries can take quite abit of vehicles (cars, buses, lorries) on it. lined neatly, hand brake applied.

tats e yangtze river lorz, soooooo vast i cant see land at all. n it's juz a RIVER. our sg river muz have seemed like a drain to em. hahaha~

20min ferry ride. quite an interesting experience. prob a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

e ferry's nt v posh tho, abit dirty. alotta shipyards along e yangtze.

shanghai int'l airport! e departure hall is a totally different feel frm their arrival hall lorz. arrival is v shabby n disorganised, but departure is damn decent.

tot arrival hall shd be e better one, to make a gd 1st impression to tourists. hmm~

took e flight alone, n had abt 2hrs to rot by myself in shanghai airport. oso a rare experience.

once landed on e HOT sweet home of e little red dot, i launched into a island-wide car spin!

went to some ulu restaurant in seletar air base, dempsey rd's wine company, n then mustafa centre. fun~

dazzling xmas lights up at orchard road! merry, merry nite!~ hohoho~

Saturday, November 24, 2007

wiki china


1) 服务员 = waiter/waitresses

2) 打车 = hail a taxi


3) 把盘子撤了 = take e plate away (in restaurant)

4) 彪 = stupid

5) 家犬 = pet dog

6) e PRCs are more bold in 'fighting for their rights'. my highly street-smart dalian colleagues are always 'fighting for our rights' at e hotel n restaurants. haha~

7) cuz of e preceding pt, excellent customer service is better displayed here than in sg. (singaporeans r not as persistent n aggressive in fighting for their rights)

8) i earn more than an SA1 (1 yr higher ranking than me). meaning PwC Sg's A2 earns more than PwC China's SA1 after conversion to a common currency.

9) i saw a china man pee by e side of an expressway. juz pee openly. -_-

10) i saw a car with no car-plate cruising down a shanghai expressway. woo~

11) e skies are totally dark by 530pm. tink i prefer it in US where e sun oni sets are 830pm.

12) connected thinking thru e exchg of local vulgarities coaching. sporeans teach KNNCCBs n e dalian-ans taught their dalian swear words (which i cant rem).

13) i dont rem any PRC man hold e door or offer to carry my handful of things for me all e while when im here. isit juz a coincidence?

Friday, November 23, 2007

PRCs say, SGs say...


e china chinese told singaporean chinese....

if u'r a guy, u shd nv use e phrase ' 我不行 '.
if u'r a girl, u shd nv use e phrase ' 随便 '.


so e singaporeans found out a way to get around tis...


e girl juz help e guy say ' 我不行 ',
and e guy juz say ' 随便 ' for e girl.


haha~


okay ya, abit lame... bleahz~

Thursday, November 22, 2007

e shipyard tat made nantong rich


every morn after a fulfilling bfast at e hotel, client's 师傅 (driver) will give us a 10min ride frm e hotel to e client's office.

e place of many serious audit discussions n witty banters. oh but then again, it's always a different 师傅 n a different car.

view frm e car along e way. roads are uber wide in china, since they can absolutely afford e land. traffic is lawless, however, but 师傅s are all veri skilled drivers.

in my humble (n possibly ignorant) opinion, nantong is an ulu small but rich city. well, at least my client is definitely a profitable company.

cuz they chg their elevators' carpet everyday, according to e days of e wk. abit bo liao, in my pt of view. but tats e cheena way of bragging opulence.

n they have tis LCD screen at their entrance, displaying slogans n welcome msges.

yeah their lobby is damn big, cuz they have nth but land wat.

n nth but labour. hordes of ppl in khaki overalls dwell in e canteen during lunchtime.

n i've nv been to such a spacious audit room b4, complete with sofa somemore. we've nv sat on e sofa b4 tho.

n they'r quite obsessed with their own logo too, juz like PwC Sg. haha~

e audit room faces their staff living quarters, which is quite like our HDB flats.
i tink e size of their office n workshop n living quarters area is abt e size of boon lay lorz.

e above is juz half of e bldg where e finance office is located.

e 师傅 told us e whole shipyard spans a total of 13km!! tats freaking abt 1/4 of sg, pathetic. haha~

their canteen for e higher ranking staff, where we had lunch everyday. look abit like NTU hall canteen horz?

it's cai fan as everyday lunch. plates of dishes all decked out, u take ur pick. okay lahz, food is much much better than i expected.

n yeah, they realli love their logo. it's on their plates.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

food in nantong


our first meal in china was a dinner treat by e client, one table full of dishes. n they'r all gd too.

but my fav wld be tis! hairy crab!!! love it man! hoho~

hairy crabs r in season right nw. prev 2 wks shd eat male hairy crabs, nw female hairy crabs r tastier. there's one whole crabby bunch of 学问 in e PRC lahz.

老上海 restaurant opposite our hotel. e place looks quite posh but we oni spend 103RMB (S$20) in total for dinner lorz. ultra cheap.

BUT. once we placed our food order, e whole street kena blackout. candle light dinner. -_-

light came back soon enough for us to savour e gd food!

honestly i cant rem e names of e dishes, but they r all delicious!

there's real crabs inside tis seafood tomato soup lehz, unlike in sg where they oni have crabsticks. haha~

i love e fried buns!
deep fried mantou, dipped in condensed milk. they have it in almost every restaurant's menu.

tats 重庆火锅, excellent for winter. half 麻辣 half 鸡汤, but most of e time we juz dig into e 麻辣 half. nice~

they have thick 海带 n 粉条 as steamboat items, but other than tat e items r mostly same as sg.

dinner at KFC! their menu is a lil different frm ours.

there's some special grilled chic burger, egg tarts, cheena soup. they dont have crispy chicken, oni original.

client treated us to dinner again, cuz e mgr is here for review.

e restaurant is v posh. tis time round tink e food costs alot more than all those tat u've eaten previously.

6 our of 10 dishes r fish, cuz e restaurant is famous for fish. i tot oni 2 fish dish r tasty tho.

tats e whole audit team + deputy finance mgr + finance supervisor.

me n jess look like xmas decoration. LOL~

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

e middle kingdom's secret


a madman went yelling in front of tian an men sq....

'李鹏是笨蛋!!'

(李鹏 was e prev prime minister of e PRC)

he was immediately arrested by e local 公安.

while in custody, he resisted n proclaimed...

'这国家没有言论自由!!'

e 公安 veri calmly responded to e madman's proclaimation...

'你有言论自由,但是你也不能泄露国家机密啊!'

LOLOLOL~


disclaimer: a PRC comrade told me tis joke de horz, not me ahz~~

Monday, November 19, 2007

it's e mgr's bdae @ nantong!


we went dinner at e restaurant e cosco client treated us to on our 1st nite in nantong.

food's realli fantastic!!~
golden tofu n lamb slices.

e lamb is a cold dish, dip e lamb slices into their chilli sauce... oohhhh heavenly! n im not even a fan of lamb!

tis is e oni disgusting dish throughout e nite. supposed to be some seashell thingy 黄泥螺, raw de. cold dish.

see e gooey black thing? u'r NOT supposed to eat it, tats e dirty shit part. i unwittingly ate it. stinks like mad, gross. bah~

tis sesame chicken has some funky name which i forgot. cold dish oso. tasty~

ohhhh these 2 are my fav dishes for e nite!

frog cooked in some spicy chilli oil style + 沸腾鱼 (fish cooked in spicy oil). all oil lahz, but wonderously yummy! hehe~

there are a few more dishes which i din take photo of, all altog 318RMB (S$64) oni lorz. freaking cheap for such gd food~

dennis e mgr aka bdae boy eating his customary 长寿面 (which is actually 担担面 in disguise, haha).

singing bdae song for e bdae boy.

mgr juz arrived on sun nite, to review our audit work.

cut cake... e 服务员 brot us a watermelon knife lorz. n we tot jeremy look super murderous with e watermelon knife. LOL~

we bot e fruit cake frm our hotel n brot it there lorz. e cake is nth but cream. duhz. -_-

aiyo tis mgr is realli quite cute. but sorry gals, he's married! haha~

take photo.. tats e whole cosco nantong team + jeremy's gf.

still dont tink me n my mgr look alike lehz. look like mehz? oh but i dont mind looking cute. hahaha~

oh look, nantong's version of 'The Curse of the Golden Flower 满城尽带黄金甲'. found it outside e 沸腾百度 club beside e restaurant. LOLOL~

happie bdae, 陈经理 (=dennis) !!~