Let me share with you guys what i realized/found out when i am here.
1) Vietnamese like to wear slipper ... with Socks..
2) 1 hour lunch time.. must take nap.. (means they will eat very fast, example a 15 minutes)
3) if your dinner time is at around 8pm here, the restaurant is empty.
4) the Mask they are wearing.. erm.. colorful.. majority made by themselves
5) Ho Chi Minh City is the noisiest city i have ever been
6) Motorbike here.. is more horrible than a trailer
7) As long as you have a hone, you will win on the road
8) power out is very common here
9) a 5-star hotel lunch buffet cost around RM180 per person
10) Nike here is selling at an expensive price compared to Malaysia
11) Branded store locator & shopping mall are located in HCMC District 1, the woman's paradise.
12) Always remember to check the price before you buy anything, because the price might be in US Dollar
13) Their notes have too much of zeros.. very complicated..
14) Vietnamese like to answer different from what you asked
15) They are very helpful (in order to say that like to kepo)
16) Vietnamese lady or man.. drink beer like drink water
17) Budweizer only cost nearly RM4/can at here.. in Msia, we're selling at nearly RM10/can
18) U can find a beer brand BEAR BEER.. how to pronounce?? =P
19) Self made banana wine..taste good!!!!
20) Manicure & Pedicure in HCMC..is calculated by finger..not by package.. USD1/finger or USD2/finger
21) their language is the hardest language i have ever learn.. because the pronounciation is totally different from what it written..
22) Pretty girl seldom can be found..if not, i won't be listed in top 5 pretty girl. :)) extremely happy when i found the poll result.
23) my mandarin speak better than a real Chinaman
24) dont know how many N people thought i came from China.. 1st question they will certainly asked : Where are your hometown? 你的老家哪里？=.="' means i got Mainland look loh~
25) 1st time i know i am considered as genius.. because nobody expect a Malaysian can know and speak so many language
26) I looked like a 21 or 22 years old young girl.. hard to believe, right? so many people can't guess my age.. wahaha..
27) Malaysia brand (Munchy, Yeo's, Nestle, Tiger, Milo) is same price what we buy in Malaysia
28) You can easily buy a cooked hot dog in different flavor like beef, pork & chicken in supermart
29) Banana here is only available in green color.. no yellow please~
30) Finally i found a handsome guy here.. is Malaysian somemore.. so so so happy..
Information above is only for your reference. Please do not worry about me.. I am still alive..
I will work hard here... especially for target like point 30..
18-7-2010
I am consider quite free now..
Why am I doing in the office during Sunday?
This is because I am not going to town today.
However, this decision is making me quite unhappy.
Because of someone told me something that made me feel uncomfortable.
By the way, that's not the main point. I'm sleepy now, but i can't take my nap.
I just understand that less effective people made other people suffering.
So, they can have peace of mind to rest, to play, to date, to anything during the Sunday, but not US.
lovely sunny day.. so, have to be in that way?
Why am I doing in the office during Sunday?
This is because I am not going to town today.
However, this decision is making me quite unhappy.
Because of someone told me something that made me feel uncomfortable.
By the way, that's not the main point. I'm sleepy now, but i can't take my nap.
I just understand that less effective people made other people suffering.
So, they can have peace of mind to rest, to play, to date, to anything during the Sunday, but not US.
lovely sunny day.. so, have to be in that way?
可爱的越南人
老实说，这里的人把工作看得比什么都不重要。
就是打的是“风楼工”【粤语】
他们所谓的工作的定义是“待在家里没事干，工作可以打发时间”
多可悲~
当然，工作态度就完全是不用心。
其实一些基本的事，他们都完全不想用脑去想。
只期盼你会替他做/善后。
就拿一个例子，一份客户发的问卷，要求做一些资料收集。
某人就转发给我，电邮里头写"please help me finish it"
正常的理解能力，就是你不能搞定，就让我帮你处理剩下的。
结果，一打开文件，发现什么都没填。
我就问她，为什么是空的？你不是说要我帮忙，但是你什么都没做。
她给我的答复： “因为我的英文不好，所以我不懂看他写些什么，就让你帮我做吧！”
这就是我经常面对的问题！
总是给我没加工的资料，你的工资可没分我一份。
结果，我问了副总，她那里可有一份一模一样的问卷。我直接对比，把答案抄下。
前后花了不到15分钟。
你看。。这个就是他们的工作态度。他们就是不想问、不想多一些确认的动作。
更糟的例子还有。。
说是在这待上一年。。结果，每天都犯上一些低级的错误。
比如今天忘了这个，明天忘了那个。。每天肯定有东西被遗忘。
我随便从我们那里挑个最没资历的秘书过来这，也可能比他们好上几倍。
错了，就是要补救。但，对他们而言，只有别人犯错，不管我的事。
永远都不可能是我的错！
他们的真理，我还真的要“五体投地”！
我问的问题，我肯定要不到我要的答案！
例子1： “你吃饭了吗？”
答： “今天的菜很好吃。”
例子2： “为甚么这个数据和你给我的不一样？”
答：“因为我觉得我应该给你这个，所以就给你”
例子3：“这个东西是不是应该先确认再做调整？”
答：“没有，我们应该把这个东西取消，然后把他抽出来，再看过，再看怎么办。”
他们做什么事，都喜欢根据自己的喜好而改变。
拿我可怜的副总做例子。
他们叫外卖，副总要求了咖啡，结果来的时候是珍珠奶茶。
问了以后才知道，他们说：“珍珠奶茶比较好、比较多人喜欢、所以你也会喜欢”
但更改了订单，也没通知。
因为这个“道理”，我可怜的副总就喝了不喜欢的珍珠奶茶。
还有很多更爆笑的例子，日后再慢慢分享。
就是打的是“风楼工”【粤语】
他们所谓的工作的定义是“待在家里没事干，工作可以打发时间”
多可悲~
当然，工作态度就完全是不用心。
其实一些基本的事，他们都完全不想用脑去想。
只期盼你会替他做/善后。
就拿一个例子，一份客户发的问卷，要求做一些资料收集。
某人就转发给我，电邮里头写"please help me finish it"
正常的理解能力，就是你不能搞定，就让我帮你处理剩下的。
结果，一打开文件，发现什么都没填。
我就问她，为什么是空的？你不是说要我帮忙，但是你什么都没做。
她给我的答复： “因为我的英文不好，所以我不懂看他写些什么，就让你帮我做吧！”
这就是我经常面对的问题！
总是给我没加工的资料，你的工资可没分我一份。
结果，我问了副总，她那里可有一份一模一样的问卷。我直接对比，把答案抄下。
前后花了不到15分钟。
你看。。这个就是他们的工作态度。他们就是不想问、不想多一些确认的动作。
更糟的例子还有。。
说是在这待上一年。。结果，每天都犯上一些低级的错误。
比如今天忘了这个，明天忘了那个。。每天肯定有东西被遗忘。
我随便从我们那里挑个最没资历的秘书过来这，也可能比他们好上几倍。
错了，就是要补救。但，对他们而言，只有别人犯错，不管我的事。
永远都不可能是我的错！
他们的真理，我还真的要“五体投地”！
我问的问题，我肯定要不到我要的答案！
例子1： “你吃饭了吗？”
答： “今天的菜很好吃。”
例子2： “为甚么这个数据和你给我的不一样？”
答：“因为我觉得我应该给你这个，所以就给你”
例子3：“这个东西是不是应该先确认再做调整？”
答：“没有，我们应该把这个东西取消，然后把他抽出来，再看过，再看怎么办。”
他们做什么事，都喜欢根据自己的喜好而改变。
拿我可怜的副总做例子。
他们叫外卖，副总要求了咖啡，结果来的时候是珍珠奶茶。
问了以后才知道，他们说：“珍珠奶茶比较好、比较多人喜欢、所以你也会喜欢”
但更改了订单，也没通知。
因为这个“道理”，我可怜的副总就喝了不喜欢的珍珠奶茶。
还有很多更爆笑的例子，日后再慢慢分享。
8.7.2010 Day 3 in Vietnam
This is my tonight supper. Actually HCMC: 9pm is the supper time for the staff who staying in hostel. But i took it at 8.45pm when those China-man not yet back from factory..Ham Chee Peng + Soya.. The HCP is without any fills, but taste sweet..
Soya is a bit too sweet. One more thing important : All these are handmade by the nanny.
Big plat of Ham Chee Peng.. Yummy~ Opps..forgot my slimming principle: Say NO to supper!
pinky Barbie doll..
1st page...Snow white??
last page... Thumbelina?
anything interesting? you must be asking what's the special of this?
just a sticker book, right?
NOPE... It is a exercise book !! The exercise book we used during our schooldays!!
when i ask my colleague get me a note book, i still drawing & pointing a book for her..
Their understanding is quite terrible.. but never mind, at least this girl is smart..
She faster run out of the office & come back with this..
I was so surprised why she get me a sticker book.. but I was wrong!
It is a pretty exercise book i ever seen.
If we can get this during our schooltime, i believe i will study harder.. haha!
By the way, 2nd day of work.. still nothing to do.. since my president told everyone don't distribute me any job until he back from China.. so, i still playing a role like consultant.. talk to everyone.. and i realized a lot of people start get near to me since they know i can speak fluent English & Mandarin.. they wish to learn english from me.. I can open a class sooner or later..
But I am learning Vietnamese language now, no wonder my VP said it will be easy for me to pick up the language since I know Malay language.. Indeed, Viet language is similar more to Mandarin.. But we know ba-be-bi-bo-bu..so easier to pronounce..
but a lot of complicated vocal combine for a word..
Actually they are nice and friendly, just too bad for their working attitude & mind. Dunno where to start in changing their mind. Please tell me how to pollute them?
By the way, i tried the local coffee today (after i told my VP this morning). She ordered delivery sent the coffee & bubble tea to our office. Wao~ It taste better than our Kopi Gao-Gao.
If i can find the secret of boiling their coffee, I will make it for you guys when i back.
started to get use the "bau busuk" Rice now.. at least, still can grab a lot of food today. But still avoid to eat more than half bowl of rice since the rice is hard.
The weather here is quite hot. Highest temperature can go to 34'C
When comes to night, rain a lot. Like now, the thunder is playing the drum again.
Too bad i got no umbrella. So, i just can walk as fast as possible when i am outdoor.
Maybe the weather here is always summer like Malaysia, i realized majority of them having a dull skin. They are not as fair as we thought. Nothing much different with Malaysian skin tone.
The only thing they win us, is they are slimmer. Even they are slimmer, but they don't keep fit. You can imagine my marketing girl brought so many things to eat everyday.
Yesterday is Lotus seed. Today is mango + yogurt (sour milk).
Dunno what they wanna eat for tomorrow. They said want to bring lychee & longan to let me try. Hope this will be true! hahaha!!
Just hope everything is getting better and smooth.
good night!
ngu ngon!
By the way, i tried the local coffee today (after i told my VP this morning). She ordered delivery sent the coffee & bubble tea to our office. Wao~ It taste better than our Kopi Gao-Gao.
If i can find the secret of boiling their coffee, I will make it for you guys when i back.
started to get use the "bau busuk" Rice now.. at least, still can grab a lot of food today. But still avoid to eat more than half bowl of rice since the rice is hard.
The weather here is quite hot. Highest temperature can go to 34'C
When comes to night, rain a lot. Like now, the thunder is playing the drum again.
Too bad i got no umbrella. So, i just can walk as fast as possible when i am outdoor.
Maybe the weather here is always summer like Malaysia, i realized majority of them having a dull skin. They are not as fair as we thought. Nothing much different with Malaysian skin tone.
The only thing they win us, is they are slimmer. Even they are slimmer, but they don't keep fit. You can imagine my marketing girl brought so many things to eat everyday.
Yesterday is Lotus seed. Today is mango + yogurt (sour milk).
Dunno what they wanna eat for tomorrow. They said want to bring lychee & longan to let me try. Hope this will be true! hahaha!!
Just hope everything is getting better and smooth.
good night!
ngu ngon!
6-7/7/2010 Vietnam
Hi Everybody,
I am now in Vietnam! So, I would like to share my 1st experience to Vietnam.
Since I am currently stuck here, nowhere can go. Only able to survive through this laptop.
But, no Facebook is allowed in VN. Too bad, even I tried with the proxy website JK provided, seemed still can't log in. Sigh!
The story shall starts from 6.7.2010 (Tuesday)
3.30am Wake up
4.30am Take cab to KLIA
6.30am Reach KLIA (This is the first time i took flight in KLIA, i have long time never been there, I was quite blur when I reached. Should check from the kiosk 1st, but I go to queue up. Luckily the ambassador noticed this weird lady, save me from queuing innocently.)
7.00am Waiting my business partner to fly together with me while having my breakfast (The yellow stall which named Mache Cafe, please don't visit it! The food is tasteless.)
8.40am Wait for boarding while playing Facebook for my LAST TIME
9.00am Boarding
9.05am Officially left Malaysia to Vietnam
9.45am Breakfast served (At this time, i wonder why an hour flight got provide breakfast.. but i also didnt react much since a Vietnamese guy sit beside me keep talking to me..funny story to be continued..) Flight meal.. not too bad, but space so small, hardly to eat comfortably.
11.00am (Ho Chi Minh City is 10.00am) ARRIVED safely. (Only i realized the arrival time written in the air ticket is VN time zone, not Msia time). So, the journey is taking 2 hours flight not 1 hour!!!!! Really Oo-Long to it!
11.30am Took a stupid cab. Supposed from HCMC to my factory should be taking 1.5hours, but I spent nearly 2.5hrs in cab. The city is noisy, every driver likes to Hone, no matter they are motorbike or car. The atmosphere is surround by dirty carbon monoxide. Majority of them wearing mask! Everytime the motorcyclist so near to the car, then the car has to 'siam here & siam there' to avoid knock them. I saw an accident happened there, a van knock into an old lady who is driving motorbike. The lady is scolding loudly in the middle of road, absolutely no eyes to see.
1.30pm (HCMC: 12.30pm) Stop at the halfway, enjoyed my 1st beef noodle in VN. Beef taste good!
3.00pm Reached my company.. OMG, I dunno total how many football fields can be built. Got fish pond, then all its fence is craved with pictures.
3.30pm Brief meeting with my President.
4pm Check-In to my room. Opposite row to me, all are males! Sad.. Facilities inside, is worse than MMU hostels, but got a washroom with heater. Considered not too lousy! At least I don't need squeeze with others everyday!
6pm Sit a motorbike to nearby Pasar Tani buy necessaries. (Nearby here equivalent to Bukit Beruang to Bukit Baru or Tmn Sg Abong go to Khalidi). HORRIBLE! The rider speeding, but my helmet keep on flying to behind. But I can proof one thing, drive motorbike here is much powerful than drive a car. Because when a group of motorbikes speed out, you have no choice to let them go 1st.
6.30pm (HCMC: 5.30pm) is the fixed time for staff's dinner time. Should be my first time to join the top management for dinner, too bad I was late when i back from Pasar Tani. They all finished it without waiting me, but left me a full plate of food. Please see photos. The rice is taste sour and hard. Dao-gua is sour too. Even have the same veges in Msia, but the vege here taste weird. Forgot to tell you all, all the meals are well prepared by someone appointed here. So, just need to be punctual for meals everyday.
Sorry ya... Photo taken when already finished a lot..So, u can know how full a bowl of rice for me!
HCMC 8pm Called by President for touring factory plants. Walk here and there, dunno total how many buildings entered & patrolled. Then followed by discussion with VP, Production Head. Exhausted. Too bad, after this my VP dragged me into HER room to further chatting.
By the time i left office, is around HCMC 10.30pm.. 1st day arrival day, I was so tired but whole body is sticky after touring. Bath again~ What to do even so tired?
The bed is so hard. The mattress here is so thin~ Nothing different sleeping on a wooden bed.
That's why i got a headache & shoulder pain today!
I am now sitting in office. OT is very common here. Some people here even OT until 10pm. But, i just want to use the plug here since my laptop need to be charged.
Wireless is everywhere, even u're lying on bed, u can online too!
So tired now, but need to wash clothes later!
Hope I can have a sweet dream tonight!
Found that Vietnamese is much easier to talk to compared to those China-man, at least Vietnamese will show respect to you when you talk to them. Vietnamese has a simple mind, but Chinese different. That's why political issue can be found in any place. But, i dont concern this!
Just finished my 2nd dinner, today has a better food, eat more than yesterday. At least won't feel nauseous when see the food.
Shared you guys the food I ate since yesterday. Not much photos sharing, because I dont have mood to take photo at all.
I need time to adjust myself here. It is not easy to suit a different culture & background. If you go China, you still can understand Mandarin. Go England, can speak English But here, people all surround me talk something I totally dont understand. You speak English nobody understand, speak Mandarin, only certain people will get it. So, I just only smile and nod my head always.
Unlike previously, nobody can talk nonsense with me since they dont understand what i said.
This is my today's breakfast. Green bean soup + Chicken Egg Cake
This is the reception of my company.
I am now in Vietnam! So, I would like to share my 1st experience to Vietnam.
Since I am currently stuck here, nowhere can go. Only able to survive through this laptop.
But, no Facebook is allowed in VN. Too bad, even I tried with the proxy website JK provided, seemed still can't log in. Sigh!
The story shall starts from 6.7.2010 (Tuesday)
3.30am Wake up
4.30am Take cab to KLIA
6.30am Reach KLIA (This is the first time i took flight in KLIA, i have long time never been there, I was quite blur when I reached. Should check from the kiosk 1st, but I go to queue up. Luckily the ambassador noticed this weird lady, save me from queuing innocently.)
7.00am Waiting my business partner to fly together with me while having my breakfast (The yellow stall which named Mache Cafe, please don't visit it! The food is tasteless.)
8.40am Wait for boarding while playing Facebook for my LAST TIME
9.00am Boarding
9.05am Officially left Malaysia to Vietnam
9.45am Breakfast served (At this time, i wonder why an hour flight got provide breakfast.. but i also didnt react much since a Vietnamese guy sit beside me keep talking to me..funny story to be continued..) Flight meal.. not too bad, but space so small, hardly to eat comfortably.
11.00am (Ho Chi Minh City is 10.00am) ARRIVED safely. (Only i realized the arrival time written in the air ticket is VN time zone, not Msia time). So, the journey is taking 2 hours flight not 1 hour!!!!! Really Oo-Long to it!
11.30am Took a stupid cab. Supposed from HCMC to my factory should be taking 1.5hours, but I spent nearly 2.5hrs in cab. The city is noisy, every driver likes to Hone, no matter they are motorbike or car. The atmosphere is surround by dirty carbon monoxide. Majority of them wearing mask! Everytime the motorcyclist so near to the car, then the car has to 'siam here & siam there' to avoid knock them. I saw an accident happened there, a van knock into an old lady who is driving motorbike. The lady is scolding loudly in the middle of road, absolutely no eyes to see.
1.30pm (HCMC: 12.30pm) Stop at the halfway, enjoyed my 1st beef noodle in VN. Beef taste good!
3.00pm Reached my company.. OMG, I dunno total how many football fields can be built. Got fish pond, then all its fence is craved with pictures.
3.30pm Brief meeting with my President.
4pm Check-In to my room. Opposite row to me, all are males! Sad.. Facilities inside, is worse than MMU hostels, but got a washroom with heater. Considered not too lousy! At least I don't need squeeze with others everyday!
6pm Sit a motorbike to nearby Pasar Tani buy necessaries. (Nearby here equivalent to Bukit Beruang to Bukit Baru or Tmn Sg Abong go to Khalidi). HORRIBLE! The rider speeding, but my helmet keep on flying to behind. But I can proof one thing, drive motorbike here is much powerful than drive a car. Because when a group of motorbikes speed out, you have no choice to let them go 1st.
6.30pm (HCMC: 5.30pm) is the fixed time for staff's dinner time. Should be my first time to join the top management for dinner, too bad I was late when i back from Pasar Tani. They all finished it without waiting me, but left me a full plate of food. Please see photos. The rice is taste sour and hard. Dao-gua is sour too. Even have the same veges in Msia, but the vege here taste weird. Forgot to tell you all, all the meals are well prepared by someone appointed here. So, just need to be punctual for meals everyday.
Sorry ya... Photo taken when already finished a lot..So, u can know how full a bowl of rice for me!HCMC 8pm Called by President for touring factory plants. Walk here and there, dunno total how many buildings entered & patrolled. Then followed by discussion with VP, Production Head. Exhausted. Too bad, after this my VP dragged me into HER room to further chatting.
By the time i left office, is around HCMC 10.30pm.. 1st day arrival day, I was so tired but whole body is sticky after touring. Bath again~ What to do even so tired?
The bed is so hard. The mattress here is so thin~ Nothing different sleeping on a wooden bed.
That's why i got a headache & shoulder pain today!
I am now sitting in office. OT is very common here. Some people here even OT until 10pm. But, i just want to use the plug here since my laptop need to be charged.
Wireless is everywhere, even u're lying on bed, u can online too!
So tired now, but need to wash clothes later!
Hope I can have a sweet dream tonight!
Found that Vietnamese is much easier to talk to compared to those China-man, at least Vietnamese will show respect to you when you talk to them. Vietnamese has a simple mind, but Chinese different. That's why political issue can be found in any place. But, i dont concern this!
Just finished my 2nd dinner, today has a better food, eat more than yesterday. At least won't feel nauseous when see the food.
Shared you guys the food I ate since yesterday. Not much photos sharing, because I dont have mood to take photo at all.
I need time to adjust myself here. It is not easy to suit a different culture & background. If you go China, you still can understand Mandarin. Go England, can speak English But here, people all surround me talk something I totally dont understand. You speak English nobody understand, speak Mandarin, only certain people will get it. So, I just only smile and nod my head always.
Unlike previously, nobody can talk nonsense with me since they dont understand what i said.
This is my today's breakfast. Green bean soup + Chicken Egg Cake
This is the reception of my company.
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