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In Sickness , Mr China reviewed his life and performance in China. Sadly he felt disappointed, he had fall short of the standards that he had set himself. In terms of personal developments or driving the Biz. On Sunday, Mr China spent a whole morning to review. Categorising his life and this period into different segments and set personal/biz goals to reach.
Luckily for this illness that Mr China had the opportunity to review and halt a personal rot. He was fast becoming comfortable and "hoping things to happen" rather than making things happen. Disappointing, Mr China had disappointed himself.
A big divide is drawn in Mr China's Life. Personal and Work. Mutually exclusive , crossing over only in character and methodologies. Mr China wants to adopt a methodical life, have goals as barriers and constraints to work within. Meaning to set destinations and goals , but path-wise will of course be one of freedoom and creativity.
Methodical .....
Sunday will be a day of review , to set work goals to be achieved and done for the week. Also to review all that has been done or COULD have been done. Then it will be organising his desktop and emails. TO have the information is one thing , to have them easily accessible is another.
He will also analyze and review sales numbers and all during this time. Pick up research and review things back in HQ.
Mr China will also review personal goals, to measure his drive in this period. Then utilise time to learn and achieve what he always wanted.....
Personal
Mr China understands knowledge is power. Knowledge is divided into general and specific. In his free time, he will puruse general knowledge, from Fortune, businessweek, economist magazine from HQ. For Specific knowledge, it will be learning and practising along the way. To understand the terms and review them. It will also be research base, to locate gems. Mr China has to be relevant in terms of worldwide development. He doesnt want to be Mr China forever.......
For work...... Mr China shall leave it for another day........
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Sick...... ..... .....
Over the weekend, Mr China thought his is superman and his body is akin to wolverine's ...... for he battered it so badly that the physcial decided to gave up and rebeled.... BIG TIME....
Let's recap the "Foolish-ity" of Mr China
Slpt less than 6 hours for the whole week
Stress up / burden over week, rest hasnt been there
Saturday - did 2.5hours of training. 90mins of running including some intervals. Ran in singlet and shorts in single digit temps... yes... Mr China felt invicible rounding the track in that cold...
Feeling superb, he decided to venture to some far place for dinner , in only his tracksuit. Nearly froze to death outside, after the heat and all from the body is lost. Got back home, turn on all the heater, drank plenty of hot water and "overheated" himself, such that he need to switch to drinking cold water to cool his body down. Not to mention the rubbish heaty stuff that he ate.
Superman, he felt... the worse is to come...
Sunday - did an easy 30-40mins run , spot his favourite noodle stall. ate his breakfast and walked back. F. Cold. Froze.
Went to colleage's home for lunch, had fun.
Evening - decided to do a double and Mr China went for a 2nd run. a Harder 1hr plus run. Felt very powerful........ came home , showered and dinnered. Everything felt ok. But body started to feel cold at 7pm. Decided to ignore it as he has always felt cold , who doesnt in this crazy winter?
8pm - things doesnt feel right , his colds and feet are icey cold , his body is aching all over and body is rebelling
decided to head to bed. dressed usually, but felt very very cold. then he decided to take the following measures: centralised heating system on, on the electrical heater, dressed in 2 layers, wrapped in wool jacket , wrapped with another thick blanket. But he still feels very cold, esp fingers and feet.
It was madness , Mr China , felt headache coming on, difficulty breathing, he felt terrible , on the other end compared to 2 hours ago , when he went for another run. He is truly regretting for battering his body.
It was a mad struggle for 2 hrs before Mr China fell aslp. It was so much pain, that he rolled and screamed in bed, truly a mad torture, to be ill , alone in this foreign land in winter. He felt like dying....
That is only the 1st part, he had "over heated" himself ....... awoke at 1am due to soaring body temperature of 39-40 deg cel. within the blankets, it felt like a sauna. He quickly turn off the heaters , even switch it to fan, cooling system. Took alot of measures to cool down the body. It was madness, Mr China felt burning, couldnt walk properly and tumble around the house to get water, towel , medicine, etc......
For the next 2 days, it was similar struggles as Mr China kept himself at home. Please remember that it is winter out there and Mr China struggles to get food out there. He struggles outside the streets in the cold , while his body burns to feed himself. it was all not so good.
Until wed night, he has a soaring temp of 40 and rising that he couldnt take it. called his colleague and rushed to the hospital......... the hospital here is amazing ... simply amazing. just a different healthcare system... shall talk about it in a next post.
Mr China here is now well and about. His experience: ill , alone , in winter , made him appreciate things back home much better. But this episode made him stronger too, but doesnt kill him , make him stronger.....
Let's recap the "Foolish-ity" of Mr China
Slpt less than 6 hours for the whole week
Stress up / burden over week, rest hasnt been there
Saturday - did 2.5hours of training. 90mins of running including some intervals. Ran in singlet and shorts in single digit temps... yes... Mr China felt invicible rounding the track in that cold...
Feeling superb, he decided to venture to some far place for dinner , in only his tracksuit. Nearly froze to death outside, after the heat and all from the body is lost. Got back home, turn on all the heater, drank plenty of hot water and "overheated" himself, such that he need to switch to drinking cold water to cool his body down. Not to mention the rubbish heaty stuff that he ate.
Superman, he felt... the worse is to come...
Sunday - did an easy 30-40mins run , spot his favourite noodle stall. ate his breakfast and walked back. F. Cold. Froze.
Went to colleage's home for lunch, had fun.
Evening - decided to do a double and Mr China went for a 2nd run. a Harder 1hr plus run. Felt very powerful........ came home , showered and dinnered. Everything felt ok. But body started to feel cold at 7pm. Decided to ignore it as he has always felt cold , who doesnt in this crazy winter?
8pm - things doesnt feel right , his colds and feet are icey cold , his body is aching all over and body is rebelling
decided to head to bed. dressed usually, but felt very very cold. then he decided to take the following measures: centralised heating system on, on the electrical heater, dressed in 2 layers, wrapped in wool jacket , wrapped with another thick blanket. But he still feels very cold, esp fingers and feet.
It was madness , Mr China , felt headache coming on, difficulty breathing, he felt terrible , on the other end compared to 2 hours ago , when he went for another run. He is truly regretting for battering his body.
It was a mad struggle for 2 hrs before Mr China fell aslp. It was so much pain, that he rolled and screamed in bed, truly a mad torture, to be ill , alone in this foreign land in winter. He felt like dying....
That is only the 1st part, he had "over heated" himself ....... awoke at 1am due to soaring body temperature of 39-40 deg cel. within the blankets, it felt like a sauna. He quickly turn off the heaters , even switch it to fan, cooling system. Took alot of measures to cool down the body. It was madness, Mr China felt burning, couldnt walk properly and tumble around the house to get water, towel , medicine, etc......
For the next 2 days, it was similar struggles as Mr China kept himself at home. Please remember that it is winter out there and Mr China struggles to get food out there. He struggles outside the streets in the cold , while his body burns to feed himself. it was all not so good.
Until wed night, he has a soaring temp of 40 and rising that he couldnt take it. called his colleague and rushed to the hospital......... the hospital here is amazing ... simply amazing. just a different healthcare system... shall talk about it in a next post.
Mr China here is now well and about. His experience: ill , alone , in winter , made him appreciate things back home much better. But this episode made him stronger too, but doesnt kill him , make him stronger.....
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Sights
One of the Perks of the hectic and crazy travels of Mr China is to be able to see places and things. And being in China, there is such diverse sights, sounds and taste of each city, that it seems to be many countries confine together.
In 3 days, Mr China had ascended the majestic Great Wall, then visit the Famous Chang Jiang.
The Great Wall is amazing, amazing work. Mr China cant describe the feeling he got when he was up there, looking at the beautiful landscape. The mountains afar, where it seemed to touch the sky, with sunlight pouring over it, seems to be the place where gods live.......
The winds howl the greatness of the wall, speaking of the blood and sweat that was used in the construction.......
Mr China too explore Beijing and went around in Public Transport, it was an amazing squeeze, however, he had successful navigated around. Will be a keen tour guide for anyone that is interested to visit. In an attempt to visit one of the parks, he got lost , went around and finally reached that damn place. It was nothing. Damn it. On the way crawling back , he stopped by a Pasar Malam, with amazing cheap stuff. RMB5 shirts... hahaha.... By the time he stopped to shop, it had already been 2 hr 10mins since he started running from his hotel... hahha
Mr China Landed around 11pm in Chong Qing and bashed his way to the hotel, going via public transport. Where he alighted, pple gathered and stuff lots of nonsense in this bags and stick funny funny things everywhere they can find on Mr China. At first Mr China thought it was a robbery going on. But in the end, it was just simple RUDE marketing. All the things were bus, train and airline ticket information. Not to mention those kinky invitation for ladies.....
The next morning, Mr China woke up abit early as usual and went for a run. CQ is a rather hilly area and rather packed. Mr China is staying at a prosperous city centre. He ran along the coast of the Chang Jiang in the morning. Not really that nice.... but the sights in the evening were tremenous, to see the large waves rolling about. It was a pretty sight. CQ is filled with lights, light pollution, it was over the limit for Mr China. Building , signs, roads, everything they can think of , there are flashing bright lights in all sorts of manner.....
And of course , Mr China tasted the real Authentic Chong Qing Hot Pot. Amazing stuff, a whole pot of CHilli........ it is very nice at affordable price. RMB 58/pax , free flow buffet. Really nice.
In 3 days, Mr China had ascended the majestic Great Wall, then visit the Famous Chang Jiang.
The Great Wall is amazing, amazing work. Mr China cant describe the feeling he got when he was up there, looking at the beautiful landscape. The mountains afar, where it seemed to touch the sky, with sunlight pouring over it, seems to be the place where gods live.......
The winds howl the greatness of the wall, speaking of the blood and sweat that was used in the construction.......
Mr China too explore Beijing and went around in Public Transport, it was an amazing squeeze, however, he had successful navigated around. Will be a keen tour guide for anyone that is interested to visit. In an attempt to visit one of the parks, he got lost , went around and finally reached that damn place. It was nothing. Damn it. On the way crawling back , he stopped by a Pasar Malam, with amazing cheap stuff. RMB5 shirts... hahaha.... By the time he stopped to shop, it had already been 2 hr 10mins since he started running from his hotel... hahha
Mr China Landed around 11pm in Chong Qing and bashed his way to the hotel, going via public transport. Where he alighted, pple gathered and stuff lots of nonsense in this bags and stick funny funny things everywhere they can find on Mr China. At first Mr China thought it was a robbery going on. But in the end, it was just simple RUDE marketing. All the things were bus, train and airline ticket information. Not to mention those kinky invitation for ladies.....
The next morning, Mr China woke up abit early as usual and went for a run. CQ is a rather hilly area and rather packed. Mr China is staying at a prosperous city centre. He ran along the coast of the Chang Jiang in the morning. Not really that nice.... but the sights in the evening were tremenous, to see the large waves rolling about. It was a pretty sight. CQ is filled with lights, light pollution, it was over the limit for Mr China. Building , signs, roads, everything they can think of , there are flashing bright lights in all sorts of manner.....
And of course , Mr China tasted the real Authentic Chong Qing Hot Pot. Amazing stuff, a whole pot of CHilli........ it is very nice at affordable price. RMB 58/pax , free flow buffet. Really nice.
Voices from the Heart
It had been a tubulent week for Mr China. Zapping and zooming around places.
His journey lies in travelling from Beijing - Xin Ji - Beijing - Chong Qing - Chengdu
Mr China sometimes falls into solitude in his lonely travels. Unfamiliar places, slow work development, lack of human interaction is all the clauses....
He had a nice time in a cafe with free wireless internet access, in the lobby of his hotel that only cost RMB 160/day. After great discussion on a possible deal and change of distributorship, he called home.
It is always a nice feeling to hear familiar sights and sounds for Mr China. Mum asked,"有想家吗?"
Dad was even more emo, for a traditional chinese dad, as usual, Mr China had difficulties in communication with him. There was long awarkard silence and exchanges of the usual greetings and words. One of the usual silences were broken by,"爸爸没什么，只想你早点回来。。。”
Those simple words touched Mr China's heart, he longs for family and home, but work and ambition had taken him far. Life is a balance of things, a balance of opposite forces they say......
At night, he took some time off to walk around and chanced upon rather familiar voices too, it is the speaking nature of a singaporean! Immediately, he tapped on the shoulder of one of the gp members and inquired abt their nationality.... true to the word, they are Singaporean la............
His journey lies in travelling from Beijing - Xin Ji - Beijing - Chong Qing - Chengdu
Mr China sometimes falls into solitude in his lonely travels. Unfamiliar places, slow work development, lack of human interaction is all the clauses....
He had a nice time in a cafe with free wireless internet access, in the lobby of his hotel that only cost RMB 160/day. After great discussion on a possible deal and change of distributorship, he called home.
It is always a nice feeling to hear familiar sights and sounds for Mr China. Mum asked,"有想家吗?"
Dad was even more emo, for a traditional chinese dad, as usual, Mr China had difficulties in communication with him. There was long awarkard silence and exchanges of the usual greetings and words. One of the usual silences were broken by,"爸爸没什么，只想你早点回来。。。”
Those simple words touched Mr China's heart, he longs for family and home, but work and ambition had taken him far. Life is a balance of things, a balance of opposite forces they say......
At night, he took some time off to walk around and chanced upon rather familiar voices too, it is the speaking nature of a singaporean! Immediately, he tapped on the shoulder of one of the gp members and inquired abt their nationality.... true to the word, they are Singaporean la............
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