an update

my dear says that i seldom blog in this blog liao. so ya, i shall give a slight update of my stay in shanghai.

it's been 3 weeks already since i arrived here on feb 5. this is the 2nd week of work. did nothing much except calling here and there. follow my boss to meet client. read this and that about the stuff that i should know, such as VHF, NMS etc. learn something about sales. purchased desktop.

have been adjusting well enough i guess, except the weather here is still cold. my mum and dear visited me last saturday, and went back on tuesday. sad lah, when i see them leave. but well, bo bian rite. they also quite sad i think. now i got a lot of maggi mee to eat =X

nothing much to write lah. visited only a few places in shanghai, actually i think shanghai is quite boring lah. nothing much except buildings and buildings lol. i prefer exotic places like xi'an, suzhou watever de :P

i am now blogging during office hours while waiting for my desktop to arrive :) after that i would need to install the software for work in Xpress :)

ok nth to write le :P end of post

I'm a poor boy in Shanghai

Coming to Shanghai is really an eye opener. After i came here on NOC then i realise that money is really hard to earn. given the meagre sum of money, i got to pay for rent, pay for household stuff, pay for utilities, pay for internet, pay for transport, pay for food, etc etc. even with the IE Singapore scholarship of 3600 sing dollars, i have only around 3700 RMB per month to spend.

Below is the breakdown of my budget:
rent ￥1,500.00
transport ￥300.00
food ￥900.00
internet ￥190.00
utilities ￥200.00
household ￥154.92 (will increase if i buy more household stuff)
water ￥30.00
telephone ￥300.00
daily necessities ￥50.00

total ￥3,624.92

30 dollars a day includes breakfast, lunch, dinner. ok maybe lunch usually provided by my boss, according to my future colleague. but it's still so pathetic. ok maybe there is cheap food like around 10 to 15 bucks which can be quite filling. but am i gg to just eat all these everyday? well ya, i still have pocket money from my parents, but i try not to use, cuz i wan to sort of try to stay independent.

ok lah, cuz we 3 pple staying in an apartment, paying 1500 rmb is considered cheap i guess =X but there are many hidden costs, cuz we need to buy this and that for daily use, eg plates, cutlery, mops, thrash bags, iron board, bedsheets, blankets, etc etc.

hope i can sort of keep to my budget. hope so lah :) at least give myself some sort of "training". even before a month is gone, i have realised that the standard of living in Shanghai is super high, considering the amount of salary the people get here. ok, shall endure, shall adapt :) this is the whole point of noc, that is to learn to be independent, explore, network, look for opportunities. the latter two parts would be fulfilled by my work in Alphatron Asia starting next week, i guess :)

ok some photos, which i have taken while i went around walking and exploring :)

云南路美食街


Metro @ 徐家汇


人民公园


@ 南京东路步行街


View from 外滩

leaving for shanghai noc

hi,

i would be leaving for shanghai soon for an noc stint. would be interning at alphatron asia :P

my friends, pls take care of my dear for me. i would miss her a lot. cheer her up when you can :) bring her out for lunches and dinners and gatherings. also remind her to study hard :)

i would be updating this blog to tell you pple about some interesting things in shanghai lah :) with photos also :P

ok, this would be a short post. would blog when i get my accomodation, logistics, internet done :P

signing off,
chee yong