Babca_czech

Back to civilization ;)

2006-12-26T06:49:00.000-08:00

Hiiii or better should say Ni Hao! Finaly after looong time I am back on line using my blog. There are really many things which have happend so far, so I will try to go step by step...
First let me say that even there have been some exceptions I am happy being in this crazy country! I have been thinking how to describe easily the place here, but no way :D The only word I have in my mind is CRAZY. Everytime I think that there is nothing else what could surprise me I get a big surprise... like for example now the thing that quite randomly today I could login my Blog after two months since I came here. :)
Let me just shortly say what I have experienced so far and in time next I describe some these stories:
so, I have...
...experienced eartquake
...ate a frog
...learnt at least some basics in Chinese
...had my first Christmas away from my family::(
...made my boss drunk
...attended Chinese wedding party
...met so many friends which I thought I would never meet again
...been to Hong Kong
...met Chinese lady who can speak Czech
...seen a mouse and rat in our office
...got many wonderful colleagues and friends
...visited a dentist, who replaced my tooth...
...had a dinner with stomatology department of LongHua hospital
...felt how friends are important!

So, soon will be back with more :)

preparation

2006-10-03T02:08:00.000-07:00

Dears,

I never thought what preparation is needed for a trip to a country like China - vaccination, family doctor, dentist...
... yesterday I was at the dentist. I knew that there is something with one tooth, but I didn't expect to be there 1 hour - AU :(. Well, tomorrow I need to go again to get checked the situation. If I don't need to go to a dentist in China still all these is OK :)

Good thing is that I have already bought a suitcase, bad thing is that the amount of clothes is almost 3 times more than the size of suitcase (even I took one of the largest ones...). After a short thinking I decided not to buy a new additional suitcase, but to decrease the amount of clothing... let's see!

Today I got all contacts of my friends in the plant in LongHua in China - I am soooo much looking forward to meet them all. I never thought I would meet them again :)
Also I am getting ready to leave our flat in Pardubice. There will be my friend Petra instead of me for these few months. With my flat-mates Madli, Lena and Jarousek I understand how important is to have great people around me. I know I will miss our evening talks, eating pizza, drinking Sangria and neverending washing dishes:), but I am sure that they will stay in my life even being far away as they are so close to my heart!

Well my preparations at work are almost finished - my training is going fine thanks to the people I can learn from, what I am still waiting for are approved documents about the business trip, so I am not still sure when I will fly, but that's one of the things we need to count with and being flexible - also one the good things I have learnt in AIESEC :)

So, time to go for a fast lunch with my nice friend from China - Amy, who is also the source of information for me to make the preparation easier. I am very happy that she is here now! Also is helping me to overcome my worries - I know I have spent long time in AIESEC and have learnt a lots about other cultures, but still there is something in my mind... :)

Guys, have a nice day and stay in touch :)

Has been decided...

2006-09-24T12:40:00.000-07:00

A few days ago I decided to accept an offer from one of the Foxconn managers - Sunny Fang and follow his team System eng. going to China!
There are many things to prepare and not that much time to go - not even 4 weeks to manage visa, the rest of vaccinations, buy gifts and all needed... well, I shouldn´t forget to buy a suitcase :)
These days I am having a training to get ready and also trying to improve my Chinese - that is the challenge...! Also I am getting to know my new coleagues who go to China with me and other ones who will be my contacts back in Czech - so far I like them all and hope they will like working with me:). My exact role I will descripe any other day when I pass the training and will understand it better...

Let´s get it started...

2006-09-03T15:37:00.000-07:00

Dears,
In a few days will be decided about my next steps - I am still not sure if I will be only a few steps or very far away from my hometown and family and also my dear friends in Pardubice, but for sure something important will be changed...

...let´s see soon :)!!!

I would like to stay in touch with all of you and that´s why this Blog was created. I will do my best to up date this web whenever there is anything new.

Wish you all the best!!!

Babca - Ilonka :)