Yesterday, it happened again. I'm at the oposite side of the world, more accurate, I'm at Shanghai, most developed and fastest growing city at China.
Approx. 1 month ago, director of the division where I used to work, called me to join him at his office. After few minutes of relaxing in really confortable chairs he has in his office, he shot out the question which I didn't expect at all. The question was: "Will you go to Shanghai office again and stay there for a month and try to adapt to the their style of livin'? We would very like you to work for us there even though you have been there before and at that time you said no to our request. We desperatly need someone with techincal knowleagde there and we think you are the best choice."
Of course I was supprised as hell but at the same time I started to play with the thought of working at China again. And after few discussions which I had with my friends Nina and Bojan I decided to do it again.
So, we decided (Gorenje and I) that I'm gonna stay here until 16th of December and at that time I will be sure if this is what I want. I hope I will like it and that my future boss and my future co-workers will be satisfied with me and my work as well.
So, yesterday I landed here and because I asked Gorenje China team not to wait me at the airport I had to arrange my transportation to the hotel by myself.
When still at home, I read on the internet about fast train called Maglev (well, actually Bojan informed me about it, he has visited China before), so I decided to use it when I was still at home. After landing (not really smooth one) and after authorities let me enter the country I searched the ticket selling office and found out that the ticket can't be paied by US dollars, so I had to find currency exchance office. The reality was that I had to walk almost to the oposite side of an Airport building to find one.
After that I bought the ticket (it costs ~5€ for economy class, one way), I sat on train to see it's magnificant ultimate velocity. Well, to be honest I was disappointed when I saw that our speed was only 301 km/h. I expected over 400 km/h according to the testimonians on the internet. Maybe they reduced the speed of the train because it was raining outside. However, this is the fastest ground velocity, I've ever traveled with.
After arrival to the final destination, I had to find a taxi to take me to the hotel where Gorenje had already booked my room. First taxi driver wanted me to pay him 35€ for the ride but that was to much of course. After few minutes of wainting, I noticed French couple with the same problems, so I made a contact with them and asked them if they want to share the taxi to reduce the price. They accepted given opportunity and after 1 minute of bargain we manage to reduce the price to 20€ for two different locations to be taken to.
There are also some other funny storries to tell you about but since this is quite ong column I wrote, I think those storries should be left for some other opportunity to share.
Approx. 1 month ago, director of the division where I used to work, called me to join him at his office. After few minutes of relaxing in really confortable chairs he has in his office, he shot out the question which I didn't expect at all. The question was: "Will you go to Shanghai office again and stay there for a month and try to adapt to the their style of livin'? We would very like you to work for us there even though you have been there before and at that time you said no to our request. We desperatly need someone with techincal knowleagde there and we think you are the best choice."
Of course I was supprised as hell but at the same time I started to play with the thought of working at China again. And after few discussions which I had with my friends Nina and Bojan I decided to do it again.
So, we decided (Gorenje and I) that I'm gonna stay here until 16th of December and at that time I will be sure if this is what I want. I hope I will like it and that my future boss and my future co-workers will be satisfied with me and my work as well.
So, yesterday I landed here and because I asked Gorenje China team not to wait me at the airport I had to arrange my transportation to the hotel by myself.
When still at home, I read on the internet about fast train called Maglev (well, actually Bojan informed me about it, he has visited China before), so I decided to use it when I was still at home. After landing (not really smooth one) and after authorities let me enter the country I searched the ticket selling office and found out that the ticket can't be paied by US dollars, so I had to find currency exchance office. The reality was that I had to walk almost to the oposite side of an Airport building to find one.
After that I bought the ticket (it costs ~5€ for economy class, one way), I sat on train to see it's magnificant ultimate velocity. Well, to be honest I was disappointed when I saw that our speed was only 301 km/h. I expected over 400 km/h according to the testimonians on the internet. Maybe they reduced the speed of the train because it was raining outside. However, this is the fastest ground velocity, I've ever traveled with.
After arrival to the final destination, I had to find a taxi to take me to the hotel where Gorenje had already booked my room. First taxi driver wanted me to pay him 35€ for the ride but that was to much of course. After few minutes of wainting, I noticed French couple with the same problems, so I made a contact with them and asked them if they want to share the taxi to reduce the price. They accepted given opportunity and after 1 minute of bargain we manage to reduce the price to 20€ for two different locations to be taken to.
There are also some other funny storries to tell you about but since this is quite ong column I wrote, I think those storries should be left for some other opportunity to share.
