My 2 cents

Run into a Cambridge Friend at a cafe of Cyberport whom I have not seen for almost 14 years, what a nice surprise and we still recognize each other! We both happened to be going to Beijing for meetings, so we ended up having dinner together in Beijing with other Cambridge alumni.

Another good turn out and great speakers, a big thank you goes to Becky, Stan and Patricia.

On 1 Aug 2009, we had the 3rd session of the Cambridge University Mentorship seminar series 2009. I delivered a presentation on the basics of being a management consultant, together with Karen, Herbert and Dexter, we shared with the attendants stories, tips and more about the industry.

I am a frequent visitor to Cyberport and I work (and relax) at various cafes and restaurants there, naturally surfing the net on my netbook, I must say I am rather disappointed with the so called free WiFi coverage there, you would have thought the Cyberport providing a free wireless broadband service should be high speed and convenient, THANK AGAIN!

Not only the activation process breaks down frequently ("405 method noot allowed" - whatever that means), even when you got it, the speed is disappointing and the connection is unreliable. This is pretty ironic if you think of the name of the place and who's supposed to be running the show! Sigh...

The weekend started off with the monthly dinner meeting on Friday night with the Metropolitan Lions Club, this is my first directors' meeting with Lions Club. It was a great evening and one of the directors demonstrated an ancient Chinese exercise that is supposed to be very good for our health. Our friends at Lions Club also celebrated our wedding anniversary.

On Saturday afternoon, I hosted a seminar for the students and alumni of Cambridge University, the topic of he seminar was on the life as a management consultant. The seminar went very well, attendants asked a lot of questions and hopefully had learned a lot from the seminar. In the evening, we went to a very nice private club to have dinner with friends from Warwick University and celebrate the birthday of a friend who turned 30 years old. It was a buffet dinner and we had a fantastic time chatting on various topics.

We had a quiet Sunday, mostly spent at home. I did some work on different projects and then exercise at the gym at Cyberport. The weather was very hot and humid, not very nice to be outdoor.

Le week-end a commencé avec la réunion mensuelle le dîner le vendredi soir avec le Metropolitan Club Lions, il s'agit de ma première réunion de directeurs avec les Lions Club. Ce fut un grand soir et l'un des réalisateurs chinois a démontré une ancienne exercice qui est censé être très bon pour notre santé. Nos amis au Club Lions également célébré notre anniversaire de mariage.

Le samedi après-midi, j'ai organisé un séminaire pour les étudiants et anciens étudiants de l'Université de Cambridge, le thème de séminaire, il était sur la vie en tant que consultant en gestion. Le séminaire s'est très bien passé, l'assistance a demandé beaucoup de questions et nous espérons a beaucoup appris de ce séminaire. Dans la soirée, nous sommes allés à un très bon club privé de dîner avec des amis de l'université de Warwick et de célébrer l'anniversaire d'un ami qui a tourné 30 ans. Il s'agissait d'un dîner-buffet et nous avons eu un temps fantastique discuter sur divers sujets.

Nous avons eu un dimanche tranquille, le plus souvent passé à la maison. J'ai fait quelques travaux sur différents projets, puis à l'exercice au gymnase à Cyberport. Le temps était très chaud et humide, pas très agréable d'être en plein air.

ライオンズクラブは、首都圏では、週末金曜日の夜には、毎月の夕食の会議を開始すると、このライオンズクラブと私の最初の取締役会です。は非常に我々の健康に良いとされているが、古代中国の運動を実証これは、素敵な夜、もう1つは、取締役の一つでした。ライオンズクラブで私たちの友達も私たちの結婚記念日を祝った。

土曜日の午後、私は経営コンサルタントとしての人生には、ケンブリッジ大学の学生や卒業生、彼のテーマのセミナーのためのセミナーを開催した。セミナーはとてもよく、参加者の質問をたくさんの質問と期待したセミナーから多くのことを学んだしていた。夕方には、我々は非常に良いプライベートクラブにウォーウィック大学の友人と食事をするには、 30歳の誕生日を祝うお友達になっている。ビュッフェディナーをされ、我々は素晴らしい時間を、様々な話題でおしゃべりをしていた。

私たちは静かな日曜日、ほとんど家で過ごしていた。私として別のプロジェクトにいくつかの作業を行ったので、サイバーポートではジムで運動。天候は非常に蒸し暑かった、非常に良いは屋外である。

Recently, we discovered a very good small restaurant that serves vegetarian food. The chef is very creative in using different ingredients and the dishes are very delicious. We really want to eat more vegetable rather than meat, but usually, vegetarian food in Hong Kong is not very tasty. Therefore, discovering this restaurant has been a nice surprise for us and it has since become our favourite place. The price is also very reasonable, there is no menu, you eat what is offered on the day, the owner even grows some of the vegetables in his farm in Tai Po. It is always a three-course meal with soup, salad and the main course, desserts and tea or coffee are optional. We also enjoy the interior decoration and reading the books and leaflets which we can borrow.

Récemment, nous avons découvert un très bon petit restaurant qui sert la nourriture végétarienne. Le chef est très créative en utilisant différents ingrédients et les plats sont délicieux. Nous avons vraiment envie de manger plus de légumes plutôt que de la viande, mais en général, la nourriture végétarienne à Hong Kong n'est pas très savoureuse. Par conséquent, la découverte de ce restaurant a été une belle surprise pour nous et elle est devenue depuis notre endroit préféré. Le prix est très raisonnable, il n'y a pas de menu, vous mangez ce qui est offert sur la journée, le propriétaire même de la croissance des légumes dans son exploitation agricole à Tai Po. Il est toujours une période de trois plats avec soupe, salade et plat principal, dessert et thé ou café sont en option. Nous avons également profiter de la décoration intérieure et de la lecture des livres et des brochures que nous pouvons emprunter.

最近では、私たちはベジタリアン料理を提供し、非常に良い小さなレストランを発見した。シェフの料理と非常に異なる材料を使用してとてもおいしいです創造されています。われわれは肉ではなく、もっと野菜を食べるには通常、香港でベジタリアン料理をとても美味しいではありません。したがって、我々にとっては良いこのレストランを発見されており、それ以来、私たちの驚きのお気に入りの場所となっている。価格も非常に合理的ですが、メニューがない場合は、日に何が提供されている食事は、所有者も、いくつかのタイポー氏の農場で野菜の生育する。それは、常に3スープ、サラダ、メインコースとコース料理、デザート、紅茶やコーヒーはオプションです。また、インテリアを楽しみ、本を借りることができると私たちはチラシを読む。

I had the misfortune of being on a bus where a really silly incident occurred. Two unrelated passengers quarreled over a tiny matter where one of them moved the other one's bag to free up a seat for himself. The heated argument escalated in no time to one of them suggesting to report the incident to the police, and he did ran down to ask the bus driver to halt the bus just before the Aberdeen tunnel and wait for the police. By this time, many other passengers are cursing the two trouble makers with such foul language that I shall not repeat here. The bus driver signaled to another bus that passed-by to take unlucky passengers like me to get on with our journey.

I think what they should have done is to ask the two trouble makers to get off the bus and wait for the police if they like and let everyone else gets on with their lives.

I shared this unfortunate story with my uncle and he said it could have been worse if the police arrived on the scene decided to detain everyone until the so called incident was clarified. Well, imagine that...

The moral of this story, don't take the bus?

The Friends of Cambridge University in Hong Kong hosted the 2nd mentorship program this summer, the topic was Travel and Charity. The speakers were Melody who spoke about her experience working at Cathay Pacific as a management trainee, Elaine spoke about her trip to Vietnam with Orbis, Maggie spoke about her trip to Calcutta, India and worked at Missionaries of Charity established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, and also Gloria spoke about her experience in teaching English in remote area of Thailand and also worked with UNESCO at their Bangkok branch. They shared interesting photos and videos of their trips.