Somehow I had a feeling that today was going to be a little screwed up as I'm now working alone. My partner in crime has decided to go on a solo mission into the east to look for either joker or penguin, leaving me all alone here to hold the fort with ample of work to last me a whole lifetime.
As the day began, I had a rude awakening when I was told that the testing dof equipments with a certain ministry has been postponed due to unforseen circumstance. It was not about the postponement that I was worried about. It was more towards to 2 angry looking clients of mine when I broke the news to them about the delay of the testing that was worrying me. I had to come up a brilliant and diplomatic excuse to give to them in order for me to get out of there alive.
With a little luck, I managed to escape the noose without much injuries as they bought the excuse and I was home free. I thought that things will turn out better for the rest of the day without any obtacles. So I've decided to have lunch with 1 of my suppliers and a personal friend at Eastin Hotel. We had a sumptuous Dim Sum lunch where everybody was full to the brim with lots of Dim Sum going around the table. Both of them enjoyed the lunch where we sat there for about an hour talking about business and golf.
When we parted our ways, I thought I could come back to the office and relax while clearing off the mess I created on my table before i left the office earlier. Somehow, trouble has it's own way of appearing before you. I was told that the important shipment that has to arrive Singapore has been delayed. It was suppose to leave Shanghai within this few days but somehow it has been delayed to the 29th of this month. I was about to call the manufacturers and give the a piece of my mind but I relaxed and called my forwarder instead to check on the earliest possible vessel to Singapore.
With that part settled, it was time to talk to the Chinese counterpart which doesn't understand English that well. It took me about 45 mins just to get her to understand what I was trying to say to her and God knows how many more minutes for her to arrange the necessary for this shipment.
Well, seems to me that this has been a very interesting day for me so far. Hopefully the drama will end right here and let me enjoy that balance of this day without anymore headache or migraine.
I'm looking forward to tonight's dinner plans drawn up for me and hopefully it would not be this dramatic.
Hope you guys had a better Monday as compared to me.
Till my next posting.....
Cheers
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