First day at work - filled with politics
I started my day of work with missing my bus stop... Most of the buses in Taipei are like the Link bus with signs saying what the next bus stop is. I thought the stop I should get off is the name of the building I'm working at since the metro station nearby is named after it. But no, it's called something else and I didn't realise until 3 stops further down. It's alright though because I allowed myself half an hour in case if I got lost. I also took a bus that didn't have air conditioning, so I was sweating the whole time. It had a tv monitor, but I can't change the channel... (Don't think it's actually connected to the aerial anyway.)
My day started with a 2-hour meeting about the Digital Cities Convention Taipei (DCCT). I was told to go to Taipei city hall, which I've never been before. We had a meeting with the deputy mayor being the chair and representatives from all the various departments. It was filled with politics. Before anyone could speak what they wanted to say, they had to say 'may I report to the chairman...'. The organisation of the convention was a bit of a chaos from what I could hear during the meeting. They haven't finalised the speakers yet and have problem of not being able to fund guests when they promised they would. The chair was a bit mad as I could tell and started questioning. The politics came when everyone bounced questions to each other, protecting themselves from any liability. Everything just gets so complicated when people just don't say 'sorry' when they've made a mistake!
I had lunch with people in my group, which saved me NT$70. It's a lot since my salary is only NT$150 an hour... The afternoon was filled by making a poster presentation summarising what Intelligent Community Forum is, which awards Taipei the most intelligent city of 2006. This comes just in time for the DCCT event. I had to translate the English writing into Chinese. I think I'll be laughed at with my Chinese writing skill. (Luckily, my English is much better than most people in Taiwan, so they won't realise how crap it is as well.) It's a bit crazy that a co-worker of mine, who is a mother of 2, kept on asking me to teach her kids how to study. She actually dragged me down to where her kids were waiting for her to show them. Well, of course it didn't go well since I have no idea about the curriculum of Taiwnese high school studies. Also, how do I teach someone 'how' to study Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics 'in general'?
Went swimming after work today with my friends. I haven't done any exercise for ages. I made up the fat I might have burned off whilst swimming by having a scrumptuous Thai meal and a very milky pearl tea.... Very tired right now.
My day started with a 2-hour meeting about the Digital Cities Convention Taipei (DCCT). I was told to go to Taipei city hall, which I've never been before. We had a meeting with the deputy mayor being the chair and representatives from all the various departments. It was filled with politics. Before anyone could speak what they wanted to say, they had to say 'may I report to the chairman...'. The organisation of the convention was a bit of a chaos from what I could hear during the meeting. They haven't finalised the speakers yet and have problem of not being able to fund guests when they promised they would. The chair was a bit mad as I could tell and started questioning. The politics came when everyone bounced questions to each other, protecting themselves from any liability. Everything just gets so complicated when people just don't say 'sorry' when they've made a mistake!
I had lunch with people in my group, which saved me NT$70. It's a lot since my salary is only NT$150 an hour... The afternoon was filled by making a poster presentation summarising what Intelligent Community Forum is, which awards Taipei the most intelligent city of 2006. This comes just in time for the DCCT event. I had to translate the English writing into Chinese. I think I'll be laughed at with my Chinese writing skill. (Luckily, my English is much better than most people in Taiwan, so they won't realise how crap it is as well.) It's a bit crazy that a co-worker of mine, who is a mother of 2, kept on asking me to teach her kids how to study. She actually dragged me down to where her kids were waiting for her to show them. Well, of course it didn't go well since I have no idea about the curriculum of Taiwnese high school studies. Also, how do I teach someone 'how' to study Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics 'in general'?
Went swimming after work today with my friends. I haven't done any exercise for ages. I made up the fat I might have burned off whilst swimming by having a scrumptuous Thai meal and a very milky pearl tea.... Very tired right now.
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