Shanghai. Sep 2010 Actually I never played with LEGO when I was growing up. My father was a shipyard welder and my mum was a housewife and they had five mouths to feed. There was no money to buy LEGO. But when I finished my university and started working, I bought a LEGO set. I... Continue Reading →
Shanghai. Jul 2010 Colleagues from India, Japan and Korea were in Shanghai for couple of months to help me to organise a large APAC marketing event for customers. A colleague from our head office in Germany also joined us in Shanghai for a short business trip. I hosted a dinner and a river cruise for... Continue Reading →
Shanghai. Jul 2012 This is Schaeffler China's plant and office in Anting in the Jiading Province, bordering Shanghai. I worked in the Schaeffler Asia Pacific head office which had its office situated here. I used to come here to work everyday which took about an hour from my house in the Qingpu District in Shanghai.... Continue Reading →
Shanghai. Jan 2012 I was leading the Schaeffler Group's corporate communication activities for the Asia Pacific region at that time in Shanghai. The company was developing a strategic vision and roadmap for the next five years and I was asked to develop a pillar on effective communication. I invited our APAC marketing and communication colleagues... Continue Reading →
Tokyo. Dec 2011 Tokyo Motor Show has a great reputation amongst the international automotive shows around the world. I had a chance too visit it in 2011. My company had a booth there and as head of corporate communications for Asia Pacific, I made a trip to see how many Japanese colleagues were managing the... Continue Reading →
Seoul. Aug 2011 I was in Seoul for about 4-5 days for the business trip. There was a quarterly Asia Pacific management meeting that I was taking part in and I was also organising couple of workshops for our marketing and communication colleagues in the region. This was another one of our team dinner occasions... Continue Reading →
Seoul. Aug 2011 One of the nights in Seoul, we had dinner in a really fancy restaurant. We had a fried fish carved into easy chunks so that its "chopsticks-friendly" and plated with a sauce. Then a pork dish presented with what looks like spun sugar. Very fancy. I normally stayed away from fancy restaurants... Continue Reading →
Seoul. Aug 2011 Business trip to Seoul with my HR, communication and marketing colleagues. This was my first time to Korea and it felt and looked like Hong Kong, Shanghai or Singapore, just that they spoke a different language and the roads were filled with Hyundais and KIAs. One of the nights I hosted a... Continue Reading →
I normally like to do something creative or extra in whatever projects that I am leading or supporting. For this event, I personally set-up an entourage of photographers with flashlight cameras so that the APAC customers and key staff get a paparazzii welcome when they enter the ball room corridor for the gala dinner. Because... Continue Reading →
Shanghai. May 2011 When my company wanted to organise a large scale APAC event for 500 customers and key staff in 2010, my accomodation sub-project team undertook a selection process and eventually selected the JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai Changfeng Park. We had to book the whole hotel for one week as we needed all the... Continue Reading →