Awkward Awkward I was invited to attend a dinner with two previous foreign clients and an employer, named Succy, who is working for my previous company by my boss, later on, i realized that my previous wanted to ask me back as he would establish a company with that two clients. When the dinner was almost done, my boss went out in advance to take the car from the parking area, about ten minutes passed, Succy got the call from the boss that he was awaiting us outside the restaurant, so we headed to the car, it was raining very heavily, plus, i was walking in the front of them, so i was planning to get in the car first, however, the awkward thing happened..., when my left leg entered the car, my boss and Succy were speaking to me,” Foreigners go first, foreigners go first!” Omg, all of sudden, i was so embarrassed and immediately stretched my leg back from the car. “ How stupid i am ”, i have been mad at myself due to my rude manner.

what am i supposed to do? All of sudden, an idea crossed my mind, to quit the job, perhaps it is not on impulse, but due to the constant achieving a little in my work as our foreign promotion is not enough. What’s more, company does not pay much attention to the foreign business, though i am a foreign sales, but meanwhile, i am a receptionist as well, i persuaded myself to hang in there for a while as i believed that the business would be getting better and better, which turned out to be not, the sales manager asked me to the meeting room three months ago, telling me that a new brand would be established in the end of the year or at the beginning of next year, plus, more and more foreign promotion would be made, which means that a lot of buyer will get to know us, get to know our product, the talk with the sales manager kept me working till now. However, if what the sales manager told me is absolutely true, chances are that i can hold on to next year, but for now, i start to doubt if true, or just nice words to keep me in this company. The another reason pushed me to quit is that i am really fed up with the reception work, i hate being asked to send the fax, call the express, hate giving away the received expresses, hate being idle whiles colleagues are busy with their work.... There is one month to go, after that it will be a year since the day i came to this company, i doubt if my working here for such a long time is worthwhile. But if quitting, i hate hunting for a new job, being afraid to work in a new environment, i am so contradictory!

Is there anyone can give me some tips regarding the trip to Maylasia from Shanghai i have been planing a trip to Malaysia for couple of days, but actually i have never gone abroad, plus, not much money can be available, so i wonder if anyone who has experience travelling in Malaysia. I would highly appreciate it if someone can help me out.

2013-7-6 I got busy with my work this week as i got a few more orders, plus, one of our customers from Taiwan proposed to be our distributor in Taiwan, he will be our first distributor for foreign business, hence my superior pays much attention to this matter, the sense of achievement makes me feel so happy, though it was busy. Through the increasing orders and distributor thing, i assume my superior gets more faith in my ability, just hope we can get more and more orders so that i probably will give up the mind that hunting for a new job, to be honest, i don’t wanna quit as it would be troublesome and to find a new job, what’s more, i have already get accustomed to the current company, apart from that, i get along with my colleagues, they are all very nice. If the foreign business scale gets larger, chances are that i will be exclusive foreign sales, PS: currently i am multitasked, i am a foreign sales while i am also a receptionist. I hope everything will get better and better, my salary gets higher and higher, haha, this is what i want for now, because i wanna have a long distance travel, even oversea like Malaysia, i have to get my English improved, otherwise i will have trouble when mingling with local people there. Looking forward to the wonderful life.

beyond my wildest dream 2013-6-29 Yesterday afternoon, i was called to the meeting room by my superior, i was wondering what i would be told. I followed him to the meeting roon and was asked to have a seat and the talk started.Beyond my wildest dream, i was advised that considering the fact that i did better in the work than the superiors expected, hence he applied ￥1000 bonus for me. I was astonished and happy at the news, furthermore, the superior said that our company would establish a new brand for international business, also, would make promotion overseas to have more foreign companies know our products, he encouraged me to keep it up, i said i would. Though ￥1000 is not a big sum, but for me, it is the approving for my job, it is the encouragement to me. Hope i will do better and better in my work.

log 06/06/2013 Just logged in renren website, checked some updates of my classmates, learned that one of my classmates in middle school has been being on honey moon, she has got fat, but she’s happy, she posted some photos of delicious food had in Taiwan and Amoy as well as a photo with her husband shoot at the airport. Looking at the photos, reflecting my current life status, i suddenly feel depressed and envious as i have achieved nothing in my life, i did not even have a relationship though i am already 23 years while my classmate tied the knot. It is time to make a traveling plan for myself as i have not been somewhere far away from my hometown, i don’t have experience taking plane. The fast-approaching July is perhaps a good timing because i will have several days of annual vacation since July, hence, i can ask for 2 days leave by then to go on a trip, plus the weekend, i will have 4 days which is enough for a not that long distance trip. For the trip, i have to figure out the partner, if i will not be traveling alone, furthermore, where to go is also a problem, other than that, the budget .... Etc. Looking forward to a wonderful life.

I AM LOST I feel lost. I am not gratified with my current status, no matter it is regarding the job or the life. To begin with the job, i am multitasked in the company, being a receptionist while i am also a foreign sales, the only foreign sales as our company’s foreign business is not that mature for the moment, the domestic biz is the core of the whole company, the ex (foreign sales) was simply in charge of foreign trade whose salary was higher than mine, though i am multitasked. I am well aware that i was a graduate when coming to the current company and i did not expect a very high salary, however, it has been half a year since i came to the company, i don’t think foreign trade biz is promising, though as per what my colleagues told that the order qty since my coming is not less than before when the ex was working here, i even asked our forwarder what the order qty is when the ex was in charge of , because i think the order qty is too few, which got me extremely frustrated, the answer is as same as my colleague’s ( the order qty is almost the one ex made. ) Last week, i got a big order, which made me absolutely happy, furthermore, this order impressed my boss, he showed his concern about this order and encouraged me to do better, i said ‘ Yes, i will .’ After that, he sent a expression of thumb-up via QQ. Though i gained some sense of achievement due to that order, i still cannot see any hope in my position, when i have nothing to do in foreign biz, my work is a receptionist only, i bet you will not satisfy if being a receptionist in your 20s. When colleagues in domestic biz are as busy as bees, i felt i am nothing, i have nothing to achieve, my ideal job is never ever being a receptionist. I do want to hunt for a new job, but owing to the procrastination, it has not been realized till now. I admit i am too lazy to look for a new one, thinking of delivering resumes, going out for the interviews, the idea for job-hunting abandoned. What’s more, the job landing rate this year for the graduates is the most low. I am prety worried that i will fail to find a decent job in such circumstance, plus, it is too hot to go out for the interviews in July and August. Moreover, i have not figured out what kind of job to hunt for. I am so fed up with the reception work, receiving expresses, faxes, scannings and so other reception work. Can anybody give me some kind suggestions? Many thanks in advance!

You prefer traveling with your friends to by yourself? I am a college student and gonna get graduated a few days later. I wanna travel to somewhere near by shanghai such as Hangzhou who is famous for its fabulous West Lake after my internship is done. I have never paid a visit to somewhere alone and rarely travel to the places even though close to my hometown-Shanghai. I assume it would be great if i materialize it. Though it would also be nice if going with friends so that you wouldnt be lonely and you could take care of each other espcially being in somewhere you dont know well, i imagine it would be different experience if alone, you would get much more independence as well as confidence. Do you prefer traveling with your friends to by yourself?

what do you prefer to do to kill time?