gan bei!

was too drunk last night to post anything. left my camera in the car so didn't take any pics!!

met another electronics company for brunch.. another meeting+eating meal again. this time, quite glad to see another father and son team. the dad was a pioneer for something and his son, andy, is helping to run another company whose end product requires his dad's products. the son is 27yrs old.. still i'm the youngest. he's a friendly guy with the make of a businessman.. glad to know him and should really learn the way he entertains.

started drinking since the brunch... gan bei gan bei.

met another partner after that and did some local market survey for some other things we are doing. simply jus knocked out in the car cause of the drinking at brunch.

went for dinner with my dad only this time at a local porridge restaurant.. really nice.

then at night....

drinking again..

went to this club 'barcode' with andy... and my dad, together with 2 other partners of theirs. heard that only through bookings then u can get the table.. true enough, the crowd there seems to be some sort of high end younger crowds.. lots of pretty girls of course. met a few others there and also a few pretty girls.. but didn't bother to know them further also.. afterall my dad was beside me.

taiwanese can really drink... it was gan bei gan bei again.. within a while.. 2 bottle of whisky gone. respect their alcohol level. and they are really fun people to drink with.

morning woke up with hangover... then went to walk around myself for a short while. too bad my camera not with me again. didn't took any pics.

taipei day 2

woke up early in the morning and met the rest of the people at 915 after breakfast. This time, guess wat car came...


a mercs.. and a Volkswagen Phaeton, 6 litres v12 engine! Singapore only has up to 3.2 litres.. 450bhp 0-100 less than 5. Was nice to be in that vehicle all the way and made friends with the owner.



then headed down to a meeting with a company in the electronic industry. Won't be convenient to give further details of the products or company as everything is still under pending, it was an eye opener. First time of me attending a rather formal meeting with a presentation that most of its higher management came for it. First time attending meeting with a Taiwanese comapny. Quite 'Sua Ku' at first and many were wondering who am I this young man here. Of course, I was introduced as my dad's son.. This experience was a fruitful one, was quite impress with a few of them, especially those with higher position, the way they speak and present themselves, you can tell the difference and dominance they portray.


spotted this San Tai Zi statue along the way, really big, really nice...

lesson learnt.

Its the same as back in holland, the higher level u are, the more power you have, thus, the more decision making power you have which comes in hand with more say and dominance. Its a two way thing, buyer and seller. Its always important to head towards a win win situation as the end state without compromising each others intentions. Always have a basic knowledge of your products and their products and the purpose of this meeting. To cut cost? to save something? or to seek improvement? or safety? the purpose behind it must be at the back of the head such that one would not backtrack or sidetrack and get the attention diversified. then weight the scale of pros and cons and differences between now and then, returns and potential. negotiate further be it production or price and aim to be a partner instead to make something special.


Headed down to a second company, despite being smaller in scale and the presentation wasn't as good, their products was impressive, very impressive. this one is associated with the energy industry, I became very keen, as well as many others, about their products. I strongly feel that it has immense potential but just lack of the capital to maximise it to its fullest.


lesson learnt.
have foresight, don't be bias or too light headed and take in every single word the person say. Always see from another perspective, then question in a nice way. to verify and ensure yourself that it is good. do not be convince too easily but instead be open minded and that its possible. don't rush and jump into it. always leave some space for consideration and further analysis. ask for sample to test out then decide again.

this moth or butterfly flew all the way up to the 85 storey..

went to taipei 101 for dinner at the 85 storey, this particular restaurant only takes reservation 3 months before hand! So... it was quite nice to be dining there at night with the city lights by our side. it was a pretty nice dinner.. but didn't took too much pics as usual..

Yeah wore my suit for the first time today, just got it from this very nice local tailor/designer by the name of Roy. most were wearing suit and to avoid being too special, I decided to put it on.. afterall the weather was alittle chilling.

check the name of this place next to the restaurant..

taipei

took off from terminal 3 on a afternoon flight and reached here around 5pm.. its nice to be back here again but this time using a passport. =) coming here this time for business trip again with my dad and not holiday, how i wish it was a holiday.One of dad's friend came to pick us up and head striaght to the hotel, The Landis, nice place and we've got a very gd discount through another friend whom have very gd contacts with the hotel.

This trip we're going to register a branch of our company here, Ariki Taiwan. been running around embassy and law firm back in sg to validate documents.

Glad we're expanding up further north, afterall I strongly feel that Taiwan would be a booming economy in time to come. With a positive outlook on its political climate. I think its economical potential would be unleashed and further capitalise. Hopefully we would be able to tap on this trend in future. Afterall, Taiwan is already a rather advance and developed place.

Checked in at the hotel and got ready for dinner. Gonna be meeting some people here for dinner which to me they are highly successful people. the weather is rather cold tonight though.

Quite surprise when the vehicles that came to fetch us was a Porsche Cayenne and BMW X5. Went on the porsche of course and headed down to 'bei tou' for dinner at this very nice place. Its fine dining and everything was quite nicely arranged. service here was different back in sg, the waitress was nice and explained everything very nicely etc. of course, i didn't know how much the bill was.. it would be better to not reveal whom i dined with as some of them have a certain level of status back home. It was nice having to know them and talking to them over dinner, was quite pressuring cus its fine dining! mus be careful with the 'tools'.

Seeing some of them really inspires me alot to strive and work hard, hearing their stories and experiences, it somehow keeps me thinking and thinking, hoping one day I could achieve something. didn't took much pictures. going for such dinner hard to take photos.....

standstill. standup

past few weeks is low low low.. things seems to be not going smoothly. with all the drive and motivation, things just came into a standstill at times.

standstill
jus me trying to soar, jus hard stretching my wings, alone.

one person doing all. one person making calls, doing the typing, communicating, doing the research, doing the planning, thinking the next step.

but effort doesn't means returns. its luck? fate? or wat?

some don't believe, some say its just for a moment, some say it won't happen, some say won't make it.

the first few steps is hard, some say. tt's very true.

with a paradigm shift, i should look further. maybe this don't work out for a purpose, maybe something better is arising and waiting for me.

strawberry wine on the hold first. enough of the waiting game and confirmation. I'm looking at other options already. so so so... see how see first. did out a whole new updated company's portfolio to satisfy curiousity. now they want more information and this and that. even the trade office wants to check me out. If they're unsincere in giving the distributorship and no way to handle their products. y waste time shooting into blank air, why waste time and effort with hopes. don't let something slow down just because someone who doesn't even own that company doesn't have the foresight and see this as a shopping trip. so when a someone starts keeping his strawberries to himself and don't wanna share. make one myself. =) lesson learnt.

smoke is on the way, its quite an hassel to be dealing with tobacco. from the tax to the license to the regulations and the cost. take a puff to relax. now the branding and launching. must be very very careful with everything, the figures, the rules. ithis is my first.

strategy strategy strategy. the divine ones up there, I standup and put my hands to pray. huat ar!