Hangzhou (for the 11th time).

Today’s trip to Hangzhou wasn’t as fulfilling. Didn’t really achieve what I set out to achieve when I left Shanghai, so I returned with a tinge of disappointment. Well, now it’s up to what my boss says.

The trip today was really tiring – probably because I left Shanghai at 7.30 this morning and came back only at about 6.30 – with little rest in between. And not to mention all the mentally tiring conversations with Chinese bosses. Plus all the walking being added together (I purposely didn’t take a cab at all today in Hangzhou and did all my travelling by bus or on foot), today’s trip to Hangzhou wasn’t the most rewarding one that I’ve gone for. I probably would need to make a good relaxing trip to Hangzhou one of these days. The only comforting thing to come out from today’s trip is probably that the weather was very cooling in Hangzhou today – the wind was very nice, and it wasn’t hot at all. Probably that explained why I was happily walking from West Lake to the Hangzhou train station.

Finished reading the entire Zhejiang Businessman magazine today on the trains, and I’m really amazed at myself because this is the first time I finish reading a business magazine. I think I’ve finally realised what I want to learn from these remaining months in China. I realised that the Zhejiang businessmen are really smart people, something like the Jews who are equally brilliant in doing businesses. And from the contacts that I have with Zhejiang businessmen, I must say that they are really great examples to learn the way of business from. Looking at these people, I really appreciate that I’ve been given the chance to come to China, and get to be in touch with these people.

Of course, I have to thank a lot of people who helped me realise this. Especially those who have hurt me in one way or another since I’ve come over here – without you people I would never be as motivated as I am now. But now that you people’s mission is accomplished, please kindly get out of my life.

New philosophy learned today: 凡是当断得断，反之则为其乱… meaning that we should let go of things that we should let go of, otherwise we’ll get irritated and confused by them.