All is well if ends well

I have finished my project in China...a world that is strange, weird and beautiful- altogether.  It's a mixed feeling again. Despite of the not-so-easy days, I've met some good people who made my journey a good one but again, I had to say: good bye... This is a recurring phase in my life that I have seen many times. A part of me stayed back..for some more time. I hope to meet some of these people again. But only time can tell. 

I wish all of you the best of success! Thanks guys!

Befejeztem egy nehez projektet Kinaban. Ez egy nagyon mas vilag volt szamomra. Az osszes tobbi orszaghoz kepest, a legkulonosebb. Voltak jo es rossz napjaim, de a barataimnak koszonhetoen jobban telt az "ido". A barati tarsasagom tagjai kulonbozo orszagokbol es kulonbozo cellal voltak ott, de a lenyeg, hogy nagyon osszetarto, jo csapat jott ossze. Remelem meg talalkozom veluk. 

I had a send-off party where the people who were around me in China and made my stay unforgettable were present. Nehany foto a bucsuztatasom estejerol. 

My Friend and her younger daughter: Ani and Nikol.

Nikol - a very famous kid model in China

Vanda- the elder daughter- kid model too

"Down the hatch"- The Xtasea musicians: Harty and Paul

 Siesta on the balcony: Robert, Wes, Raj and Vanda

 Show time from Futyulos Barack :))

 John, the drummer and Vanda

 The 2 singers: Glenn of Xtasea and Wes of Terrace

 The group

:)

 All the single ladies, all the single ladies... tratratra

 Aurora with the girls

 Balazs and Raj

 Showtime in Xtasea

 The band in action

 Me and my fantastic friend!

Terrace party

Cheeky Choo and Ani

Harty and me

The entrance of the ship- hotel

Our evening destination

My Taiwanese friend, Brian

We are trying to imitate Cheeky choo

Puzzled hen

Windows of the world

Hong Kong beyond the bridge

Lightshow

My fave: Lighthouse

Lighthouse enlightened :D

Annual dinner- China

End of January the company organized the Annual Dinner where all staff was invited. The number of people working for Coats Shenzhen is around 2,000 and I was wondering which venue can accommodate this high number of people. We went to Mission Hills , one of the world's most renown golf clubs located in Shenzhen.

The party encompassed a nice dinner, management speech and a nice show that was performed by colleagues, who love to be seen on the stage. The pictures are taken on this event. 

The venue

Guests arriving

Stage decor- the Year of the Rabbit-2011

Lucky draw- all employees received a lucky number. The awards were quite significant, such as: money, phones, bicycles, TV, etc and it was a huge state of alert who wins what. This part was the one where everyone was attentive. Other than this it was quite difficult to captivate this massive audience by any of the shows performed, although some of them was really nice. 

Our colleagues- singing and performing on a traditional Chinese song. 

Vindy - our finance manager

Traditional Chinese dresses

This drum performance was a very high profile one. The top of the drums was filled with water and the beats created a watery show where the water drops were sparkling in the changing light. Nice idea.

The presenters

How many people you see?

Our table

Champagne with the management

Modelling INC

Boyzone

See the fingers!

I swear- by Lisa Liu

Fashion show

Relaxing presenters

Fashion show

We are attentive

Off stage performer :)

The show must go on

Cheers!

Life on the ship

Hiya! Back on Blogger!

I hope all of you are healthy and happy since I have not seen you. 

Yes, days can go rough and everything might seem like the end of the END…but no worries... the next morning you have to start again.

Well, that’s exactly what I am doing. Starting again. There are helping factors like: chillin’ in the bathtub,  a good movie, watching the sunset from the top of the boat, a good coffee at Starbucks with vanilla and choco powder, a Chocolate donut at Dunkin’s, a meaty pizza at Pizza Hut, a Tiramisu at Angelo’s, a spicy chicken burger at McDonald’s, a milk shake at KFC, a darts game at Bill’s, shepherd’s pie at McCawley’s, Shermaine’s voice and Raymond’s guitar solo at Xtasea,  salsa dance tunes, a good chat with a good friend…or feeling the care of the ones I belong to… hearing my cat-Moty from 10,000 km meowing when he hears my voice on Skype! Wow! Lots of good things. 

Life on the ship is interesting. It is quite nice to live on a Cruiser which was out on the oceans few years back. Even if now it's docking, every day at 6 PM there is this genuine sound from the speakers, just like when the boat is ready to leave. The staff is very sweet now that they got used to me. It was not easy…to be very honest. :)))  But we’ve learnt to "coexist". Yeah, that’s the best word! 


Funny country. 

Okie...keep well till next time. Ciao :) 

Few pics from the later stage...

Butterfly

My perfect RED ROSES... hmmmmm

My chinese home :)))

 Raymond's guitar solo...at X-Ta-Sea.

Shell & Sand...

 Reception

 Fruits :) and TOMATOES!

 Entrance to the ship

 Lobby...

China

The London-Hong Kong flight was as per my expectations... Noone sat beside me, had 3 free seats and a ~10 hours continuous sleepy time. Watched Sex and the city 2 and arrived after ~12-13 hrs. "OH YEAH", I thought...when I've seen the Hong Kong runway is just beside the Pacific ocean. It was so beautiful. Huge mountains standing out from the water...hm...very beautiful.

London-Hong Kong distance is just around 9700 km :))

There is a common smell at all airports in Asia. Hong Kong airport is not an exception from this. This is the mixed smell of dust, thick humidity throughout the year, the smell of coffee and food from restaurants... This is always there and always the same. I smiled when recognized this smell. Adds a certain safety to the entire journey. You feel you know the place. It makes you feel comfortable. Although there is still much more to that :)

Back in Asia after 9 months. Shocking humidity, very loud- fast speaking people, honking cars, traffic jam... and people do not speak English. ( exceptions are not examples :)) )

I am trying to find the ferry ticket office at Hong Kong and everything is written in Cantonese. Huge arrows pointing to certain directions...I feel mad and for some reason sad. I see airport security people, I'm asking them about the ticket office...they are nodding with their head, showing they have no idea what I want. I need a coffee now and trying to get out from the crowd and one thing is in my head: "Cool down girl!" After purchasing my ticket, have about 50 min ferry ride to reach China; "as it is called" Mainland.

My first few days went on with work. Noone spoke English at the hotel. I keep repeating to myself: "Positive thinking girl! You are brave!"

My expat colleagues took me to Shekou which was a fishing village and now a blooming economic centre built from scratch over the past 20 years. The population is made up of mainly Chinese- and a lively Expat community. This makes life in Shekou acceptable.

A picture of Cruise Inn, the hotel where I stayed in Shekou.

We are celebrating Oktoberfest too :)

The Sea World, the area where this ship is docking, has really exquisite cuisine (Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Indian, German, Italian ..), Irish pubs, clubs, live music entertainments, shopping malls.. It is always lively!

Just it would not be so far far far :) Anyways, let's see what life brings...

I will most probably have to stop updating my blog (if not via other sites) since this is restricted in China. See you again. Keep well and keep in touch :)

A következő projekt: Kína. Érdekes és ismerős szag van a reptéren. Minden Ázsiai reptérnek ilyen "szaga" van :) Az első, ami feltünő, hogy az emberek nagyon hangosan beszélnek. Majdnem kiabálnak. A második ami feltünő, hogy mindenki mosolyog...igy mosolyogva ordibálnak :)))

Egy gyönyörű hajón laktam (képek felül). Ez egy expatrióta központban van, ahol minden nemzetisegű megtalálja a kívánságának megfelelő étel- italt és nagyon mozgalmas az élet. Hát majd meglátjuk...mit hoz a jövő :) Nem tudok irni a blogomba Kinából, mert sajnos tiltva van.

Legyetek jók, minden jót nektek es maradjatok közel hozzám:)

Shower of love

“I shall drink the

Waters of your light brown eyes

I shall drink the Solfege of your wet smooth lips

With you love remains a requirement
With you there is an intoxication
With you there is rest as well
With you there is restlessness

My heart feels empty without you
which makes it impossible to live without you
I have given away myself to you

I am out of my senses when you around
You shrink into my arms
You are merged in me as if you are a flowing river
You hide in my chest like an ocean

I shall drink the tinkling of your slow tides
I shall feel your light breath every moment…”