Yes I was.. Finally was called to my manager's cubicle and was told "You
need to support the PeT team at Shenzhen,China..... could you discuss this with your folks and let me know if I can schedule your trip??".... I was like What the...... ;) Come on man.. this was something I was waiting for and he is asking me to find out if its OK by my folks ??? hehe.... Anyways there started my "Dream Come True" experience !!! I had to leave to China for 2 months ranging between Feb and April and I don't know if I was very excited but yes I was indeed happy...The truth is after cart loads of my friends moving away from the country... discussing climatic conditions in other countries.. tagging along with them to get the foreign exchange , shopping for warm clothes perfect for that particular city.. getting that huge International Travel bag from Eastern Store... I too had to do it sometime man... and yes I was more than prepared to just get out of the country.. I know I know... all of you guys and gals (my sweet friends outside India) might have raised their brow reading the above para ;) Yeah yeah you can have ur laugh ;) Anyway I too had fun doing all the above stated and yes was a lil more than excited as I prepared to "Experience China !! "
Flight towards Hong Kong thru Singapore was beautiful... Highlights were the "Changi Airport,Singa
pore"... Mannnnn that was when I truly felt that I am in a "Foreign Country"... hehe.. just the walk from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3 was simply sooo good that I didn't know if I was actually living that moment... I gave a pat to myself and said.. "Hey your worth it" ;) Then was the unbelievable "Hong Kong Intl Airport" placed as "The World's Best Airport" since 2005 and no one to take that position after that :) I guess these things were enough to give me the "Foreign" experience that I always wanted :) But heyyyy "NO" there is more coming... Chinaaaaaaaa.. Shenzhen it was... Got through the Immigration , was more than happy to see my "Check-in" baggage after
Bangalore... don't know how it found me through so many different countries , skies and seas ;) hehe... anyways glad to have u dude !! :) I got out of the Ferry Terminal at Shenzhen and saw the expected "Chinku" faces everywhere.. Had a "Post-It" with the office address in Chinese.I was lucky to find a friendly Chinese speaking guy who guided me to a "Govt RED-Taxi" and told the driver where I need to be dropped..I said Thanks and waved him goodbye :)The Taxi looked li
ke an Indian Contessa Car... I was like Taxi ??? duhhhhhh... my car would be what in China then ??? A kid's toy ?? :( mummyyyyy i felt bad... really... Then came "NSN,Shenzhen"... the building was like a Glass Dam and with a huge fountain in the front.. I took short steps inside not knowing where to go... I was wondering "Will these guys have Lifts ??" or will they have "Escalators here too ?? " then in just a while the security guy came forward and asked me something in "Chinese".. "chui chao fui fui" is all i understood.. I would have laughed out loud if i had company... but damn i was all alone ;) anyways he saw my "Bible" (read yellow post-it) and guided me and my 35 Kg Luggage to the 2nd Floor to the NSN Shenzhen Office Reception... From then Life was all about "Cooking" , "Cleaning" , "Working" , "Touring" , "Learning Chinese" and loads and loads of "Experience China !!!"
This was just the "First Stint" I had with China !!
Keep waiting for the next write-up for more intricate details about the place ,people ,language ,culture and last but not the least "Experience China !!" :)
This is gonna be one helluva trip... travel with me !!! :)Cheers ,
Pavi !! :)
