Just returned from a super productive and wonderful week in SH...got a lot accomplished. Met the newest team members, continued to build relationship/met with existing colleagues in China, saw my US colleague which was a super surreal experience, and REALLY enjoyed time with the regional team which includes my boss and these other people who are based elsewhere. Basically, everyone was in SH with me last week and I finally stopped feeling like i belonged no where.
Since I started this job, although slowly, i can see that i've made some progress over the past 4 months. I've now earned the trust of my boss and most people I work with in China, and my job is starting to deviate away from the mindless work which i had to put up with initially (such as producing meeting minutes that are 20 pages long). I am now doing stuff that i can start to appreciate which would sound nice on my CV. And my chinese colleagues are now turning to me for questions about ppublication and information from global. And people are finally including me in their email communications and thinking of me when they hold future meetings and recognizing my effort. As if that wasn't good enough, people from the Chinese medical association finally got back to me on Friday with the document i need ( i thought i would never hear back, since i requested it 3 weeks ago and called everyday since). Last week definitely felt like Xmas. I must say.
When i finally landed in Taipei late Friday, i was somewhat exhausted, but in a way i felt really good, and i also wonder how i was able to travel this much and still feel the way i do. And then BANG...today i'm feverish and my nose is runny and i am sore all over. I think my adrenaline kicked in until the minute i got home. Otherwise i was carrying a lot of stuff and running around the office and the airport yesterday, but i didn't feel a thing then.
Think i am just going to rest up and take it easy for a while. although i'm blessed with having my mom's gene which allows me to rest quickly and regenerate, work is not everything. I probably should feel bad about spending my first Halloween in Taiwan as an adult feeling sick, but i am kind of glad to just be lying around at home with a hot cup of tea. :) Plus i've always been somewhat anti-halloween anyway. ;) No need to feel the pressure to buy slutty adult costume this year to be peer-pressued into going to a party with guys who dress like pimps.
Yeah, i am a pretty uptight person, i guess. ;)
p.s. Edit: just to prove that i wasn't a super uptight Miss NO, here are the past Halloween things i've participated:
House party as a witch
Club as a flapper
Bar and entered the costume contest as the 80's girl/Madonna (NJ)
House party (NJ)
West Hollywood parade as a French maid (the non-slutty kind)
And i go to the Halloween haunts at amusement parks almost every year
