My first overseas work trip

I just got back from a productivity learning camp in Taipei! My first overseas work trip was quite an experience:

I got to know several towkays and senior management personnel on the trip. There were 34 participants and at least 3/4 of them were CEO/MD/director level! Though stressful, I had the opportunity to learn alongside these insightful individuals.

- I learnt quite a few management concepts, tools and methodologies from the classes. All in MANDARIN! So proud of myself haha. Some of the things I learnt include Organization culture, design thinking, customer value creation and lean management. I just wished they went more in depth to cover the know hows on how to implement these concepts.

- Taiwan was actually hit by typhoon during my trip. Thank goodness Taipei was not as affected as the other parts like Hulian and Yilan. But the adverse change in weather still affected us. We saw strong winds and heavy rain almost everyday. This meant we couldn't go out of our hotel during our R&R moments. I ended up eating cup noodles In my hotel room one of the nights! I'm not complaining though... At least our entire delegate stayed safe and sound.

- I'm really quite impressed with the hospitality shown by our training camp organizer, CPC. They took care of us really well and always made the effort to make us feel at ease with their sense of humor and funny cheers. And their welcome and 'graduating' dinners were so interesting! Nothing like Singapore.