Mission fail, we'll get 'em next time

17th (mon) - back to work as usual, with travelling back home in my mind, at night I attended BSF, my first class on the 2nd week of the new topic/series.

18th-19th - I thought I might be occupied in prepation after work, but nothing's really changed really.

20th - after work, I packed my stuff for the next day.

21st - I headed to the office first, helped out my colleagues, had lunch. At 2pm, I headed home on a bike and bus. I spent a few minutes at home, then took my things and headed out to the airport. I made it on the airport bus on time, there was a bit of traffic and I learnt that my flight had been delayed. I reach the airport, print my boarding pass and went through custom without trouble. I had BK and sat around the terminal watching anime waiting for my flight. I got on the plan after a 2hr+ delay. Flight was okay, and I arrived home late.

22nd (Sat) - It was pokemon community day. In the morning I spent some time with my grandma. Around 9.30am I went out with friend for big breakfast, got a simcard then we went to the park to catch Chikoritas. We spent about 3 hours there, walking around and meeting other pokemon trainers, after that we went for a quick lunch nearby. After lunch, we raided a Mewtwo and I went home. I relaxed a bit and prepared to go for a Lions anniversary dinner. It went on long and I met a new friend. After that I went home to change and hung out summore with friend at Upperstar.

23rd (Sun) - I took my siblings and grandma out for dimsum breakfast, then I went to church. After church, had lunch at Pusas, played some overcooked2. Went to Suria afterwards, bought a new game, hung out there for a while. Then I sent my friends back and went home. At home, my cousins came over, I talked with them and we played cards with my grandma. My fmaily and I then went to Lido for dinner, then I went to watch The Predator with brother and some friends.

24th (Mon) - Today was suppose to be my last chance... but the time I was given felt limited. I really just took my time relaxing today. There was oily dough so I had that for breakfast. Then I just hung around the house and made preparation, I think I was scared to confront my grandma. Lunch time came around, I had lunch at home with my grandma, after that I just spent time talking with her. Then my mum came home and we took her for dialysis. I got to learn more about the current situation. After that we went home, I spent time on my mom's laptop, clearing away stuff and found some old files. My sis came home and we went to pick up grandma, stop by home again then we went to T.aru for dinner, was good. After dinner we went home, I prepared my things and went to the airport to return to Shanghai. There was no delay.

25th (Tue) I arrived on time, took a cab home, slept a couple of hours then went to work. I can't believe I reverted to my old lifestyle so quickly, when I'm trying to make a change...

A final prep

13th/14th (th/fri) - Back to working in the office as usual. Decided to stop playing games for a while, but ended up being distracted online all the time anyways. Had CG on friday, sudden change of venue last minute back to How’s place instead of Jenny's. Had new interns that came to our CG.

15th (sa) - Had breakfast then headed out before noon for kids worship practise. After that I went home and binge on HxH

16th (su) - Woke up 3.30am, imsonia, was awake until I head out to church at 7:15am. Served in kids worship today and helped out a little with serve-fest. Met a few new people. Went to CRC for lunch afterwards, then I headed home, continued binge watch HxH. I should stop watching HxH for a while...

Going back home this friday. From today until then, I need to focus on my preparation.

To Wuhan, Dalian and back

5th (We) - Packed in the morning for this afternoon's speed rail from Shanghai to Wuhan (Under Armour event), had lunch with my colleague before departing. I'd hope to play some Overcook with her, but she was working the whole time on the train. We got front row seats, but something stank a little, and the seat recliner was broken. We arrived in the evening, checked in the hotel then went to look at the venue which was a basketball stadium. After that, we walked around a lot looking for a place to have dinner.

6th/7th - Woke up, had breakfast, headed over to the stadium in the afternoon, carried some equipment, arranged the videos here and there. Finished by early evening, and had quite a lot of free time. On the 6th evening, I cycled around the area to look for decent food, ended up eating at McD. 7th evening, we had japanese food nearby.

8th (Sa) - Was suppose to be similar to the previous days, but I got called up to go to Dalian (Mary Kay event) because they needed help with the projection alignment. After lunch, we went to the stadium, at that time they confirmed that I gotta go Dalian so they booked me a 5pm flight to go to Dalian. I went back to the hotel, rest a little, packed up and took a taxi to the airport. I arrived Dalian near 8pm, took a taxi to the venue, and began work after settling down a little bit. I redid the 3D model of the stage, and spent all night aligning the projection and somewhat finished around 5am.

9th (Su) - Went to hotel and slept around 6am. Woke up around 12pm, was told they are rehearsing and my work will start at night. After resting for a bit, I went out for lunch and took my time familiarising myself with the surrounding area. Went back to hotel, rested a while then went out exploring some more. I hung out for a bit at a nearby park, enjoyed the cooler temperature, then I discovered a skating rink close by. I went back to the hotel when it got dark. 10:30pm came, and I went to work to touch up and tweak some settings to make the projection better, involved readjusting and correcting alignment and fixing the overlap. Finished around 3am, went back to hotel and slept.

10th (Mo) - Work doesn't start until night. In the early afternoon, I had lunch at a fake cafe Man Cat, terrible ham and cheese sandwich. After lunch I went ice skating for about an hour and a half. Went back to hotel after. Suddenly, at 3pm I was called to go to the venue. I arrived at the venue, but turns out I didn't need to be there yet, not sure why they called me to go... I discussed about booking my return flight before heading back to the hotel on my own taking public transport. I spent the rest of the time in the hotel, went for dinner and back, before going to the venue around 10.30pm. At the venue, I continued to fix the overlap as well as straightening the alignment at the center. I finished around 2am.

11th (Tu) - Time for free time. I'm only still in Dalian today bc today was the first day of the show and I was told to stick around if they wanted to change anything after the first day. I headed out and had coffee and waffles for lunch. I pondered on what to do with all the free time I had till 10pm, I wanted to go to the zoo, but it was going to close around 5pm, and it'll take an hour to get there... I went to Xinghai Square instead to hang out. I found out they had an ocean park nearby so I walked there. I bought tickets to see some artic animals, and a little walk-through exhibition. After I was done, I walked back to Xinghai Square along the coast and just admire the scenery. I headed back by 6pm, had a simple dinner before returning to the hotel. Turns out there was no change needed, so I went to bed.

12th (We) - I returned Shanghai today, regretted booking with Spring Airlines since I wasn't even paying. Reached home around 4pm and was rather tired.

During my spare time travelling or in the hotel, I caught up with weekly anime and a lot of HxH. Just finished the Greed Island arc over the week. Played Undertale, VA-11 Hall-A, and Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

Aug -> Sept

This week feels strangely long, it was pretty good. I forgot to blog ytd, but it felt like it's been a while since my last post.

Last week, I remember the weekdays not being any different from usual. Perhaps the week really began on..
Thursday, There was a Nespresso event happening on Friday really far away, north of The Bund. A simple short event, work consisted of setting up 4 projections on a screen with a large hole in the middle. Lunch today was really good, at some "farmer" restaurant. After the files were lined up and ready to go, there's was a short rundown before we could go. It wasn't too late, I went home with enough time to prepare for slides for cellgroup worship.
Friday, headed out at 7am, played Tomba (not as fun) on the way. Had decent breakfast on site, and rehearsed until show time which started at 2pm and ended after 4pm. With some time in my hand, I headed down to West Nanjing, had dinner, then headed to Jenny's place early for cell group.
Saturday, I relaxed at home, had lunch, then headed out to play tennis at a court I booked, it wasn't very big and it was on the roof. It was cloudy and the air was rather polluted. Halfway, it rained a little bit, but we could still play after a short break. After that, I went over to Henry's place to shower, we ended up watching Antman, had dinner afterwards, then I headed home.
Sunday, I served in media today, sermon was about sticking to your local church, supporting the pastor and not divide the church. Lunch was at a nearby japanese restaurant, it wasn't very good. After that, some of us went to watch Mission Impossible 6. After the movie, I went home.