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Yeah, well the advice you gave was correct that a lot of companies, especially the large ones have bad recruiting processes, I got in with a very local firm, the guy (a Singaporean told me)..."I can't find Singaporeans to do this work, they don't want to work lah! But complain, complain...it's in the blood".
I think the team is going to be me and some Indians.
It's cool though, I'm excited and relieved!


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Congratulations on your job. Just a small advice from someone who has some experience with working in Asia and Europe. The whole concept of meetings, deadlines,work life balance, commitments etc. work very differently in Asia. IMHO, it is a little bit difficult to adjust from Europe to Asia than the other way around. A few hours of cross-cultural learning would do no harm! All the best bro!
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you should really learn to read the whole thread. had you done so you would have noted that the OP came here from Japan'futurebiz1 wrote:Congratulations on your job. Just a small advice from someone who has some experience with working in Asia and Europe. The whole concept of meetings, deadlines,work life balance, commitments etc. work very differently in Asia. IMHO, it is a little bit difficult to adjust from Europe to Asia than the other way around. A few hours of cross-cultural learning would do no harm! All the best bro!

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
Taiwan lah, Japan issit?sundaymorningstaple wrote:you should really learn to read the whole thread. had you done so you would have noted that the OP came here from Japan'futurebiz1 wrote:Congratulations on your job. Just a small advice from someone who has some experience with working in Asia and Europe. The whole concept of meetings, deadlines,work life balance, commitments etc. work very differently in Asia. IMHO, it is a little bit difficult to adjust from Europe to Asia than the other way around. A few hours of cross-cultural learning would do no harm! All the best bro!
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Yeah, but I did that on my Galaxy Tab on the mrt and it's a pain in the arse trying to go back and change sumtin' so said the hell with, it's still Asia. 

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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Today was the first time I actually tried accessing the forum or for that matter, the internet using data as opposed to using WiFi at home or the office. Bit laggy and I'm not all that clued in using the different setup as of yet.
So yeah, iPad wins with a seasoned user versus a relative newbie on Galaxy Tab. 


SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
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Oops..Rookie mistake . I actually read the whole thread a while back but sort of forgot about the earlier stint in Asia.sundaymorningstaple wrote:you should really learn to read the whole thread. had you done so you would have noted that the OP came here from Japan'futurebiz1 wrote:Congratulations on your job. Just a small advice from someone who has some experience with working in Asia and Europe. The whole concept of meetings, deadlines,work life balance, commitments etc. work very differently in Asia. IMHO, it is a little bit difficult to adjust from Europe to Asia than the other way around. A few hours of cross-cultural learning would do no harm! All the best bro!

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