I was back at Indo for 2 weeks. Well, it was supposed to be only a weekend trip, but one thing led to another, and I ended up staying there for a fortnight =) It was pretty fun this time though, coz I got to explore places that I haven't been to before even though we've been living there for 6-7 years now? Let's just say I had someone to show me around this time, & that made it easier!
Apart from the fun, I also did a fair bit of work & research into what I was planning for our biz expansion. China's stay is probably cancelled, but our plan has still everything to do with the Land of the Dragon Descendants. It's gonna start with my planned trip to China in October to tour a few places (hopefully Derr can join me and be my tour guide!), and then followed by another exhibition visit to Guangzhou in December. Hopefully everything follows on well from there!
Next week I'm gonna be @ Surabaya. It's gonna be a very, very important trip this time as I'm now fully in charge of sourcing for my main customer ie. I'll be his sole broker/supplier. Tough negotiations to follow, but that's only gonna help my biz negotiating experience. Already enlisted the help of my shipping agent to notify the new factories of my visit, so I hope it'll turn out all right. Orders are gonna skyrocket from now on, so I'll have to find a reliable factory to take charge of all our orders.
Following that will be a trip to Athens to visit my customer. I wanted to push back this trip as I want to visit Melb instead this year, but recently some turns of events have forced me to make this trip ASAP in order to keep the customer in our stable. It's a long overdue trip anw, & I'm actually excited to visit a place where I've sent hundreds of containers to now (without knowing its full purpose lol!).
I'll miss Melb, but hey, Athens is Melb's sister city, so if I don't get to go there this year, at least I'll be snugging its sister! (ok that's pretty lame I know!)
8 cities & 4 countries in 6 months. It's gonna be awesome!
Apart from the fun, I also did a fair bit of work & research into what I was planning for our biz expansion. China's stay is probably cancelled, but our plan has still everything to do with the Land of the Dragon Descendants. It's gonna start with my planned trip to China in October to tour a few places (hopefully Derr can join me and be my tour guide!), and then followed by another exhibition visit to Guangzhou in December. Hopefully everything follows on well from there!
Next week I'm gonna be @ Surabaya. It's gonna be a very, very important trip this time as I'm now fully in charge of sourcing for my main customer ie. I'll be his sole broker/supplier. Tough negotiations to follow, but that's only gonna help my biz negotiating experience. Already enlisted the help of my shipping agent to notify the new factories of my visit, so I hope it'll turn out all right. Orders are gonna skyrocket from now on, so I'll have to find a reliable factory to take charge of all our orders.
Following that will be a trip to Athens to visit my customer. I wanted to push back this trip as I want to visit Melb instead this year, but recently some turns of events have forced me to make this trip ASAP in order to keep the customer in our stable. It's a long overdue trip anw, & I'm actually excited to visit a place where I've sent hundreds of containers to now (without knowing its full purpose lol!).
I'll miss Melb, but hey, Athens is Melb's sister city, so if I don't get to go there this year, at least I'll be snugging its sister! (ok that's pretty lame I know!)
8 cities & 4 countries in 6 months. It's gonna be awesome!
posted by leonhart @ 2:16 AM
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