MFBT – Day 13

Final day of my Asia trip. After a quick staff update in the morning, we headed via train down to Taichung. Here’s a shot from the station:

And a shot from my seat inside:

We didn’t have time for lunch, so grabbed box lunch on the train. Before, I didn’t really mind box lunches when in Taiwan, but I think I am finally realizing that they are really quite greasy and unhealthy. Unfortunately, when working, don’t have much choice.
Gave my final speech, yes, in Mandarin. It’s kind of funny because whenever I am giving my speech in Mandarin and I stumble over a word, all of our sales leaders and company managers will shout out the right pronunciation. I keep telling them that I’m learning Chinese and they are learning English, haha.

We ended with me giving a quick speech at the evening event, and then making a dash for the train station. We got there with just 10 minutes to spare, then we found out that the train was delayed another 10 minutes. Oh well, “hurry up and wait” as they say. At least we didn’t miss the train and have to sit in a cramped bus all the way back to Taipei. Finally got back to the hotel by 11:30pm.

This trip has really been all business. I didn’t get to go shopping in Taiwan at all (I don’t think 7-11 really counts), no night market, no gadget shopping, and didn’t make it to 101 or even to Din Tai Fung! I think without Rebecca and the girls, all my time in Asia gets sucked up by meetings. Definitely need to schedule in some fun. But then again, this way, I get to go back home sooner.

Fatigue is definitely starting to set-in. I packed my bags, because we have an early meeting and then I will leave straight from the office to the airport. My last night in Asia, can’t wait to be home…as I told our managers, I’m not worried about getting back to the hotel so late, because I am just counting the hours until I finally go back home.