Stuffed Myself

This afternoon, I went into Springclub to ask a few questions about their dating service (gee, 180 degree attitude change as soon as they knew I wasn't gonna buy anything), then grabbed a quick lunch at a nearby Burger King.

When I came out ...

MY CAR GOT TOWED!! Gosh, I was away for less than 1 hour!!

2200nt byebye.

I got no income now. This hurts.


Hurts so much that I decided to comfort myself by stuffing myself (hence my tummy).

Gorden Biersch. By Warner Bros theaters at the Hsin-yi area. Awesome restaurant. Really good Pepperoni/Sausage Pizza, Chicken Ceasar Salad, 10-oz juicy bacon cheeseburgers. (yep, I stuffed all of them into my tummy).

Not to mention a huge glass of German beer. Oh so yummy.

Now I'm too full to sleep.

Damn ... so full.

Guess I'll use this time to organize my findings into a nice excel file.

Taiwanese guys looking for love gotta deal with ...

Been doing competitor analysis most of this weekend.

The match-making company lov*fr**nd99 has really bad service! After looking at their webpage, I still had some questions, so I filled in their QA form with my questions. Guess what their reply was?

NOTHING. Just their company's webpage & phone #.

WTF!

I emailed back telling them that they did not answer my question.

Then they emailed back a whole tirade. Geez, such attitude!

I can't say their name out loud here, cuz they might take action against me. I've found quite a few negative feedback on them already - those are the posts that they haven't managed to DELETE yet from yahoo knowledge. I wonder how they got the power to delete other people's posts. I've heard rumors that they've taken action against those who have written negatively against them. Gee, a tyrant who doesn't give a shit about their customers.

This is what the poor taiwanese guys looking for love have to deal with now.

Gosh, they sooo need us.

Market Research

Gosh, I've been looking for the answer to a simple question, and after a few hours, I still can't find the answer! I just want to know: Who are the #2 and #3 players in the GPS Asian market. Google has tons of information on Europe and USA, but nothing on Asia! (well, there are some, but we gotta pay like $2000 USD for each article). If I become a marketing professional in the future, how in the world am I going to do market research without spending a fortune?

Those poor guys ...

Was up till 4am yesterday looking up competitor analysis. Damn ... more competitors than I had imagined, and doing more similar things than I had imagined. It's ok... I see problems in each of them. I spent all night going into each of their specifics, and I found complaints for each. If I were their customer, would I be 100% happy, or what would I wish be changed?

Don't worry, ours is gonna blow them out. :)

I sincerely believe we can do better for those poor guys, and deliver better results.

Now ... just need a way to let them know that ...

BBS PTT

The BBS PTT system ... anyone ever used it before?

A bitch to register for, and a bitch and a half to use.

2nd week of class

I wouldn't say that I'm "really busy" now (compared to what I'm used to), but I'm not exactly "free" either. I still find myself working till midnights on some weeknights.

AND ... I haven't done anything for 4 out of my 6 classes yet! (Yep, the two marketing classes have kept me busy till now.) It'll be interesting what kind of state I'll be in once the loadings from the other classes come piling in.

It's a good thing grades don't concern me that much anymore compared to before ... otherwise I might have a nervous breakdown then. Focus on the projects ... screw the exams. (stats/finance/econ... I still love u guys!)

Cape No 7

The movie "Cape No 7" (海角七號) is all the rage now.
Such a rage that I actually went to see it last Sunday.

When you get your hopes too high, it's easy to get disappointed.

Have you guys seen that movie? What do you think?

Sheng-Hsing Train Station

Last Saturday, I went to Sheng-Hsing train station with my friends. That train station, no longer in service anymore, is said to be the highest train station in the whole west coast. It is now a tourist site in Miaoli county. People say I'm Taiwanese ... yet there are still so many places I have yet to visit in Taiwan.

They have a long & dark tunnel there. It's a good place to bring your date there. ;)

Goodbye, Foxconn. Hello, Tsinghua!

Today (actually, yesterday .. it's past midnight) was my last day at Foxconn. I went in, cleaned out my desk, ran the necessary procedures ... said my goodbyes to everyone. After two full years at Foxconn and thousands of hours of my life poured in, it's finally time to say goodbye and to move on to the next chapter of my life.

Foxconn has brought me a lot of experiences. I started out just as a test engineer for a cell phone model (Nokia 1325), to being in charge of a whole section of hardware of a smart phone (including component selection, design, layout, testing, debugging...etc), to being project manager of a GPS device. I've worked on cell phones and GPS devices, took on roles as engineer and PM, and have had experiences working in Hsinchu, Taipei, Shenzhen, and Shanghai, while attaining experiences working with both vendors and customers.

Mixed feelings. I'll miss the work life, but it's definitely time to move on. This is my first week at Tsinghua, and already I've met loads of cool people. Hello, Tsinghua!

Hello Everybody

This is Jeffrey. Nice to meet all of you.