#ibmcsc China 30
Yet another day spent in brainstorming, data gathering and presentation preparation. There are so many thoughts and ideas that we need to discuss, shortlist and finalize. Giving a structure to everything is the biggest task at hand right now. We attempted that today with some correlation matrix and dependencies chart. Days are passing by quickly and we need to be ready with the first cut of the presentation by Tuesday, which is when we have the next checkpoint meeting with Mr. Zhao, the Founder and GM of ZHHZ Incubation Center.
However, we have been able to finish our working day by about 5 PM everyday which gives us some time to explore the city and meet the locals in the evening. The evening walk today gave me such an opportunity. Buying fruits from the local market without an interpreter meant talking in sign languages or using the translator app on the phone, which was not add that difficult actually. I also saw groups of people at many places on the side walks watching some game played in the middle. It seems Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) is a very popular past time for people here, not just for the people playing, but for the onlookers as well. Though I did not understand the game, it was fun to just stand in the group and observe.
We also decided to have some street food for lunch and found a place which sells all the steamed food in small bowls placed in huge steamers. You just go and point whatever you need. I had some beans, eggplants and some Tofu along with rice and everything tasted great.
Everyday seems to offer something new here...
Yet another day spent in brainstorming, data gathering and presentation preparation. There are so many thoughts and ideas that we need to discuss, shortlist and finalize. Giving a structure to everything is the biggest task at hand right now. We attempted that today with some correlation matrix and dependencies chart. Days are passing by quickly and we need to be ready with the first cut of the presentation by Tuesday, which is when we have the next checkpoint meeting with Mr. Zhao, the Founder and GM of ZHHZ Incubation Center.
However, we have been able to finish our working day by about 5 PM everyday which gives us some time to explore the city and meet the locals in the evening. The evening walk today gave me such an opportunity. Buying fruits from the local market without an interpreter meant talking in sign languages or using the translator app on the phone, which was not add that difficult actually. I also saw groups of people at many places on the side walks watching some game played in the middle. It seems Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) is a very popular past time for people here, not just for the people playing, but for the onlookers as well. Though I did not understand the game, it was fun to just stand in the group and observe. We also decided to have some street food for lunch and found a place which sells all the steamed food in small bowls placed in huge steamers. You just go and point whatever you need. I had some beans, eggplants and some Tofu along with rice and everything tasted great.
Everyday seems to offer something new here...
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| Street Food |
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| Chinese Chess |
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