Conference
Yes I know I haven't been updating.. I am not good at updating my blogs now~~ What can I say, life is keeping me busy.
Had to say a lot of goodbyes lately, I think I have come to a point where ppl around me finally has the ability to go and explore anywhere they want. A bit sadden by all these but what else can I say except to wish them best of luck? and secretly hope that they'll be back. *nod nod*
Anyway, went on a 3 day NZIFST conference last week which was held in Rotorua. That would've been my officially first ever business trip!! That sure was exciting! Especially when I know I'll see quite a few of my uni friends there. It was also a great opportunity to put some client's names to faces. I've been developing/sending samples to these ppl and it's really great to finally get to meet them. I have to say however, there were very few of our clients actually present at the conference. Given the topic this year is out sustainability, and that is mostly irrelevant to most product developmentalist, for the most part all we saw was heaps of ppl from the dairy and meat industry. It was definate a mission trying to get exposure to potential clients when you find out they run a slaughterhouse, or at one point I was talking to a guy who works at a company that produces filters?!?!?
The presentations, or sessions were mostly very boring, with a few exceptions of course! Saw 3 our of 4 UoA students presenting? including Christine! I think all of them did very well, and trust me, some of the questions they got asked were not easy! I thoroughly enjoyed all of them! Well done girls! The sessions on sustainability were.... er..... well... totally irrelevant and almost falling asleep boring. The only interesting fact I picked up from it is how the carbon emission of most products sold in UK had a lot less carbon emission than the same products produced in UK, even when taken into the account of freights. It's amazing how energy consuming chilled storage is! and also how efficient NZ can manufacture our products.
Other than that, it was great fun catchign up with all the uni friends. It was the first time Hui, Christine and I were at the same place! Then there were all the Massey classmates, which I think contributed to half of the FGTP ppl. It really did feel like a big reunion for me! :)
OH~~ and I got to stayed at my own hotel room! on a king size bed (which might as well been a single since I didn't even touch the other half....) It was definately a very nice hotel, got everything a person could ever need from a hotel. Though, first time staying at a hotel by myself, I had to turned the TV on most of the time to kill the silence :P
Anyway, conference was loads of fun! hope my boss will be nice and send me next year which is gonna be held at Christchurch!
That's all for now. :)
Had to say a lot of goodbyes lately, I think I have come to a point where ppl around me finally has the ability to go and explore anywhere they want. A bit sadden by all these but what else can I say except to wish them best of luck? and secretly hope that they'll be back. *nod nod*
Anyway, went on a 3 day NZIFST conference last week which was held in Rotorua. That would've been my officially first ever business trip!! That sure was exciting! Especially when I know I'll see quite a few of my uni friends there. It was also a great opportunity to put some client's names to faces. I've been developing/sending samples to these ppl and it's really great to finally get to meet them. I have to say however, there were very few of our clients actually present at the conference. Given the topic this year is out sustainability, and that is mostly irrelevant to most product developmentalist, for the most part all we saw was heaps of ppl from the dairy and meat industry. It was definate a mission trying to get exposure to potential clients when you find out they run a slaughterhouse, or at one point I was talking to a guy who works at a company that produces filters?!?!?
The presentations, or sessions were mostly very boring, with a few exceptions of course! Saw 3 our of 4 UoA students presenting? including Christine! I think all of them did very well, and trust me, some of the questions they got asked were not easy! I thoroughly enjoyed all of them! Well done girls! The sessions on sustainability were.... er..... well... totally irrelevant and almost falling asleep boring. The only interesting fact I picked up from it is how the carbon emission of most products sold in UK had a lot less carbon emission than the same products produced in UK, even when taken into the account of freights. It's amazing how energy consuming chilled storage is! and also how efficient NZ can manufacture our products.
Other than that, it was great fun catchign up with all the uni friends. It was the first time Hui, Christine and I were at the same place! Then there were all the Massey classmates, which I think contributed to half of the FGTP ppl. It really did feel like a big reunion for me! :)
OH~~ and I got to stayed at my own hotel room! on a king size bed (which might as well been a single since I didn't even touch the other half....) It was definately a very nice hotel, got everything a person could ever need from a hotel. Though, first time staying at a hotel by myself, I had to turned the TV on most of the time to kill the silence :P
Anyway, conference was loads of fun! hope my boss will be nice and send me next year which is gonna be held at Christchurch!
That's all for now. :)
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