Friday, July 5, 2013

A visit to the Google office made me realize...

A guy I met at my alumni event in Shanghai invited me to have lunch with him at the Google office near my building in Lujiazui.  The office was set up a year ago, and despite Google's declining sales and market share in China as a result of its clash with the government, the decor inside was quintessentially colorful, upbeat, and creative.  A private chef cooked all the meals cafeteria-style and we chose what we wanted.  The place was above 60th floor in Shanghai World Financial Center, a normal office building but the view was good from up there.

There were plenty of amenities, massage room, mother's room, pool table, coffee table, library, and a gym.  It was the same kind of setup as you would find in the Silicon Valley.

Somehow speaking to my friends both in engineering and sales, I feel I am much more of a finance/literature kind of gal.  I like what I do.  I like the people I talk to - they are well read and keep a pulse on the economy and the world.  Tech made me dress down all those years and I somehow just didn't get the feminine style and attraction.  It didn't fly well outside of Bay Area.

My ex-crush coworker is still on my mind a lot, but not sitting next to him certainly helps.  I wonder if he thinks about me at all and if he's perhaps together with the private equity girl.  I wonder if she's a spy sent by the government.  I need to find my own love.

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