It's almost a year since I first headed East (with Chris Nottage) to introduce colleagues located at the university's Malaysia and China campuses to the joys of the UK instance of Supportworks. Well, it's time to complete the job and this time next week I'll be in Malaysia.
The Malaysia visit is shorter on this occasion because we successfully migrated the team from an older and local installation of Supportworks to the UK-based instance on 6th May, and the visit will check on progress and address any teething issues.
Chris and I will be flying out from Birmingham 'International' (apparently it's no ordinary airport) to Kuala Lumpur via Dubai on Monday 1st June and will be on-site in Seminyeh between Wednesday 3rd and Friday 5th. On Saturday 6th we head off to Shanghai for a week long visit to Ningbo before I return to Birmingham on Saturday 13th June (Chris will be staying for a further two weeks). It does mean that I won't lose three weekends this time and will also avoid Heathrow, which is a bonus.
It's a case of deja vu to a certain extent (we'll be staying in the same hotels as last year for instance) although I'm sure there will be new experiences (e.g. including travelling via Dubai). You'll be pleased to read I'm sure if you endured the original blog (http://supportworksontour.blogspot.com) that I don't expect this blog to be as verbose or as long as the first one!
I had a day's leave today and took the opportunity to address some of the things I hadn't done already, such as buy a few extra clothes, top up my medicines and insect repellent, book my rail ticket and visit French Living for lunch (an important pre-requisite).
Unlike last time, I was able to apply for my China visa in plenty of time and I've received an email that my passport is waiting for me at KMC (i.e. work). I do need to purchase some currency though and notify the banks that I'll be testing my credit limits beyond the Victoria Centre and amazon.co.uk.
So, until next time.
Can't wait for your amusing anecdotes.
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