Travel and Tech News from Ikky in China
Yep, I have decided some time ago to tie the knot and getting married with my Chinese babe. Although marriage in China is an easy process, however getting all the necessary paperwork can be very time consuming and most of the information I found online at that time were either outdated or simply … wrong. … Read more
In my last post, I talked about my departure from HP. From March 1st, I started working for…IBM. Yep, from HP to IBM. Only this time, my work focus is in a new area: storage testing or in other words, from computer software to computer hardware. This past week, I got to re-meet my new … Read more
After more than 4 years of service, it felt very emotional for me to leave a team of friends and co-workers I have been with such a long time starting from the localization team to HP Client Automation and finally to Financial Planning and Analysis. Now a new step of my career will start but … Read more
I usually go for a cup of coffee after lunch at Secret Recipe near Zhang Jiang subway station before heading back to the office. Still, given that Secret Recipe was crowded on that day (January 31), I decided to go for a coffee at Starbucks. So far, this does not look unusual to the reader,, … Read more
Today, I decided to make a trip and visit my former university (Faculty of Sciences of Tunis), where I did my BSc of Computer Science. I graduated from there in 2002, so eight years later, many things have changed there.As I was walking around, old memories kept on coming back like the amphitheaters where I … Read more
I have been in Shanghai for more than three and a half years now, and my transportation choices were always limited to Bus, Subway or Taxi. However, today, I decided to give a try at another means of transportation, which is … Ferry. As weird as it sounds, it is not possible to go by … Read more