Tuesday 30 May 2017

Day 2, I used to think…but now I think: Huan Li Technology

Today is our first day at Huan Li Technology.  It is a public holiday here (5th day of the 5th lunar month is Dragon Boat Festive or 端午节).  We are really grateful that a number of staff were still in the company to welcome and interacted with us.



I used to think Huan Li’s introduction would just be purely about their company, but after today’s introduction, my view about Huan Li changed.  Their introduction talk today was a mixture of their company’s reflection and ice breaking activities.  For example, a dumpling wrapping competition, to celebrate the Dragon Boat festival, and harvesting of fruits at their company itself.  We wrapped dumplings and plucked fruits with the staff present today, allowing me to know that the staff here are really friendly and they did not mind coming back to welcome us today even though it is a public holiday.
I used to think that the company would just be surrounded by many buildings.  I was surprised that Huan Li had a garden where many different type of fruits trees are planted there.  The staff brought us there to pluck some fruits like apricot and we were able to consume it immediately.  The fruits were sweet and it has a tinge of sour taste.  
I hope to be more courageous tomorrow and be the one who starts interacting with the staff there to understand more about their company and their experiences.
Kor Jia Jia


I used to think Huan Li is a formal company and we have to make ourselves adapt to the office environment and be disciplined, however, we were welcomed by a banner greeting our school.  Seeing the banner helped me understand that the staff there were welcoming and friendly.  It is also amazing that despite the Dragon Boat Festival, the staff were generous enough to welcome us at the office even when they could have requested for us to come visit another day.  Despite spending their holiday with us, they were still smiling and cheerful.
I did not expect to have ice breaking games as I expected it to be a formal meeting and we would just have to introduce ourselves and get started with the introduction.  We were served fruits to settle in.  I really appreciate their efforts.  It was really fun to have dumpling making as our icebreaker.  As a person who has never eaten dumpling, it served as a new experience and gave me knowledge about the culture even more.  They taught us patiently and even demonstrated how to make them, helping us in making too.
I didn’t know they had a garden too.  Having lived in a city, I have never been to plantations.  They knew about our living in cities and brought us to the plantation area.  They allowed us to try ripe fruits and taught us how to identify ripe and unripe fruits.  Trying the fruits was nice and made us feel even more welcome.  I first entered Huan Li technology thinking that it will be a stern workplace and would more demanding in terms of attitude and behaviour but however their generosity and welcoming nature were enough to help us appreciate and to get to know such companies like Huan Li Technology.
Sureshkumar Reshma


I used to think that we will be going to Huan Li today for long and back-to-back talks and sharing by different members at Huan Li.  Now I think Huan Li is a place where I can feel very welcomed by all the friendly and caring staff there.  We were first greeted by a banner on the gate where vehicles drive in.  One of the security guards saluted us while the bus was driving in.  Although it was a public holiday for the staff, they had kindly returned to the office to meet us and to conduct a few ice breaker sessions.
When we arrived at the conference room, we were briefed by a few senior members of the staff.  We then had some dumpling tasting session which led us to the dumpling making competition, where we get to learn how to wrap a dumpling from the staff there.  After the competition, we left the building to pluck some fruits from the trees they have in Huan Li.  We got to try the fruits after plucking them.  They have fruit trees such as apple tree, pear tree and plum tree.  We then returned back to the conference room and received a welcome gift from them.  The day at Huan Li concluded with a group photo with the management and staff.

Gerald Lim






















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