Xianglong celebrates the New Year and posts to win prizes
In 94, he was sent to Dubai by a foreign trade company, and spent his first foreign year there. At that time, there were very few Chinese in Dubai, about a thousand people, and the city could not see the scene of the New Year at all. Unlike now, Dubai is said to have more than 100,000 Chinese. At that time, the treatment was also poor, and it was 2 years after being stationed, and there was no return ticket in the middle.
There are a few things to remember about the New Year's activities: First, I had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at a Chinese restaurant called "Spring Bamboo Chinese Restaurant". Chunzhu restaurant is not big, usually business is average, and there are mostly foreigner customers. On that day, red lanterns were hung inside and out, and the Chinese were full of people, and many seats were added. Everyone who knows each other toasts across the table, and it seems that a company is having a New Year's dinner. At that time, there was no Burj Khalifa and no Burj Al Arab. I remember that the restaurant is near Al Ghurair Centre, and after a search, the shopping mall is still there, but the restaurant must be gone.
The second was to attend the tea party of the commercial counselor, as if the commercial counselor at that time was sent by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. The Counsellor's residence is a very beautiful villa, not too big, two floors. I remember going to more than a dozen companies and more than 20 people. On behalf of the counselor, he greeted everyone with a warm greeting. The tea party is to drink tea, eat snacks, and not care about the meal. At that time, there were really not many Chinese companies in Dubai, and we were able to get an invitation for a small company.
The next thing is to use the company** to send New Year's greetings to your parents**. The reason why the company is emphasized is because multinational ** is very expensive and is not allowed in normal times. I remember that at that time, I was playing Ping An once a month, buying a card and playing at a public kiosk. It's like 30 dirhams a card, and you can play for about 5-6 minutes. It seems that 1 US dollar is more than 8 yuan, and 1 dirham is about 3 yuan. At that time, the monthly salary of being stationed abroad was 400 US dollars, but he was not willing to play more. During the Chinese New Year, the company was gracious, and each person could chat for 30 minutes, so I was impressed.
Another interesting fact is about Yoma. I remember that apart from my colleague and me, a buddy drove from Abu Dhabi in the east, 120 kilometers; Another buddy came from the west of Ajman, 60 kilometers; Then playing an all-night mahjong game, it's really not easy. After returning to China, I cut off contact, time flies, and I don't know what happened to those three buddies. Looking back today, the green years seem to be right in front of me, and I really miss my former brothers.