SNAP Mobile in Lapland

Here is another Finish tradition. Key meetings are held in the snow-covered forest far away from the city. The temperture outside was minus 7 degree. Kittila is 2 hours by air from Helsinki, located within the arctic circle. SNAP Mobile is meeting up with collegues in Games.
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We stayed and had many strategy discussions in this cottage. The place "Levi" is Finish famous ski resourt. 2 minutes away from slope. While seeing skiers walking by through the window, we spent a lot of time in team discussion to form a next new direction in operations.

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Here is the team. After heated discussion in various topics, time for appetite! We visited a beautiful cottage/restaurant for lunch. The grilled fish served in this restaurant was excellent. A man from the land of Sushi was very impressed;-). This farm(?) seems very old (150 years old?) and even had Santa Clause post office!

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OK. First time I see a raindeer besides the one on a plate. None of them had horns. They looked very gentle and nice. Probably I should focus on fish from now on in the restaurant...

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Fortunately, we had a chance to do some team activities. The organizer knows what to do to make the team as one...intellectual/active discussion, dine, wine and exercise! Bunch of us went to a snowmobile trip across forests. Traveled 65 kilo meters in 3 hours...reaching over 70 mph/110 kmh in speed (seriously, it was fast...maybe too fast...). At the end of trip, we reached the top of Levi ski resort. Quiet and pleasant moment.

SNAP Mobile in Taiwan

OK. The manager who was absent in previous blog was in fact in Taipe Taiwan to meet up with local partners. Here is Nokia Taiwan office building. The office was very cozy. Small but very efficient teams were present there.
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After lunch, we have visited 7-11. I have been wondering why they sell so many CDs in 7-11. It turned out that actually they are not CDs but they are online computer games. Since credic card is not that common especially for younger customers, these retailers are selling "pre-paid" access code to these online games. Mobile online games should be using similar sales strategy soon...

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I have visited our partner's office. Very cozy and pepople were working pretty hard.

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Lunch time in Thai food restaurant. They are checking out yummy desert.

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Of course, we had to vist KTV (Karaoke Room) at least once! The food (and beer) served there was amazingly good. I am picky about rice but the rice served there was yummy as well. I heard that the food was so popular among KTV customers, the owner decided to open a restaurant. With that taste, I agree. It was nice and relaxing night before flying back to US.