<p>My family of 8 from 3 generations, including 2 seniors like me and my wife, had Christina as our assistant and guide in our recent visit to China and Guangzhou in July, 2014, with a long stay of 10 days in Guangzhou. After extensively and carefully searching through no less than 20 of potential candidates, we finally settled to hire Christina. The process of locating a suitable guide took us whole 2 months.
...read more <p>My family of 8 from 3 generations, including 2 seniors like me and my wife, had Christina as our assistant and guide in our recent visit to China and Guangzhou in July, 2014, with a long stay of 10 days in Guangzhou. After extensively and carefully searching through no less than 20 of potential candidates, we finally settled to hire Christina. The process of locating a suitable guide took us whole 2 months. As you can imagine, with members spreading ages 7 and 8 to 70 and 80, it is not easy to find someone who can fill our needs. We were fortunate to have Christina, whose personality and characters fill the role very well, indeed.</p>
<p>First off, I want to tell you that Christina is a very friendly and pleasant person. Her English is fluent, in both spoken and written form; she is outgoing, but not talkative. Above all, she is loyal and dedicated, and does not feel satisfied with 'one' good solution to a task, but continuously, constantly and earnestly searches for better alternatives. In each case, she would look for solutions most beneficial to her clients.</p>
<p>At first, we were hoping to have her full time for the whole 10 days in Guangzhou. She was agreeable to that arrangement. Unfortunately for us, she later accepted a full time job and could only do this kind of work in the weekends. But she was resourceful and flexible, and she would try to find a way that satisfy her clients' needs. For example, sometimes, she would ask her employer to grant her leaves days to satisfy her clients requirements. She would try to have another person to cover the parts she would be unable to attend. She did exactly that for us.</p>
<p>Christina is not only good as a tour guide; she is an excellent candidate as an executive assistant. She is very dedicated, loyal, resourceful, and intelligent. She learned fast, and apply her new knowledge fast too. She would not let her client down. She helped us arrange many things beyond the duties of a tour guide. She helped us perform tasks 2 months before our trip were to start, even before we agreed to become her clients! Whatever Christina is short in experience, her intelligence, dedication and tenacity will more than make up for it. She is pleasant all the time. We changed our schedule from day to day, and sometimes we stayed on tours till late in the evenings, she kept her composure and continued to smile as usual. I only learned later, accidentally, that when we stay late into the evening, she could not even get her usual public transportation to go home. She had to find some devious way to get back home, since she used only public transportation as most people do.</p>
<p>Anyone who is looking for an assistant, rather than just a tour guide, will find that Christina fills the bill perfectly. I recommend Christina without reservation. I feel confident that you will be happy with her if you become her client.</p>
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