Happy Birthday to Denise!
I'm going to change my blog name to "the Birthday notice" as it seems like the only thing I do anymore :p
Still haven't done the HK photos and Xmas pictures. I have a new excuse though.
Last week I saw a notice posted at my building. It had dates and times (obvious) and said something about water in the title (one of the few Chinese characters I know). I figured if it was important I'd found out.
GP visited Saturday and asked if I knew they were going to shut off the water to my apartment for 7 days. Uh, no. Sunday I get a text message from my housing agent about it. Great, less than 24 hours notice that I'll have no water for a week.
The details are that I can go to a shower in the complex (along with dozens of others) and I can get water for other needs a few times a day from an apartment on the 20th floor. No, thanks. I checked into a cheap hotel near my apartment and will deal with it that way. No flushing from my bathtub full of water :p So far, it's been no difficulty, but I haven't spent much time internetting.
Other complaints? Sure, it's cold and some typical Chinese driver ran into my car last week. As I went home from work, I was in the middle of three lanes. The right lane merged into mine and the driver of a 15-passenger van decided I should move over. I noticed as he came into my lane, so I swerved and honked, much to his surprise. "Why is this guy upset? I need to be in the space he currently occupies. Damned foreigners."
It wasn't until the next day that I noticed he had actually hit me. Shallow dent and scrapes on the front, right quarter panel. Oh, well. The rental insurance covers it. For 2 days this week, I'm riding in the ghetto mobile with primer instead of paint. It'll be shiny in time for the weekend, though :)
The big meeting with the big bosses went surprisingly well. Now I have some good direction and just have to do the tons of work to reach the goal. That's why they pay me the big RMB.
Still haven't done the HK photos and Xmas pictures. I have a new excuse though.
Last week I saw a notice posted at my building. It had dates and times (obvious) and said something about water in the title (one of the few Chinese characters I know). I figured if it was important I'd found out.
GP visited Saturday and asked if I knew they were going to shut off the water to my apartment for 7 days. Uh, no. Sunday I get a text message from my housing agent about it. Great, less than 24 hours notice that I'll have no water for a week.
The details are that I can go to a shower in the complex (along with dozens of others) and I can get water for other needs a few times a day from an apartment on the 20th floor. No, thanks. I checked into a cheap hotel near my apartment and will deal with it that way. No flushing from my bathtub full of water :p So far, it's been no difficulty, but I haven't spent much time internetting.
Other complaints? Sure, it's cold and some typical Chinese driver ran into my car last week. As I went home from work, I was in the middle of three lanes. The right lane merged into mine and the driver of a 15-passenger van decided I should move over. I noticed as he came into my lane, so I swerved and honked, much to his surprise. "Why is this guy upset? I need to be in the space he currently occupies. Damned foreigners."
It wasn't until the next day that I noticed he had actually hit me. Shallow dent and scrapes on the front, right quarter panel. Oh, well. The rental insurance covers it. For 2 days this week, I'm riding in the ghetto mobile with primer instead of paint. It'll be shiny in time for the weekend, though :)
The big meeting with the big bosses went surprisingly well. Now I have some good direction and just have to do the tons of work to reach the goal. That's why they pay me the big RMB.
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