An American Expat in China

The time between vacations is rather repetitive.  It helps to take breaks from the routine once in a while.  That is not to say that things have been boring since my last post.  From February 19-March 13 life was rather drab.  Faye and I were both adjusting to being back into our work schedules.  For reference my typical week day starts at 6:30 when my alarm goes off.  I typically hit a 5 minute snooze between 1-3 times.  I roll out of bed, get dressed, kiss Faye goodbye when her alarm goes off at 6:50, then head to work.  I usually take the 15 minute walk but sometimes will be able to get a rental bike for 1.5RMB ($0.21).  My typical arrival time is about 7:05-7:15am.  I have stopped eating breakfast in an attempt to lose weight by reducing my caloric intake and maintaining a 16 hour fast each day.  I will however have a cup of black coffee once I get to work.  After I brush my teeth and use the bathroom I start working. ...

My school hosted a Chinese New Year Celebration on January 19th. The performances and food were fantastic but the event started with a series of extremely long and boring speeches in which the company's executives patted themselves on the backs and sucked their own dicks for two hours.  On top of that they started nearly 30 minutes late.  We were scheduled to eat dinner at 7pm but didn't actually get to eat until 9pm which was very frustrating.  Next year I will show up, get my raffle ticket, and leave for an hour to get beer before coming back for the main event.  Two years ago I participated in the performances, and I was going to this year but chose not to because I did not want to commit to the rehearsal time.  Maybe I will perform next year.  For Chinese New Year break this year Faye and I started close to home.  We had planned to hike 100km on the Maclehose Trail in Hong Kong.  While we did not complete the entire trail as planned we still m...