Heading out on a business trip...again. Although I don't travel nearly as much as some do, it just seems this year, when I travel, its around the world. So, in order to get ready for my travel...a few things to clean up and get packed:
- Podcasts. RSS Feeds are blocked here in Chiner. I usually use my Juice receiver in the office to grab all my favorite podcasts, as it is on a direct lease line with the head office in the USA. No problem with blocked IP addresses there. But, at home, I don't have the luxury...so, I am going downloading everything I want to take manually. Website to website...clicking each episode and waiting.
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- Lantern Festival. They were blasting stuff until 2am on Thursday night...to celebrate lantern festival. It was an incredibly beautiful night in GZ...especially with all the blasting going on <sigh>. The next morning, the weather turned into a warm blue haze...I had to wonder if it was all the fireworks that were going off throughout the city.
- Tai-Tai headed out with the ladies last night for dinner and drinks, leaving expat son and I home alone watching movies and hockey games. After dinner, he helped and continued to help clean up the dishes. Thought maybe he hadn't gotten over his illness still...
- Watched last weeks match between New York Rangers and Montreal Canadians...one of the best games I have seen in years. Down 5-0, the Habs stormed back to win in a shoot out. The best part of it, though, was the fans. Even down 5-0, they were encouraging, not booing. It was clear, they could see how hard the team was working...and they rewarded them with a raucous ovation with each goal. It gave me chills...and reminded me of how quiet GM Place was when I visited in October.
- Expat son tried to watch Jurassic Park 2 on Cartoon Network last night...but, every 5 minutes he would come bounding down the stairs...'Commercials!' The movie started at 8pm...and he tired of it at 10:15pm...and it still wasn't over. Literally, 1/2 the time was spent with commercials. And, the worst part, they weren't even commercials for stuff...they were just promos pumping Cartoon Network's shows. He needs a Tivo.
- Tonight is the company new year party. The theme is 'Chinese.' Hmmm...go figure. I thought it would have been much more fun if we could have had an Uzbek theme...but they insisted. So, I need to figure out what to wear for that...plus, pack for my upcoming trip (leaving at O-dark Hundred in the morning). I'm thinking, Chinese shirt with skinny pants...a great pair of new year AF1's that I have had in the closet for ages...fedora...shades. A fusion of east meets west.
That's it...that's all I got. I need to get packing.
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