Back to the office at 9:00.
I'm not taking many pictures this trip so I get the camera out and snap off a couple of shots on the way in this morning. Just to practice. But outside the air is still horrible and there is not much use for outside shots.
Weather report is calling for rain tomorrow then cooler temperatures. Ten degrees cooler. Fall will be here. One of the office staff told me yesterday that he believes the Beijing winter will come after the rain. I thought he was nuts. Maybe he is right. This could be the start of the slide into winter for my friends here. I don't think I'll mnd the cooler temps myself.
About 2/3 of the way to the office I realize this brown shirt has a stain. And remember it has been like that for sometime.OOPS! Won't be wearing this one again while I'm here and will relegate it to yardwork when I get home.
First meeting of the day is with Eric. Good conversation. About 1/2 way thru that meeting Shiau Yen shows up from the Cary office. Janie works with Shiau Yen and she is the attorney that supports this office. She has been a big help to us in the past getting a visa problem worked out so we could get staff to Cary.
I work one on one with several team members this morning until they head off to a meeting with Shiau Yen.
It s providential that I wore this stained shirt today. Our lunch on the food court tends to be a messy affair for me. Chinese meat pies. I would say they are like a well stuffed Hot Pocket. Very tasty. I enjoy them very much. My messiness comes more from a lack of chopstick prowess than anything else. And we all know I tend to wear what I eat anyway.
After lunch, another walk. I have the camera with me today so take a few shots as we wander through the hutongs behind the building. I realize that I am indeed fortunate to have at my disposal 6 tour guides. They seem truly interested in sharing their culture with me which is a blend of the old and the new. They share it in food selections and by explaining things to me on these walks. That is a blessing for me.
These are the young bucks so to speak, so I think their culture is more modern. We've been going to restaurants in shopping malls. But the food selection is genuine Chinese and food I find more palatable than some things I've eaten in the past. I will be interesting to watch this culture over the next decade or so to see how it changes.
Due to the meeting today we don't get back from lunch until well after 2:00. We have a training session at 3:00 for a couple of hours. MVS validation. There is no MVS experience on this team so this is a real adventure. In the end the whole thing falls apart and we talk abouit some other issues. Will ltry again tomorrow with MVS.
Supper tonight is barbecue they tell me. It's actually a Korean food place where they bring hot coals to the table and you cook the food. Beef, shrimp, lamb, all dunked in a delicious sauce. I like this food too. I do stay away from the kimchee fried rice. Too many stories from daddy to make me want to try that. The picture today is Terry cooking our barbecue.
But more than the food I 'step back' a bit and watch this team interact. These poeple relate well together. They laugh, joke, share repsonsibilities, and generally have a good time. Although I can't understand what they are saying to each other half the time, I can tell that they have bonded pretty well. I'm impressed.
Jason walks me back to hte hotel. He has to pick me up Saturday morning and take me to the boat for the trip to the Summer Palace and wants to make sure he knows where the hotel is located. Jason takes care of me. He is my tour guide of sorts. Clearly he is interested in what I can share with him and shares readily with me his own culture. It's a good relationship for me outside the office.
After Jason leaves me at the front door, I'm off to the room for a little work, a little blogging, a little reading, and bed.
I'm not taking many pictures this trip so I get the camera out and snap off a couple of shots on the way in this morning. Just to practice. But outside the air is still horrible and there is not much use for outside shots.
Weather report is calling for rain tomorrow then cooler temperatures. Ten degrees cooler. Fall will be here. One of the office staff told me yesterday that he believes the Beijing winter will come after the rain. I thought he was nuts. Maybe he is right. This could be the start of the slide into winter for my friends here. I don't think I'll mnd the cooler temps myself.
About 2/3 of the way to the office I realize this brown shirt has a stain. And remember it has been like that for sometime.OOPS! Won't be wearing this one again while I'm here and will relegate it to yardwork when I get home.
First meeting of the day is with Eric. Good conversation. About 1/2 way thru that meeting Shiau Yen shows up from the Cary office. Janie works with Shiau Yen and she is the attorney that supports this office. She has been a big help to us in the past getting a visa problem worked out so we could get staff to Cary.
I work one on one with several team members this morning until they head off to a meeting with Shiau Yen.
It s providential that I wore this stained shirt today. Our lunch on the food court tends to be a messy affair for me. Chinese meat pies. I would say they are like a well stuffed Hot Pocket. Very tasty. I enjoy them very much. My messiness comes more from a lack of chopstick prowess than anything else. And we all know I tend to wear what I eat anyway.
After lunch, another walk. I have the camera with me today so take a few shots as we wander through the hutongs behind the building. I realize that I am indeed fortunate to have at my disposal 6 tour guides. They seem truly interested in sharing their culture with me which is a blend of the old and the new. They share it in food selections and by explaining things to me on these walks. That is a blessing for me.
These are the young bucks so to speak, so I think their culture is more modern. We've been going to restaurants in shopping malls. But the food selection is genuine Chinese and food I find more palatable than some things I've eaten in the past. I will be interesting to watch this culture over the next decade or so to see how it changes.
Due to the meeting today we don't get back from lunch until well after 2:00. We have a training session at 3:00 for a couple of hours. MVS validation. There is no MVS experience on this team so this is a real adventure. In the end the whole thing falls apart and we talk abouit some other issues. Will ltry again tomorrow with MVS.
Supper tonight is barbecue they tell me. It's actually a Korean food place where they bring hot coals to the table and you cook the food. Beef, shrimp, lamb, all dunked in a delicious sauce. I like this food too. I do stay away from the kimchee fried rice. Too many stories from daddy to make me want to try that. The picture today is Terry cooking our barbecue.
But more than the food I 'step back' a bit and watch this team interact. These poeple relate well together. They laugh, joke, share repsonsibilities, and generally have a good time. Although I can't understand what they are saying to each other half the time, I can tell that they have bonded pretty well. I'm impressed.
Jason walks me back to hte hotel. He has to pick me up Saturday morning and take me to the boat for the trip to the Summer Palace and wants to make sure he knows where the hotel is located. Jason takes care of me. He is my tour guide of sorts. Clearly he is interested in what I can share with him and shares readily with me his own culture. It's a good relationship for me outside the office.
After Jason leaves me at the front door, I'm off to the room for a little work, a little blogging, a little reading, and bed.
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