Work continues to move along. It is slow from time to time; waiting to talk to the right people, deciding which course of action is the best, which design is the best, and so forth, but it keeps moving. I regret to say that I can’t say much about the work that I am doing right now beyond the fact that I am designing a condensed form of the Urban Safari that I wrote about earlier. The company with which we are working insists that we work under a confidential contract, so no written mention of the company’s name is allowed. Sad story, but my involvement has given me a good understanding of what it takes to design and to implement an entire project. To the right you can see some of the fruits of my team’s effort. What you see is a tentative floor plan for the tent which we plan to take VIPs through in o

This weekend was a lot of fun. I took a trip with one of my co-worke

The main adventure of the trip involved a very old, very scary U.S. Army style jeep. Tina’s uncle took us and some of his friends on a terrifying trip around the mountains. We started by driving down some paved roads . . . no big deal. Then the road ended. We continued flying at 35 mph down what could be called a road, but it was more like a jeep-width pathway that was full of huge holes, miniature ponds, and so forth. I had to hold on for dear life to keep from flying out of the jeep when we went through some of the pot holes (in true Chinese style, there weren’t any seatbelts). My ultimate realization of fear came when we were turning the jeep around to head back to the road. Tina’s uncle was very careful about his turning and maneuvering, so I asked why. He told me something along the lines of “no breaks.” Ummmmm . . . yeah. So we continued flying around these non-roads and now I wa

After that, it was back to more relaxing. I got to practice my Chinese, and I’m starting to feel a little more comfortable with it. As long as people are having conversations about food or their hobbies, I can follow most everything (and food is a large part of life here, so I understand a surprising amount of what I hear), but if the conversation drifts off to something else, I’m lost pretty quickly.
Other than the sporadic adventures, life has hit a pretty even keel. I’m starting to settle into a pattern. Wake up at 7:00 a.m., do some yoga and watch some Chinese music television, head off to work until 6:00 or so. Then on Monday, Wednesday, Friday I have Chinese class from 6:30 till 8:30, and on Tuesday, Thursday I have a little time to relax after work. It’s quite a breakneck pace. It’s really insane to think that I’ve been here for almost a month already! I feel like I just arrived, but I know that I’ve done a lot in the time that I’ve been here.
Note: I can't any photos other than the first one to work yet . . . I'll try and post them again at a different time.
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