Work and Fun

Hello all. My apologies for the extreme delay in my posts; I realize it's been nearly a month since my last post, but I've basically been really, really busy with work. Hence I didn't have much time to write and I didn't have much fun stuff to write about. Here's a quick recap of what's been going on:

Work has been busy. I've been shifting my role. Now the major part of my job is developing questionnaires to measure whether or not we have successful events and then using statistics to figure out ways to improve events, etc. based on the responses to the questionnaires. It's alright; requires a lot of thought, though. I just wrote my first full report earlier this week, and the client was quite impressed with the findings we can present based on a 10 question survey.

My other major role is quality control. As we get more and more foreign (mostly American) clients, we want to write reports so that they can be understood. So I get put in charge of making sure that the everything is clear, understandable and complete when we write proposals. So voila, you have my two major jobs.

Social life is good as well. This weekend has been especially fun. Last night I went to a bbq at my co-worker's house. He's French-Chinese and has a very nice mix of friends. We spent the evening eating, drinking, talking, and so forth. His apartment is also quite nice. There are three balconies at his apartment, and on a clear day (like yesterday) you can see the mountains to the West of Beijing from them.

Today I will be heading to an Easter potlatch with a couple of my other friends. Don't know what food I will be bringing yet, but I'll figure it out, and it should be lots of fun.

Don't have any new photos to add yet, unfortunately. I'll try to take some over the next couple of weeks so I can update you all in a more visual way.

That's about it for now. I will try to write again soon! But of course it'll all depend on the schedule :-).