Foking China

i went to guangzhou before christmas and my sweet honkie colleague offered to take rmb out of his account. so i went with mates, bought a few things and all was fine. i went to shenzhen a couple of weekends ago to buy LOADS of dvds and was told by the little dvd man that three of my 100s were fake. "WHAT???? they came out of the atm!" i told him. but he didnt care and said to me, "i know what bills are fakes - these are fakes". so that was that. i went home with some but not all of my dvds. today my honkie and i went to bank of china to tell them the bills were fake. the outcome? one was not fake and two were. so he filed some paperwork and that is it. i lose 200 rmb. it is only about 50 bucks but STILL it is the principal of the whole thing. i live in a country where you can go to an atm and the money can be freaking FAKE. what am i doing here? honestly?

While it Lasts...

i am beyond depressed. i know, i know - dont let them get you down. well, they have. i dont care how i seem - i am just not that strong. i just cant do this anymore. so here are some cheap flights to hk from new york as lord only knows how much longer i will be here...

$720+ Feb 2009
$720+ Mar 2009
$791+ Apr 2009
$791+ May 2009

Another Day in the Life of Blah

this past week/weekend was good. a friend is in hk and we've done some nice trips to the peak, out to sheko, etc. the weather is gorgeous - not yet summer humid, but warm during the daytime.

and the move is complete into the new flat but i need to buy so much stuff. the problem with flats here is that none of them have closets so you need to buy wardrobes and armoires and all that jazz. i need to get another couch and some more storage for all my damn shoes.

but i am off to singapore later this week so that should be good (to at least get out of the office). another colleague is going as well, coincidentally, and we will meet up with the team down there. knowing tommy, it is sure to be a mess...good thing i have a 9:30 meeting the next day...

and the drama and shit envirnoment ensues at work. my snake of a manger continues to poach business and this time it is from me. believe you me, i am NOT standing for it. i cant take it, this man is going to be the death of me...

all i have to say is "AROD is a loser" - GO SOX!!!!!!!!!

Two Sad Pictures of Tokyo

i feel like i have to post SOME pictures of tokyo because it is the worlds coolest city. but i was so damn busy, all i have that is somewhat decent, are the following two shots, which are LAME. the first is a shot of the imperial palace that i took from one of the many conference rooms i visited and the following is the lunch hour.

the gossip about the royal family in japan is that they are desperate for a male heir. the queen who is quite bright and was a career woman is now going crazy because they dont have a son. she is older...i dont remember how old but go google it yourself, dammit, be resourceful!

and then lunch hour in asia is a unique experience. they are all like dock workers. at 1230 on the nose, everybody punches out and rushes to lunch for either an hour or an hour and a half. this lunch was taken in the ground floor of some big office tower. all these carts are set up selling fun japanese cuisine.






























other than that, lets see..........a mate from the ny office is here in hk for two weeks which is really nice. a bit of home which is defo welcome during this economic downturn (i just paid my hk taxes).

thats all for now, hopefully i will have some better news soon!
xoxo,
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