Blogs from Changning, Shanghai, China, Asia

This past August i went to shanghai for training. it was an interesting experience. This past August 4 people went to Shanghai 3 Chinese coworkers and myself. We left Jinhua West train station bound for shanhai south train station.... read more

Ho-ly CRAP that's a long flight! But I'm on solid ground, and writing this (thankfully) from my own private bedroom where I'll be staying for the next 3 weeks. That flight, direct from Chicago to Shanghai, was 14 hours long. At around hour 3, I was feeling pretty all right because that's about when they announced that we'd be fed all the lid-long day. 2 lunches and 2 snacks, and I do love me some airplane food so that was a plus. Around hour 7, I hated life a little bit and fell asleep realizing that I was only half way through it. But, the second half actually flew by, betwee 3 movies, a little gaming and a serious nap. The hotel that Disney has us in reminds me a lot of the freshman dorms at ... read more

Orientation was a whirlwind. We went over medical and apartment hunting. Signed our final contract, purchased Chinese cell phones and received our bank cards. The day kind of blurred by. I got my first glance of an actual Disney English!!! It was very exciting. We went inside and it lived up to my expectations. And HUGE bonus…I finally have medical insurance!!! After orientation I was heading back to the hotel and noticed a massage parlor across the street. I quickly walked over and decided to get a 2 hour message!!! It was pure torture. My back and neck were in pain due to stress and the day of traveling and carrying boxes up and down to the attic the last few weeks. The masseuse used these suction cup things on my back. They are said to ... read more

Si riparte! Stiamo salendo sempre più di quota, e la vetta dei mitici 5.416 m e’ sempre lontana. Usciamo di mattina presto dal villaggio di Manang e il sentiero già s’inerpica. Arranco, con l’abbondante colazione ancora nello stomaco e una fredda pioggerellina che scende. Il cielo è nuvolo, le vette coperte da nuvole. Attraversiamo l’antico nucleo abitato che costituisce Manang, saluto per l’ultima volta l’occhio turchese del lago di Gangapurna e si risale ulteriormente. Sono molto a corto di fiato. Al di là della colazione, a quasi 4.000 mt l’aria è povera di ossigeno, ed ogni sforzo è almeno doppio di uno normale. Il sentiero alterna infatti brevi ma ripide salite e tratti più o meno piani, dove mi riprendo. A un certo punto, una casa a strapiombo sul burrone costituisce la località di Ghusang – ... read more

Lewis Hamilton's gonna be on the pole at tomorrow's race !! Well... this is nothing new anymore, Lewis has won almost all pole position except for Shanghai GP, but after 4 races already, he still hasn't been able to win any of the races so far.... Please hope tomorrow he will eventually win, he deserves to win, only if Mclaren team doesn't screw him up tomorrow as they always did .... I am quite concerned with Lewis's car, seems something wrong with his car.. hopefully i wouldn't hear nay news about some of kind of gearbox change penalty tomorrow morning when I got up ... I just cannot take another ridiculous shock on this any more ... Anyway, I think tomorrow's race is gonna be fun to watch, shocking thing is that the driver came second ... read more