Dec 18
Last night I attended the holiday party thrown by my business park. It was put on at a 5 star hotel, good food, free flowing wine & beer and pretty decent entertainment. I won a flashlight. Exciting, huh?
Anyway, here are a few pics of what went down. I apologize in advance for the poor quality of the images. These were taken by my cell phone in a dark room.
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Dec 9
Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Dec 9
December is in full swing here. I have already been invited to about a dozen parties/events in the next couple of weeks. Because most of them are business related, I have to go. But I would much rather sit at home playing on my banned (thank you Microsoft) xbox.
Dec 8
Wow! My last ‘real’ post was back in January. Where has the time gone?
I was going to do a top 10 list of myths surrounding my disappearance, but after I got to number 4 even I thought my jokes were pretty stupid. The reason I have been silent is a combination of work, life and lazy. Not particularly in that order.
So here is what I have been up to this year in a nice, bulleted and summarized format.
So that is a summary of what I have been up to. Lots more details and stories to be added as time permits. Hopefully I will get around to updating a tad more often.
Dec 8
Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning and remembered I had a blog. This old, dusty and very neglected blog. Lets see if I can breath some new life into this thing.
Sep 17
Sorry to have fallen off the map lately. I have recently got a new job in Dalian, China and had to move from my home in Guangzhou. Things are going great, but very, very busy. I will try to update more later.
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Nov 26
Lots going on. Aside from my normal work I am also deeply mired in the re-design of my company’s website. The current website was supposed to be a temporary measure, but that was almost 2 years ago now.
Somehow, I think it is a little sad that a web design company like mine has to have such an ugly website. But that is what happens when all of your time is spent making great sites for other people. But I have finally forced myself to set aside the time and the manpower to create the new site. And it will be one that I can be very proud of.
Aside from work I have been trying to spend more time with my boys. But that hasn’t been as successful as I would hope. During the week I am lucky if I get to see them for two minutes before I have to rush out the door. Normally by the time I get home they are already asleep. Weekends are a mixed bag. I get to spend a little more time with them but a lot of my time is still spent working in my home office.
Speaking of my boys, I picked up their American passports the other day. They are now officially American citizens. I don’t know how long it will be before they get the chance to go to the United States, but the thought of transporting 2 eight-month old babies on a 14 hour flight seems like a very difficult thing to me. I will probably have to wait until they are a little older.
In a couple days is Thanksgiving. Of course it isn’t really celebrated here, but there are a few restaurants where American expats will gather for what passes as a traditional Thanksgiving meal here. But the food doesn’t really matter that much. It is the chance to be around friends and people who share a common culture with you for a little while. You would be surprised just how much that can mean sometimes.
Anyway, enough of these boring random thoughts. It is time for me (and probably you) to get back to work.
Nov 19
I went to the Chinese BloggerCon last weekend. It was my first blogger convention, ever.
Even though it was much different than what I expected, it was really a great experience and I look forward to attending future Chinese BloggerCons.
There were many great presentations given on the importance of citizen journalisim, the history of the Chinese Internet, the way the Internet brings people closer together and how it is a force for change. Every speaker brought a different view and struck a different set of emotional and mental chords.
Even though the speaches were mostly in Chinese, I was able to understand what was going on due to the wonderful (and free) translators Lonnie Hodge was able to coax into coming from the university he teaches at.
During breaks I was able to talk with and meet many new friends including, Shel Isreal, Robert Scoble, Paul Denlinger, John Biesnecker, Lonnie Hodge, Jon Phillips and many other great folks.
Of course a special shout out goes to Rocky, to whom I will probably always be known as Tim.
The organizers, Isaac Mao, Lemoned and Lonson did an amazing job putting this event together.
I look forward to seeing you all at the next Chinese Bloggercon.
Nov 19
I came home yesterday to find out that my boys, Wyatt & Cyrus, have set up their own blog.
