Welcome in the New Year 2009. I find myself to be very busy. Don’t know what happened, but I didn’t even have time to write my normal blog post last week. One of the biggest reasons could potentially be that I’ve planned a trip to Beijing next week to prepare for a management trip ‘de Baak’ wants to make here in March/April. I had to arrange a total program for the week, to make sure my time there will be spend as effective as possible. It was a little difficult to get the arrangements planned in the start, but now I have 10 meetings in four days and expect to be able to make a few more. So it will be a dynamic and interesting week and the start of a network in the Chinese capital. Potentially I’ll be accompanied by a Chinese girl called Isabel to help me for the translations and she also has some contacts in Beijing. The more, the better is my feeling for next week.The week after Xmas has been good. Just working a lot and preparing for Beijing. No holiday for me this year. Also I’m now busier, because I have doubled the number of Chinese classes (twice a week). My Chinese teacher wants me to learn around 30 new characters a week, which means around five a day – its ok, but gives a little pressure. However my Chinese language skills also pay off for me. I met a great guitar player called Eddie. He’s a middle-aged guy who’s been around in Shanghai for three years. He hardly speaks Chinese and when I heard me speak, he was impressed. We made the deal to exchange Chinese lessons for guitar lessons, meaning he will teach me the guitar as I’ll teach him Chinese. A great deal for me, but also means I have 2/3 classes extra each week. This means that also my weekend is getting totally full. So far, I’ve managed with starting to cut on social activities. Which is ok, but I’m still developing a network of friends …. Just not enough time in a day, I guess.
In 2,5 week I’ll be back in Holland, which I find exciting. I’m also working on my Dutch schedule for my two week stay there, which will also be busy. Further, all is well. I have enough friends now to not be lonely, further I had a small romantic encounter with a Chinese girl. Not very serious, but still nice. I’ll keep it short this time, but will keep you posted.
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Wow! A short romantic meeting with a Chinese girl, great! What was the title of that Spielberg movie again from the late 70's, Close encounters of the short kind?
Although I rather hope it will be longlasting and not too short, or it must be considering boxershorts, haha! Sorry, that was my adolescent side kicking in there, but am happy for you! At least you can use the oldfashioned art of smsing now (in weekly and vastly expanding Chinese characters!) for its inherent qualities of building up romantic tension...
Good to hear you're so enthousiastic about all your business activity, am sure you'll garantuee De Baak an interesting stay in Beijng. Enjoy yourself too there, in the spare minutes between meetings, as you certainly will in home sweet home Amsterdam soon as well!
Hang on into the enthousiasm, but that'll be fine cause that's basicly what you are about, so hopefully you enchant the girl with it as well...
See you soon!
hugs, San
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