Well as of Friday morning, I’m exchanging the humid cold and pollution of Shanghai for the humid warmth and clear blue of the Caribbean. I begin my journey with 25 hours of airplanes and airports including 5–that’s right, count them, 5–airports ending in Fort Lauderdale, Florida late Friday night. It always amazes me how you […]
Well as many of you know by now, a large part of my job is outside sales, including cold calling. So one day when I was out making sales calls in (one of) the consulate district, we decided to try to call on a couple of consulates we didn’t have appointments with, including the … […]
Changes are certainly afoot in Shanghai. The neighborhood I live in, Xujiahui will soon be one of the crosshairs of local transportation in Shanghai. Already subway Line 1 goes through Xujiahui but they are planning to have 1 or 2 more lines also go through the same location. I don’t follow the development closely because […]
I’m so proud of myself in terms of my geographic knowledge and country knowledge. Even though it was not enough to let me pass the US Foreign Service exam it’s still far more than the average person and enough to impress others at cocktail parties. 🙂 When I was at the Interchamber Mixer on Wednesday […]
As I sit at my job, I think it’s all right. The job itself is actually pretty good, yet I can’t help but wonder, is this it? I know I’m doing it for the pay and the experience now, because I know I’m young and have many opportunities ahead of me and I just need […]
Having ridden the subway and buses over an extended period of time in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, I find that the preferred activities engaged in during time spent traveling vary a lot between countries. I’ve survived the super-packed morning rush hour in Madrid and Hong Kong and the potentially even […]