I am on live!
The weather here is freezing, even when it is near the temperature in NW AR, it is colder. The buildings are not heated, so I think one never gets warm. I am warm-natured, but cold.
We changed hotels yesterday because they were having a government convention of some sort and it was noisy. We found out there is a nice, new 15 or 16 floor hotel in town --that no one knew about. It is slightly more per day but if we had committed to staying they would have knocked more off. We each got a suite for approximately $45 a night which is a little more (roughly $4- $5) than the older Changyi Hotel. Changing hotels was quite a deal and I think the ladies at the Changyi Hotel were very attentive-5 of those young ladies came to my room and helped me pack and carry my stuff out. They adamantly refused to accept tips. The moving was a true Chinese fire drill
The new hotel gives 2 free breakfast coupons in case you have an overnight visiter. I think I'll give mine to Lucas if he can get over here in time to eat. His favorite food is broccoli. I doubt he has had much, if any, ice cream or that would surely change. He eats and sleeps with the workers in the dorm, unless he eats with me-which is what I try to do. No one will really say what the workers get to eat or what their meals are.
There are hostesses in the office area who serve the meals and make sure hot water is always available. This hot water drinking is their secondary drink. Nescafe 1 + 2 is the hands down favorite. There is an instant coffee mix with sugar & cream that I see everywhere. Not being a coffee drinker, I do not see the attraction.
With the cold, the government has cut back on some industrial use of energy. Plant #1 isn't killing on Monday or Tuesday the rest of the month due to lack of electricity. If they cut the 220 v in half and used 115 v like the US does, would that give them a better plan (like 2X) ? I'll suggest it.
We had 12 different plates at lunch yesterday. They go around on a lazy susan. One was a fish with head still on, about 18-24" long. I passed on it as I am not much of a fish eater. Today there was no fish. One of the FP plants makes this bread shaped like a chocolate drop and one was served with the lunch today. We eat lunch at the office on most days, which makes sense because they have the cafeteria fixing for the workers too.
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it is so good to know you made it. Are you a giant over there are does your lack of height allow you to fit right in. I know the Chinese haven't and may not get accustomed to your unusual sense of humor. I figure you will have one of those little china Geesha girls waiting on you hand and foot, she will undoubtedly feel sorry for you because your hands don't work like normal humans and she is afraid to look long enough to figure out what happend and she is terrified to death to ask. I know China will not be the same place once you have been there and left, because I know you have definitely left an unforgetable mark here. Look forward to our conversations in the future. On the more serious side I will be praying for you and your family during you time there. God bless and take care.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I love you.