Yay! It’s a long weekend in China. Monday is Qing Ming Jie, or, Tomb Sweeping Day. On this day people pay respect to their ancestors by cleaning tombs and making offerings of food, liquor, and ghost money. Qing Ming has been a holiday in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for years. It wasn’t until 2008 that China made it a national holiday (it was celebrated before this, but not recognized).
My move went reasonably well. The movers decided to carry my desk upside-down, and it broke apart. The fight that ensued between the woman from my department overseeing the move and the movers, was interesting. She blamed them, they blamed the desk. In the end the school repairman put it back together with L brackets and chewing gum. After it was placed in my bedroom he told me to never move it. Great.
Given their lack of coordination, I didn’t allow the movers to touch my computers. I did that, making two trips, half-a-mile each, carrying a monitor and CPU each time. And I went to gym later in the day. Computers, like sheets and blankets, are much heavier than you would think. Buff, The Stevo will be buff!
I’m working on my laptop. Trying to wire three bedrooms for the internet is a perplexing problem. I don’t want wires running all over the apartment. Wireless will do for now. I see a large purchase of ethernet cable in my future…
I’m off to Hong Kong today. WordPress is holding one of their famous WordCamps in the former British colony. I’m meeting up with one of Shenzhen’s other expat bloggers, meeting WordPress president Matt Mullenweg, and hopefully getting some free stuff. Like I need more stuff, my life is now a collection of boxes full of stuff.
The photo above is of the Crystal Bridge in lovely Guilin, China. I’m somewhat limited, photo-wise, at the moment. I have no network and access to my images. I didn’t want to deprive those that come here for the photos, not my bad prose.
To one and all: Have a great weekend!
Cool image Stevo…
Isn’t moving fun? Hope you get sqaured away in short order…
Hope you pick up some good swag at the WP thing although I’m not sure how a company that gives their main product away for free pulls that off…
I might come for the photos but always enjoy the prose… 😉
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The photos are the icing on the cake that is Stevo, for me, and that one is truly lovely.
Hope you get the computer thing figured out. I’m still finding new stuff out about my new one.
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Did you make it to WordCamp today? Had a look round at lunchtime but couldn’t find you! If you weren’t there you didn’t miss much!
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The photos are only half the reason I stop by. This one happens to be a fab photo. I really like the reflection.
Glad to hear your move went “reasonably well.” When it comes to moving (and I’ve moved so many times that I’m an expert) “reasonably well” is almost equal to “excellent” in other venues.
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Moving is such a pain in the butt. When I moved to Xi’an I brought as little as I thought I could survive on. Moving is one thing, but moving overseas is a whole other bag of issues altogether. Great photo, I just got back from Guilin and around tonight, lots of stuff to write about and I now have my own pictures of the bridge! I first saw the bridge in one of your older bridges and I knew I just had to go see it. Thanks for the tip (direct or indirect as it may be), I’m glad I saw it.
I’ve moved 5 times in 10 years. I think last year’s move was the last for me, although I still have things in storage in another state.
I think the Tomb Sweeping Day is an important tradition. There’s a lot that goes on when “tombs are swept”…all necessary, too.
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Ron: Alas, I did not make it to the WordCamp. A little problem I like to call Shenzhen Stomach kicked in. That would have made the bus ride disastrous.
David: See above.
Robin: My lease is one year, I don’t have to worry again for 11.5 months.
Graham: I hope you liked Guilin.
Corina: I once vowed I would never move again. No such luck.
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I love the picture. If I move, I would probably want to move what I can myself. The plasma TV will most likely be broken if I let someone do it.
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