Most of you know I am huge Phillies fan. Knowing they were entering a 3 game series at Shea and I would not be able to watch it made me a little sad. All I have to say is THANK YOU SKYPE. I called Jess at around 9:45pm East Coast time and had her face her computer so I could watch the 9th inning of the game. I woke up one of my roommates while watching and cheering. I was at Shea last year when they had a mental break down and blew it and it was amazing....watching them blow a game from 7,000 miles away is just as sweet. My prediction is they take 2 of 3 from them and we don't look back. I hope that when I fly home October 1st I will be watching Phillies playoffs.
Back to life in China. I am still having bed issues. I got the pad and extra blanket and it worked for a little. Now I can't really sleep which is horrible because 12 hour days require some sleep. I just sent out another email to the person in charge and hopefully something will happen. I think I will send an email a day until they get annoyed and just give me a new room.
Media Village goes 24 hours Friday. We planned to open up all 7 service areas for 24 hour dining this Friday but the media is arriving in waves so only 4 areas will be open. I never thought I would be looking forward to 24 hour service areas but it will be nice to finally display what we have been working on for the past 3 weeks. On my side we have a great team. The operations people and the culinary team have a great relationship which makes it very easy and we both help each other out. Everyone seems pretty happy about our food selection.
I am sure all of you have heard in the news how they would be shutting down some factories and limiting the cars on the road in hopes the reduce the smog. It is working. It it not perfectly clear but it is nicer then before. Just this week alone I have seen the sun twice and the moon three times.
Before I left for Beijing Peter Tannenbaum told me I had to get a haircut here. He said they were amazing and if only they did haircuts like this in the states. Peter, you were right! My friend and I went the other day to get a hair cut. We walk into this place that looks like your regular barbershop in the states. They direct us to the back to sit down. They put a towel on us and get all of their supplies ready. They take a water bottle and get or hair wet and they start to shampoo us at the chair. At first we both looked at each other like "wtf" but just rolled with it. They washed our hair the way you would wash a dogs hair...get it a little wet and then rub shampoo in it. After the shampoo they took us to wash our hair and then back to the chair. The next 20 minutes we got a neck and back massage. Once that was over they bring us to the front to get our hair cut. The guy cuts our hair and then washes it. The whole process was about 45 minutes and we walked out of there so relaxed and only spending 3 us dollars.
A last note before I leave. I have found the supply chain for Nintendo Wii's and Wii Fitness as well as a million other video game related things. If anyone wants or needs anything let me know. I am still trying to figure out if they will work in the states. I am pretty sure they will.
I am off to explore some more.
Go Phillies!
2 comments:
Great story about the haircut! If you run across a nice Beijing Olympics hat (baseball cap style, that is)I'd love one if you can squeeze it into your luggage. (not fitted)
Hope you're sleeping better. BTW, Liz is coming in next week, and we're really looking forward to seeing her. We're going to Yankee Stadium (she's never been there) for a game on next Thursday.
Uncle G
Glad the haircut was such a big hit. I hope you will come home and let Ralph know about the ways he can improve his service!
I think your idea about how to get moved is the only one that will work. The Chinese can be impossible.
Great Phillies game...I hope they take two of out three, but it will be difficult unless the Mets are emotionally beat down.
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