3 years and counting!
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010It has now been 3 years since I “retired” from Dreyer’s. It’s been an interesting 3 years and I’m glad I did it. I’m still taking it one year at a time and I’ll probably stay here at this school for another year. It’s become comfortable and I certainly don’t want to go back to a traditional full time job. I had the opportunity recently to take a full time office job here with a fireworks company. They wanted an American to help them with their sales in North America. The job would have been mostly about helping design sales materials, new product naming and communication with customers. I think it would be a good job but I told them I don’t want a job without at least 10 weeks of vacation/holiday per year.
A few weeks ago I was asked to help make a video promoting this province to be shown at the Shanghai 2010 Expo. A foreigner friend and I went to a nice hotel where we played the parts of rich foreigners enjoying the luxury of a very nice hotel here in Nanning. We were there for at least 4 hours and I’m guessing they won’t use more than 2 minutes of the footage they took. We were paid a small fee (relative to the time spent).
If you are interested in learning what it’s like doing business with the Chinese I recommend the following blog. http://silkroadintl.net/blog/ The author (an American) has extensive experience in China and relates many stories about his and others’ experiences doing business in China. He also provides some good insights into the culture here.
I have my summer travels pretty much planned. Here are the details:
July 19 arrive in Indiana
July 27 go to Reno
July 28 to San Francisco area (Coca-Cola group reunion 7-29 to 8-1)
August 3 to Tampa
August 7 to Peru to hike the Inca Trail, see the Amazon, Machu Pichu, etc
August 24 back to Indiana
September 1 back to China
Not much else new. Until next time….
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