This week seems to have been a busy week. Nathan has gone to Beijing to some Electronics Convention to introduce CVIC digital products to foreign guests. That left me to go touring with the Saskatchewan Minister of Education and Information Technology, Andrew Thomson. So for Monday and Tuesday I was busy going from place to place, seeing the sights of Jinan and attending meetings. I thought it was a lot of fun. Also, the food during his visits was really really good. The food all tasted good and there was so much of it. I felt very full. On Tuesday evening, my boss Emma, planned a party with Chinese guests from Canada who want to return to China to do business. It was interesting to meet a bunch of people. The party was at KTV (karaoke). I am not a fan of singing so I didn’t sing. It was a lot of fun and I had a good time.

In other news, last saturday, I bought myself a new cellphone. I wasn’t really liking the phone that we got from the company since it lacked features and was really tacky, in my opinion. The new phone I bought is the Motorola E398. I think the phone looks really good and it works well. I think I will enjoy it a lot in the future. I am pretty sure it will work once I return to Canada, probably through Rogers. Buying the phone was interesing. When we first got their the people selling the phones kept saying really high prices for the phone, I think something like 2300RMB. I thought a better idea would be to get Vidar (the person who was taking us shopping), to go look at the phones himself and finalize a sale then I would just come in and pay. So that is what we did and I am thankful for his help, only had to pay 1580RMB.

While working and after work I always like to listen to some good music. Right now, my favorite cd has got to be System of a Down’s new cd, Mesmerize. I must have listened to it 15 times so far. My only complaint about the cd is that it is a little short (only 36 minutes). Once I get back to Canada I’m going to have to make sure I buy the cd to add to my collection. Another cd that I have downloaded and listened to recently is the new Audioslave album, Out of Exile. Although I don’t like it as much as Mesmerize I still think it is a really good cd. Other cd’s that I’ve downloaded to add variety are Gorillaz – Demon Days, Coldplay – X and Y. The problem with being in China is that I have a hard time knowing what good cd’s are being released these days. So if anyone knows anything really good that I seem to be missing just let me know, alright?