Thursday, November 01, 2007

shenzhen - nov2007

seems like the only time I have to blog is when I'm traveling. There's a lot of wasted time, waiting for things to be translated/happen.

So here I am again here in Shenzhen, China. Though this time we've brought an army of consultants along to try to incorporate my local business here into our ERP solution.

Did the best thing so far, whilst coming over here, went to Hong Kong for 2+ days prior, to both get used to the time difference, but also used to the cultural changes. Entered China on Monday afternoon, I'm more relaxed then I per last visit, better not to enter during the night, also I now know what to expect. Felt like a eons ago that I was there(3+ days)

The city has changed so much in the past 1+ year, it's more prosperous here; also seem like less people walking about the hotel/office area then prior. Which may be the difference b/t winter and summer. It's winter here, the locals are wearing jackets as it's 78F/70H and very cold to them...crazy.

Still feel like I'm living in a vacuum though, hotel to office and such. The area I'm staying the OCT(overseas chinese town); which probably was more of an expat area, isn't soo much anymore. Seems like Shekou or Luohu are now, just based on the amount of expat bars/clubs around those areas.