How’s that possible?

Sitting in Starbucks, as usual when I want to do something “special” here in Longgang, I’m writing this post from a WordPress application on the iPhone… And thus should just be impossible being the blog still blocked in China.

I’m not using a VPN: I wouldn’t know how to do on the iPhone. And I’m on the normal Internet connection from Starbucks.

But I can see the blog, my drafts, published posts and even stats, better than by using the terrible unstable Internet connection from the factory and the tunnel. Amazing!

So, what should I say worth reading? Oh yeah.. I’m moving back to Europe during the summer.

Surprise?!! I was a little when I got myself to this decision. I will write more about this. Especially once left.

It was not an easy decision but I had some thoughts. I don’t regret the experience and I am quite sure I will come back East one day. I do hope to find a job in Europe because this part of the plan is still foggy…

But I don’t want to talk too much now about this. Just happy this seems to work (let’s see if I manage to post) and since the weather lately is very much like rainy Stavanger, except for the temperature, I should try to use this feature more often and do what promise: post again on the blog.

Tomorrow I’ll meet some new people from one social homepage and go to cinema and Sunday I’ll go to Hong Komg for Aikido: 3 hours to go and 3 to come back, 2 hours practice. Yeah what we do for Aikido!!

Have a good weekend, you people not working tomorrow… Not like me…

Shitty day

Yesterday night I wanted to write about my first Aikido practice in Shenzhen, but then the day turned to brown, shitty splashed, and I went to bed right after finishing washing clothes, trying to avoid almost anything related to computer or similar.

such a shitty day

After ages, since suddenly my laptop decided to not see anymore the iPhone 3Gs (and iTunes installation did not work) I connected the little gadget to my office pc, ran iTunes that before asking for anything else jumped into a software update that I mistakenly accepted.. forgetting to try to backup the system before doing it!!

And of course, things went bad, as I found several feedback on the net: the iPhone stuck during the installation to the point to ask me a completely reset to factory settings in order to proceed.

That means losing all data, pictures, settings of the little shitty tool!!!

Then I spent lunch break and a little more looking for net solutions, finding all the possible good words and more about a couple of small tools (Tiny Umbrella and RecBoot) that of course find so many ways of not working on a 64 bit Win 7 pc and even when they work (RecBoot apparently did connect and fix my mobile) they do not really work!!! Trust me, it is not even closed to be fixed!!

So, at the end of the working day I decided to take a break from pc and similar and have dinner.. picked up my eggs and for some reason the package (new!?) was broken, and 2 splashed on the floor……..

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not my day….

Today it’s a new day, second Aikido session, and I’ll pay enrolling fees and month fee (no better deal.. so it is month by month).

Hope it will be a better day!

My precious – part 2

Other “babies”.. Safe here!!!

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My precious

They all got to their new home safe

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Post Script to the previous post

During a break from reading Murakami I checked as usual some job Internet page and for the first time I found an opening in Japan for field application engineer (what I do!) where they do NOT ask out front for Japanese language skills!!!

Amazing!

Of course I wrote straight away to the HR..

In truth I never worked hands on in that field, but I got academic experience, motivations, extensive engineering knowledge…. And I can make a damn good tiramisu!!!!

Normal coffee? Wait please!

I just realized that at Starbucks asking for a normal brewed coffee is strange to the least. The do not keep it ready for serving but often they just make the desired cup size.

Anyway, coffee & 1Q84 for some relax morning in Hangzhou.

Have a good Sunday everybody!!

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Aikido weekend

On my way to Shanghai: 2 sessions of practice today in Shanghai West dojo with an unknown Italian from Norway 2.dan teacher and tomorrow one session with Irie sensei.

This time, even if I cannot participate to the whole seminar with sensei because of decisions taken by Shanghai Central dojo, my other friends in Shanghai had a chance to practice together.

I have a few ideas about what to focus on today. I hope I will be able to transmit some if those ideas.

In any case it’s going to be a nice day on the mats and then we have already planned to go eat all together and enjoy the night, probably with sone good live blues music.

I look forward to tomorrow as well even if I doubt this time sensei will use me as uke. Too many good people coming from Japan with him and a few extra in Shanghai dojo. But in any ways it will be a great Aikido!!

My week has been quite busy from the work side and both frustrating and stressing on the mental side the last couple of days. Interaction with Chinese working environment can be quite challenging. But if I am here it means I like challenges

Have a good weekend all of you!!