Better late than never

One of the best parts about being out here is the chance to get into some good sport. The Gaelic Club out here is great fun, and everyone agrees it's nice to have one night a week to get away from people talking shop and sharing pints, and have a good run around. It helps that we're not terrible either. Despite the fact that I hadn't heard of the sport a year ago, I was lucky enough to get to a half-respectable level. I mentioned our trip to Thailand in October and the wonderful time that was for the All Asia Gaelic Games, not knowing at the time that it was in fact the largest amateur sporting event in Asia. Pretty neat.

Anyway, a few weeks back Shenzhen hosted the All China Gaelic Games, and competed with teams from all around, including the big three, as well as some lesser known cities. A few of us spent the entire day before the games literally assembling the goals, chalking the fields and building all the advertising billboards. I mean we literally put together the entire tournament, it was pretty impressive to witness how the guys on the team arranged factories to build out goals, put together player packs, organize hotels, and various entertainment venues. Pretty neat process, but to the better point, Shenzhen came in second overall, upsetting several cities (Shanghai included) and nearly defeating Hong Kong in a really great match.

It was a great little weekend. hmm.. I guess that's all for now.

Good afternoon from Hong Kong

Afternoon folks, The New Year holiday has come and past, as has the Lantern Festival which marks the end of the new year holiday (pretty neat huh?). Our province only reported a measly 19 deaths this holiday due to Fireworks-related accidents, and was considered an overall success.

Work on our end continues as normal, with some sparks of hope in the form of potential clients that disappeared and then suddenly reappeared. Always nice knowing we're being considered without our knowledge.

On a personal note I have just moved into a new apartment (solo this time) as I've realized that I need my own space out here. Things are going quite well with the partnership given that half of us are no longer in Shenzhen at this point, and it is merely a decision I made some time ago. I look forward to having my own little (45sq meters) place, and testing it out for a few months.


I'm also planning a weekend trip up to Shanghai, if anyone has contacts/recommendations/advice they'd like to send me way, I'd love it.

Reflection and free time

A couple weeks back I mentioned going into some detail about the transition that occurs when traveling between China and the States. I still don't think I've got the proper wording to really explain it here, but I am working on it in my spare time... which is now going to be dwindling thanks to the addition of an Xbox.

We finally caved after learning that our roommate and business partner, TPB JR, would be moving to Shanghai at the end of Chinese New Year. His console sat dormant for months, wallowing in its own shame, brought on by the infamous (in gamer's circles) 3 red rings of death. It only recently was rejuvenated for our gaming pleasure, and in doing so, ruined any chance of engaging in mentally stimulating free time activities.

Well now that the old dog console is leaving us for greener pastures, ie: Tom's new Shanghai digs, we decided to bring home a puppy to play with. This baby packs enough time wasting power to strike fear into the heart of even the most liberal parents, and nestled in the apartment of two young self-employed bachelors... well I don't think much further on it.

This is the first game system I've ever purchased, and I'm a bit excited and rightly so, my wallet was quite heavy, and with all of its contents no longer weighing me down, I'm free to stay up past my bed time and play mind-rotting games.

I'd continue blogging but, you know... video games.

Nod to the Warriors

New camera takes some snazzy photos eh?

The extended trip is over, and this weary traveler is back in China.

Nothing exciting to report about the flight other than a busted GPS system that pushed our takeoff back an extra two hours. The plate over here is full, and the afternoon found me sitting at my macbook (PC was hijacked by Windows Defender if anyone has any advice, I could really use it), fixing and updating our SCLI website, and gearing up for new work.


I would like to thank everyone who was nice enough to host me, put up with me, hang out conmigo during my extended trip home, it was an interesting break from China to say the least, and the longer I am home, the more difficult it is to come back here. The 7th Annual Warrior Weekend was hosted again at the Vermont domicile of a good friend, and it was a welcome sight to see the group again, sans a few key players who are laid up in various corners of the world. Hey, had I not come down with my cocktail of illnesses and conditions, I would not have been able to partake either, and I guess these things happen (no I will not say for a reason, as I am not a fan of that cliche). Pictures of the weekend will not be posted here, but can be found on the usual social media sites once I get access to the Facebook again.

Look for a return the States sometime around the Memorial Day holiday.

Business updates and news:
- SCLI is looking into a Shanghai expansion office as one of our partners, the ever venerable TPBJR moves up and onto bigger things while still remaining an ever present Anemoi partner.
- TWC lost two potential clients over the break, but is actively working two new clients, as well as potential add-on work supplied to us by our partner firm SGC.
- My time seems to be promised to others without my knowing, and I'll now be consulting on/designing two websites over the next few weeks for friends of friends and a colleague out here. I must now put my limited use of code and the interwebs to good use apparently.

That is all for today, I will be updating again on a consistent basis now that I am back here and will have news that is hopefully more interesting than my body temperature and various ailments