Like a bad penny - arrived back in China on Thursday to be greeted at the airport by the driver with a big smile. He was surprised i had no coat on. The temperature was a balmy 6C, no wind, blue skies. Who needs a coat! Definitely didn't need one in the car as the driver sat there in his and the heater on full blast.
The wonders of central heating.
I had two letters when I arrived. Both of them looked like bills, both looked as if they had been paid too! However being totally in Chinese I was going to struggle. HR seemed happy with them though.
First day back in the office and everyone seemed in good spirits. I was a little perturbed that they thought I had been on holiday for 3 weeks - even the people who I had spoken to a few times thought I had. Perceptions are hard to change - expats disappearing for long periods, do no work, live it up. Hard to show you are different.
Still the cadburys chocolate selection bought me back into favour again.
Having just left the UK and experienced and disliked the commercial Christmas chaos, I arrive back to a country that is preparing for Chinese New Year. The supermarket has aisles of decorations, special cakes, and other "spring festival" paraphernalia. The office is getting excited and like December in the UK, trying to get people to focus on key things being done by then is hard work.
Just shows how us humans are all alike.
Good weekend ahead - golf planned for Saturday and Sunday, and Saturday night live on Chinese TV, 11pm Scunthorpe vs Everton. You never know the Iron may play better on Chinese TV than when I watched them in the UK. They couldn't play much worse than last Saturday.
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