Boy, let me tell you. It sure does help to have all the necessary documernts inorder to get a visa. Basically, this means, I may end up extending my stay a few days. Fine by me if someone else pays for the additional nights in the hotel and flight change fees.

Going to Hong Kong on Thursday. 8am flight. Going to get my work visa for China and open up a HSBC bank account.

I am going to Hong Kong - most likely at the end of next week. I will provide more details when I have them.

I am at the office, it is 7:30pm. I am not doing any work, though, I am actually waiting for my boss to go to a bar to eat dinner and drink. :-) Sorry, no photos yet. It turns out my apartment complex does not have broadband yet. (oh well, it is only a 4-month contract, I will look for a new apartment with broadband) This means, I could either use dialup and have a heart attack, or just not bother and use the connection at the office.

It is Friday of my first full week at work. I haven’t had any programming projects yet, but that will change late in June when a fairly large .NET project starts - I will be the technical lead for it. :-) I have found a new apartment, and moved in last Saturday. For those of you who are interested (this information will also be placed in the “About Me” section in the next few days).

SARS situation in Beijing To clarify any confusion: I do not have SARS. Glad that is cleared up. The SARS situation sounds worse outside of China that it really is. I am not sure what international media is reporting at this time (no foreign tv yet for me) but it is certainly much better than it was a few weeks ago. Only a few people wear masks - maybe 20% of people on the streets.