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The Crystal Bridge, Guilin, China.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yay! It’s a long weekend in China. Monday is Qing Ming Jie, or, Tomb Sweeping Day. On this day people pay respect to their ancestors by cleaning tombs and making offerings of food, liquor, and ghost money. Qing Ming has been a holiday in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for years. It wasn’t until 2008 that China made it a national holiday (it was celebrated before this, but not recognized).<\/p>\n

My move went reasonably well. The movers decided to carry my desk upside-down, and it broke apart. The fight that ensued between the woman from my department overseeing the move and the movers, was interesting. She blamed them, they blamed the desk. In the end the school repairman put it back together with L brackets and chewing gum. After it was placed in my bedroom he told me to never move it. Great.<\/p>\n

Given their lack of coordination, I didn’t allow the movers to touch my computers. I did that, making two trips, half-a-mile each, carrying a monitor and CPU each time. And I went to gym later in the day. Computers, like sheets and blankets, are much heavier than you would think. Buff, The Stevo will be buff!<\/p>\n

I’m working on my laptop. Trying to wire three bedrooms for the internet is a perplexing problem. I don’t want wires running all over the apartment. Wireless will do for now. I see a large purchase of ethernet cable in my future…<\/p>\n

I’m off to Hong Kong today. WordPress is holding one of their famous WordCamps in the former British colony. I’m meeting up with one of Shenzhen’s other expat bloggers, meeting WordPress president Matt Mullenweg, and hopefully getting some free stuff. Like I need more stuff, my life is now a collection of boxes full of stuff.<\/p>\n

The photo above is of the Crystal Bridge in lovely Guilin, China. I’m somewhat limited, photo-wise, at the moment. I have no network and access to my images. I didn’t want to deprive those that come here for the photos, not my bad prose.<\/p>\n

To one and all: Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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