Thursday, October 30, 2008

Green Eggs and Ham

I am tired! We spent the entire day in the cold, cold weather trying to figure out what was causing the gearboxes to leak. I finally came up with a solution around 3:30 this afternoon, but we will have to wait until tomorrow morning to know for sure if I'm right. I really hope I am. Working out in the shop I assumed that I might be cold since the weather here in Beijing is around 40 degrees. But I also assumed there would be some sort of repreive in going into the offices or conference room. But all of the windows were open inside of their offices. This is not a common sense oriented culture...

Although I do not have a picture of my goose egg because I actually hit the crown of my head which is covered in hair, I do have a picture of this...



A random worker at the company we visited yesterday came up and layed a duck egg on my plate. (I know you can barely tell, but it's a greenish blue color.) I asked Anne why they chose me to give it to instead of John or Pinakin and she assured me it was because they were trying to take good care of me. I'm going to have to search out other resources to confirm this. :)
Traffic is insane here. Notice in the picture below I have a car circles. That's becuase he was driving along the road....and the sidewalk. There are no rules of the road here. Just the road.



When our driver started down this street John, Pinakin, and I were saying, "No! It's one way!!" But it turns out it wasn't and we pushed our way down it fighting incoming traffic the entire way.


That's really all I have for today. I'm waiting anxiously to go back to the customers today and see if I really did solve the mystery of the leaking torque hubs...

Oh, and my things are still in customs. Please pray that they get released soon, because my trip to Qingdoa to visit Sonya is dependent on having them in my possession before Monday.

~Cbuss

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hope you don't get sick from being out in the cold all day. Are you going to eat the egg? It looks like an easter egg and it would match your wedding decor. Polk a hole in both ends and get the gook out and save the shell.
Love ya,
Mother

Anonymous said...

Sorry, I spelled POKE wrong.

Mother

Anonymous said...

I'm rusty on my Chinese traditions, but I believe the acceptance of a duck egg means you are now betrothed to gentleman.

Anonymous said...

I was actually wondering how a worker could lay an egg on your plate? Then I figured it out... he's a duck. Well, she's a duck. So if Curt is right, you are betrothed to a duck. A female one at that.

Seriously though, glad to see you're surviving and having a good time at it!

Sonya Yassi said...

I am CERTAINLY hoping those things get released because you need to come here and see me! For sure! Keep me updated and let me know if you need reservations! =)

Keep enjoying your adventures!

Unknown said...

you get to visit Sonya?! Luuuucky.

pednurse said...

Sarah saw your blog today....commented that she didn't know they had ducks in China. LOL Then I showed her the rest of the pictures on here and she ended up with a case of the giggles at the fact that you took pictures of the bathroom at your hotel. :) Stay warm!

Anonymous said...

So I'm dying to know, did your idea for the gearbox work? I think I'm more interested in that than the Great Wall. Jason = dork

Anonymous said...

HAPPY TRICK OR TREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was waiting on your blog for the day. How come you didn't post one?
Sorry I'm late telling you. It's 10:00 p.m. Oct. 31 here, so I suppose it's 10:00 a.m. Nov. 1 there.
Love Ya
Mother