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Sorry for the lack of posts lately, there was a period of time where things got a little crazy and I didn’t want to write until things settled down. To make the story short, I wanted to quit my job, I got another job offer, I did quit my job, I accepted the other offer, I planned a trip to Japan, then my current boss matched the offer, then I didn’t know whether to go or stay, and then I decided to stay, I had to cancel my Japan trip, and now I’m still here.

I’m extremely happy about my job situation, and have been moved to the marketing team. I’ve been going out to lunch and bonding with my coworkers, which has been incredibly nice, even though sometimes I’m incredibly lost during the conversation. Good thing is that my Chinese will improve and I will get to know my Chinese coworkers better and eat really good Chinese food on a daily basis. Down side is that now I have to dress better, take care of myself better and start getting my hair and nails done on a regular basis to keep up with my two colleagues that I now share an office with. Yang Yang, the marketing director comes in to work wearing cute little dresses and a new hair style everyday, and Inkii, a boy by the way, has an assortment of skin care products, has a French manicure (and acrylics), wears mascara (even I don’t wear mascara!) and takes care of his genuine Prada bag like it’s a chihuahua.

However, today I got an application form that every worker is required to fill out, and I am extremely unhappy about it. I have to put my name, my address, my personal cell phone number, my passport number, ethnicity, and attach a picture. All this information will be going directly to the central government so they know exactly who is in Beijing for the purpose of monitoring every individual working here during the Olympics. I’m not the only one unhappy about it, my Chinese coworkers have complained about it, but they are pretty passive in that they just accept that it is required. I’m not so willing to just accept it, and I’m thinking of accidentally mis-writing my cellphone number and address, and “forgetting” how to spell my name properly. YY, one of my Chinese coworkers, says there has only been one government like the current Chinese government, “Hitler’s Nazi government.”

She said it, not me! Although maybe I shouldn’t tell other Chinese people because now she may be labeled a “blood traitor” and get violent death threats.