reading/thinking about today:
Here’s an update on the company dinner last night: two words – warm beer. Enough said.
In other randomness:
- The pneumonic plague has struck China, and as alarming as that might seem, I could barely be bothered to keep up with the news. I know it is isolated to some village in the northwest. I know the village has been quarantined and disinfected. I know that plague is endemic to much of the world and treatable when caught early. So although shouts of “the plague!” and “black death!” and “bring out your dead!” spring to mind, plague in China doesn’t concern me. Nor does H1N1 either. Besides, with newsy items like this from China Daily, why would I be concerned?
- I enjoyed reading this blog post about abandoned places around the world. I am crazy fascinated by abandoned spaces and detritus of modern life. I guess that is the wannabe archaeologist in me.
- And finally, we all know that the global economic crisis has done a number on the aviation industry, right? Well, in case you didn’t know, it has. Which is one of the reasons I am still sitting in China. There are just zero aviation jobs out there. On a somewhat bizarre note, to save money, these pilots are “crashing” in mobile homes set up in LAX’s long term parking lots. I guess they don’t have to worry about being late for work. Personally, I’m glad the DH “crashes” at home every night and that our commute is all of 15 minutes down a chaotic Chinese road, but that doesn’t mean we are not looking for other opportunities. Just when is this crisis supposed to get better?
En Español:
Lo Que Estoy
leyendo y pensando hoy:
Primero, la cena de ayer fue una desastre total! Dos palabras: cerveza templada. Qué horror!
- Has oido que hay plaga en China? Pues si, en el noroeste. Pero no me importa nada, si te digo la verdad. Estoy hasta la narices del paranoia del gripe A y el gripe aviar y no sé que. La plaga está todo bajo control y está muy lejos de mi. Bueno, eso es lo que me dice la propaganda las noticias Chinas.
- Siempre me han fascinado los edificios abandonados. El DH y yo sacabamos las fotos de nuestra boda cerca de una casa casi en ruinas. Como niña yo quería ser arqueologa. En éste blog hay una resumen de muchos sitios abandonados por todo el mundo – edificios, hoteles, pueblos enteros! Está todo en ingles, pero hay muchas fotos.
- Y al final, la crisis nos ha tocado a todos, verdad? La aviación en especial. En vez de alquiler una casa para descansar entre vuelos, (cuando no están en casa), éstos pilots viven en el parking del aeropuerto LAX en Los Angeles. Por un lado me parece una ridiculez, pero por el otro lado me parece una buena forma de ahorrar dinero y no tener que llegar al trabajo tarde!
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Enjoyed reading your post. There’s always so much hype and fear mongering about the various viruses now popping up. Clearly, we must pay attention and take the right precautions but I wonder if the news we see and hear doesn’t cause a very unhelpful panic over-reaction in many places in the west.
.-= Miss Footloose´s last blog ..THE EXPAT PHILISTINE DOES CULTURE =-.
Yes! So much hype! Not that I don’t take precautions against disease – I’m fully vaccinated and am careful with food, etc., but there is so much hype over this H1N1.
Not really related to your post (though I do love abandoned bldgs… why IS that?)–just to reply to your comment (thank you btw). I am not originally from TX, but have lived in Austin for 8 years for grad school. Poking around your blog, I saw that you were from TX, but I’m not sure where your town is. Sounds like you have a pretty interesting story! I’ll have to read more when I get a minute to catch some glimpses of what living in China, married to a Spaniard is like.
.-= Annje´s last blog ..Where we wonder who he thinks he married… =-.
Isn’t Austin a great city? I’m from Goliad, which is about 2 hours southeast of Austin along Highway 183. (About 30 miles down the road from Victoria, our local metropolis.) It is well known in Texas history as being one of the battle sights during the war for Texas independence from Mexico. Basically, the Mexicans massacred a whole bunch of Texans there shortly after massacring a bunch of Texans at the Alamo. There are annual reenactments.
There’s a nice courthouse square, a Spanish mission and fort (actually really interesting and well preserved). And about 2000 people. The technical term, I believe, is “podunk.” But, hey, I heard that Owen Wilson was in town yesterday scouting for movie locations, so it might just be hitting the big time soon.