Hi everyone! It has been a couple of weeks since I last posted. There aren't much special to post, on one hand. On the other hand, there are so much that I can share.
Life is just fine. It is stable and routine. The traveling is keeping up. Jim is settling back well. He is making dinner, looking after the household, taking care of whatever he can do without speaking Chinese. Apparently, the maids communicate with him every time with hands gesture and noises that they cannot understand.
With 2 properties moving into Pre Opening stage, I am exposed to a new spectrum of the hotel world. I have to say I am shocked by the complication of opening a hotel. There are 450 steps for the general manager. The GM has to hire hundreds of people in a few months. He/She got moved to middle of no where with 2 suitcases. And they immediately start working 7 days a week. First job is to develop relationship with owning company, which is imaginably difficult.
And the fun part of all that is most of them don't speak Chinese! These guys are stuck in some middle of nowhere, knowing no one, and just suck it in and start that huge task. I seriously don't think I can do it. I won't survive a day.
Now it explains why hotel GM are charming, but can be uncompromisingly firm at the same time. What a personality skill!
There are more from work I will share in the next post. We are heading to Hong Kong for a few days of R&R. I am quite looking forward to it. I'm hoping the delayed flight is the only hurdle on this trip.
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