5 months. I can’t believe I have been here for 5 months. It really is amazing how time flies here. So much going on, so many new sights, smells (oh yes, the smells) and sounds. Where do I begin?

I guess I will start where all beginnings seem to start. The beginning.

1 year ago I finally got tired of hearing my wife tell me how she wanted to move from our comfortable Los Angeles home back to her home in Guangzhou, China. I woke up, gently kissed my wife awake and said, “We are moving to China in 6 months. No arguments, no complaining and no excuses. I am going to go take my shower now.”

When I returned to the bedroom after my shower the first thing I noticed is that my lovely wife had not moved a millimeter from the moment I told her my decision. After staring at me blankly for a few minutes her jaw began to move in an effort to say something. This was very unusual since my wife is the type of person who can talk with an ease of effort that makes perpetual motion machines envious.

After several false starts at a sentence she finally found her ground and simply said, “Are you serious?” I said, “Yes”, kissed her once more and headed out the door for work.

6 months later our plane touched down in Guangzhou.

As busy as the previous 6 months had been to get here, the next 5 have been just as busy setting up a life here.

I just put this blog here so I could have a place to write my ideas and observations. A place for me to gather my thoughts to help me make sense of it all. Read along if you like, comment if you feel the need, and wave hello if you see me coming down the street.

Labels: china, guangzhou, life, los angeles

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