The World According to Mitch

There was a time when I would have been paying closer attention to these things... but not only did I have more time, the world - my world - was a much smaller place. In 1983 my parents took me to Chicago to an event, and I got to see the Sears Tower, since 1974 the tallest building in the world. It...

When I look back on my week in Hong Kong - I was here for work after all - it is hard to imagine anyone accusing me of not taking full advantage of my time here.  In most of the cities I have visited this past year I have effectively gone from the airport to the hotel, the office (or training centre...

In case it wasn't cool enough that I am in Hong Kong for the week, Earlier in the week I applied for a visa to visit Mainland China.  Today was the big day. In preparation for my trip I took a number of precautions, both against crime and against myself.  I left all of my jewelry in the...

It finally caught up with me. Early-ish in the day yesterday I had my web cam on when my class was working on labs.  Theresa pointed out that I looked tired, and I had to admit that I was.  the travel, the excitement, the early morning calls with Theresa and Aaron were all catching up with...

Of course you know that I am no dummy, but when I walked into a restaurant for lunch (I believe it was called Choi Fook Seafood Restaurant) that is not used to nor equipped to serve foreigners, I might as well have been. The restaurant was on the third floor of a building not far from where I am teaching...

Today was the first day of my course in Hong Kong, but first and foremost it was the first light of Channukah. There was an interesting story in the South China Morning News on Monday about the Jewish community in Hong Kong, which somewhat ironically is about double that of my home town of Mississauga...

So I showed up at the training centre on time this morning, that is I showed up an hour early. The door was locked, and the receptionist and her friend were waiting outside. They suggested I go get breakfast and since I had skipped it because I lost track of time while chatting with Theresa, I decided...

So after settling into my hotel yesterday I was glad to be able to shower (17 hours on a plane… groan!) and then hook up my laptop to synchronize all the work I had done. I went downstairs into the Pacific Place shopping mall (It must be one of the ritzier addresses… Hermes, and the lot are there) looking...

For the first time ever I woke up in Asia today; unfortunately I did it at 4:00 in the morning, but I suppose jet lag can do that to you. I am hoping that getting to bed on time and getting up at a reasonable hour tomorrow will put an end to that. After a few hours of writing and making calls I went...