First They Came for My Electricity

2009-10-13

Not a lot of blogging this week thus far. Because of the National Day holiday, my FDI Law class was postponed one week, and yesterday kicked off the first class.

In addition to the expected six hours of lectures this week, I have an additional five hours of lectures on FDI and IP law for a law school delegation from Thailand.

All in all, a busy few days. The good news is that after tomorrow's marathon schedule (six hours in the classroom), I will have a few days off and can catch up with the news.

Changing the subject, you may recall that due to poor planning, I spent the National Day holiday with no electricity. That was entirely my fault.

I found out late last week that, through no fault of my mine, there will be no hot water at the apartment complex where I live for an entire month. The management office claims that this is out of their hands and has something to do with repairs being overseen by the Beijing municipal government. Interesting that they failed to mention this to my wife and I when we rented the room less than two months ago.

Lucky for me that I recently joined a gym here, and the good news is that they supply their own hot water. So I can still take hot showers, which is nice. I'm sure my students will appreciate this as well.

I wonder what will be shut off next? If they touch my Internet, blood will be shed.

By tomorrow night, I may not be able to speak any more (I am already losing my voice from too much lecture time), but hopefully I will be back blogging.

Tags: China News