A Business Trip To China

I went to China on August 25 2008. It was a business trip. I had just had surgery on my rotator cuff thus you can see the sling on my arm. I had a great time in China and met some wonderful people. One of them wanted me to stay and teach english, I would have except for my youngest daughter is still living at home with me. The drivers in China are terrible they just go with no regard for pedestrians or other vehicles. I had to learn how to dodge cars very quickly they do not want to stop for you at all and will threaten to run you down if you get to cocky. I found quite a difference there in the evenings there are people everywhere, here I drove in the city of edmonton tonight and there were very few people out on the streets seems so desolate here after the sun goes down. Wonder why that is? Is it because we don't feel safe enough out on the streets? Is it because we don't want or need the fellowship of other people? Just a strange obesrvation of mine.














I really felt safe in China, there weren't any drunks there weren't any drug addicts out on the streets. Am I naive enough to think there are none, no. Where were they, maybe they are the ones locked behind closed doors so no one can see them. Seems to me we've got it all wrong we should feel safe to leave our homes at night. Another observation of mine was that the old people don't have senior citizen homes or any type of care facility for that matter. So I asked and was told there is a crisis beginning there because they were only to have one child. Then that one child will growup and get married. The new couple now have a dilema who will they care for the husbands parents or the brides parents. It appears it doesn't really matter one set of parents is left to fend for themselves most of the time...unless of course you are one of the upper class with money. Someone should be thinking of building seniors homes there...I would but my shoulder is in no shape just yet.

Look at the traffic circle it was beautifully
landscaped as were almost all the streets the sidewalks were made with tiles and placed in certain designs. Clean wow talk about clean there was people cleaning the streets every block or so they had their area and they kept it clean all day long. At night they would disappear and bright and early the next morning they were at it again.

Don't look at the date on the pics they really weren't taken in 2004. Someone just doesn't know how to change it........

Oh yes one other memorable part of my trip (and there were many) was the flight home...from Shanghai, I sat with a young Chinese girl she was very quiet, but began to ask questions about my arm and where I was from. I said Edmonton, she gave a squeek of surprise. She was also going to Edmonton to work for two years, would she know anyone there? No she was going to be alone. I gave her my business card and told her to call me when she got settled. If she needed anything anytime to call me and if there was anyway possible I would find or give her the help. She finally called me when she purchased a cell phone. We met tonight I was very happy to see her as was she, I invited her to thanksgiving.....I don't even know where I'm having it yet. She said that thanksgiving was for family, I said consider me your family then. So Amanda (TianJing chinese name) we are family!!

Some Stress, Some Relief

Stressers:
What are your stressers..... everyone has a different idea of stress and many people deal with it in a different way. Maybe it's a driver that cuts you off and almost causes an accident all because they were talking on their phone while driving. Or maybe it is that person in the express line at the grocery store that has way more than 15 items in her basket and just doesn't seem to give a hoot that everyone is in a hurray also. I'd like to get some feed back on your stressers maybe give me one a day as well as some of your ideas about de-stressing. Here's one idea use aromatherapy to help you relax.

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil (Cananga Odorata) Complete Madagascar

Description: Ylang Ylang Essential Oil(Cananga Odorata) Complete(means first pressing) The therapeutic properties of ylang-ylang oil are antidepressant, antiseborrhoeic, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, hypotensive, nervine and sedative. It has a euphoric and sedative effect on the nervous system and helps with anxiety, tension, shock, fear and panic while the aphrodisiac qualities is useful for impotence and frigidity. It is particularly useful with rapid breathing and rapid heartbeat, it can also help with reducing high blood pressure and useful for intestinal infections. On the skin, in a cream or lotion ylang-ylang oil has a soothing effect and its balancing action sorts out over-dry as well as overly-oily skin by balancing the secretion of sebum, and has a stimulating effect on the scalp which promotes more luxurious hair growth. In vapor therapy ylang-ylang oil can be helpful with anxiety, tension, shock, fear, panic, rapid breathing, rapid heartbeat, aphrodisiac, physical exhaustion, frigidity, impotence, insomnia, depression and stress. As a blended massage oil or diluted in the bath ylang-ylang will assist with physical exhaustion, insomnia, frigidity, impotence, depression, anxiety, nervous tension and stress while having a calming and aphrodisiac effect. Ylang-ylang oil blends particularly well with bergamot, grapefruit, lavender and sandalwood.

My First Blog...My First Post

Hello;
This is my first post on my first blog. I am very new at this. I am also setting up a new retail store online, wanted to get it up and running before the 15th of November but..... so much to do and no hours left in the day. I did get my second order in this week I am so pleased with the products I received they are better than I expected. I have a wonderful Fairy oil burner I just love and I think my customers will also, Got some crystal balls in and some Egyptian Gods and Goddess statues in too great looking items.

You realize that Christmas is coming very quickly, I wonder how soon I will be ready. Will it be the few days before again or will I be able to get my shopping done next weekend when my 29 year old daughter, Cyndi, and I will meet in Edmonton to do the shopping thing. We have started to do the once a year meeting we will stay at a hotel in Edmonton and shop, shop, shop.


The weather here is still good we haven't had any snow yet. Which is a big change from last year when the kids went Halloweening in the freezing cold, snowy streets. This year the kids hardly even had to wear coats as a matter of fact my 10 year old daughter, Mariah, only put a sweater on under her costume. She went out twice and had two bags full of candy. Usually she will do a couple of blocks and she's done but not this year.

Well have a great weekend and I'll talk again later