Freezing in Hong Kong!

All is relative...

Happy holidays - software engineering definition

So just now talked with a friend. He very busy at work before the holidays. Some Chinese business close for like 10 days...

"Yeah. Is funny. We work hard to finish something before period of time where nobody is going to use the result of what we have done!"

I remember one incident where we worked really hard and looking hours to finish something before end of June - the European part of project wanted it badly before that date. Delivering on time. I sent the result to the developer who wanted it. The automatic email response was that he had just gone on vacation and would be back a month later!

Wuhan, hubei

Not far from my hotel there is a street where there is a cluster of stores making gambling game machines. One instance caught my eye. The machine with a baby on front and a baby emerging from the innards of one machine.

As always waking around in China you see people making things! I think it's very exciting. You don't need to make everything in big factories, like in the west...

High speed trains in China

Over the last few years China has built high speed trail network including new stations. They might feel more like airports than old style train stations. There has been criticism that these are built while not needed. Somehow I doubt that. The trains I've seen are almost always full. Arriving at a station you might have to wait for a free train. All normal trains are full too, so the need is there. And the Chinese travel a lot. Often got like up to 30 hours on normal trains. The biggest issue is that high speed trains are expensive to take. In some cases like flying. On the other hand ticket prices are fixed. Either the ticket is available or not. You get what you pay for. Flying on the other hand is a gamble - you never know how much you're going to pay!

Btw the construction of train lines are happening faster than the plan. Because the put more money to it. In the West it seems opposite - its always delayed and cost more than expected.