Getting back to normal some

Our interent connection is returning to its normal speed... from terrible to slow. I opened some spam email at work last week and now I have some nasty Chinese malware on my work laptop, so I need to clean that this weekend. My desktop computer is running good. It can get a little hot if I run a really big battle with thousands of troops in Medieval 2 Total War, but not too hot.

The weather in Dalian this last week has seemed pretty warm... a little above freezing with little wind. I hope it lasts awhile.

A few weekends ago we had our company annual party. This year we had it at the Furama Hotel. The food was a little better tasting than at the Shangri-La Hotel, but was served cold since we started dinner later than we had told the hotel. I know we were late and we had a thouasnd people, but you would think some place like this could serve food hot. Anyways, it was fun. As in previous years we had plenty of co-workers provide some very good entertainment...

Awards first...



Opening remarks in Chinese, English, and Japanese...



Some traditional singing and dancing...



Some other traditional singing and dancing...



Some co-workers from the Philippines singing songs...



Some dancers doing a scene from a movie called The Banquet, which is a lovely Chinese version of Hamlet...



Some salsa dancing...



Modern dance...



A love song by some angels...



Less than two more weeks until Chinese New Years. A week off of work is looking real good about now.