leo visits eri
i brought leo into work yesterday [beijing e)ngineering and r)esearch i)nstitute]. kevin said that he thought this was the first time that a dog had visited eri. such a change from the sun culture i know in mpk... where so many people bring their dogs to work (not to mention cats and other pets).
leo was his usual active self. scampering around, smelling **everything**, and generally being a show-off. friends took pictures of him, and he was borrowed once. i'll try to bring him in every couple of weeks or so. definitely think it is good for the team's morale... and i know that leo **loves** the attention.
my home office is getting more setup. housekeeping moved my desk out of the bedroom and into the living room. nice to use both rooms of the apartment, and not have everything crammed into one space. i also got my vonage voip going. really as simple as just plugging in the phone adapter. it's really neat that the same phone number i had in the states works here. try doing that was a regular phone.
so, the only belongings i brought with me were to beijing were:
- two suitecases (mostly clothes, shoes, and toiletries)
- cameras and a laptop in one **massive** carry-on bag
- leo
and, well, one book... norton's translation of rilke's letters to a young poet. i think i last read it around twenty years ago, when i definitely one and thought myself to be the other. it caught my attention when joyce (my friend, not the author!). it just seems fitting to read it once again.
