Happy New Year ... again

The year of the rat -my year- has started. A quick reference to some online information about rat years shows that a rat year is a year for hard work, and renewal. But also of opportunity. A good year to start something new, like getting married (I am not aware of a year during which it was recommended not to get married, by the way) or starting a new venture. The latter appealed to me of course, because with the construction activities for our new factory well on the way, it seems to be the right year to build up our company. And with that, I expect a lot of hard work is waiting indeed!

But now we are enjoying the Spring Festival holiday. Two weeks during which most of the country is not working. Even most shops are closed, which is a rare occasion in China. Sadly, it's not the weather to do a lot outside. As you probably have heard or seen on the news, it's cold out here!!

So we are spending most of our time inside. A good opportunity to clean up and reorganize. Besides that, we do what most Chinese are doing: eating, watching TV, and watching fireworks. There is no way around that. And if the weather stays liks this, there should be some time left to write a bit more about what's going on in China, or more specifically in Fuzhou, during the Spring Festival 2008.