Friends
Ping has a knack for meeting good people and adding to her list of friends. Yesterday we met with the Chinese lady who is here on a business/visitor visa - the lady with whom Ping spent the night in Shenzhen so she could catch her morning flight out of Hong Kong. Her fiance, a native Houstonian, joined us and we took them to lunch at the nearby Chinese buffet that Ping and Cici really like. They make a very nice couple.
Because this Chinese lady knows no one else in America, Ping invited another one of her Chinese girlfriends to join us for lunch. The three of them seemed to have a very enjoyable time talking with each other, and now the lady who knew no one in America except her fiance the last time she was here suddenly has two Chinese friends here. Ping's other girlfriend, who lives just a few miles from our home, stayed at our office and visited with Ping until it was time for us to pick Cici up after school.
The walls that we designated for removal in the new office space are coming down. One of them is completely down, so now we can mark the way we want the space to be reconfigured. They are promising completion by October 1, but Ping and I have our doubts. Ping and I are debating how to configure one tricky area. Tricky because if we put the wall and door where we would really like to put them, the furniture that will go in that conference room would not turn the corner to make it through the door. Ping's suggestion is that we move the furniture into the conference room before the wall is put up, and just leave it trapped in the room when we leave. Hmmm. Maybe.
Last night, through the magic of webcams and computers and the Internet, we visited for a long time with Ping's cousin and her family in Zibo City. Here comes baby Buddha, Ping told me as the grandson was brought in view. Just eight months old, but as big or bigger than most year old babies, he was happy and active on camera. We are expecting to see a lot of him as he grows up, because Ping and I plan to spend a lot of time in Zibo City.
I think Ping and I will take a walk down to the new space to debate the tricky issue again before the workers arrive. We need to make a decision. Whatever it is, I know that Ping will make it look great.
Because this Chinese lady knows no one else in America, Ping invited another one of her Chinese girlfriends to join us for lunch. The three of them seemed to have a very enjoyable time talking with each other, and now the lady who knew no one in America except her fiance the last time she was here suddenly has two Chinese friends here. Ping's other girlfriend, who lives just a few miles from our home, stayed at our office and visited with Ping until it was time for us to pick Cici up after school.
The walls that we designated for removal in the new office space are coming down. One of them is completely down, so now we can mark the way we want the space to be reconfigured. They are promising completion by October 1, but Ping and I have our doubts. Ping and I are debating how to configure one tricky area. Tricky because if we put the wall and door where we would really like to put them, the furniture that will go in that conference room would not turn the corner to make it through the door. Ping's suggestion is that we move the furniture into the conference room before the wall is put up, and just leave it trapped in the room when we leave. Hmmm. Maybe.
Last night, through the magic of webcams and computers and the Internet, we visited for a long time with Ping's cousin and her family in Zibo City. Here comes baby Buddha, Ping told me as the grandson was brought in view. Just eight months old, but as big or bigger than most year old babies, he was happy and active on camera. We are expecting to see a lot of him as he grows up, because Ping and I plan to spend a lot of time in Zibo City.
I think Ping and I will take a walk down to the new space to debate the tricky issue again before the workers arrive. We need to make a decision. Whatever it is, I know that Ping will make it look great.
Maybe a double door for the conference room?
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Not a bad idea, Smitty, but because of the severe angle of the building wall that cuts across this room, the only opening into the room is not much wider than a standard door. Once you are inside it, the room is nice-sized. Dealing with this severe angle, which also cuts across the entrance to the reception area, has been our challenge.
We are walling off that entire angle and putting in a window pane door with a full rectangular window above the door to take it to the ceiling. This creates a right triangle with the old door at its top. The old door is coming out, as are the six inches of wall space where its hinges are now. That will bring that room flush with the room next to it. On the right side of the old door, we are taking out the foot of wall that connects it to the severe angle wall. The newly created triangle gives us enough space to maneuver furniture in and out of the room when we come through the new window pane door.
After all the furniture is inside the room, we will cut off the triangle with a book case on which Ping will place decorative items. The effect will be like having an entryway, much like a short hallway, except a little wider than usual, that leads to the now wider opening into the room.
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