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The Pre-Flight Checklist

By admin Posted on March 5, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Engineer In Shenzhen

In retrospect, I should have been much better about my checklist. I had forgotten some things which would have made my life significantly more comfortable. Having a printed checklist, and laying out all of my things before packing them into …

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Getting robbed by Chase Bank

By admin Posted on February 26, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Engineer In Shenzhen

In the final stretch towards leaving, I needed to make sure I’d have enough foreign currency to get by. I was looking for the cheapest ways to change money, and I knew that Chase was going to charge 3% on …

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Computer Security

By admin Posted on February 15, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Engineer In Shenzhen

There has been a lot of publicity recently about electronic security when working in China. There are horror stories of infected computers that come back and infiltrate corporate networks, of eavesdropped cell phones, and of IP theft. A NY Times …

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Getting a visa at the China Consulate

By admin Posted on February 14, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Engineer In Shenzhen

This isn’t the China Consulate. This is a new (and somewhat controversial) statue of Marilyn Monroe on Michigan Ave. in Chicago. The China Consulate is a few blocks away, but they don’t want you taking pictures, and this is much …

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Getting a Visa

By admin Posted on February 14, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Engineer In Shenzhen

Once travel dates have been made, you need to get a Visa from the China Consulate. There are only a few in the U.S., and some of them don’t accept applications by mail, so it’s a pain. In order to …

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Shooting through the prep checklist

By admin Posted on February 10, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Engineer In Shenzhen

It seems that preparation for travel has to happen in a specific order because the paperwork requires progressive detail. For example, the first thing on the list is to determine when and exactly where you are going. With the dates …

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Travel Nurse

By admin Posted on February 10, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Engineer In Shenzhen

It’s a good idea to make an appointment with a travel nurse at least a month before traveling to make sure you have the necessary vaccinations. Some need to be taken far in advance of travel. The travel nurse will …

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WYZGYZ is going to China!

By admin Posted on February 10, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Well, my new company Portable Scores is going. A couple months ago WYZGYZ applied for a program in its first year for hardware startup companies. Called HAXLR8R, the goal of the program is to make manufacturing in China more accessible to …

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Travel Insurance

By admin Posted on February 9, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Engineer In Shenzhen

Insurance’s purpose is to make sure you’re ok when things go bad, and when you’re on the other side of the world, things go from inconvenient to bad pretty quick. Lost luggage, theft, damaged items mean lost time re-acquiring the …

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Booking the flight

By admin Posted on February 9, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Engineer In Shenzhen

Booking the flight is a stressful process and requires careful planning of every aspect. First, you must decide where to land. There’s Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong as destinations, each with the ability to get you into Shenzhen using public …

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