The fifth day of my visit to China started on a good note. I turned on my shower and proceeded to prepare for the day ahead. Today I am expected to give a talk on the new ink jet coder; and answer a range of questions which will push me to the limits. It is hard enough explaining the black art of ink jet coder technology to those with a good graft of English; getting my point across to those less versed in the only language I can communicate in is always a challenge.
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Travelling across the worlds time zones is always a strange experience. Twenty eight of us sat around the dinner tables on the final night of our stay here in China, discussing our journey back home. Normally the conversation would revolve around our respective coding and marking businesses; with stories of our funny or disastrous experiences with ink jet coders and our customers.
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Once again I find myself wide awake laying on my bed, The LED alarm clock clicks over to 3:01am. By the time my body finally shifts itself to China time, it will be time to fly back home again. Once home the whole process begins again only in reverse.
I seem to be surviving on less than three hours sleep per night. A million thoughts seem to rush through my head; it almost feels like I am running on pure adrenaline at times.
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Here I am in my hotel room unable to sleep. Its 4am here in China I guess that makes it around 8pm back in the UK.
I am here for my business, involved in the manufacture of industrial coding and marking equipment. Before I begin my little rant, I would like to point out that I am not a racist and I will apologise beforehand if any of my personal observations are regarded by anyone as inaccurate or offensive.
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My annual business trip to Shanghai in China had finally come around once again. A trip always filled with exciting new ink jet coding products; mixed with a feeling of dread because I really do not enjoy flying. I used to be an extremely nervous flier, fearing the worst with every jolt or noise from the aeroplane. But having spent seven years of flying backward and forward to Germany every week I have become a hardened pro. But even enduring a mixed box of tricks over the years from Ryanair is nothing compared to a long haul to China.
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I must have jumped about a foot off the bed, I knew that I had been shot in the back. We had been tracking a family of badgers when some poachers opened fire on us. As I slowly came too I realised that this was just a dream, I explained the dream in its entirety to my half awake girlfriend, in the hope that she would forgive me for disturbing her precious sleep.
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I received a call on Friday afternoon informing me that a Codejet Evolution 3 ink jet coder, based in London was displaying its service icon. Having been out of action for the previous 7 days due to my recent house move, I decided to undertake the service call out personally on the following Monday morning.
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A very good friend of mine who just happens not to be connected to the coding and marking industry, has recently been searching for a car to replace his 15 year old Vauxhall Astra.
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Today was ink jet coder installation day at the oil and chemical plant close to Sheffield. After last months demo going so well a deal was struck the following day for two Codejet E18+ ink jet coders, to be installed first week in July.
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