Leather shop

The Leather Factory



Here are some pictures of Bills family's leather factory.


The make leather clothes for QVC.


Really nice stuff.



Guess who is getting custom made leather jacket, real cheap?

Bill had some models that I couldn't photograph because they are a new style not yet on the market. Sorry about the flash.


These gals were cutting small slits in the leather and another gal would tie leather straps into them.





Bill is going to take me for a Chinese massage sometime this week...That should be interesting.

Jim

Pigs Head

Pigs Head for Lunch

Yes that's right...I said pigs head for lunch.


And it wasn't half bad.


Well the taxi ride to bills place was an uneventful 10 min. ride.

His parents own a shop where they make leather goods for QVC.

We all know QVC, shopping on TV.

They have about 100 employees.

Bill took me for a tour of the place and explained a lot of the procedures.

I'll post some pictures on a different post tomorrow of the shop.

Afterwards we went to the dining building and I watched them prepare lunch for everyone.

The menu consisted of:

Boiled Chopped up pigs head
...I know...Makes your mouth water just thinking about it. If you look closely you can see the snout in the bowl near the hand.

Roast Duck.

Roast Duck. Now this I liked.

Some kind of huge fish.


Some kind of vegetable that they

couldn't translate into English.

Bills dad on the left.

And don't forget the rice!

I had a great time! Bill told me I was welcome to come for lunch any time.
So Jim won't go hungry in China.

Bills mom on the left.

And for lunch tomorrow we will be enjoying a wonderful Roast Dalmatian .

Just kidding.

Tea with new friends

New Chinese Friends

OK, so last night I met with Jenny and her friend Bill for tea.
What great people!!


Bill owns a school here in Changxing and Jenny works for Journey East and also teaches English at Bills school.


Later this morning I am going to visit Bills school and have lunch with him and his students.

Bill is the coolest guy I've met in China yet.


He speaks English very well.

He lived in New Zealand for five years as a student.


After tea he came by my place and showed me how to get free movies on the internet.
Last night I watched "16 Blocks" staring Bruce Willis. It was in English but had Chinese sub-titles.

When I came to China I only brought few DVDs. I've already watched them all...Twice.
The only problem is the site is in Chinese so navigating around it is a guessing game.
He showed me some of the links to click but some times I get a little confused.

Anyway I'm going to hit the shower and have breakfast(banana) and give Bill a call.
I have to take a taxi to his school.
This will be my first solo taxi ride around (not tricycle) so the protocol is that I find a cab, get in, call Bill and then he gives the driver the directions.
I hope I don't end up in Shanghai!

I'll take my camera so there should be some good pictures to come.