Lovy and I were high-school sweethearts and were married for forty-three years before her untimely death. She had worked and put me through university and contributed mightily to the financial stores of our maturing family. This adventure allowed her the opportunity to retire from being a certified dental assistant and enjoy a totally new life, and China, which she did.
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By Ernie Tadla
About Lovy
Lovy and I were high-school sweethearts and were married for forty-three years before her untimely death. She had worked and put me through university and contributed mightily to the financial stores of our maturing family. This adventure allowed her the opportunity to retire from being a certified dental assistant and enjoy a totally new life, and China, which she did.
Lovy Catherine Edinger was her official birth name. Her father, Phil always wanted a daughter with that name. Of course, her name always got attention. Imagine sitting in your dentist’s chair receiving your regular check-up and the dentist says to his assistant, “Lovy, please pass the suction tube.” What thoughts would go through your mind? At work, Lovy was called Lee.
When at a party or shopping in a crowd, instead of me calling her name out loud, we had a signature call, “Yoo hoo” that she responded to, knowing I was looking for her.
When we met new people who reacted to her name, I would suggest that it was her name that was an important factor in our long-term, stable and happy marriage. In any normal relationships, there are times of anger and frustration as was in ours. I found it difficult to Read the rest of “China Chapter Four: A Wife in Shanghai” or post a comment
In the Western world, having the right relationships or connections, while very important, is usually not a sufficient (nor in many cases a necessary) condition to get business done. You’d need to have sound business fundamentals first. In China, for a long time having Guanxi this “ultra-relationship” or “super-connection“ ALONE could already ensure a “done-deal”, regardless of the fundamentals…
By Shawn He Yuxun
In the Western world, having the right relationships or connections, while very important, is usually not a sufficient (nor in many cases a necessary) condition to get business done. You’d need to have sound business fundamentals first. In China, for a long time having Guanxi this “ultra-relationship” or “super-connection“ ALONE could already ensure a “done-deal”, regardless of the fundamentals…
You might have heard the Chinese word “Guanxi“ (pronounced guan-shee, literally meaning “relationship” or “connection“) frequently touted by many a China consultants or “old China hands” who have been there and done that. Read the rest of ““Guanxi” Demystified: How it differs from our usual “Connections”?” or post a comment
How to be prepared for the experience called China? Pamela Lau did an interesting scientific research about pre-departure training for expats planning to go to China.
Though there is some literature questioning the effect of pre-departure training (Kealy and Protheroe, 1996; Selmer et al, 1998), it is clear that according to expatriates…
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