Hong Kong errand.
I Learned never to take the Shunde Route to Hong Kong. It took me four hours to get there. Left the Flower Hotel 815am, the van guy picked up many other people and we finally arrived at the Shunde Port around 930am. I have never been here and it was really nice looking. The ferry itself took 2 hours almost exactly. To kill time I dragged along my laptop. I was finishing up the last hour of Farewell My Concubine. That movie is pretty awesome, but very depressing. After about 5 minutes, I noticed two kids sitting behind me were watching so I unplugged my headfones and set the laptop in the middle seat so the kids could watch and woman sitting in the other seat could watch as well. There was a couple points that I had to cover the little kids' eyes. And fastforward something. Most of this part that we were watching had to deal with the Cultural Revolution. I was kind of worried about playing it, I was looking around seeing if anyone seemed to care, but no one did. So I said to the kids, "Are you happy to see what your government has done to your people. The people that were involved in this are now in power! Good for them, huh?"
They just stared and giggled. "A white man is talking to us!"
After that movie ended, I tried to put in Edward Scissorhands, but my DVDplayer wasn't reading it. Crappy Chinese knockoff DVDs. So, I threw in One Flew Over the Kuckoo's Nest. After about 30 minutes of that since the kids and woman lost interest and I couldn't hear it, I shut it off and put on Super Troopers.
We finally got to Hong Kong and with walking and the subway system and trying to find the office, I didnt get to CASE till about 1:15pm. I got to the Apple Certified Service Center and during a conversatioon with another customer, I realized that it should be called "The iPod Service Center". I was there for a span of about 30 minutes or so. Everyone that I saw come in had an iPod related issue. I had a battery that has drained during the one year warranty, another dude had the same model as mine but his battery was fine - the harddrive in it just stopped working - he has had his for 1.5 years. Another guy was there to pick his up and they still didn't have it ready for him. He came in last week and they said 3-5 days, he showed up, they didnt have it. He came back today, they didnt have it. He said he will be back in town on the 19th and they better have it.
While I was there, about 6 people came and left about iPods. The one guy who had his harddrive conk out said he was there in the morning and he swore that at least 20 people had come and gone while he was there and it was all about iPods.
I swear, Apple is its own worst enemy. The iPod would have been the perfect thing if they made the battery more accessible, removeable, and last longer. However, truth be told, the battery technology to make something like that run a long time still isn't there. Its getting better, but its still tuff. Gooooo T/J! You should start some business with Apple! :D
After that I headed to another shop then head back to the ferry port. I was constantly travelling all day and I ate alot of M&Ms. The van ride back to Xiaolan from the Zhongshan ferry port made my tummy ache, so i rested instead of going to practice. I will make up for it tomorrow.
I am off to bed. Check you later.