So as most of you already know, I’m on vacation right now in Shanghai, China.
Yup, went back to where I was based for 5 years just to take a break and see some old friends. Maybe check out the 2010 Expo that everyone is talking about.
And I actually do like to put in a bit of time into work while I’m on vacation since I can basically plug in from anywhere. So right now I’m sitting in my hotel lobby just trying to upload some videos onto Youtube and comment on some blog posts etc.
But guess what?!
I’ve been away from China for so long that I completely forgot that almost ALL the social sites are banned here!
Can you freakin believe that?!
And I couldn’t figure it out for 15 minutes. I kept trying to refresh Facebook and Youtube and nothing was working. Then I remembered that they basically control the flow of information very heavily on the Internet here, especially on social sites.
So this vacation, has now ended up being a REAL vacation, because I literally CANNOT work!
HA!
No Facebook. No Twitter. No Youtube.
Holy crap!
Some would call that a blessing in disguise I suppose 
But this reminds me of the times I was living here and had to struggle through this obstacle for months! What a pain!
Man, that just goes to show how far I’ve come and how good we all have it outside of China. I mean, can you imagine if you were trying to build your online business and you had your arms tied behind your back?!
That’s basically what the situation is, if you were living in this part of the world.
So, this right here, is a lesson to us all.
If you think you have it bad. You don’t.
I had to deal with this problem on a monthly basis and I still figured a way around it. It was a pain in the behind, but I still managed to get A LOT done.
So when you find yourself in a jam and it feels like life is crumbling down all around you, take a deep breath and figure it out.
Remember that only the strong survive in this business, and if you let small problems like the biggest social sites in the world getting banned in your part of the world (heh heh) slow you down, then you’ll never make it.
And since I am on vacation, I can’t be bothered right now jumping through all those hoops just to upload my video onto Youtube. So I’ll wait till I get back to Malaysia.
Speak to you all soon.
