Sunday, December 30, 2007

Good Bye 2007

What a wonderful year!

Lots has happened. Highlights of 2007:

- The PowerBullet was our number one seller in all stores. People pick it up as an add on for under $20. Is mind boggling how many we have sold this year.

- We had a change of upper management at AWN and of course we miss them dearly but its a refreshing change. I'm excited about where my company will go now.

- My Ultimate Personal Shaver is finally done. Wow what a product it is now. I'm so proud of it.

- We opened in St. Catharines. What a great looking store it is. Our neighbours are the Mandarin and I'm lucky to be friends with the owner there who is a fellow golfer. He said he is doing well. Our other neighbour is a huge gym. I mean this place is huge and beautiful. We all compliment each other.

Look out for MiVibe in 2008...



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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Merry Christmas

Our Stores are so stocked now and ready to go. Our best selling product this year? The Power Bullets 3-Speed. We will sell record amounts this month as stocking stuffers and my wholesale division sales another ton throughout the world. Why? Its simply a great inexpensive product that works great. The Power Bullet, check it out.

I'm writing this watching Saturday Night Live, a tribute to Chris Farley, it is so good. There is a huge storm rolling in tonight. I don't think it will be as bad as they say. Tomorrow morning will tell.

I have been home now for a week and finally I'm sleeping ok. The one thing I hate about travelling is the time change. Its a killer on the body.

I came home to a home that is not well. My kitchen is going though a renovation that is taking forever. The guy who is doing this really takes his time. He is so slow, it takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes. Seriously its bad. In two weeks it will be done. My wife is not a happy camper. Anyway we will be done for Christmas and that's important. It is not like she does a huge amount of cooking...My friend says his wife thinks Cooking and Cleaning are provinces in China. I leave you with that one.

I'm really working hard and getting a little stressed over my latest Power Bullet project. It will be very cool....will keep you posted...

Sunday, December 02, 2007

Its Cold Here!


I found this photo on my computer and don't know if I posted it or not but it was the guy who was going to compete in Mr. World in Sanya, China. Well no kidding. Now how do I look next to this STUD! I've got BALLS to take a photo with this guy! He was from Chile and people who were from Chile asked to look after him as his English wasn't great. He wasn't bad. Certainly in great shape as well as good looking.

Finally I'm back in my city to relax, Shanghai. I call it my city because you can actually walk around Shanghai and within one hour you can be at your hot spot. At least I think that way a local person might think I'm nuts but hey I enjoy it. The trouble is I did it wrong. I should have headed out now and back home. Its too cold here to really enjoy it and I miss home. Thanks to Skype, it doesn't feel like I'm away this far. I've been eating great but yesterday broke down and went to McDonald's. They don't have drive through here but they have a dude on a bike that delivers to you.

The Asian people are so classy and full of manners, but then there are certain guys that are just brutal. I was walking this morning to my seat at breakfast and this joint is really high class. Guy goes by me, could have been Korean, but he lets out this awful burp, very strange and actually funny. This is not to mention all the clearing of the throats that goes on all day, and consistently. One guy at the airport cleared his throat so long, he held a tune.... Simply disgusting but as my good wife knows, I don't say anything, as this is not my country. If I mention anything I would expect they guy to tell me, if I don't like it, go back to your country....just as I would say. That said, the minute one of these guys clears his throat in Canada in the same fashion - I'll be all over him!

The to building in the distant are incredible. The building on the right is the hotel I first stayed in. I checked in on the 54th floor and had my first beer on the 78th. The building on the left is much taller. This building called the Shanghai World Financial Center should be completed now. Hopefully I will get to take another photo of it in the next few days.

I updated my Wenzhou arrival video, this is always hilarious. Same video same music. Leave the plane a woman is standing there with a sign that says Stephen. A wonderful feeling.

When I was in seeing my production staff at my factory in Shenzhen and I call it my factory as I have all the production. Anyway I went there to thank the staff for the excellent quality of the Power Bullets. I also wanted to see how the Ultimate Personal Trimmers were being made. It was quite a site. I was proud. The Ultimate Personal Shavers are the future of BMS. This is a great product and great products sell. The market is also huge. I'm a real believer in this product and have been from the start of the project, just now more than ever. The Ultimate Personal Shaver is, in my opinion,the best shaver in the world. Here is just some of the product involved in manufacturing the Trimmer.

I also went to provide my workers with a little thank you bonus for excellence in Quality in the manufacturing of the Power Bullet. This is never heard of to often in China of the Western man or company coming over and rewarding its workers. I did it because these people work so hard and no matter what job you do, its nice to be appreciated. I must say they appreciated me and I also wanted to talk to the workers to show them I'm a regular guy. They have this image of me that most likely isn't right. I wanted to straighten that out. I told them I did jobs like that before in my life while starting out. I've done it all. While I've done most of my thanking before this video was taken, here is the last part anyway. Power Bullet Thank You Video.

The Omega World Golf Tournament was in in Shenzhen, China and I was invited to go see it. Wow, Mike Weir was there. Got up close and saw it all on the final day. Mission Hills is the largest golf resort in the world. What a place. Here are a few photos.