OK, got it. So at least you are in our (China) time zone. Do you ever get up to Shanghai? Would be great to meet.

Longdu sounds like a very unusual dialect. Surely your Cantonese is excellent, but can you also understand the Northern and Southern Min dialects in Fujian and Taiwan? I have friends in Fujian who complain they cannot undertand Min dialects in the next village, much less the next county. Min must rank is one of most opaque language groups on earth.

As for those batteries -- whew! 4000 rmb for a battery!!! -- I really think that all I need is a good charge....

cheers