The Office Has Been Blessed

One of Shelly's first duties has been to set up her company's office. She handled most everything, from furnishing the office to setting up the utilities. That sort of logistical stuff is something she's really good at, so she was probably the perfect person for the job.

One of the elements she did not handle was the office blessing.

As it was explained to me, Chinese believe that someone (or maybe something) owns, or controls, each and every parcel of land. In order to appease the spirits, it's appropriate to make an offering to them when you use a spot of land. The office secretary brought her mother-in-law, who's a practitioner of this sort of thing, in to do the honors. She brought a bunch of apples and oranges, some delicious pork and chicken, a cake designed especially for this purpose, and a variety of sheets of paper representing money and other riches which we burned in the stairwell, directly under the fire sprinkler.

Fortunately, nobody got wet, and the office should be well on its way to success.