a week more to go

Time flows very fast. It's 3rd January today, it means, there 8 days more before we depart from Malaysia. Still a lot of works in progress. We are still finding the best hotel/guest house for accommodation there. Calling to Hong Kong, Shenzen and Guangzhou, just to get the best price. Some can speak English very well, but some are really hard to understand what we say.
I still remember i was asked this question, "Can you speak Mandarin?"..
 I replied, " So sorry, I just can speak English".
Maybe today or tomorrow, we'll book the hotel/ guest house.