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BAD NEWS!
So far everything has been going swimmingly, the right stamps issued by the right departments, just one more to get, and Ted rang to say he wants to meet at Gregs apartment...
The last government department said NO to Teds application to sponsor a Z visa and residence permit application. No explanation, I meet or exceed their requirements, no reasons listed for the declined application... Just No.
So I am on a job hunt again!
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Arrival at last.
... and I met Greg, the head foreign teacher, Neil, another FT, and Ted the owner of the new school with one of the senior local staff, Lee, who translated for Ted to Greg, Neil and Me.
After bumming around some malls in Ningbo and having lunch at Pizza hut, it was off to Fenghua, with a stop at the Ningbo local government offices to pick up some stamped ...
Do you think I could move to China???
... ourselves to a deaf massage
(actually done by deaf people). It was amazing and the people were gorgeous. Of course this did not end our indulgence....cake and Chai tea soon followed.
To our amazement and sometimes??? delight, the Chinese Tourists filling the city were delighted by our presence and would use every opportunity to photograph us!! I now understand how celebrities feel as we were snapped by random people popping up lol!!
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Sleepy Time for Hoopie
... I've also included what a person looks like after 26 hours of traveling and 5 1/2 hours of sleep - ROUGH. I'm so excited about living with these pups though. They couldn't be sweeter.
I have another roommate Eddie who like Sylvie is from Melbourne. They actually went to the same high school. Eddie and I are going to be working at the same school actually which is great for me because he ...
Yo, Hangzhou
... the remnants of palace used by Qianlong Emperor during the Qing Dynasty.
I also had a yummy rice-thing wrapped in bamboo with meat inside. Delicious.
The fact is, I didn't see one fifth of what is to be seen at West Lake, and there is more to Hangzhou that just that. It was an extended preview. I want to go back to Hangzhou. I could spend weeks there, just looking at all this historical awesomeness and artfully cultivated natural ...