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Travel Blogs from Ningbo
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.
... relating to my new job. Ted was happy when he came back to the car with them.
Ended up in Fenghua a half hour drive south of Ningbo where the school is located. My new workplace is a franchise branch of the Shanes English Schools network. I have a little one room apartment until the teacher I am replacing leaves and I move into his emptied apartment.
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Sleepy Time for Hoopie
... get together in Laowaitan which is the foreign section of town. Even though a year had gone by, it was almost comical how little had changed. There are some new faces, but the feeling was just the same. I guess that's true anywhere though. It was great to see everyone again.
I entered zombie mode early in the evening, but still didn't make it to bed until rather late. After about 5 1/2hours ...
Yo, Hangzhou
... May I stay in here will y'all? " I said. About half of them (the younger ones) all agreed in a friendly way. The old guy across the isle from me said nothing, but seemed a little annoyed that I'd gotten away with sitting in the wrong car. He looked pretty rural as well, so it's not surprising he wasn't eager to have me in the same car. He probably remembers when America was considered to be China's worst enemy.
Most everyone was very ...
Big ol' Ningbo Update
... it," she said. Uh oh.
Initially I herded her into the taxi, but the driver said that if we left the scene, there would be no reimbursement (from the insurance company I later learned), so we got out, and waited for the ambulance. There was an indeterminate amount of time where spent standing near the crumpled up cab, waiting. After seeing the ruin it was, it is amazing that hers was the only injury.
Finally the ambulance arrived, and we went ...
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