Mandarin Prosperous Hotel
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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.
The landing was a little off, there was a rainstorm flooding the runway as we landed and the plane swayed from side to side as it braked down the runway, I presume the plane was hydroplaning or the puddles were slowing one side more than the other or something, but a very rough and wobbly landing once touched down.
So after that it was out of the baggage ...
Sleepy Time for Hoopie
... 26 hours of traveling. When I arrived Sylvie and I had to roll my 50 lbs suitcases through her winding housing complex which ended up being just laughable as well as a pain in the butt. I'm told that this is the hottest week of summer they have had thus far in Ningbo. It's super humid and I've had a nice sticky layer since I got here.
Sylvie had arranged a "Welcome Back Meredith. Goodbye ...
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
... There was kind of a fun moment after I said that an Ambulance ride could cost over a thousand US dollars in the States when she realized I had said "dollars" and not "yuan." That proved an interesting topic of conversation while we were waiting for her X-rays to come back.
I went to get water at one point, and when I got back, a friend of her mother's had come to the hospital and I was more or less redundant. We said goodbye not long after that, though ...
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