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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.
... 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
Today was my first full day back in Ningbo, China. It's so odd to arrive in such a different foreign place and it not feel like that much has changed. This time around I'm living in another part of town which I don't know that well so I feel lost in the area, but in terms of feeling lost...I think that I've figured it out this time.
I got to Nick and Sylvie's house at 6pm on Tuesday Aug ...
Yo, Hangzhou
... I started walking in the direction of where the bus had dropped us off (about a mile and half I'd say) and just took in the sights.
The wonderful thing (well, one of the wonderful things) about West Lake is that while there are plenty of very crowded areas, there are also many small quiet places. I saw the Seal Engraver's Society, which held stone tablets of various shapes that have written on them the oldest surviving examples of ...
Big ol' Ningbo Update
... pup for "day or so." The slippery slope was seen coming a mile away, and it's played out more or less as would be expected. There is an event that hastened it along, but I get ahead of myself. The point is, Forrest has a dog now.
He is a golden retriever. A handsome beast, noble and proud. Or at least he would be, if Vivian hadn't shaved his body for better heat transfer. It is hot, and she doesn't have air conditioning. I get the rationale, but he still ...