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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 ...
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
... 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
No updates for a while. I apologize as always. I've been enjoying this beautiful city of Ningbo. I've previously only been to the north, and with due respect to Tianjin, Dalian, and Beijing, (all cool cities) Ningbo is way prettier. There is bamboo here! In China! I realized that I actually haven't seen much of it in China before. It's nice. The weather has been good. Hot of course, but not polluted awfully, and with blue skies. It's a coastal city as well, so there ...
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