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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
... of taking care of their people's health judging by my one experience in a Chinese hospital.
The ordeal over, I caught another cab outside the hospital grounds. As I was fastening my seat belt, I noticed that the driver had his on too. Something I have literally never seen before. I said "You do rightly! My friend just had a [smashed my hands together to indicate crash here] and I just left the hospital." He responded. "Oh. Yeah. You should always wear a seat belt." ...
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