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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
... I've also included what a person looks like after 26 hours of traveling and 5 1/2 hours of sleep - ROUGH. I'm so excited about living with these pups though. They couldn't be sweeter.
I have another roommate Eddie who like Sylvie is from Melbourne. They actually went to the same high school. Eddie and I are going to be working at the same school actually which is great for me because he ...
Yo, Hangzhou
So I went to Hangzhou yesterday. It was pretty damn cool. I got up fairly early, and arrived at the train station with half an hour to spare. At the Tianjin railway station, this would have been plenty of time. At the Ningbo Railway station, not so much. Tianjin is a Tier 1 city, Ningbo Tier 2. I've never seen a comprehensive and clear description of the Chinese Tier system (it's not official or anything) but train stations are one of those things that ...
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 ...