Residency

We now have residency visas!!  Woo hoo!  It sucked that everything was left until the very last final moment possible, but at least we now hold them in our hot little hands and we can stop stressing over it.  They are valid until April 2011!!!  Maybe we can sign a 3 month contract and work until the weather gets warmer or who knows.  Matt and I were talking about places that we want to visit tonight and the list is just going to keep on growing.  It's just unfortunate that January / February are too cold to really travel north and I am adamant about not leaving China before visiting Beijing and climbing the Great Wall!  I also definitely want to go to Tibet and see alot of southern China, which would be ok to see during the winter months (well except Tibet would be cold too). grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Flights to Hong Kong really aren't cheap (about $600 AUD return each from Shanghai!!) and to fly to Europe it's cheapest to fly from Beijing or Hong Kong, or maybe we could do the vodka train??  Once again, decisions, decisions!  Any advice, ideas?

I really shouldn't be complaining about the cold!  Spring has sprung and the weather has been great.  I think it's become warmer here than it is in Brisbane at the moment.  It's even predicted to be 32 degrees one day next week!!!! 

Massage

I had a massage today and I really needed it.  The masseuse can't speak much english and I can't speak any chinese really to communicate anything to him, so it's interesting.  The massage was really painful though and i'm glad that the masseuse did at least know a few english words, being .. painful and relax.  HAH!  It's kind of hard to relax when you're in pain!!  I feel so much better now though and I'm sure I'll be a bit tender tomorrow but at least it'll be a good pain. 

Things I should do ...

* update blog with real posts!!!!  I can't believe it's been a month since I last posted anything.
* I have uploaded pics to flickr but need to organise them and once again .. update blog with photos!
* get over being bitter about the work situation. haha
* make more muffins (hopefully chocolate chip this time!!)
* do more exercise to counter the effect of eating said muffins
* take more photographs
* read more books
* buy an iPhone (lol).  so i got my nokia unlocked and it's bugging me so much. it doesn't have the chinese language on it and I tried to update the firmware on the phone and as i have a mac and matt has windows vista, it's a no go.  i went to nokia to get them to enable internet but it won't update that way either.  stupid piece of nokia crap.  i HATE when i can't figure out things for myself.
* write an itinerary for places i want to see in china (umm hello, EVERYWHERE!)
* do my study on my TESOL course before i consider doing any other forms of study
* buy a big stuffed toy to cuddle in place of sheena
* try searching for new jeans ..... 

I will seriously try and update properly soon!  I have a half written entry, I just need to learn to not write so much, add photos (they tell a thousand words) and hit publish.  I have lots of entries that can be posted.  Promise!

xox

Incompetence.

I am so over the incompetence of the people here.  Having to spend my whole day off sitting around the office whilst they prepare documents they've had 3 months to prepare is really not my idea of fun!  It's not like I get tomorrow off either.  I don't care what they say but I am sleeping in on Saturday morning.  I didn't come to China for a job.