...and then
Well I’ve been here for few days now and to say the least it’s been an adventure!
Got to the airport (Pudong) and before you can even get to customs there’s this infrared camera that takes a body scan to check for any anomalies in your body temperature, trying to figure out whether you’re sick or not. Saw one guy get pulled over! I wonder what happened with him.
In any case got into a cab showed the cabbie the card of the hotel apartment I’m staying in and he just nodded his head and started to drive. Minutes later we are pulling over on the highway and I’m thinking, I’ve been in China less then an hour and I’m going to get robbed or murdered. Well, luckily that didn’t happen. Actually he was totally lost… we were totally lost. So now I’m stuck with a cabbie that doesn’t know where we need to go in Shanghai, and it’s a big place!!! Well after calling the hotel apartment multiple times (sign of things to come), we were finally on our way.
So I get to the hotel apartment and try to check in. It was like being back in grade 10 drama doing a sketch, after showing them several documents I was finally able to check in.
My Apartment – Its massive! I got two floors and two bedrooms, a living/dining area and a small kitchen and very little furniture. They told me it would be furnished; they didn’t tell it was minimal. In any case I really only sleep there and sometimes watch some documentary on CCTV-9, that’s the only English channel available in the complex. On Saturdays I get soccer, so its ok.
Well work is work, language is a problem, food a bigger problem (I thought Pacific Mall/Market Village/First Markham would prepare me for this, but no, its is way different), things are as good as they can be. I wanted an adventure I sure as heck got one!
Things have been fun at least. Some of the other foreign assignment guys stay in the same building, Tani-san – for speaking very little English he’s a riot, and believe it or not its takes less booze then Fong for him to get loaded, and then there’s David, the man who will eat anything, this guy’s a machine, but then the French do eat anything, their the Chinese of the west!
All in all it should be good. Keep in touch, would like to hear from you guys, they say it’s a small world, but not from where I’m standing.
Cheers,
Vijay
Got to the airport (Pudong) and before you can even get to customs there’s this infrared camera that takes a body scan to check for any anomalies in your body temperature, trying to figure out whether you’re sick or not. Saw one guy get pulled over! I wonder what happened with him.
In any case got into a cab showed the cabbie the card of the hotel apartment I’m staying in and he just nodded his head and started to drive. Minutes later we are pulling over on the highway and I’m thinking, I’ve been in China less then an hour and I’m going to get robbed or murdered. Well, luckily that didn’t happen. Actually he was totally lost… we were totally lost. So now I’m stuck with a cabbie that doesn’t know where we need to go in Shanghai, and it’s a big place!!! Well after calling the hotel apartment multiple times (sign of things to come), we were finally on our way.
So I get to the hotel apartment and try to check in. It was like being back in grade 10 drama doing a sketch, after showing them several documents I was finally able to check in.
My Apartment – Its massive! I got two floors and two bedrooms, a living/dining area and a small kitchen and very little furniture. They told me it would be furnished; they didn’t tell it was minimal. In any case I really only sleep there and sometimes watch some documentary on CCTV-9, that’s the only English channel available in the complex. On Saturdays I get soccer, so its ok.
Well work is work, language is a problem, food a bigger problem (I thought Pacific Mall/Market Village/First Markham would prepare me for this, but no, its is way different), things are as good as they can be. I wanted an adventure I sure as heck got one!
Things have been fun at least. Some of the other foreign assignment guys stay in the same building, Tani-san – for speaking very little English he’s a riot, and believe it or not its takes less booze then Fong for him to get loaded, and then there’s David, the man who will eat anything, this guy’s a machine, but then the French do eat anything, their the Chinese of the west!
All in all it should be good. Keep in touch, would like to hear from you guys, they say it’s a small world, but not from where I’m standing.
Cheers,
Vijay
posted by Vijay at 12:23 PM
3 Comments:
Hi!
what about that cam at pudong - they didn't try that one on me! luckily!!?? :)
No, for sure, the chinese food NOT preperd in China couldn't be compared to the actual chinese stuff, whatever it is...i ended up eating almost just veggie for two weeks. but i liked it! as long as you know what you order, that is not to take for granted in a smaller city than Shanghai.
Hope you'll understand my english, it's getting worse and worse every day... :S
take care
Annelie
Hey it is good to here you made it there in one piece and are finding you way around.
Just think of it this way....
39 weeks .....
11 Internationals
Out wit...
Out last ...
1 Survivor....
Best of luck
Survivor Vijay
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