Monday 9 December 2013

last week in Shanghai

With not long left on my visa I started the week ominously, my boss was out in head office in Manila and so I just got on with finishing up as many projects as I could incase I had to leave next Monday and never return! I spoke to my boss midweek and he suggested an alternative, I could go to manila and work remotely from head office for a week, meeting with our IT company, and helping them in any way I can.

Then I need to fly to Hong Kong again for an upcoming IT broadband provider change, then from there I can fly back to the UK, change my passport (spend Christmas and the new year there) then fly back to China in the new year on a visa I can apply for in London. A good plan!

My last weekend before leaving I packed up a few precious things to leave in Ningbo incase I couldn't come back and had a good weekend in Ningbo, I watched a film, Gravity, that I had really wanted to see, (although not enders game yet).

On Sunday I packed my things and went to look around the computer markets before getting the 5.14pm train back, I finished shopping and started looking for transport around 4.15, an hour but I already had my ticket so only had to do the 20 minute journey. I looked for a taxi but at that time in the center of town they were all taken, I found a bus but it was late, and just when I thought I was done saw the bus go past me, damnit! We ran down to the next bus stop and just caught it, however by that time the bus took 20 minutes and it was already 4.55, unfortunately the bus driver was in no hurry, stopping extra early for lights, stopping for people to cross the road, even if they didn't want to, very unchinese of him, and so got to the station at exactly 5.14, the train had gone. I queued up at the refund ticket counter to be told that I need a change, so I joined the buy ticket counter for 20 minutes only to be told I was wrong again and to go a special ticket window, once I had queued up a third and final time (of 20-30 people) I was given a free change onto a later train, not bad!

 

Back to Shanghai for one night in my new house before flying to Manila tomorrow afternoon, apparently the new CEO for the company is spending one week in 4 in Manila so they have bought a flat for him near the office, he hasn't moved in yet however so they are letting me stay there until the 15th when he flies back from Hong Kong and wants to move in! Hopefully it will work out, I have no idea where it is but apparently there will be a driver waiting in the airport… we will see how it goes! I know nothing about the Philippines so it will be interesting for me to go a country I know nothing about, lets go!

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