z-visa checklist

These are the things you need to get your Z-visa. In this case, I’m visiting the protectorate, Hong Kong.

  • Passport: – At least 3 spare pages.
  • Experts certificate.
  • Invitation letter: – Obtained from your employer.
  • Medical examination: – Get this IN CHINA. One from anywhere else isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. Don’t let anyone tell you any different.
  • Completed v2011A – Fill in your forms!
  • Completed v2011B

Without all of these, plus your fee, you won’t be getting a work permit, or residents permit.

I usually use the Sunrise agency, and I have this time.

FAF electronics – Kunshan

Farmfull electronics Kunshan
Making electronics ?

Usual rent-a-laowai activity. Consisting of white skins and smiley, white faces. Our boss invited us to take part in the outing to Farmfull electronics.

Wasted a lunchtime and we won’t get paid for it.

They wanted to take pictures of us with their semi-conductor components.

It was all very staged and false. But they seemed happy.

Taicang Dinner

Got this shot of a dinner at our Kindie.

You can see that we’ve switched to fish here. After the spate of recent poisonings, pigs and bird flu.

This is the government issue meal which looks very delicious.

Fish HeadsThe thing on the left is an apple.

On the right we have a healthy helping of fish heads. These are more tasty than they look. And they do look…. but don’t let that put you off Smile

In China lets get some Chinese food, (except here its just called food):
Do you fancy Sweet and Sour Pork 糖醋里脊?
-but pork is off the menu since 16000 dead pigs washed up in the city’s river.

Okaaaay lets get some Gong Bao Chicken宫保鸡丁?
-erm… about that, Chicken is off too since bird flu killed 20 folk this week.

Fine then, how about Peking Duck 北京烤鸭?
-actually all poultry is out!

Fuck it!
I tried your culture…. it doesn’t suit me.

Zhujiang Road – Swimming pool trip!

Loujiang River – Promenade
Loujiang River promenade

After sitting and being fat, I’ve got bored. Today I’m going to find my way down to explore the swimming pool.

A previous recie has turned up two possible sites.

I’ve not been to a Chinese swimming pool before, there were none in Dujiangyan. I’ve not heard of any in Wanzhou.

Before I go in they insist I do a little medical. When the woman realises I speakie no Chinese, this is very funny, and she starts giggling then puts her head in her hands.

Loujiang River
Loujiang River promenade

I get a little stamp and a card that cost 5rmb.

Locker rooms

I traverse the stairs and hand my card over for a little key. On into the locker rooms through the electronic turnstyles.

Locker rooms are virtually deserted. 3 People in there. I get my fresh nu-trunks on, slip the key on my ankle, and stride out confidently to the pool.

Swimming Pool - Zhujiang Road
Olympic size

 

 

The pool

The pool is a full 50m. Biggest pool I’ve seen outside of London. So I do a few dives, frolic on the edge, and this lifecard comes over and starts pointing at his head. I’m liek “you think I’m crazy? We all do this in England!”

He’s not going away, and he makes a few signals with his hand. Goes away and brings back this little cap, like a scholars cap.

Swimming Pool - Zhujiang Road
Olympic size swimming pool

 

I don the cap, so I feel like Confucius getting in the pool!

It’s all contemplation from then on. Swim, contemplate, swim, contemplate, swim, contemplate.

It’s why we come to the pool. I guess the Chinese have thought have this.

Cool beans!

Yah. Love swimming. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying.

This pool is very clean and friendly. Anyone coming to Kunshan, I would recommend it.