A quick postcard from China

Hello all and happy new year to you all. Apparently the year of the Rat is full of promise for us all and promises a happy and prosperous 2009 for anybody who wants to take a few risks or make significant changes in their life. So, it augers well for my new chapter in the far east.

I arrived here safely last Tuesday and together with Sarika we have managed to find a nice apartment, check out the school a couple of times and see a few more sights and sounds around Qingdao, our new home.

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Here's a couple of photos from the past few days. It's still very cold but as the weather warms up it should be much nicer. Tomorrow is my first day at school and it's a fairly relaxed start with two days of training/orientation. Which I hope answers a few nagging questions.

I feel much more comfortable about things, mentally I suppose, now that I'm finally here and signed up for both my school and apartment. Sarika has been brilliant and she's managed to deal with the many and varied small details and dilemmas that occur repeatedly for me in a foreign country and also in general when finding a new place to live.

So, on the whole things are looking pretty good. All I need to do now is sign-off so I can get a good sleep in tonight.

Schae Chen :)