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6/7/2005

Dick got paid today and troubles began. The school paid him in the Chinese currency and he wanted to convert it to dollars. We went to a Bank of China branch just outside the campus and were told that we had to go to another district branch. When there, we were told again that we needed to go to a downtown branch for they only dealt with Chinese nationals. Off we went. It took us a while to get to the office, but we again were told that we couldn’t do it because Dick needed to have a foreign expert certificate. Three strikes we were out.

Ed and Nomsa did not get much luck either regarding their flight from Shenyang to Beijing. Due to bad weather, the flight was delayed for four hours. Ed joked that Nomsa was the bad luck as far as the Chinese domestic flights were concerned. It was nice to see that they were dealing with the adversaries with a sense of humor.

The SIB helped Dick change the money.

posted by Unknown @ 4:42 PM