Jan 13 - wtf

Talked to my wife today from the consultant's office to meet with the lawyer.

She told me to ask her what happened at the meeting. Now I have to call her. The lawyer basically said "WTF happened at the interview?" The f**king translator was a douche bag, that's what. He didn't do his job.

The ADR is supposed to go like a pos, and I'll end up having the option of reapplying, or going to a court hearing. If we lose the court hearing, she never gets to enter Canada. I've already made up my mind, we're going all in.



As far as I'm concerned I hold the stronger hand.

I told my sister, she emailed back

Oh f**k... what a damn mission

so when are you moving to China?

Jan 12 - Waaaang Cai!!!

Called my wife today. She was in bed. Her throat is still a little sore. She was telling me about their new dog Wáng 王Cai, it means King something. He gets separation anxiety, when they leave the house he barks a lot.

Jan 11 - getting ready for bed

Talked to my wife. Her throat is still a little sore and she was getting ready for bed. I told her the phrase in English "getting ready to go to bed" which she said back "go to bed now." Country life is not that exciting!

I should get my visa on Wed or Thurs.

Thirty Days in a Fuzhou Barbershop

I finished reading all the posts of Thirty Days in a Fuzhou Barbershop and I would highly recommend it. After seeing barber shop after barber shop in China, they make a little more sense.

He talks about this term huān yíng guāng lín 欢迎光临 when you enter a store and how unpleasant it sounds. I agree!

烧烤 shāo kǎo - barbecued meat. I like to order fish when I'm there, but worry about the mercury.

Jan 10 - jiu jitsu jiǔ róu shù

talked to my wife briefly. She was in bed, and didn't want to use a loud voice. She asked me what I had planned for today, study Chinese, and go to jiu jitsu 久柔术 jiǔ róu shù I said

Jan 9 - 兴义 airport closed

talked to the wife for 18:00 minutes exactly just now.

I told her how there are 15 students in my Mandarin class (surprising). She talked about how she did not study English well at home, but better in a class (me too).

She doesn't like how the new puppy doesn't follow her around, and always wants to run off in random places. She said we might not get a dog when she comes here (if).

Her throat is sore. She is bored in Guizhou, and says her friends want her to come visit them in Xīnqiáo 新桥.

She then told me the airport in 兴义 Xīngyì is "off". I then said 关门 guān mén (closed doors). FAAACKKK!!! That means we'll have to take the train to visit her parents. Then take the bus to Guiyang if we want to go to Vietnam. Too many days taken up in travel.

Jan 8, 9 - sleep

Jan 8 - we talked but I don't remember much. We talked about how I had Chinese class the next day

Jan 9 - I just called her, she was still in bed. I told her I thought that she was always up early at her parents, then she (in a groggy voice) giggled and told me "sometimes she sleeps late."

Then the friggin' signal dropped. I think Wind is having problems. f**k. and I'm bored, if she was here we could go out or something.