Get it together
Tuesday was a busy day organising things. I am over halfway through my stay here now, and time has flown after the first week of adjusting. I have completed some of the work that was hanging over from my old job at Monash Uni, and passed over doing anymore work for them for free even though some exciting results have just come in today. Alas, I have some other priorities right now.... marking a thesis that should have already been returned to the Uni, and organising things for when my sisters, Danielle and Peta, arrive in Guangzhou tomorrow.
Yesterday afternoon there was a mad MSN session between we three girls of "what do I pack?", "give me some tips?", "should I buy this when I get there?" ...etc. Their time here will actually be much shorter than I thought it would be, but we'll be able to show them the ropes in China, and give them some tips for Vietnam as they commence their Asian adventure (Bangkok, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Xi'an, Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Chang Mai and anything else in between).
We hope to do another trip to the Guangdong countryside this weekend to see another small town, Zhaoqing, weather and the girl's travel timeable permitting.
I also worked out yesterday that my framed picture from Foshan just qualifies for Singapore Airlines carry on baggage size. I went and bought a little tape measure for <$1AUD at the local stationary/business supplies shop and we measured it to be 115cm (length+width+height)! RB is on the hunt for some bubble wrap today to place over the glass. Fingers crossed we get it home ok.
Finally one funny observation, the toddler-aged children here sometimes get around in some quite funny pants. The pants have a split along the bum cheeks and a little around the front. It allows the mums to hold the little kids over a grate if they need to do a tiddle or for the little boys to easily wee at a tree! LOL. Not seen the rear end of the pants in action yet, but I laugh at the flash of bottom you see with these pants sometimes, and cannot wonder if the draught makes them a bit cold in winter. Good for toiley training though! :)
Yesterday afternoon there was a mad MSN session between we three girls of "what do I pack?", "give me some tips?", "should I buy this when I get there?" ...etc. Their time here will actually be much shorter than I thought it would be, but we'll be able to show them the ropes in China, and give them some tips for Vietnam as they commence their Asian adventure (Bangkok, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Xi'an, Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Chang Mai and anything else in between).
We hope to do another trip to the Guangdong countryside this weekend to see another small town, Zhaoqing, weather and the girl's travel timeable permitting.
I also worked out yesterday that my framed picture from Foshan just qualifies for Singapore Airlines carry on baggage size. I went and bought a little tape measure for <$1AUD at the local stationary/business supplies shop and we measured it to be 115cm (length+width+height)! RB is on the hunt for some bubble wrap today to place over the glass. Fingers crossed we get it home ok.
Finally one funny observation, the toddler-aged children here sometimes get around in some quite funny pants. The pants have a split along the bum cheeks and a little around the front. It allows the mums to hold the little kids over a grate if they need to do a tiddle or for the little boys to easily wee at a tree! LOL. Not seen the rear end of the pants in action yet, but I laugh at the flash of bottom you see with these pants sometimes, and cannot wonder if the draught makes them a bit cold in winter. Good for toiley training though! :)
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