http://blog.chris-h.com My time in Harbin... Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:43:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rabies is finished, bring on the JE jabs.. 3 of those too.. :( I had the first one today, and boy are there some notes in the little box! 25% of recipients suffer some sort of reaction, which is quite high... Anyway, this baby stings like hell for 5 minutes after the ... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=28 Well, I don't think there ever was a King Rabies III, but I thought if I paid homage to my 3rd rabies jab then I wouldn't get the reactions I had to the first two.. Today I had the 3rd (and final.. OH YES!!) jab for rabies... The other 2 ... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=27 So, I'm officially an "Expert"... I've never been called that before, so expect me to dwell on it on every post from now on... :) So what does it mean? "Foreign Expert" in China? Well, naturally I've been digging around on the net and this is what I've found out: Who can ... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=26 At last! The mysterious (but now angelic) Mr. Gao has finally come good! The postman banged on my door early this morning for me to sign for a "package" - This package contained the penultimate piece of the "working in China" jigsaw... The Invitation Letter! Well.. I assume it is. ... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=25 OK, I have 2 photos of the building I will be working in.. this is the languages block as I'm led to believe.. It looks big and scary.. But hey, I'm sure I'll be fine... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=22 Well I had my 2nd (from 3) Rabies injection yesterday... If all goes as it did after the first one, then the next 24 hours will be spent speaking to God on the "big white telephone!" I was rough after the first one! So far, so good.. I hope it ... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=21 It's weird how things work out.. I was introduced to this university by Vicki, a Chinese recruiting agent based in China. She seemed really keen and I got a phone call from her on a weekly basis. It gave me confidence. All this started way back in January. She liaised ... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=20 Mr. Gao... He works at the university and apparently is approved by the State Affairs Bureau for Foreign Experts or whatever it's called.. Whatever, he's a powerful part of the equation to getting a job in China... Why? Well, he's the dude that sends out the invitation letters. Without one ... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=19 Now this really is an obstacle! I need about 7 double sockets installed in my modest kitchen before the new kitchen is fitted.. A smallish job for most people I would have thought... Wrong again it would seem... Somewhere along the line our wonderful government have come up with "Part P" ... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=18 30 years ago I worked for a kitchen manufacturer called Crosby Kitchens. This job would be pivotal and shape the rest of my life. I started work there doing cost and management accounts, which was OK, I worked with some good people and had a great boss... But I knew ... http://blog.chris-h.com/?p=15