Yes it’s normally a Friday tradition but the girls had to work late and today they finished early. The girls wrapped up around 4PM and grab some of their stuff to take a shower at my place. Not only is the shower too small for Kaatje (it comes out at arm level) there was almost no hot water. Of course they managed to make mine their own within minutes, makeup...
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This is the closest mall to us and certainly very large. It has a very broad variety of stores from lower levels with quick serve type food and a European market,ย ground level stores selling clothes, shoes, and upper levels a mix between restaurants and game areas. The mall itself, as others online state, is likely the most un-intuitive laid out mall I’ve...
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Here is the first meal I ordered And Kaelyn showing us how to use chopsticks (then eating some bony fish – what a great sport):
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Today we met up to go to 3 castings together. On the weekend, can you believe it. No rest here. We took a taxi together and I was just going to wait outside. At the first casting, we stopped in front of a buffet type restaurant. Since it was 11AM and I hadn’t eaten and I had about 30 minutes to wait, it was time to overcome my fear of ordering. I did it. Best...
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Kaatje returned back to meet me at the Starbucks. We found the ticket office and got our ticket, and got to the train just in time. Trains are either 6 carriages are 16 (2 8-carriage trains linked together). And here is what it’s like traveling @ 300+km/hr as we approach a station. There was about 6 stations we had to stop at and they played this announcement...
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It’s like deja-vu when I’m at model casting/jobs in Toronto for the girls, I spend the day sitting in a Starbucks. But finding one at the train station here feels like a warm blanket and you’re back at home. Grabbed a green-tea-frappichino and connected to WIFI to post this blog. The one main difference (IMO) between Canada and here is that in...
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I couldn’t sleep, worried we would miss the alarm or have a hard time flagging down a taxi. So I was up at 3:30AM. I had my alarm set for 4:40AM. Kaatje buzzed me to let me know there would be a driver vs a taxi, which eliminated a lot of worry. As I walked outside I was surprised how totally dead it was. Like Chatham dead ๐ For most of the day this street is...
Read MoreThe girls finished up around 7PM and msg’d that Kaatje had a job in Nan Jing, about 300km away. She would have to get a taxi at 5AM and get on the 6:12AM high speed train. Needless to say there was some tense moments here and decided it was best if I also came along to ensure no issues (lets face it not many emails coming in at 8PM-2AM local time). I booked my...
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Here is the intersection right outside the girls apartment
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I started the day with Kaatje SMSing me at 5:30AM. She was awake and wanted to chat. We did for a few minutes and told her to get more sleep ๐ I went to work. Called mommy and then my parents and headed out to meet the girls at 7:20AM. They had to catch the bus at 8. I stopped at the small shopping market to buy a small jar of blueberry jam and some apples for the...
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