Much to do, and sometime nothing :)

Hi!
At the moment im writing this in a world document because i cant access my blog. This because of the Chinese government is blocking all blog at the site I’m using. So when I get the time I will figure out how a WPN tunnel or what its called work. So then I access facebook, youtube and other “importing” sites.

The trip went quite smooth, just that after I arrived at Pudong Airport(Shanghai No.1 airport) I was supposed to go to the other airport. I knew that it was quite far away so that’s why I had about 8 hours to get there. What I didn’t knew was that I would have to take one train, one subway (and had to pass through whole Shanghai) and in the end a cab. But with my orientation skills it was no bigger problems. After eating a delicious meal for 10 Kuai I arrived at Hongqoiun (or something like that) Airport I saw that almost all flight where delayed, but not mine !. So I was quite optimistic and believed that I would have some luck, hahaha! So when it was 10 minutes left when we should have lifted the delay sign turn blue (not red as in Sweden). I think I was totally one hour late to Xiamen, I had feard that my airport pickup would not be there (I have some problem trusting Chinese to keeping time) so I grabbed a cab and went to University. After arriving at the campus I was astonished how big it was, like 10 time bigger than Linköping (at least). Nether less it was not hard to get around and it was also quite nice that I meet a Spanish guy that spoke mandarin that showed me hotel where I have stayed for two nights.

Today I was supposed to pay for my apartment, but I have some money issues. Here in China you don’t pay with card, only cash. For example I was supposed to pay the tuition fee at the bank before I could the registration. I went there and the cashier in the bank telling me that I have to go to a ATM to take out money and then pay in cash  . OK, I think I can do that, so far so good. Realizing that maximum amount per time is 2500 and I’m supposed to get out 16 000(also note that the biggest bill is 100, so it turn out to a really big bunch of money ).

So I didn’t think so much about this until today, when I was supposed to take out more money to pay 4 rents to my new apartment  (one month in deposite and then you pay three in advance), then my bank in Sweden say stop!. Damn what now? Yeah it turns out that the maximum amount of money you can take out from a ATM is 20 000 SEK, and now I had exceed that. So at the moment I cant sign the contract but they will let me move in. I think they doing really good business at we foreigners, because everything that we like (like coffee) is really overprised, for this cup of coffee I drinking now is costing me 15 kui and then its with student discount..

I have taken some picture, not so excited one but some are in my apartment (I think I have to clean it little bit in some days, Johan ? are you in mood for some more cleaning :)). It’s 1500 kui per month but adding internet for 100 and electricity and water it might in the end stop at 1700-1800. But its cheaper then my old one in Linköping :).

Funnie thing when I got my Chinese cell-phone number, they told me that I needed one fast. I was thinking damn, then I have to find a store that sells that, nonono just walking five meters outside the Office building (where they told me to get a Chinese number ) a girl standing there and selling me a number. Fine ! But then she starting to gaging about I have to pay 20 kui per month in 24 month, nono I start thinking. But that was a misunderstanding, I get 20 kui per month to call for every month if I will call for at least 40 kui. NICE deal! No problem to do that :)