A fun day of banking issues lies ahead. I woke up early, concerned about the wire transfer progress. I can’t access my online account. GREAT!!!! There’s a note when I try to login saying the account has been suspended, and lists a phone number to call. Since it costs a “ton of money” to have an international calling plan, I can’t call anybody in the US with my phone. I “Facetime” Courtney, and she’s a huge help.
She makes the call to the bank, holding her phone up to me (on the computer), so I can hear and be heard. We’re a really high tech operation. After much explanation and answering of questions, the account suspension is withdrawn, and I’m able to set up the wire transfer for a 3rd time (it’s been rejected twice prior). Now I get to wait patiently to see if it’s rejected for a third time.
Jingshan Temple Buddha, from Day 1
View from Jingshan Park into the Forbidden City, “BISS on the Road” day 1
Judy’s out traveling with the 6th graders on “BISS on the Road, Day 2”. It’s day 2 for her, but day 4 for the group. After she had so much fun yesterday, she’s excited to see what today’s travel will bring. They are taken to a very large courtyard area next to the “Forbidden City”, and the student’s get a chance to take Kung-Fu lessons from a master teacher. They also take a calligraphy lesson from a famous teacher. They travel to a culinary school and learn how to make dumplings. She’s seen and done so many different things when they’re out like this, I’m jealous. She’s making a lists of sites for us to visit together.
Judy’s name in Chinese figures.
Normally, Thursday would be a teaching day for me, but my afternoon classes have been cancelled so the 11th graders can take an assessment test of some sort. I go to school any way to get some copying done for the “orchestra” class on Sunday. Sunday will be another make-up day. This time it will be the makeup for the Thursday we missed last week. I also have the Guitar Club after lunch today. I’m trying to figure out how to print to one of the campus printers. Ink is too expensive and hard to find for more me to print on our home printer. I end up copying the material to a USB thumb drive, loading it into a school computer, and printing it. I still don’t have my own room yet. I’m told I’ll have it after the upcoming National Day holiday. The classroom I have is OK, but I don’t have anywhere to store stuff. Everything I use must be carried back and forth from the apartment in a backpack. I’ve got a great backpack, but it’s really heavy some days.