We\u2019ve been working on our travel plans for the end of the month. The National Day Holiday for BISS begins Saturday, Sept. 27, and extends to Oct. 5. It\u2019s a Chinese Holiday, so we\u2019re trying to find a spot outside of China. We finally got confirmation on a week-long trip to Malaysia. It\u2019ll included Kuala Lumpur, then a trip into the Malaysian Highlands and a colonial plantation. The last several days will be spent on a private island in a villa on stilts over the ocean. We are pumped!<\/p>\n
Our project for the day is to get a deposit transferred to the travel company. We walk over to our nearby Bank of China outlet, and get it completed. While we\u2019re there we run into a couple of teachers from BISS. They\u2019re setting up an online account. I tried it when we first arrived last year, but the BOC website wouldn\u2019t run on a Mac. When they finish, the clerk helps us set-up our online account. This is big news for me. Until now, I could only check the account at an ATM machine. Now I can check it from the comfort of our apartment. If I understand the process, I\u2019m going to be able to make transfers from the account from home also.<\/p>\n
Back home later, we finish up some chores, watch some \u201cScandal\u201d episodes and order food in from Avocado Tree. We really enjoy dinner, but \u201cScandal\u201d is getting tiresome. I enjoyed Season 1, and about half of Season 2. Season 3 is the same thing, episode after episode. They have to solve problems they\u2019ve created for themselves, over and over, and over and over, and over and over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We\u2019ve been working on our travel plans for the end of the month. The National Day Holiday for BISS begins Saturday, Sept. 27, and extends to Oct. 5. It\u2019s a Chinese Holiday, so we\u2019re trying to find a spot outside … Continue reading