Getting the work started here

Already Friday afternoon! I don’t have an apartment yet, but I’ve seen two potential winners. I’m not a hurry, but it would be great to have my own place. Everyday spent one or two hours looking for apartments – I’ve seen 14 places now. This is easily done, because everyday the agents have 3 or 4 new houses waiting for me. So, no worries here. I have two agents working for me, so I’ve seen two apartments twice – this happens.

I started my work here for De Baak. So no holiday for me this week, like most people in China. Michiel and Rosalie have an extra room here on Zhao Jia Bang Lu, which they use as their office. It’s quite convenient and we’re working hard. It’s totally quiet (only the sound of our fingers hitting the computer). The internet is quite slow here and some sites don’t work very well or not at all (that’s why I haven’t got my Nabaztag working). A bit of a hassle, but patience is a beautiful thing, so I’m ok.

My social activities are going well. I went to a club on Wednesday evening and danced like crazy – it was fun. Met some more Dutch people and a few Chinese. Even went to see my ex-girlfriend Xiao Ben yesterday, but her cat just had a miscarriage, so we were more focused on the animal that each other – this happens.

My first ‘working’-week already gone – it’s amazing. But in China I don’t feel a there’s a big difference between the week and the weekend, so I probably will do some work tomorrow, catch up for Monday and Tuesday.