Also, boom. This weekend, there will be pictures of the boom. Bigger fireworks displays than the commercial ones in Australia, and it’s just random folks setting them off. Tomorrow, that will be us. Work proceedeth apace. Ex-co-workers of mine will be unsurprised that my first performance evaluation consisted largely of “satisfactory”, with some “outstandings” and [...]
Matters are now much improved. We had a very productive week at work, the show is going to be very pretty, everything is coming together nicely. More importantly, this weekend, Macau started feeling like home. The weather today was lovely – warm, sunny, not too humid – so we went to buy a heater, and [...]
We have the theatre, we have a lot of funky new toys. Of course, for every roll of Spectra, there’s a few dozen spreader beams to hang, at a couple hundred pounds each. Nonetheless, there is Spectra. If you’re not a rope nerd, just use your imagination. So, work proceedeth apace. There’s a bit of [...]
We have 3 piggy banks. One for Hong Kong dollars, one for Patacas (MOP), and one for Renminbi (Yuan). In Hong Kong, they take Hong Kong dollars. In Macau, they take Hong Kong dollars and Patacas. In Actually China (ZhuHai), they take Yuan and sometimes Hong Kong Dollars. So Hong Kong Dollars are generally safe. [...]
Because otherwise I’m going to leap to my feet screaming “Are you people all BUGFUCK CRAZY???” And they are, of course, and that’s because you can’t get a decent cup of coffee in this fucking hemisphere. So yesterday morning I was on my way to work, and went past my local worker’s cafe ($2 crispy [...]
Still alive The last few days have been orientation, tours of Macao, tomorrow we tour the theatre. Went in to the Venetian HR offices on Macau Peninsula on Monday. They’re a little overwhelmed by the number of people coming in – they sometimes ask you to fill in forms you’ve already filled in, and they’re [...]
I’m here. I have an apartment with a spa, and I’ve learned to order crispy skin pork in Cantonese. Beyond that, I’m not sure I have words yet. We’re spending a lot of time down the pub, and I’m trying to spend a lot of time walking Old Taipa learning Chinese. The main story so [...]
10 days til my flight, and counting. No apartment, no idea what I’ll be doing, nowhere near enough packing done. Wish me luck! jai. .