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. [...]
So it’s been an interesting few days. I’ve spent most of this week dealing with immigration in various forms – either being fingerprinted for my Macau work permit, or getting a visa for China, or trying to get accurate information on a stay permit for Rabbit. I think it’s all sorted now, but oy, the [...]
At the end of the day, it’s important to remember that Macau is a city of half a million people. I grew up in a city of half a million people. So some things are eerily familiar. There was only one decent cafe in Canberra, too. Many things, of course, are different – it’s crowded, [...]
All day in the theatre, finally. I’m a lot better at wiring up CM power and control leads than I was 8 hours ago. Also, putting hooks on CM 2 tonners. Man, they’re big motors. Not as big as our winches, but then our flying winches travel at 10 metres per second. Mmm, toys. jai. [...]
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 [...]
I have seen the theatre, and it is good. Lots of funky toys, almost ready for handover, milspec fibreoptic for the projection gear, awesome concepts. Not telling you much more than that, partly because of NDA, partly because words just don’t do it justice. Come see this thing. It will rock you. But, like I [...]