Medical Exam & ATM card…
To get my work visa, I needed to
get a medical exam.
I was surprised how detailed it is… Chest X-rays and Ultrasounds & EKGs oh my :-p. Luckily the school paid for it (520rmb…apparently its gone up several times in the last few years), and I even got a Medical kit out it(that included an english page detailing the drug vials that are in Chinese) 
On the way back from
the medical place, talking with the Foreign affairs guy it seems American TV is really a big hit over here.
Namely: Prison Break, 24, Heroes & Friends. Somewhat suprisngly, these shows are only available on Bit-Torrent (or the acronym actually used here in normal conversations - “BT”). Shows are subtitled (in Chinese) & available on Bit-Torrent within 12 hours of the airing in
the states by dedicated fans.
It seems as though Bit-Torrent seems to be a very prominent link to the west here.
I wonder if the government is happy about this (the ability to get any information/data that has not been previously reviewed by censors)…probably not…wonder why they haven’t blocked Bit-Torrents ports…
The Foreign affairs guy wasn’t available to help me get my ATM card, so he wrote me a letter to give to the bank:
When I flashed this note to the teller, at first he had this surprised look on his face (maybe he was thinking this was a hold up), then I got my boring ol’ ATM card…nothing noteworthy :-p Just a reminder that I really need to get working on my Chinese (mandarin) down…
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