Doing the Move

Today's weather: High = 22 Low = 15
Cloudy

Bit by bit, I'll be moving stuff from one house to the other. Deja vu eh? Actually I've lost count of the number of times I've moved house in China. C'est la vie. Hopefully this one will last longer than a year. The price is right, location is excellent, and all my test commutes to/from work are averaging 15-20 minutes a piece.

The idea with this move is to use a scooter of course, and just do a little bit every day. Besides saving money, another advantage is this will not attract the attention of security guards (bao on) at either apartment. For some reason, they make such a tremendously big deal about people moving in or out. It is SUPER ANNOYING when the guards get involved like that!! So I'd rather not have anything to do with them.

The Wanke apartment complex in Wuhan took the cake for frustration and hassles with security guards getting involved in moving. You had to obtain a bunch of receipts and permission forms from various offices in order to get a car to your door and move house.

It was the typical China bureaucratic thing where one guy says you can't do A unless you have B, but you can't have B unless you do A first. Needless to say, all those arbitrary rules pissed off teachers to no avail in Wuhan.

The principle that 'if you want it done right, do it yourself' holds true in China more than anywhere.