A Kiwi Cellist in China

The life & times, ups & downs, of a Kiwi / Australian cellist in Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.

Friday, May 19, 2006

Hello Kitty

With the move just a week out I've been furiously sending off emails to anyone with the misfortune of being in my contact list (which for some reason includes the entire staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria). Some of you have been bored enough to reply - to those of you who wished me well I thank you, to the rest who believe I owe them money I assure you I mailed the cheque last week.

One of those replies stood out as being great filler material for this embryonic blog. It was from my good friend Barnaby Ralph (early music specialist and recorder player extraordinaire). He sent this after I suggested that his move to Japan was soft in comparison to what I was about to do - I believe my exact phrase was "Japan is a move for sissies, a camping ground for pretentious luddites too sacred to leave the comfort of their 147 TV stations."

His retort was as follows:

Hah! Do radioactive lizards stalk the land? Does Hello Kitty glower down from every neon street corner with an air of mouthless menace? Do hordes of ravening schoolgirls snatch innocent English teachers and lock them away as reluctant sex toys in tiny Tokyo apartments? I thought not!

Actually, you are a braver man than me. I want water I can see though and a more or less stable political environment. I hope they are paying you a pleasant amount of money as well. At least you are not off to Vietnam - they would pay you in Dongs there. I suspect that is just the name of the currency, but one never knows in Southeast Asia...

In any case, congratulations on your new appointment.
Richly deserved and full of fun! I hope that you and Colleen won't find the distance too difficult to deal with.

Barnaby

Maybe I should take up English teaching in Japan...

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