A Kiwi Cellist in China

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

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Moving to China

In a recent episode of BBC's Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson stated that owning the best model of a certain unnamed car wasn't necessarily a good thing: "It's like saying I've got Syphilis, the BEST of the STD's." So when I was told I'll be playing with the BEST orchestra in Guangdong's Special Economic Zone that exact phrase leapt to mind...

Nevertheless 3 weeks after receiving the phone call I am just a few days away from jumping in a plane and heading into who-knows-what! My tickets are booked, I have a myriad of injections to get tomorrow, my visa application is in, and this blog is online...

So on the 29th of May I'll board a Cathay Pacific flight direct to Hong Kong armed with my cello prowess (ahem...), my raffish charm (splutter..), and my enormous Mandarin vocabulary: "Fat", "Bugger", "Coffee", and "Mapo Tofu"

Wish me luck!

Posted By charlesbrooks at 2:42 PM 1 comments

1 Comments:

luck!

By Shong, at 5:00 PM  

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