It's hard to believe that one month has passed since we moved into the temp apartment. From the little things to the big things, we are slowly checking off the to list from finding a nice pediatrian for the kids to a cable package for the permanent apartment.
One funny little thing story. I have to start my saying there are 2 ways to look at living as an expat: eitehr everything is an adventure or everything is a pain. It's the general theme that defines your stay here. We see it as an adventure. When I say everthing, I mean everything.
I have seen a Pizza Hut delivery cycle outside the condo complex. So one day I think let's order pizza. There is an online ordering service. Great. How hard can this be. Well. every pizza online to order is shall we say unusual. My favorite is a pizza with thousand island sauce, crab sticks tuna and I think fruit. All I want is a pepperoni pizza. after spending a lot of time searching the site I give up. I end up picking up a very expensive imported frozen pizza from the store.
But there is also a very important lesson here. Afterward, after reaching out to my co workers and nanny about it, they tell me about several pizza joints that deliver. The more people you connect with and befriend, the larger your network here is and the greater information you have available to you about where to buy a pizza, or kids toys, or doctors, or books, or the side streets of Wan Chai where you should really should go to buy electronics.
Thus the adventure continues.
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