5 Daze 2 China

The days are flying by so fast at this point, its hard to pause for a few moments and write about what is going on.
Yesterday the final piece of the essential puzzle was put into place for going to China. I received the Visa back from the San Francisco Consulate of the People's Republic of China with my Z visa included in the passport. I was granted one single entry and a friendly reminder that I need to go to the securities office within 30 days to get my residental working visa.
It is somewhat shocking to stare at this piece of paper that ended up costing $150us to allow me into the country. It took a lot of little steps to get through in order to get the Visa going to get to this point where I am today.
Where am I today?
I am laying on the bed that has already been sold, my room a complicated mess of various items that I have yet to decide where they need to go, what needs to be done with them. The house could be declared a disaster area with all of the various items laying about. This is truly the liquadation of my life. I am learning more and more that these possesions that we buy, so much of it we don't really use and hardly any of it really retains it true value.

I have discovered that this blog might not actually work in China, sadly enough. We will have to see if it is blocked by the great firewall of China--there seems to be varying opinions about how the firewall is actually blocks the information from going through. From what I have gathered, Chinese citizens have less access than expats, so I might be safe, but it might be difficult to access at first.

Some people have asked me why China? The answer is quite simple and might even seem slightly scapegoatish. Politics really have an effect on me personally. Things have really changed in this country over the last decade and I don't feel that I am getting the fruits of my labour in the U.S. I think that our government is the most dishonest it's been since the Nixon administration and George W. probably even outweighs Nixon in that catagory. How this country does not directly blame an oil tycoon for causing the worlds oil problems is beyond comparision to me. At least the Chinese are honest about what they are doing--they let their people know that they intend to be intrusive. Where the United States is losing their ground in innovation, the Chinese are picking up the slack and becoming a powerhouse in the world market. I am interested to go to a country and experience their customs and culture and attempt to compare it to ours in a fair and just setting.

What is Americana? This is something that I have been thinking about for several months. There are going to be things that I am going to miss, but not much that I cannot live without.
Anway, enough for now.
Its time to get this day rolling.
Lot of shit to do today.