So I need to have a chapter about the bus ride from the airport, arriving at the hotel, the first night in sleeping in Hong Kong, first impressions, meeting our hosts, meeting our colleagues and missing Anika. I don't have pictures for any of these moments (my trigger finger on my camera has taken a back seat to holding Saskia, pulling luggage and salvaging every wink of shut-eye I can get) and so I'll jump to getting our Hong Kong ID.
Our new jobs are at International Christian School. Campus is spread over three different locations around the
New Territories in Hong Kong. Our main base of operations for the last couple weeks has been at the elementary campus in
Fo Tan ("Foe Tan"). It shares a home in a six story building with a small super market, a couple restaurants, a laundry, piano store and a the place where everyone comes to get their Hong Kong ID. Convenient and funky.
So here is the line for getting a Hong Kong ID before they open the doors at about 9am. We got there with the rest of our "newbie" colleagues an hour ahead of time and still was about 100th in line. Besides having a passport our new host country requires that we have more than a visa to work...we have to submit our mug and fingerprints so big brother can keep tabs. No messing around out here.
That's Henry there behind me. Henry is teaching math and science at the High School at ICS. His wife is teaching second grade (the blurry lady there to the left) and they come to Hong Kong with their two sons.
Just like any other place we will go over the next couple days, there is paperwork to fill out or money to spend or both. Heather completes the deets on our request for a Hong Kong ID. Anika and Saskia don't get an official ID until they turn 11.
Our new jobs are at International Christian School. Campus is spread over three different locations around the New Territories in Hong Kong. Our main base of operations for the last couple weeks has been at the elementary campus in Fo Tan ("Foe Tan"). It shares a home in a six story building with a small super market, a couple restaurants, a laundry, piano store and a the place where everyone comes to get their Hong Kong ID. Convenient and funky.
So here is the line for getting a Hong Kong ID before they open the doors at about 9am. We got there with the rest of our "newbie" colleagues an hour ahead of time and still was about 100th in line. Besides having a passport our new host country requires that we have more than a visa to work...we have to submit our mug and fingerprints so big brother can keep tabs. No messing around out here.
That's Henry there behind me. Henry is teaching math and science at the High School at ICS. His wife is teaching second grade (the blurry lady there to the left) and they come to Hong Kong with their two sons.
Just like any other place we will go over the next couple days, there is paperwork to fill out or money to spend or both. Heather completes the deets on our request for a Hong Kong ID. Anika and Saskia don't get an official ID until they turn 11.
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