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Heard from Mick in the Railway she is also going to transalvania, Dracula must be crapping himself.:D

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yes Ken
pity you missed the ending
the plane crashed on the East side of the Appenines where they buried the survivors:(

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Ya he'll have is cross out and be rubbing garlic all round his doors and windows:rolleyes::D

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I do humbly apologise to those that took offence to my flippant remarks about the euthanasia flight - It's no excuse - but I add this footnote to perhaps? absolve myself -
The Development of a Sense of Humor in a Young Child During Psychoanalysis - Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy

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I don't have the time to read back through the thread to find the point where people responded to my situation.

Unfortunately I can't fly anywhere as I have to still complete my university work. I can't be granted extensions without signing a piece of paper apparently. Very helpful. So yeah, I have 6,000 words on trademark law to write by Friday. Best get cracking. Fortunately Shanghai can be a pretty cheap place to live. I'm only paying £5.50 a night and the staff speak English and are honest. The woman at the desk accidentally charged me a night longer than she was meant to yesterday, and although she is meant to be kicking us all out then because the hostel is booked up for Shanghai Expo, she is letting me stay rather than refunding me the money.

I'm stressed out as you can imagine, but this is because I am struggling to access the right sources to complete my work here, not because I'm stuck in China. China is an amazing country to be in.

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Also, I no longer have my passport as the Chinese police have it for my visa extension request, so I'm not going anywhere until I have that back!

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Thats good to see, she told me she was worried she would not get away

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Blazey, best of luck with your university work. I hope you get it in by Friday:Banane19:

Try to enjoy your extra time, I know it can be hard when you are cash strapped. I am sure everything will work out in the end. I know this is probably no use now, but did you register with the embasy in China, they might be able to help.
In a year or so you will look back and laugh.
Safe travelling
BG:banlama:

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I'm enjoying my extra time here, learning some more of the language casually from the staff here at the hostel. I'm not treating this trip as being cash strapped either because I do have my student loan and the uni are going to help me out financially when I get home. As for laughing, I'm still laughing now. It's a good trip and China is amazing. Just a bit stressed over my work but I'm a hard worker and it will get done one way or another. Just need to persevere and look after my health, both physically and mentally.

And this will be an amazing story to tell when I am older I'm sure. I don't think the embassies can help me that much now, I've sorted out everything that needs to be sorted like my visa and somewhere to stay. Now I just have to get on with it.

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I'm back now. Got back on Thursday morning. They lost my luggage and it still hasn't been returned to me.

But I am glad to be back, even if I have nothing to show for it but £500 of extra debt.

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Glad your back safe and sound blazey

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Glad yer back n ok blaze, check yer insurance loss of luggage,;) hope ya sort it.

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Nice to see you back again, Blazey. Hope your luggage turns up soon.

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glad you got back safe and sound .. £500 isnt too bad .. couple of friends of mine were stuck in india .. they had to fork out £1400 to get back home. Hope you get your luggage back safe and sound ..

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Glad you are home safe - how about a blog entry for us - share any unusual experience with us please.:)