JLPT here I come, baby! If I can pay the 350 kuai within the 72 hours before my registration expires, I am going to HEILONGJIANG University. And with all this, I have learned an important life lesson: never again will I ask my Chinese coworkers ANYTHING.
First yesterday I was trying to fax a copy of my passport to make sure I get into the test without any issues. I don't know how to dial long distance in China. I've always used a special IP discount code for my cell phone. But I sure as shit can tell you how to dial normal numbers in the country I grew up in, and I sure as shit wouldn't pretend I knew if I didn't. So I ask the Ayi if I just dial as it's written, and she says yes. It's not working. She gets some random guy to help me. The whole thing about helping people is that you shouldn't even try if there is a better than 50% chance you will just make things worse. He had no idea how to dial from SHANGHAI to BEIJING, but just kept trying all sorts of random shit. Finally he conclusively tells me "oh, it's a wrong number". In the process he managed to use the fax machine to make 3 copies of my passport. Thanks again.
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