I agree completely Littlebear. And by the way, greetings from Shantou. New semester begins tomorrow. Hi Mick! It seems that school starts one week later in Shantou. Have you heard of any positive news? Or will you finish teaching this semester anyway? Hopefully we can have some good news from GZ this week. No news to speak of. Will most likely finish the semester here. That makes four years for me in Shantou, plus one in Hefei. Li is also teaching here now as well. If we left mid-semester it would really put the university in a bind I suspect. Yes, you are lucky, Mick, to go through all the waiting and B.S. process with the one you love! I'm sure it will be the bitter-sweet memory in the future.