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Sheer obstinance
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 10:06I'm sitting in the office, working on approvals and filing. After this task I have to move forwards and build an easy to read itinerary for the Boss.
All the while, my colleagues around me are bemoaning about the Covid situation in China.
There are many people who work in Macau but live in China. Some work and live in Macau, but family is in China. Or have two homes, one in Macau and one in China. These are usually not so far away from the border, say a 30min trip from border to home.
Some people have a life in China. They shop, they eat, they post their letters in China. I suppose posting "locally" is cheaper than paying the "premium" of "international mail" (yes. China loves to say the HKSAR and the MSAR are "part of China", but look at the postal service. You pay international postage.)
My gripe is... Macau is as good as isolated from the world now. Coming in from overseas? Do you have a local resident status? No? Nah, no coming in. You have a resident status? Make sure you can book a room at that one specific quarantine hotel. Oh, can't book a room? You can't come in. The waitlist for that hotel is like... for a long, long time.
But the border with China is still open. I guess it's for the people that live there but work here. But hey... there's a lot of growing cases in China too. In fact, the situation in China sounds more serious than the rest of the world right now.
And what are the colleagues bemoaning about? "Oh, the area that this-and-this huge shopping mall has become a quarantine area! This is so frustrating!"
Look at the bigger picture, my friend, the frustrating thing is people like you. You know for a fact borders are mostly closed, you know for a fact China is somewhat a dangerous area, why do you insist on going into China? Wine and dine locally. Post less packages. Just freaking don't go into China if you can help it.
All the while, my colleagues around me are bemoaning about the Covid situation in China.
There are many people who work in Macau but live in China. Some work and live in Macau, but family is in China. Or have two homes, one in Macau and one in China. These are usually not so far away from the border, say a 30min trip from border to home.
Some people have a life in China. They shop, they eat, they post their letters in China. I suppose posting "locally" is cheaper than paying the "premium" of "international mail" (yes. China loves to say the HKSAR and the MSAR are "part of China", but look at the postal service. You pay international postage.)
My gripe is... Macau is as good as isolated from the world now. Coming in from overseas? Do you have a local resident status? No? Nah, no coming in. You have a resident status? Make sure you can book a room at that one specific quarantine hotel. Oh, can't book a room? You can't come in. The waitlist for that hotel is like... for a long, long time.
But the border with China is still open. I guess it's for the people that live there but work here. But hey... there's a lot of growing cases in China too. In fact, the situation in China sounds more serious than the rest of the world right now.
And what are the colleagues bemoaning about? "Oh, the area that this-and-this huge shopping mall has become a quarantine area! This is so frustrating!"
Look at the bigger picture, my friend, the frustrating thing is people like you. You know for a fact borders are mostly closed, you know for a fact China is somewhat a dangerous area, why do you insist on going into China? Wine and dine locally. Post less packages. Just freaking don't go into China if you can help it.
