Day 6. By now the outlines are clear - the content is a brothel - what will my work here: seven seven facilities to keep an eye on where we serve meals to the BOB ( Beijing Olympic Broadcasting ). In other words, the pretty mountain wanderer often made to stretch cords, held cameras, a few journalists who do not want to eat at the table for visitors.

Keep an eye means planning, follow, lead the opening and the ordinary business of restaurants-dining-room of which they are responsible. There are endless limitations on security to watch, like the rest of the staff (Chinese, of course) to drive the process, with zero time to build a team ... A little 'pig in a poke.

During this week, until today, we are holding a training for staff on all project details. It 's good to be back in the middle of Beijing accent, we'll see if people will live up to the credit of sympathy and confidence.

The icing on the cake, one of seven places is a bit 'out of Beijing: the north-east, canoes. Here are the sites I am responsible for:

• C12-SRF Rowing & Canoe, Kayak (Flatwater)
• SRS C13-Canoe, Kayak Slalom
• C20-BTG Badminton, Rhythmic Gymnastics
• C21-WST Football
• C22-WIA Boxing
• C23 CBV-Beach Volleyball
• C33-C36 Urban Cycling Road and Time Trial (Outside Race)

Given the need to control what the above and other support operations in case of need, I have a pass with a nice infinity symbol that means "everything", colored red, which means "operational areas". Sadly, there is a numerino to gain access inside the event, so I can watch the races (nothing unexpected). However, the precious trinket reserves some surprises in this pre-Olympic period. At the end, to attempt does not harm ...

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The other day I went to the consulate to subscribe to ' AIRE . The consulate is in the midst of the French Concession, where several houses between two and three stories from a skyscraper appears suddenly as boldly, "The Center", where the 19th floor there are offices all.

And so on with address, passport, miscellaneous data, filing, identification, and so on. All done. Questions?

Only one: in every document it comes to health coverage in Italy on a sheet of release of the consulate. Here's the surprise last-yes, but only if you are employed in Italy and the company pays contributions to the NHS. And so, even without the amazing health machine, are just an immigrant now.

Oh well, I've got support here documents (driving license, passport, ...), proof of my residence abroad in case someone asks me taxes, and a bit 'of peace in view of the Olympics. You never know in the end.

If ever I needed the NHS, apart from "you know, we have to transmit this information to his city, the City Council to ASL, ASL update his status ...", I can once again become resident in one day with a new identity card. Hurrah the holes in the system.

I run. I have a train to Beijing and are incredibly late.

The other day I was sent to a local facility to obtain a health certificate. The above is a document that looks something like an identity card, but that can work in certain environments such as Food & Beverage.

And so I, and connects more than we get in this place where we await the first row in the fun part of the procedure: record. Of the three, two foreigners and all still dressed office could not pass unnoticed to many fellow adventurers and staff, including two Grannies beyond the glass. Funny photo of the moment, we are too high, please ingobbitevi, or do not come out. Name? And the fellow Ecuadorian rattles off the rosary. Small problem: China's software does not accept filenames longer than 5 characters. Curtain to shorten the name with the old lady who wanted to shorten the sex "Evil" (male) written on the passport instead of the name of his colleague.

Second part, the 'theoretical examination. Please enter a classroom where a recorded TV that seems to be there for the event reads from a book with a Powerpoint behind so crammed with characters that yes, he is reading the Powerpoint, not a book. We pick the exam with several questions written in Chinese and respond. Although the result will be a weekend I have already successfully passed: the test solutions were printed on a billboard on the left of the tv in the chair. And what do we do about it, is already so much that everyone can understand the mechanism and write the name. Farce.

Third party, you pay (72 RMB) and starts the visit. I omit any comment on the glass tubes of blood test open air (which is more style in English), Dr. (even granny) palpating the chest randomly talking to her colleague and other details. I must say though that the software with barcode is efficient, at each station a beep on the package keeps track of all the exams.

Thanks, goodbye, withdrawal from 10 days. I think if you're not dying the text you pass it for sure. Better than nothing though.

With the above certificate and passport I can credit my pass Olympic, next week in Beijing.