We got the word today from venerable daughter # 2, Pulisha and husband 2B on their first Foreign Service (not to be confused with French Foreign Legion) posting. They will be going to Manila in the Philippines for a two year assignment!
They never expected this because they were told that they would not teach her another language, since she needs a brush up on her Mandarin. (As most of us would too...actually most of us would need a deep steam cleaning on our non-existent Mandarin...unless it was Mandarin Oranges). So they will be staying in the same apartment in DC until next April. Summer will be spent doing Consular training. (According venerable Pu consular work consists of having lines of people seeing you requesting visas; your job being to say "No you can't come to the USA...Please don't shoot me.) Then in September she will start an 8 month course to learn Tagalog (language of the Philippines.
2B will be able to work for his former company while they are in DC. So they will ship out in April of 2012 and be back in the states in April of 2014 when Pu will be doing 8 more months of Mandarin training before they will be sent to China. (Got it - DC..Philippines...DC...China)
They are over the moon excited about this assignment. The climate is supposed to be good. The cost of living is not bad. The climate is temperate. They’re close to the water which 2B loves. There are evidently a lot of spousal employment opportunities. They will be close to Australia and New Zealand (which Wife and I would love to visit again!). So start making those vacation plans for 2012-2013!
5 comments:
Sounds exciting!! Can't wait to see future pictures! :)
This is exciting! And what a great place for you (and us!) to visit.
Outstanding!! Good for them. I'm not sure how well I'd deal with a such a sudden change of venue.
wow, how exciting! I can't wait to see her at xmas
Your family never stays in one place long, do they? As Jules said, I'm excited to see pictures.
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