Still no news on the next batch of referrals

Monday, September 24, 2007 | |



Well, we’re into the part of the month where the rumours on the next batch of referrals are flying around but there’s nothing to report this month. Not one single rumour at this point. Having no rumours is even more frustrating than having some rumor as we have nothing to grasp onto, nothing to disappoint us or bring us hope for this critical month for us. I’m not quite sure on how to interpret this lack of unofficial news. Has the CCAA clamped down on their leaks and stopped the rumours from getting out? This is unlikely – unofficial information seems to always find a way to get out. Is the CCAA running that far behind schedule that we’re not even at the stage when rumours should be coming out? All the numbers say that the 4 days we need matched at not heavy days so there should be no reason for the CCAA to not meet a month end deadline like they usually do.

I still expect that we’ll get our referral in October. The problem now is the timeline on getting that referral. Oct 1,2,3 is a holiday in China for the Autumn Moon Festival and because of this the CCAA shuts down. If they CCAA sends out the referrals this week before the holiday, we should be good to travel in December. If the CCAA doesn’t send out the referrals until after the holiday, the timelines will be too tight and I doubt that we’ll travel in December, which will bump our travel off to January.

It was nice to see a lot of familiar faces at the Autumn Moon Festival on the weekend. The presentations showcased the talent that we have in Moncton. The little kids doing their show were a crowd favourite; the martial arts demonstration was great. (I’ve never seen anyone actually use nun chucks in real life before) and the piano solos were wonderful. The taste of the Mooncakes was better than I remember from last year.

That’s it for now… keep checking back this week as this site will be updated as soon as we hear something.

Scott

4 comments:

geminirn said...

YES IT IS VERY QUIET THIS MONTH????,HOWEVER EACG DAY BRINGS YOU GUYS THAT MUCH CLOSER TO BABY GERTRUDE............LITTLE GERDIES REFERRAL IS COMING!!!!!!!

JUST HOLD ON A LITTLE LONGER GUYS..IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT!!!!!!

Unknown said...

I have high hopes for your referral! If I remember correctly last year, they got them out before the holiday. We actually traveled the first of October in 2005 for Lily, and at first were told that everything would be shut down and we would have to wait till after the holiday to travel, but it didn't, we traveled on time and even got our daughters a day early!
Keeping my fingers and toes crossed.

RoLo said...

the quiet is too much to take....

Mom to Kayli and Mya said...

Hang in there u 2!!! You are so close and it will be well worth it all:)