O China, why do thee hate us so much?

We are increadebly upset with China right now. Bottom line is that we paid for 6 month multiple entry visa in january. It cost 1000NOK, and if you go to the website, its there in black and white. (http://no.chineseembassy.org/eng/lsfw/fdlqz/t300745.htm)

However, as we discovered at KL airport yesterday, the visa we have is only for 3 months. Our visas say 'entry before 12APR2009' and 'issue date 12JAN2009.' Earlier we understood this as the date we to enter the welcoming country for the first time. But we were wrong, terribly wrong. After staying up all night, afraid to miss our flight from Bali at 7:30 am, this was the last thing we needed. The only positive side, was that we were many hours early. After trying all embassys we could, we finally got through to the Chinese embassy in Norway 20 minutes before boarding closed. I had the pleasure of aquainting a very humble and service-minded individual, who enlightened me on the status quo. After telling our side of the story, he replied: "When people request 6 month visa, sometimes we give 3 months, sometimes we give 4 months, sometimes 5 and sometimes 6. You should check your visa before travel."

I was amazed. Is this really how you treat other people? The answer 24 hours later is without a doubt, yes! The expired visa situation has snowballed into so much bullshit that I don't even have the energy to type it. Basically, we're skipping China. If they don't want us there, then we sure ass hell don't want to go there either. We have 1600NOK credit at Air Asia to spend, so we're going to the Phillipenes, followed by Japan. Unfortunately, we have to enter China to get home, so the last 3 days will be spend in this country that I have learned to dislike. I'm not going to say hate, by I will definately use that word towards their embassies in Norway and Malaysia.

A tired and pissed of Remi Elias

PS: The worst part is that we actually had to spend ANOTHER two nights in Kuala Lumpur. It's actually our fifth time here, and once was enough...