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Brain ache.

18th June 2008, Gerald

There is so much to do. I must get around to logging the footage but my expenses are taking so long to do. They are driving me insane.

We have to submit receipts for everything we spend on the production so we can see where the money is going and to basically keep on top of the budget. As you can imagine I have a lot of receipts after spending 4 weeks in China. We had to pay for things like hotels, meals for the crew everyday, water to keep us going in the heat, fees to film in certain locations, flights... the list goes on and on. AND they are all in Mandarin. I did a pretty good job of keeping a note of what was what (scribbling things like "meal for 5, restaurant, Beijing, 3rd June" on the back) but when you are busy filming you always miss a few.

So now I am trying to remember what certain receipts are for based on the date and the location on the receipt. This is a brain ache.

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