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Has anyone had this China experience besides me? Considering this is the fourth or fifth time it's happened, I'm guessing someone probably has. I'll meet a girl, she'll be cool, I'll ask her for her number, she'll gladly give it to me, I'll text her asking her to go out, she says yes, we go out and have a good time, talk about meeting again, girl will be enthusiastic about it, in between the first and second date at some point she'll mention her boyfriend that was never brought up before and and never mentioned in any way and there were never even any implications that a boyfriend even existed. poo poo is frustrating.
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| # ¿ May 23, 2011 17:41 |
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| # ¿ May 22, 2013 03:03 |
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I'm American, so I'm used to asking a girl for her number or asking her to go out and being told "sorry, I have a boyfriend,” which hasn't happened to me here until after the date, and then it's not like a "sorry" it's like a she'll just mention him out of context or something. Of course this has happened to me in America, but only once or twice in like the seven years I was dating, whereas here in Beijing it's happened four or five times in four months, and just happened twice in a week. Besides this whole thing though, life here is great!
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| # ¿ May 23, 2011 23:19 |
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"In the technology, Shanghai Trading company should improve the size of clothes. Because the measurements are different between different countries. Chinese measurement is centimeter, and the European measurement is inch. Because of the western are stronger than Chinese, the clothes version should be fatter. In the law, the quality of clothes must be high. The label should use the language of target country and contain the shell fabric, washing methods, if it can direct contact with the skin, if its formaldehyde content is standard. And according to the case, its prices are viewed as highly competitive averaging 25% below European competitors. It has a price advantage. But it could lead to price discrimination and dumping. So Shanghai Trading company should not lowered the price so much." One of my friends asked me to correct her paper and this masterpiece came out of it. My favorite part is where it says the label on a piece of clothing should indicate whether or not it can touch the skin.
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| # ¿ May 26, 2011 13:47 |
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Do they do any background check when you apply for a Chinese visa? I have a friend who has been in a bit of legal trouble and we're wondering if he would have any trouble getting his visa.
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| # ¿ Jun 1, 2011 01:19 |
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B-Rad posted:I'm doing a quick trip to Hong Kong today to pick up my phone from the HTC repair centre. I'm looking forward to it because it always feels less oppressive than SZ. Its a breath of fresh air when people actually queue for lines, cars obey crosswalks, and nongs don't scream 'hello' as they drive by on their rickshaws. I love it when people yell HELLO at me and I say something like "hey how are you" to them and they just smile like idiots and wave. Yesterday I was walking to a subway station and a guy with his girlfriend said hello to me, I said "hey how are you" and they just started laughing like maniacs as if it was the funniest poo poo in the world.
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| # ¿ Jun 1, 2011 02:58 |
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Bahaha look at this crap. I've gone out with a girl a few times and I get these beauties in my 人人网 mailbox this morning: "以后离欣然远一点，他是我女朋友。别再让我知道你还骚扰他，否则我弄死你。傻逼美国佬我知道你在那，别他妈的装蛋。" "在警告你一次，别再找她，因为你我俩快闹分手了，我能找到你。别再跟他联系一次。否则你就滚回美国去" "I am LiXinRan boyfriend, don't touch her, otherwise I must kill you." "If you are in touch with her once, I will let you go back to the United States." “我知道你在那，请你不要再联系她，傻逼洋鬼子” “再他妈的告诉你一句，这里是中国” “我警告过你，别再这再说了。否则你会很难看的” Rofl after I replied to the guy and called him crazy, instead of trying to act like a big tough guy who is probably like six inches shorter than me and weighs twenty kilos less, he comes back with this stuff: "别再联系她，我们中国不提倡交网友" "请你自重，我不喜欢你联系她，如果你愿意学中文我可以好好教你。" "中国人保守，如果被我发现的话，我一定要你好看。" “别再说话了，我告诉你这是中国，按我说的做，她是我的女朋友。请你离远一点 ok？” So he goes from threatening me to like begging and stuff. I wonder if he thought his attempt to strong arm me was actually going to work just because he can say THIS IS CHINA a bunch. For the record, I only wrote two replies to the guy and he's still inundating my inbox with this poo poo. JimBobDole posted:I can get on SA fine but I can't access this thread without a VPN. A lot of the time I can't get on SA, it's a recent problem, like the past two weeks. No idea why :/ Cuatal fucked around with this message at Jun 2, 2011 around 00:14 |
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Bloodnose posted:美國佬 is a new one for me. Dictionary says a derogatory term for an American, a yankee. Today he called me four times in five minutes while I was busy playing football. He then called while I was resting and I answered and he yelled incomprehensibly at me and when I told him 还以为是我找了她？是她找了我。你这个脑残的农民，你配不上她。 basically but worded differently, and he tried to get around the fact that she's the one that comes calling me by saying LET ME TELL YOU CHINESE AND AMERICANS ARE DIFFERENT as if I'm supposed to telepathically know this girl has a boyfriend and it's somehow my fault and not hers. He then yelled out some address that was nowhere loving close to mine and said he was going to come kill me, so I told him yeah you got me, come fight me and my five huge African roommates. He hung up on me after that and hasn't called back since. The most ironic thing about this is that he graciously offered me his friendship on Chinese Facebook. Cuatal fucked around with this message at Jun 2, 2011 around 15:27 |
| # ¿ Jun 2, 2011 15:13 |
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The way I deal with being a spectacle is to turn myself into even more of a spectacle because I love people's reactions. Whenever people stare at me on the subway, which happens surprisingly often considering I'm in Beijing, I'll turn on a Chinese song and start singing obnoxiously loud. I've actually made quite a few friends this way too since people are like WOW YOU CAN SPEAK CHINESE, and I love how whoever was staring is stupefied by the white person singing Chinese music. It might be dumb, but it always entertains me.
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| # ¿ Jun 4, 2011 08:39 |
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MindyLee 6/5/2011 6:44:45 PM Florida State University怎么样 MindyLee 6/5/2011 6:45:33 PM The University of Iowa MindyLee 6/5/2011 6:45:38 PM Indiana University,Bloomington MindyLee 6/5/2011 6:46:11 PM Michigan State University I want to stab something.
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| # ¿ Jun 5, 2011 11:20 |
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I'm always invisible on QQ since there's only a few people I actually want to talk to. It is a very good way to meet ladies and such though. It's also a good place to learn new characters and such, which is the main reason I use it.
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| # ¿ Jun 6, 2011 02:35 |
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Where should I go in Beijing to buy fake rear end sport jerseys, specifically soccer? The new America kit is too beautiful to not own.
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| # ¿ Jun 16, 2011 10:39 |
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waloo posted:I don't personally know but I remember that during the World Cup Paddy O'Sheas was selling all sorts of kits so perhaps inquire with them? I already checked Taobao but I'm a bit worried about using my credit card or something online here, price was a bit steeper than it should be too, so I'd like to be able to haggle it down a bit.
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| # ¿ Jun 17, 2011 02:11 |
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Dilber posted:I really hate the Beijing embassy for that. My girlfriend has been denied twice, and hasn't been able to visit the states with me. The second time we even had a congressional letter, and return tickets for her(continental has booking holding where you can cancel after 7 days with only a 10 dollar fee). Is it really hard to bring a Chinese girl to America? I was hoping to take one sometime in the future, but it sounds like the process sucks some pretty major rear end. Also, it's crazy to me that all that flooding was going on and I've been out and about the past few days without even noticing it. I guess I got lucky.
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| # ¿ Jun 26, 2011 00:23 |
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So at the club just now a Chinese girl and I we're talking about how we don't want to grow up and I told her "你可以叫我彼得潘，不过没有海盗生我气” (you can call me Peter Pan, except no pirates are pissed at me). So then we kept talking for a while and we exchanged numbers, and when she showed me her phone to see if she spelled my name right, she had Peter Pan in the name slot and thought it really was my name. It really makes me wonder how many of my bad jokes go over their heads.
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| # ¿ Jun 26, 2011 18:12 |
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Magna Kaser posted:Anyone do anything fun for 4th of July? This was my 4th: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/fRfrBf4Lqco/ http://img.dl.e.weliveinchina.com/_...-1000006007.jpg http://img.dl.e.weliveinchina.com/_...-1000006007.jpg
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| # ¿ Jul 6, 2011 16:02 |
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Pro-PRC Laowai posted:BofA are policy whores when it comes down to it however, and I recommend them only for the "free" withdrawal. Can't you just go into the bank itself and say to someone "oh hey I want to withdraw all this money now, here's my passport and stuff," or does that not work? Edit - Oh wait I was confused, I think you guys are talking about withdrawing money from an account outside of China while in China, my mistake.
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| # ¿ Jul 14, 2011 08:26 |
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Private Snowball posted:I'm packing for my year teaching in Beijing and I'm trying to decide what not to bring. I know football isn't popular over there, but what are the chances of finding a pitch and some people to play with? Should I bother bringing my shoes and what not if there is no where to play? Would it be easier finding some place to play indoors? In 五道口 (Wu Dao Kou) there's like three places you can play football (I'm guessing you mean football as in real football since you said pitch) everyday. One of the reasons I moved to 五道口 was so I could play whenever I wanted.
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| # ¿ Jul 24, 2011 15:09 |
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Is anyone going to this: http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazi...prix/shanghai11? I'm probably going to buy my train ticket in the near future.
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| # ¿ Jul 24, 2011 16:40 |
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How many different train tickets are there to get from Beijing to Shanghai? Are any of them pretty cheap?
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| # ¿ Aug 2, 2011 23:12 |
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Does anyone know like a roller skate shop in Beijing? I need like a specialty store since I need new wheels. I can handle everything the city can throw at me, but my poor skates can't 
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| # ¿ Aug 10, 2011 15:49 |
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I was in Vic's for five minutes and I couldn't take the douchebaggery anymore. Everyone in there looked like a complete loving rear end in a top hat with their stupid sunglasses and poo poo. If Mix is anything like that, they must both suck. Also, in Beijing everyone yells FU WU YUANNNNNNNNN too, do people seriously not do that in Shanghai?
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| # ¿ Aug 17, 2011 05:12 |
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I was considering giving Shanghai a shot at some point, but you guys have made me a bit scared. Is it the kind of place that would be cool to live for like six months or a year?
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| # ¿ Sep 3, 2011 15:50 |
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Be Depressive posted:I had a student at a private school once named Sweety but all the Chinese teachers wrote it as "Sweaty" and kept changing it back every time I tried to correct them. They had no idea what the word meant and kept insisting that I was wrong. It's so annoying when Chinese people try to correct my English and they're obviously wrong. The best way to combat this is to start correcting their Chinese.
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| # ¿ Sep 8, 2011 02:42 |
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imnotinsane posted:Anyone done a tefl/tesol course in China? Thinking about doing one so I can get a teaching visa and bum around in China for 12 months. Doesn't really matter how good the school is I guess, would be nice to learn something but really just doing it for a visa. You don't need any certification to get a teaching visa, anything you don't have your school will fake for you. Welcome to China!
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| # ¿ Sep 14, 2011 13:22 |
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The Worst Muslim posted:I have some questions: 1. Do not accept 5500 unless it's something like ten hours a week. That's really poo poo. 2. They should, some claim they will then don't. Make sure you have a backup plan! 3. They might say they will then won't or just won't. 4. Possibly.
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| # ¿ Oct 7, 2011 01:01 |
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goldboilermark posted:No it is not, get over yourself. For someone with zero qualifications that has never taught a thing before, it is not ¨poo poo¨. It isn´t absolute bank, and you probably would need more in Shanghai or Beijing, but calling it poo poo is pretty ridiculous. Get over myself? My first job was 9,000, then 12,000, and now 5,000 for hanging out with a trophy wife for like five or six hours a week who buys me all the food I can eat. I'm equally unqualified besides the experience I have from teaching the last eight months or whatever.
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| # ¿ Oct 8, 2011 07:24 |
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goldboilermark posted:Well then just give those contacts to The Worst Muslim. I am sure he would appreciate companies that will spend so much on someone who has no idea what they are doing. Jobs are over already, one of them was a one month gig and the 9000 one was awful, which I wrote about somewhere in this thread a little bit I think. Arakan posted:I want to hear more about this job One of my good friends here started working at a visa agency, and I guess her boss asked the employees if they knew any Americans （I have a feeling there were some other questions too, but no way to verify as my friend won't tell me) and my friend recommended me. So I met with the husband who is around 60 and the wife who is 30 and they like me and we agree to start class the next week. Originally she wanted to have class M-F for like three hours, but I kind of figured she wasn't the most studious of people, and I turned out to be right. So now I meet her maybe once or twice a week and she always insists on buying me candy and Subway and expensive drinks and things like that, and whenever I go to her huge rear end mansion she never stops bringing me expensive imported food. Then at the end of each class she'll just give me like a thousand kuai or something and apologize for cancelling all the time. It's a pretty sweet gig. Cuatal fucked around with this message at Oct 8, 2011 around 12:24 |
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That's really cool. I haven't gotten any gifts yet but last time I was with her she was like "That's my husband's bodyguard's car, my husband bought it for him as a present. Next time we'll buy you one!" and I was just surprised since I'm pretty sure buying a car to them is like me buying dinner, so not really implausible at all.
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| # ¿ Oct 9, 2011 00:37 |
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Are any of the recommended VPNs free? I'm ok with something that has like ten minute trials I can repeat too, since I only use it to pop on and check Facebook every now and then. I was using Hotspot Shield but it appears to have finally been blocked by The Great Firewall. Oh and by the way, I'm just guessing but is firewall 火墙? Considering how literal a lot of Chinese words are, it wouldn't surprise me.
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| # ¿ Oct 26, 2011 00:01 |
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I don't need a paid VPN, I just want some crapper I can jump on for like five to ten minutes at a time. Also I don't understand the Plink thing or whatever, I'm not too great with computers or the internet.
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| # ¿ Oct 27, 2011 01:35 |
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goldboilermark posted:I know you don´t need it, but you have spent a fair amount of your posts in the past 30 pages talking about all these great free gifts you get and how you get 15,000 RMB to tutor a kid, I figured you don´t need to worry about a free crapper if you are literally rolling around in money that people are throwing at you. It was 12,000 and it was only a one month gig since the kid moved to the States. Rich trophy wife is in Dubai until God knows when so I'm not doing too hot financially at the moment, and even if I was I'm not the type to buy stuff I don't need, even if it is cheap. Cuatal fucked around with this message at Oct 28, 2011 around 13:24 |
| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 11:19 |
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I'm in a bit of a rough patch, do any of you guys know a good resource for finding jobs in Beijing? I know about TheBeijinger (which I don't really trust, but a few more weeks of basically no income and I might have to check it out), WeLiveInBeijing (same feeling as TBJer), Craigslist (same as TBJer and WLIB), and honestly that's basically it. English and Chinese are both fine for links.
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| # ¿ Nov 17, 2011 08:23 |
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I know I saided I needed a job a few pages back but (I think) I'm ok now, so I figured I'd share the wealth a bit. It seems like there's a lot of recruiting going on in Beijing right now, since today I got two emails from two different teaching agencies looking for teachers. What's the best way for me to share this information? Am I allowed to post phone numbers and stuff here?
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| # ¿ Nov 23, 2011 11:24 |
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Is it just me or are the SA forums blocked all of a sudden? I had to use a free VPN to post this message.
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| # ¿ Nov 24, 2011 23:07 |
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SB35 posted:Must be an issue with your local ISP or something. I'm posting VPN free. Oh good, so a problem I have basically no way of fixing :/ I can't even log onto MTGO anymore Edit - Is anyone else in Beijing using China Unicom having problems?
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| # ¿ Nov 24, 2011 23:23 |
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Pro-PRC Laowai posted:DNS issue Is there a way I can fix that, or is it a temporary thing? Also, it might be time for me to get a real VPN so I don't have to deal with this crap anymore. Which one would you guys say is the best for gaming?
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| # ¿ Nov 24, 2011 23:35 |
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Pro-PRC Laowai posted:Manually change your DNS. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 I must not have done it right, since I just did that for "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and didn't have any luck. I tried doing it in "Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv4)" as well, but it said the DNS addresses were invalid and wouldn't let me change them. In "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" I have "Use the following DNS server addresses" checked, then in "Preferred DNS server" I have 8.8.8.8 and in "Alternate DNS server" I have 8.8.4.4. I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate, if it matters.
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| # ¿ Nov 25, 2011 00:19 |
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If I want to go from Beijing to Hong Kong, would you guys say 去哪儿 is the best option? I have to do a visa run. The cheapest I found there was 1750, which isn't so bad but I'm hoping there's some other hidden Chinese gem I don't know about.
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| # ¿ Dec 29, 2011 10:07 |
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Arakan posted:Wouldn't Mongolia be cheaper than HK from Beijing if you're just doing a visa run? I just want them to stamp my passport at whichever airport then turn around and walk back in, I'm not even going to bring luggage. I'm looking at getting it all done in one day with 4-5 hours in between flights.
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| # ¿ Dec 30, 2011 14:26 |
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| # ¿ May 22, 2013 03:03 |
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Hey Pro-PRC or other Beijing goons, do any of you guys know a reliable computer repair place?
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