Answers of the Day
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Mar 23,2016
Whichever path you take, I think the best advice I can give is to make an effort to make some Chinese friends that you're comfortable trying out the things you learn with. When I was studying in Beijing, I improved much faster than my classmates because I had Chinese roommates.
Now I live in Shanghai, and I'm struggling to improve, because most of my friends are foreign,...
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Mar 21,2016
canada has some tv show i think its called border wars or canada border patrol, some reality hit show and showed a poor bloke who came to canada from australia with 3 dui's and a drug conviction and they generously let him spend 12 hours with his girlfriend in canada before he had to leave, not sure why any body would not know that canada, england, australia, new zealand all have the...
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Mar 18,2016
To be honest Icnif, I think you over reacted a little.
I agree, the post about relocating kids was in bad taste and just a stupid thing to say but it wasn't actually attacking people as such, didn't have profanity in it and was a lot milder than a lot of the stuff you see here in my opinion. That's not to say I think anyone will miss that guy's input, we won't but he was...
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284 . Do you nap at lunch?Mar 18,2016
Probably the single most annoying aspect of Chinese life in the summer. If classes finish at 11.30 and start again at 2.30 then obviously there is a huge time gap. I am Northern European, I work to live. I want to finish work as soon as possible, don't want to prolong the agony. 30-60 minutes should be sufficient for eating and a walk around the block etc. Classes could finish at...
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Mar 17,2016
Come on, Guys - at least Leo (sort of) acknowledges he's a Mainlander. Let's at least give him that - he's not being a wumao (well - hasn't shown it yet). He's asked questions, and stayed around (returned) for the answers...
Firstly - what do you mean by 'highest'? I presume you mean 'greatest', or 'most powerful'. But, even those adjectives leave a LOT of room for other...
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Mar 15,2016
Actually to follow-up on Expats reply...
The Apple Chinese website is only in Chinese so here's how I've compared prices before.
1) Open two web browser windows. In the first one find the Apple HK store. In the 2nd one the Apple China store. The layouts are exactly the same
2) One step at a time, HK store first then China store click the links to...
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Mar 15,2016
if anyone should be called a honky it's these damn chinese drivers!!
*ok,, I'm being literal, excusez-moi
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Mar 11,2016
Trump is the least-worst candidate? wtf.
Trump won't win. He is having success in states where 1% turn out to vote for primaries. Most of the country won't vote during the primaries. When it comes to the actual election, and it's him or anyone else, anyone else will win. Because he is the THE WORT CANDIDATE IN HISTORY. Albeit surprisingly good at getting the crazies to...
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Mar 09,2016
I bough an aparment in Guangxi Provincein in late 2013. They look at my Pasport to get the number,never looked the viisa.
A word to the wise.
A friend from England bought a new one locally, listed at 125 sq meters. When he showed it to me I said it looks more like less than 100. We measured each room, and came out at 85 sq meters. He blew a fuse and raised hell, claiming...
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290 . Is Yahoo being blocked?Mar 08,2016
Honestly, hand on heart, I didn't know that Yahoo was still a "thing".
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Mar 07,2016
I once was stationed at a Navy base in Sydney, the elevators in the accommodation were extremely slow and old. Someone had punched in one of the half moon windows in the security doors that stop people falling in. A sailor came home drunk one night and got sick of waiting, stuck his head in the broken window right as the elevator was at that level. The elevators were taped up...
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292 . big boobs OR hot butt?Mar 04,2016
are you contemplating cosmetic surgery and you can't decide on a boob job or a butt enlargement?
I'd say spend the money on developing a personalty first that would attract a decent guy.
an interesting personality tends to last longer and retain friends, whereas you will never be happy with your physical appearance.
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293 . CONTRACT finished, expert cert cancelled. They gave 30 day visa said couldnt extend another 30 daysMar 02,2016
You must either get new Residence permit sponsor (who'll extend your RP for the new Contract duration) or you must exit China, before the last 30-days visa/extension expiration.
RP is given for the duration of the Contract, or in other words one is required to be in the classroom on the last day of RP.
30-days L (or 30-days RP extension) is given either for changing...
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Mar 02,2016
Lord Hanson and Englteachted are right. Feign a look of concern and vow to change your ways. Then duly forget about it. You will not hear of it ever again.
Smiling and being happy can save you from this situation. I'm a naturally happy and contented person so smiling and being affable isn't too hard for me. I've known other teachers here in China that have a less sunny...
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Mar 01,2016
Your 'minder' writes the recommendation letter - be that your FAO, supervisor, principal or what-not.
The "recommendation letter" is not a western version, where they are not allowed to say anything directly negative, but a simple, "Start date: End date. Would you hire this person again? Yes/No, Why? No why!" form.
And, I believe that they may hold a grudge against...
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Feb 29,2016
I ran into some nutters during my stay in China.
But the weirdest was this guy from Australia.
Huge guy... like 6 foot 10 and 350 pounds... just a giant guy. He was nice and kind for the most part but he was insane.
He would tell anyone who listened about how he got chased out of Australia by the "Lesbian...
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Feb 24,2016
Good effort, and welcome to the forum. Where you from, cob? BTW, I used to like Enya. Is she still active, do you know?
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Feb 22,2016
Well, I would suggest to get the basics of the language with the teacher than simply write Chinese characters at least half an hour a day (one hour better) and talk talk talk ...
Mandarin is hard for Western languages speakers and there is no miraculous way around.
It's all about hard, daily work.
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Feb 19,2016
im on my way back to China next month to go the dentist
i can fly my whole family over and get my teeth fixed cheaper than getting the work done in Australia
and there is nothing dodgy about the dentist i use in China
saves me thousands in health insurance in Australia and i get a holiday too
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Feb 18,2016
the trend is for the rmb to lose value to the dollar and a lot of big money people are betting that way, so i change mine to dollars every month, 3 years ago i was buying canadian dollars, everything changes, right now every county is slowing down, its not safe to even buy singapore dollars right now. singapore had too many loans with china that are defaulting and hurting their currency.
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