earthizen:

It looks to me you are an imaginative person. I am confident you can cook up something interesting for those 16 years old "kids". 

Since you brought up the word China, here is something interesting about this word.

Guess what, some 1.4 billion folks got their own country's English name wrong !!!

How do you pronounce China? Ans: Zhōngguó. 

So how come they accept China as the English name for their country?  Ans: It was given to them by the "West" ! 

They are so proud of their "strong" country, so angry, jealous of the imperialistic and corrupted "West", why still use a name given to them by the "West"? Change it to Zhongguo, stop being humiliated!

But then alpabetically, they would be at the bottom of any alphabetical list with countries like Zimbabwe as neighbors. So, stick with China or change it to Zhongguo, which is a bigger loss of face, which one brings more humiliation? 

icnif77:

I just cooked an excellent scampi&tuna (I though I bought snapper) risotto. I could be Michelin star .... sometimes.

I always have trouble when I am going with 'kitchen' and I have to say: 'dis is china...' LOL

ohh alphabetically, I have never thought about that....

Generally, I cut them slack, 'cause poor people had to struggle with life some 50-years ago. So, I don't really compare them with us, 'cause it isn't fair.

But, yeah that 'face' thingy bothers me. I always underline, I am happy, when somebody shows me my mistakes, because I can improve, but they still understand it as 'offence', when I say something isn't good and they should change it.

earthizen:

Now that is something you can tell your mom if she ever asks what you do in Zhongguo ! 

icnif77:

Better don't bother! She knows, I am working at International school .....

It's always my fault .... or 'however you turn, your ass is always on your back...!'

I think, Michelangelo said that first .

earthizen:

"Generally, I cut them slack, 'cause poor people had to struggle with life some 50-years ago. So, I don't really compare them with us, 'cause it isn't fair."

It is 2016. Who doesn't have problems? Poverty is a lame excuse for unethical, dishonest, criminal behaviors. You also don't see schools like Harvard lowering their admission criteria for poor students or allow them to cheat in exams. They charge them less by giving them scholarships. 

Poverty is a big test. So many of the poor uses it to exploit, take advantage of genuinely kind people giving them reasons to continue their deplorable behaviors. "Cutting them slacks" and you end up having rich scums all over the streets instead of poor scums, that's all.  PRC is the living proof. 

Your "cutting them some slacks" can be giving them free classes after school without lowering the standard of english teaching which is detrimental to their future. You can be a popular teacher with high standards. No contradiction there. 

icnif77:

No, I don't do free classes. I offered to School in Fuk 2 extra, free of pay classes/w with mentally challenged students, but they shun me off.

In China, mentally challenged students must attend Primary school till Grade 3. They are in the same class with other students, and you know how kids treat such chaps.

'I cut them some slack' as I don't really compare them with us, because not too long ago, they lived in poverty and what not.

Today, they have more monies, which came too quick, so everybody is 'struggling' to have more and more. It's like an addiction to them. They would walk over alive people to get more dough.

It's understandable, because change came in very short time, so I guess they are reasoning 'we have to go into the game fast', so I usually demand 'honesty', but not marking them as 'pick-pockets'. However, they are 'thieves' .....in English.

earthizen:

Just as necessity is the mother of invention,  poverty is the mother of thefts, prostitution, scams, corruption....etc. The latter is actually a negative derivative from the former. Without laws you simply add robbery. Somali pirates being a living example.

Religions have their use. Generally speaking they tell you harming others is wrong.

PRC is devoid of religions, with laws few abide by, immersed in poverty and a violence driven ideology, communism for decades. Generally speaking, da lu ren beat their neighbors, that country with a similar sized population hands down in this regard.

While all this is understandable, it doesn't make them justifiable. The act of making excuses for them is not only detrimental to their growth, it  is like telling Somali pirates they are doing something acceptable and sustainable, or fueling cancer cells' growth. Not funny  for other inhabitants of the jungle.

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Every country knows what a thief is, e.g. 贼 (PRC), voleur(French), Dieb (German), isela (Zulu)...etc., the their-understanding-of-English-is different argument doesn't hold water.

icnif77:

They don't consider it as 'cheating', but 'negotiating/bargaining' (at Contract disrespect/changes). They like to say: 'Chinese version of Contract is different than English and similar as an excuse'.

- Contract I signed few weeks ago carry 3 x 1/2 salaries as ''School's recess/holidays pay''

I know, School is managing new FEC and what not. One day, rep came into the office in hurry during the class break and: 'SAFEA told us, we must change Contract dates and here is the new Contract version. Can you re-sign it quick (without reading, LOL), because I have to catch bus to Guiyang in few minutes.?'

'Eagle-eye' look quickly over the new version (some 5-6 pages) and spot 'holidays salary' is missing (20k Rmb) and few other changes.

They don't consider that in Chinese as 'cheating/dishonesty', but 'negotiating/bargaining/having upper hand'.

- Contract state 23 classes +2 EC per week;

I am working 25 regular classes/week, no EC. EC is like a joke, I mean 'no lesson prep', but just have fun with kids, sometimes showing a movie to 20 students and regular class is 'lessoned' with 70 chaps in the classroom. Chinese 'understanding' is 23 reg.+2EC=25 regular classes!

- party B is responsible for traveling cost, i.e. arrival to the city;

I can't make online purchases with my Bank cards in China, so I asked owner, if she can book flight for me and I'll give monies for flight at my arrival. She booked, I arrived and offered refund (some 450 Rmb), but after she grabbed my ticket (and submitted to tax-office for operational cost): 'Don't worry! It's OK, i.e ticket is on me.' me: 'OK! TY!'

First, I wanted to travel by train/bus, but she insisted I should fly and she'll wait for me at the Airport.

Now, ME exam a month after my arrival is in Guiyang, some 4-5 hours by bus away. She insisted, I travel a day before and miss two days of classes. me: 'OK, but think ME and overnight hotel in Guiyang is on you!' she: 'Don't worry!'

I return to the city after ME in the evening, tired. I call rep about next day's schedule, and he: 'You can rest tomorrow and come for the classes next day!' me: 'OK, TY!' 3 days of missing classes for ME!

Next salary payment is short for around 700 Rmb. Why? owner: 'I had to deduct three days pay, because I had to pay Chinese teachers to replace you.'

She got tax refund for my flight to the city and then she took it back by 700 Rmb deduction for missing classes. ME and all cost for ME is School's responsibility! I let it go at the time, because she covered arrival flight, but now I have talk with SAFEA about other things and I want that 700 Rmb back!

'Negotiating-bargaining' by Chinese.

- at other School, rep signed Contract with me and I arrive with valid RP. However, School is in process to get 'laowai hire cert.' and I must exit China, return home and apply for new Z, because School is unable to extend my RP in 30-days after my arrival.

School purchase one-way flight home and return to China after I get new Z.

Return to China and finish the Contract. Me: 'Do I need to show you ticket for refund of return flight home or School can give me lump sum, i.e. 7k Rmb?'

Rep: 'We pay that to you already!' me: 'What do you mean?' he: ''I purchased 'return flight to EU', after you had to exit China in the beginning ....''

Me: 'You must be kidding? I had to exit China, because you didn't have 'laowai hiring cert.',i.e. 'School weren't entitled to offer the Contract to laowai.'

Rep told me before exit: School will purchase return flight for you!' I thought: 'OK, they understand they fuk-up!'

We ended up with SAFEA tell them I am entitled to (another) 'home flight'. Had vacations in Spain last year for refund I received.

Last one isn't 'dishonesty' but 'misunderstanding'. In China! ... by dealing with Chinese rep, who's fluent in English. In their mind that is 'negotiating'.

I could go on and on, and my conclusion is 'they pretend, they aren't aware of the English meaning and what not. 

'Not in my house!'

I can 'smell' them from mile away!

On other side of the pole, I respect signed Contract to the 't'. Never 'drunk or 'missing classes', rarely ill, so in my mind 'fuk-it', if I can honour it, you must honour it, too!' It's more of the Contract respect than getting all my monies.

earthizen:

[I could go on and on, and my conclusion is 'they pretend, they aren't aware of the English meaning and what not. ]

This is called  thieves & robbers logic. Communists are famous for that. Why? They rob capitalists who "exploit" them, that makes violence and robbing OK.  They need some excuse to get off the stage, so it is not robbing, it is confiscating. If you want to make it sound better or heroic, you can call it Robin Hood  logic.  Terrorists also use this kind of twisted logic, so do cults.

If you have a cool head, you can easily see that it is a child's mentality. Ever heard "He made me do it" from kids?  It is never their fault. i.e. They never take responsibility, they are forever the victim. They don't have the brains to master skills necessary to earn a better living through honest means, so they resort to dishonest means, invariably.

Discernment is very important when helping the poor.

Feigning ignorance is the easiest of all. How many times have you heard criminals say "I don't understand what you are talking about" when being exposed? 

Who do you think those kids' learn that from? 

Speaking of that, you probably have heard of the Montessori method? If you have I have a question for you. I roughly know what their teaching methods is, experiential teaching.

The question: Someone told me they look at the parents VERY carefully, it is a key admission criteria. Not only the parents have to be rich (the school fee is "astronomical" relative to regular schools) but the parents have to be highly educated too. In other words, they don't take scumbags' kids. (Well, I suppose their rationale falls along like-father-like-son(s), plus, genetics. i.e. Don't waste my time producing "genius" crooks).

Do you know if this is true? 

earthizen:

Thanks for telling me your experience with Montessori kids. I agree.

[Now, in China everybody does it (to me). Every school I worked, I had similar problem. ]

Not just schools. If you line up foreign tourists, teachers, businessmen, corporations who have been scammed the line ends in Saturn. 

I didn't choose Saturn randomly. It is known as the planet of karma by a certain group. It would be real fun to see daluren are screwed in the future. Who would be their punishers?

Yeah, asking da lu ren to be honest and honor contracts (laws) is asking Somali pirates to become Mother Teresa.

Have you seen their businessmen tearing up a signed contract by both parties right in front of the other party? 

On what ground does communism stand? Lawlessness and violence! Same as terrorism !

[...Fuk, Xijinang (I'd stay there forever and teach English) School was very happy and what not, but two weeks before 30-days RP extension/end of the Contract, rep asked me to sign paper....]

You mean Fukang, Xinjiang? They produce quite a few grapes, don't they. Are the grapes sour? (pun)   How do you find the girls? My impression is they have darker skin. Desert arid climate, too much sun perhaps?

I generally like remote places like this. Inner Mongolia was good. I drank with the Mongolians, sang, watched them dance. They were good drinkers and generous. The Hans have sunk sooooo low. To be honest, I don't think anyone can beat them, counting backwards that is.

icnif77:

Yes, Fukang, Xinjiang, comet's site, LTA. Loads of rare earth metals in Fuk.

You mean Uyghurs have darker skin? Yes a bit, but not such a big difference, Caucasian look. However, they are very closed society, very, very friendly thou. They liked me, because I used Uyghurs (few words, 'TY', 'Hello' and few others). I can't remember any Uyghur's at the moment (it's raining ) words, because 3y ago....'rahmet'-TY....I think.

And Han in Xinjiang are mostly settlers from not too long ago I'd say, and they are also closed community, i.e. I (we) look like Uyghurs to them.

Outdoors market: one side Han, opposite side Uyghurs, each stall runs its own music and 'competition' who can play it louder....

Bigger cities in Xinjiang are like Tier 1 cities elsewhere in China. They aren't that big, but modernised the same way.

Also some Kazakhs, Uzbeks and other ex-Russian nationalities.

They wash the roads twice per day in Fuk .

Xinjiang is China, so ... nobody can beat Han's birth rate ...

Discrepancy in my mind: 5-6 Uyghurs students per class and all Chinese teachers. Few Uyghurs employed only as guards and School's maids ....

I'd do it a bit different: 'preserve Uyghurs as special nationality in China, by treating them the same as Han ...' It's China anyway, so why worry?

earthizen:

The one thing CCP is worried to death is Uyghurs independent activists. 

It is not just Uyghurs' conflict with the Hans, but Hui. Xinjiang has a history of political trouble dating back to at least half a century ago. 

CCP has been lax with the Uyghurs and Hui (which fight like cat and dog among themselves?).  It is kind of, "aiya, you guys just live in peace, I just wanna PRC to be in one piece" kind of logic.   And CCP religious freedom, building mosques for them. But there is something about population. I think CCP encourages Hans' population to grow by favoring birth polices. This is CCP's "trump card". Use human flesh to infiltrate, to invade any place they target. Tibet is another example. Then there is the TIP (Turkish Islamic Party) thing, backing Uyghurs (and Hui too) to go against China. Russia, next door, of course can't resist joining the party. Who says the more the merrier is a universal truth?

The fact is that violence in Xinjiang has been on the ascend since 2010. Something is going on.  This Muslim business goes all the way to al Queda and Syria, that far! 

It is funny to hear you talking how the Hans and Uyghur have different market on separate street. Skip the part about "we vs them", the food they eat are pretty different I suspsect. Muslims eat a lot of mutton? 

This Muslim business is reaallllyyyy messed up. I will go and do a c&p about the message al Queda sent to Ulyhurs later.  I don't know about you, I am amazed at its emptiness, lack of reasoning, just allah this allah that. 

I enjoy reading your description of Xinjiang, btw. What is this business with the photo below? It says these are Uyghur being lined up in Thailand, waiting for repatriation back to China. Do you know what this is about? 

al-Qaeda support for Uyghur militants< 

1- Who are we? We are a group of workers for Islam and the Mujahideen for the cause of Allah to save the worshipers from the worshiping of worshipers [so that they can] worship the lord of the worshipers all over [the world] in general and Turkistan in particular. [This group] arose so that its members could cooperate on tawhid and purity and Allah-fearing and jihad for the cause of Allah, so as to liberate East Muslim Turkistan from the infidel Communist Chinese invasion and repulsing its invasion from religion of the Muslims and their honor and souls and money so as to establish Allah's pure religion, and empowering the Islamic Shari'a in Turkistan, and cooperate with the Mujahideen Muslims in the name of Allah all over the Muslim world to restore the wise Islamic caliphate and empower Allah's Shari'ah on the world. — The Media Center of the Turkistan Islamic Party.[298], Charter of the Turkistan Islamic Party ~ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_conflict

Look at this "sermon". Sigh.........Well, CCP members should find it very familiar. LOL !!!!

icnif77:

Turpan, Xinjiang recent discovery:

http://www.newsweek.com/chinese-were-smoking-grass-2400-years-ago-508752

Xinjiang is natural weed's habitat.

earthizen:

Fukang only has about 220,000 population. 71% being Han Chinese, the rest being Uyghurs, Hui, and other minorities. Confirms my suspicion with CCPs population infiltration tactic. 

Wow, you managed to find a job in such a remote small town?  Must be pretty undeveloped I suppose. I have problem finding a few photos of what your description of it looks like.  Not even one which is unusal! All I can find are a bunch of natural scenic photos of Tian Shan (the snowy mountain).

Your comment about how you can live there indefinitely ---- I can see why. If you don't have to work, finding a nice location away from the crowd, closer to nature, that indeed is a pretty good choice. 

I quite like the altitude of that spot, from 500m up to >4000m.  Many choices. Moving higher up is the fastest way to get away from air pollution. Another thing that catches my attention is the water source, 6-7 rivers from Tian Shan where the glaciers are.

I am like you when it comes to this cat and dog fights between daluren there and the Uyghurs, can't be bothered except as a bystander knowing WTF are they bickering about, that's all. 

The location, however, is of strategic importance given the way this planet is heading....so thanks for bringing this up. It is useful info. and one can be critical to survival. If you have read ScotAlan's question on global warming and my response you would know what I mean.

The majority of daluren are still sleeping.  I  asked a few so called university graduates, none of them are aware of the gravity of the situation. The best answer I have gotten so far is, "yeah, I heard about global warming.....but the impact is hundreds of years away....long, long time.  Another way to say it is "I don't give a shit". The only shit they care is how to get the hell out of PRC, preferably with a suitcase of cash.   The means are completely irrelevant.

The truth is, from what I can see the duration is a LOT shorter. The experts in this field all know it. Every time they release a estimated time of impact, rate of acceleration of co2 in ppm, the number of years is always shorter than before. One thing 9 out of 10 of these brightest brains on this planet says is, "we are likely to have underestimated the speed, because as scientist we have to be conservative".  

Is this the kind of picture you saw from your "home" when you lived in Fukang?  At least you don't have to wonder if it is rat meat you are eating. I know, b/w, so few photos about Fukang ! Which is good news and let's keep it that way. Very interesting phonetic sound, wouldn't you agree?  During your stay did you tell your mom or friends back home you were living in Fu*K*ng PRC?    

icnif77:

I don't think, 200k residents is right number. Fuk is very small city with some 200m DT area, outside market and that high rise buildings. Two hotels and that's it. Loads of farms and nature just walk outside the city.

I was buying milk of the farmers in plastic bags on outdoor market. I am into yogurt (making my own) and it was strange, yogurt would stick to the spoon like a spit. So, something was wrong! Cows were all skinny, no grass (it's desert), so where does milk come from? Kazakhs were mixing cows milk with powder milk, mastards, but everybody was buying their milk, and only I knew that's mixed with powder. Yogurt gave them up!

There's some lake close-by (can't remember the name), but I've never been there. I asked Chinese teachers how is there and then few days later, they invited me for the trip and cancel it next day.

I got that job by Chinese placement agent. 14 classes/w for 8k Rmb/m, 2 holidays pay (4k each) so 10 salaries X 8k, return flight and big (2 bedroom, huge living room, bathroom with western can), bottom floor apartment with the garden (some 25m2).

School wanted to stick 2 FTs in, but another one never arrived and I told School few months after I moved in, they must write 'apartment sharing on the Contract', which I would never accepted, so 'as soon as you get another FT, rent another place'.

We had 3 or 4 Primaries and 1 High School with 4 FTs (2US, 1Ozz and me). I also met two Scottish fellows as 'interns'. They weren't paid anything and just drink&fuk.

Global W.: 'I am not that much into it. I feel the same as somebody would ask me: 'Can you stop the rain or hail today?'

What can I do? Technically, Earth is getting smaller and smaller by growth of population, so GW is by-product. New planet is needed soon or major war, which will cut population ....

earthizen:

Yeah, I was wondering about the figure too. The first figure I saw was from wikipaedia, I surfed a bit more and found a chinese info sheet on fukang, which gave me the figure. 

"Fukang (Chinese: 阜康; pinyin: Fùkāng; Uyghur: فۇكاڭ, Фукаң‎) [1] is a county-level city in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Its area is 11726 km2. and its population in 2007 was reported as approximately 1.5 million.[2] Fukang is located in northern Xinjiang in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, north of Urumqi." ---- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukang

This sounds more like it, right? I will go and get some photos for you. Fukang is supposed to be very close to TianShan, a well-known mountain. It is all part of the Himalayan block. 

Global warming, there is no doubt about it. Unless you live in Iceland where the weather is indeed getting colder due to some weird reason, most can see it happening right under their nose. As you say, ain't nothing you can do about it which, is sadly true.

It also has become irreversible already, scientists have proven that. Too much co2 in the atmosphere.  Even stopping every harmful thing we are currently doing with fossil fuel burning earth's temperature is going to keep going up. 

Population is another death nail for planet Earth. Spot on!  7 billion has exceeded Earth's capacity for optimal functioning. The entire ecosystem has gone haywire. The rapid extinction of quite a few species is a fact. You see, 99% of the meat we are eating is from rear cattle, chickens, cows, pigs, fishes....and plants too. You need no scientist to tell you what kind of food is better, human grown or those grown by Mother Nature.

This is Tian Shan.  Now, it is supposed to be this beautiful. But you know, you can never trust da lu ren.  F**k, they don't even trust each other!!! They know what each other are like!!! This is why I want to ask you if you have been to this area. 

Also, I have added the wiki link to the passage. You can see if it is the right Fukang we are talking about. 

icnif77:

DD on GW just put you (me) in the bad mood. 'Nature is so beautiful ...laa  la laa'

'You got to die of sumtin'..' Malone in Untouchables

I saw pics of TianShan, but then I was this year on the other side of Himalaya: in the centre ----> 'Nepal'

earthizen:

Nepal, my favorite !!! I went to Pokhara years ago, and a few other spots. Heaven on Earth. No way I am writing those other spots here though. I would never let daluren know about these spots. If they manage to dig it out and go shit there, grab whatever $$$ valuable trees or whatnot and chop it all down (which they do, from corals to trees) I for sure do not want to be held responsible for divulging the info. lest mother nature chops some part of me off as compensation. 

icnif77:

I was close-by, but never went to that lake. I was asking them, if I can swim, but they said 'no, you can't!' without explanation. Pic is beauty!

earthizen:

http://wapbaike.baidu.com/item/阜康?adapt=1

Baidu is where I got that 220,000 population figure for Fukang.[截止至2012年，阜康市总人口22万人，有汉、回、维、哈等26个民族]  

What would your estimate be? So much different! What can be trusted with PRC?!!!!

icnif77:

Who knows how they get that no. Maybe, they talk in the future and they change no. every 5-years time. In China residents no.  change fast .

It's very difficult to say as 'walker'. I was using local bus to go N of the city and there is only arable land with some forest and hills, and S of the city there's more of the city, but not compacted as in other cities in China. 

So IMO, no way 200k. They might count few districts/cities together, but I didn't 'walk' that.

Now, think your pic with farmers and goats & 200k .... Pic is from there, but 200k don't match.

earthizen:

Yeah, from your description a 20,000 population is giving FuKang plenty of leeway.

Here is a photo of FuKang city center. Have you been there?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukang

According to wikipedia, Fukang has a 1.5 million population. Click that link and check the map in there. Heck, are we even talking about the same place?  

icnif77:

That area is some 15' walk from my apartment. It's big (Gov's) park, where Chinese come outside, 'dancing', (I can't remember English word for thing with which they beat horses to move faster -'whip'- Chinese have some art, how to swing that thing with certain noise). 

Outdoor's market is between this and my house.

I guess, biggest problem is 'no car'. I just walked (flat foot-ed) and can't review whole 1.5 M area, but I guess, that info is exaggeration. More likely 'future', I'd say.

earthizen:

I see. You didn't get yourself a bike so you can travel around a bit, then? 

You are a good writer and I enjoy reading your descriptions of places.

I went to Guiyang years ago, non business. They didn't even have one single 3 star (international standard, not theirs) hotel in those days. However, exactly because of that the environment on the outskirt, about 3 hours drive from city center, was pristine.

Do tell what it is like with your present habitat. The climate of Guiyang should be quite nice, cool, even in the summer, and certainly not as cold as Xinjiang during winters, right?  Would you say the same thing about Fukang --- makes a fine permanent habitat, with your present habitat in Guizhou? 

icnif77:

Temp is like +5*C at night and day time is some +15*C, no Heilongjiang's long underwear needed here. Not too cold overall!

We can rain here ... when it starts, it never stops! Lightning&'boom' is extremely loud, same feeling as something would explode in neighbour's apartment. I guess, because of high elevation, i.e. 'we're closer to god', LOL.

earthizen:

I am not a bike fanatic but my neighbor likes to bike treking. His bike seems pretty sturdy, nothing fancy with appearance but one look you know it says quality. Made in USA, the brand is Giant (company founded in 1971). https://www.giant-bicycles.com/global/about-us

I also notice they are quite popular higher-end websites , normally under "moving sale" section. I will attach a photo at the end of this comment for you to take a look at it. Loading that website is a bit tricky as they immediately load a video with the launching of the website. If you don't have enough memory or whatever, click "esc" button and you can skip the video. 

Very vivid description of your bike!  Now that is the kind of bike I would expect of a quality bike. 

The place you are at, wow, now that sounds like some remote part of Guizhou. The Wal-Marts in China is like Carrefours, you just hope they have slightly better quality food and fewer fakes. I don't suppose you have MacDonalds /KFCs/Starbuck?

It doesn't matter one bit as far as I am concerned. The honey you mention, that matters. You know one thing about honey? They don't rot (unless you spit into them on purpose but no one sane would do that). 20 years they last, easily. They are the favorites of many other animals, from ants to bears. What does that tell you? Good stuff! 

If I were you I would grab as much as I can while in Guizhou, as Guizhou is a key producer of herbal medicine, meaning the place is filled with plants of high medicinal value. Bees there should produce high quality honey. 

Sounds like a bunch of fairly well behaved kids you have. Similar to Xinjiang, Guizhou is also well known as the province of minorities. There is something really "weird" with the female culture there, historically. Women based, or in charge. Matriarchy, a rarity. One woman can have multiple husbands simultaneously, and it is a norm. Most people only know Guizhou girls as utterly dishonest (as well as poor) but there these are everywhere in China, what makes Guizhou girls the nastiest is, I believe, their women culture. Now that truly is cultural difference. To them it really maynot be anything to have multiple bfs, and husbands! So.......if you don't know about that and get yourself one.....and you expect loyalty like the majority in the rest of the world do, you are in for some surprises.  

You also lived in Henan? Wow, Henan, the toilet bowl of China? Zhengzhou's air pollution....the winter smog.....if you want lung cancer fast, that's where you go. Also, they say no taxi drivers is honest, none. Sounds like real hell! Also, smart of you to shop in HK for food. Just visit Michelin's website and count how many restaurants in HK are on their list. What more need be said? Below is a Giant bike.

earthizen:

Matriarchy, just remember the term.  It isn't a big deal if it remains in a certain sector, as everyone in that sector know it. It is like cannabalism, truly it is no big deal for members of that tribe. But if you fall for a cannabal and you aren't, you are in for some cultural shock.

 I do believe you can generalize, how else can you have cultural differences? To have a culture, you must have certain attributes that make it unique, so you can differentiate it from another culture!  How on earth can you have two cultures if you can't generalize (within a certain culture)?

earthizen:

In that case I would go for those made in USA Giant bikes. Usually well known brands only shift their lower models to countries like china. 

I notice this with sound systems. Companies which shift their production to china suffer a sharp drop in quality. Their price drop, but so does the quality. Sound reproduction is not as easy as it looks. At the end of the day it depends on how important the product to you is. 

earthizen:

There are few photos on Bije on the internet. This is the one I found. Wikipedia says Bije has a 6+ million population. From your description it doesn't sound like you live in the city but rather the outskirt?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijie

This is what it looks like to go to school at the countryside of Bije, Guizhou. Extreme poverty, one of the poorest places in china. What are you playing there, Mother Teresa? 

Several years ago, 5 children in Bije were found dead in a dumpster. Too cold during the night they climbed into four dumpsters....lit a fire, closed the lid....the reporter who pursued the story relentlessly got jailed.  One local netizen commented on the internet, "don't reincarnate in China in your next life". That said it all, didn't it?

http://m.spiegel.de/international/world/a-876073.html

icnif77:

Road on the bottom of my apt. building is packed with cars at 8:00am&7-8pm. All audis , trucks, 7million taxis, all rushing somewhere, bumper to bumper and horns. On other side of the road is huge Gov. building with park/lawn/flags and some 15 apt. buildings...and in the back are hills...not outskirt looking.

If I would have car here, I seriously considered to change, either into 'new shoes' or 'move out of the city'.

Guizhou had some guanxi/mafia style associations a year ago, but cops sort the matter, so no diff. than Dalian with 6M in city residents. I walk, so fuk it, I might don't see entire area ...

Kids in the classroom all with big mobiles, some with i-phones, clothes they are wearing all with English text in Chinglish ... not poor, whatsoever.

If I would part-time here, 250 Rmb the lowest per class. It isn't poor area, but hilly. If I run bike and come to the hill road, I carry the bike ... 7 kg total weight, no big deal.

earthizen:

Which "Audis" / "iphones"are you seeing everywhere in Bije, though? 

As early as the 1990s you can have a "Mercede, Audi, BMW" ..... they saw off the body of some "originals" (even that part is doubtful) right under open daylight and put it onto some local shit engines, in PengYu, Guangdong. Huge spaces there, electronic fakes "city", furniture, ..... size of a football field for EACH !!! It is 2016, imagine what they can do !!! Rest assure they still money and face !!! In fact, as you say earlier about how it is an addiction, I would say it is 100X than the 90s. You don't have fake milk, rice, gutter oil in the 90s !!!

This is the latest Audi A4 model, the next photo is its long lost "twin brother".  You can put any label on its "twin brother", including Audi A4 !!! As for the "iphones" they are pure mickey mouse stuff.  Face, face, face....ONLY. 

This is the website. This one needs a LOT of ram memory to open as the photos in there are high resolution. You may need to close a few tabs to see these photos.

http://www.unfinishedman.com/chinese-automaker-yema-release-clones-of-audi-a4-infiniti-ex-and-vw-tiguan/

icnif77:

I am having an extensive and complicated dental work done on me 'upper' chew. Implants, fakes and similar.

I started in Kaifeng with University's dentistry professor and her colleagues in I'd say, poor 'work-shop'.

Then, I moved to Bijie and Chinese teacher brought me to the private dental shop .... with quality dentists. I can tell by being son of the dentist. 

It's some Chinese dental chain ... Surgeon for implants installation surgery came to Bijie out of Bj. It was funny, because he arrived with his family and his kids wanted to practice English with me sedated and in pain. I could 'produce' only corny smiles ...

By now, I had more than 20 visits and I am close to the end of the work. Every time any procedure is done, there are some 15-20 pics of me chew taken, beside all regular work.

Last week I was on the chair for 2 hours, MD measured my mouth with some special tools, which I never saw before. 'Smile', 'serious', 'open', 'close' and similar. He measured something inside the chew by taking some 20 different parameters. Then, another extensive pic taking.

I guess, he took measures, because he (or somebody else) is making fakes.

I showed chew's X-ray pic to my niece/dentist and she just commented: 'Why so many implants? and added: 'It looks good, overall!'.

I want to say, procedure here isn't shy of the same procedure in HK or any T-1 city on the mainland. Price '1/5th of the EU price' and working dentist in my family!

So, your city's pic is old. Bijie will become very modern town in 5-years time.

earthizen:

That was why I said there were few photos on Bije on the internet. Now I know another way to tell if a place is well traveled, the ease of finding photos on it.

Actually I was already wondering about the clean sky, it looked a bit too unpolluted. That photo was from photobucket, part of an album. It looked like it was taken by someone who lived in Beij, years ago.  If you click on wikipaedia's clink you will find that it doesn't have a photo on Beji, which is unusal. 

This is a photo of Guiyang, this one looks more recent. A lot more buildings than when I was there, but also a lot more dirty (sky).  See that layer of pollutant? More later.

icnif77:

We don't have railroad to the city, just bus and plane. I think, building of G railway is underway from Guiyang to Bijie. That is maybe reason, why area isn't visited more by tourists.

The famous thing close to Bijie is 'Azalea Park', and it's full of purple colour flowers. Apparently, visitors come to Bijie just to see that flower.

earthizen:

This high speed railway map is updated in Sept. 2016. I don't see Bije on the yet to be completed section, other cities, yes. So as you say, maybe a G-class lower speed train.

The good thing is, Guiyang to Shenzhen is fully operational, and Bije is only a couple of hours from Guiyang. When the westbound continuation (to Kunming) is completed, presumably within this year then tourism should go up. That said, the quality of tourists, how civilised they are....is of concern. I heard that the locals of Kunming really hate local tourists (i.e. from other provinces) and prefer foreign tourists.  I don't think it is just a matter of money, but the behaviors and manners too. Cheap is cheap, rude is rude, stealing is stealing, every country has these words in their own language.

Click the map to open, click again to enlarge and see the individual stops. Ever been to Yunnan? The climate is said to be quite nice all year round, generally speaking around 20C.

Guizhou where you are, the Guiyang area, according to wikipaedia, has a high rainny days figure, like 200+.  Now that is quite a lot!  Wow, you carry an umbrella over 50% of the time? [edited: I found Bije on the map, a couple of stations NW of Guiyang]

icnif77:

I was couple of times in Kunming and it's nice, but expensive comparable to the rest of China. 

My biggest problem with rainy season is 'carry your umbrella all the time', what makes my bag 'heavier' ....

Guiyang is already connected with G-train, but traveling from Bijie to Guiyang is longer than 4h by bus. Once you are in Guiyang, it takes another 4h or so to exit in Shenzhen, so that's LOL....

earthizen:

So it is true that rainy season is quite long, Why not carry light weight foldable umbrella? They are a bit small but unless it is a downpour they will make do.

Yeah, Kunming  being the prime city of Yunan province is bound to be more expensive. How about other smallar cities, maybe half a day by bus, away from Kunming? These places should be less expensive and less crowded? Ever traveled to these spots? IF you have I would love to hear about them.

earthizen:

Just watched the third, and final, US Presidential debate. Somewhere around the middle, the women issue for Trump came up again.

Trump said, "I respect women. Nobody respects women more than I do".

You should hear the roar of laughter from the audience. 

icnif77:

'GOP' ----> 'Grab Our Pussies'  from ZeroHedge.

I don't follow 'debates' in USA ever. I use to watch only 'debates' at J. Leno show. I like Jon Stewart, too.

It must be long rainy season, however I am here since April of this year, so I didn't experience 'longevity' as of yet.

I never use umbrellas, 'cause I am kind of stupid : 'I always loose or forget my umbrella ...', so instead umbrella, I have 2 Nike baseball caps, yellow and red one ... LOL ...I bought them some 4 years, before I came to China.

earthizen:

Phonetically, GTP comes closer to GDP,  T=Their / Thy / Thou / Terrific / Titty ..... 

earthizen:

Terrific.  BTW, how do you pronounce that? 

icnif77:

'bai-dii-uaj'  and if Native like you don't understand me, I always add 'I lived long time with Gandhi ...'

I really don't know, how to properly write 'phonetic sound' of the word. I usually 'describe' my own sound just by using regular letters.

I am thinking, I should look into correct 'phonetic letters', because Chinese teachers and students all write and understand only correct phonetic letters.

I write on the BB 't-i-i-i-n' at word '- teen' as 'long sound' for difference of '- ty' phonetically 't-i' as 'short sound'.

Chinese only have problem with 'how to say it correct' and I always 'write&show/tell' my phonetics.

This week's lesson I have is 'possessive pronouns' at 'he', 'she', 'it'. Students pronounce 'her' as 'hier' or 'heer', so I go with 'her', 'hair', 'here' and show them different meaning and pronunciation at all three words.

At 'her' 'follow me' as 'h-rrr-rrr-rr' .... loads of laugh, when I make them say 'h-r-r-r-r-r-r-r' ....'cause they must sound as they 'gargle', what is very difficult task for Chinese.

70 students gargle .... LOLOL ...with me!

earthizen:

"ting bu dong"  

So, you say, "I am an English 'eacher, I 'each all my students good English!"  

icnif77:

No, I never say 'I teach good English!'. I'd rather use 'we talk this way'.

However, Chinese apparently say my 'English teaching is good' in Recommendation letters I got from Schools I worked in China.

Ohh, I see now meaning of your last comment. I was kidding with 'no T' at Non-native-English.

P.S. ----> I met one Native (Ozz) English teacher -real pro-, poster on this Board and I asked him how do I sound, when I speak English. He said, I sound a bit like Russian. I don't speak Russian and I have never been to Russia. I was once in St. Petersburg with US Cruise ship on '12 days Baltic Cruise', but I didn't exit the ship in 'Peter'.

I also spoke by the phone with Scottish Allan, and he said my English sound-pronunciation is very clear, much better than Scottish .....LOLOL, because one time in Florida, I almost learned Glasgow's English draft. It's like completelly different language .....LOLOL

earthizen:

I was joking with the I "itch" good English thing. 

"Students pronounce 'her' as 'hier' or 'heer', "

They would make good students for learning German language, at least the verbal part. Not so sure with the masculine/feminine part relating to objects though. 

I got something for you on fake iphones since we were talking about fakes yesterday. I asked a friend who was a mobile phone fanatic (don't ask me, I don't know why). He said of course, plenty of them in prc.

I then asked him how to tell a fake vs real iphone, "can you tell the difference by naked eyes"?

Answer: Next to impossible if you just look at it, power off. But still, it is pretty easy to tell when you power it on.

1).  Fake iphones use Android, not iOS.

2).  You look at the color of photos, images, ....etc. Fake iphones are clearly inferior when it comes to this.  This works only if you are familiar with real iphone such as using one yourself, obviously. If you are a MacBook or iPad user that may help.

icnif77:

I have REAL Nokia  for HK$ 190  'cheap, but real!'

if I want to sound similar as Chinese sound at some Chinese words, I must move my head and neck. I can't get the same sound with my head and neck still. They must have similar troubles at English pronunciation.

earthizen:

He also said 8GB was a bit too low for Mac computer, Mac that has 8GB dated back to more than 10 years ago. 16GB is recommended as the minimum, and today's ones come with 64GB. 

icnif77:

Meiyou 10 years. I bought mine some 2-years ago. It has 'retina', whatever that is , but I asked about million other things, and I forgot to upgrade 'memory'. I just forgot to ask about 'memory', and they sold me Mac-Pro with basic memory. It isn't their fault!

Sometimes, I am really stupid! Can't help it! 

earthizen:

Your students are lucky to have a well traveled teacher.

Have you seen the old movie To Sir With Love?

A good teacher teaches his/her subject(s) well. A great teacher teaches his/her students, as human beings, well. What's the use of teaching students to fly airplanes when those students have 9/11 incident in mind?

Ahhh....the Russians. The impression I have of them (through cordial conversations, usually at trade conventions) is that they are pretty conservative, stoic. I wonder if the cold climate has something to do with it.  You don't hang around outside chatting away with people when that outside is like a freezer.  

Quite a number of imaginative novels come out of this place. The land of fairy tales? 

icnif77:

Man, in that kind of cold, first thing you do you swallow few vodkas, even before teeth-brush in the am  .

Despite you assessed me as 'good', School will let me go in friendly terms. We had meeting this pm, and 1st Q I got was: 'Why did you call FEB?' , despite I told them several times, I don't have any other choice, if they'll ignore my requests. Strictly by the Contract, nothing extra!

However as I said already, Chinese (like) to interpret English meaning different way, i.e. "Chinese bossing with touch of 'negotiating/penny-pinching' ...." ----> buTT ... as per Dikembe Mutombo ..'.. not in my house!' LOL

No School in China wants to get call from SAFEA!  Did I say that already 'brazillion' times?

OK, School (big 'guanxi' owner) agrees on all my demands. I didn't ask them yet about '700Rmb deduction for ME missed classes' and last one I won't tell, because it's very bad, however it's worth around 3k Rmb.

Now I have another problem, because last week I paid 30k Rmb to dentist for finishing my fakes. He told me, he'll need approx. 2 more months to finish it.

''We'll see ....' said blind man ....''

Movie from 1967? I am d/l over FrostWire ...

earthizen:

I thought about that, vodka. It also facilitate one's imagination, doesn't it?

Apparently it is about time for you to embark on your next adventure.

Their first question, why did you call FEB...  They are mad inside, you had them lost face doing that!  People with no talents live on face, guanxi and bribery! 

Teeth can be a real problem. 30K is some spending even in RMB. Years ago I heard you can volunteer to be a guinea pig patient for dental schools. The professor will be there as the student(s) dentist works on you. Too late in this case but in the future if you need more dental work down this info may come handy. Hope your dental fixture works great.  Do you know how much is the cost of putting in a false tooth,  the kind they drill deep and make the tooth permanent, btw?  

icnif77:

About this Mac:

- MacBook Pro (Retina) late 2012

- Processor   2.5 GHz Intel Core i5

- Memory   8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

- Startup Disk   Macintosh HD  

- Graphic  Intel HD Graphic 4000 1536 MB

Storage: '67.4 GB available of 120.1 GB' 

These are tech. stats of my puter!

I am not really sure, which one counts ... but when I emptied i-Tunes and 'storage' slightly increased, everything was also slightly faster.

icnif77:

Are you hitting on me with 'imagination under booze'?

If 'yes', disappointment is heading your way:

'I am an insulin dependent diabetic, who sees MD for regular check-ups every 2-3 years. My 'endo-MD' can stop me of traveling around the world, if my average glucose measure is too high. She's like my 'boss', friend of my sis, who's also MD.

In my 'real' country, MDs are everywhere, mastards! That's one of the reasons I don't live there! LOL

Regular diabetics are required for detailed 'blood-&-many-other-things' exam every 3 months once.

My glucose is generally always below 6 Mmol (140 US measure) and I check glucose once or twice a day, and not as required some 5 times a day. I am also required to keep notes about my daily glucose levels and insulin intake. 

I am so versed in my thingy, that I am changing (increasing or lowering) insulin intake by myself, which normally only 'endo-MD' is certified to do. 

Last time (2013) my 'endo' read lab report, she called me 'MD'!  

I am not making it up, butT... you are talking to the 'beast' here .

In real, I consider myself 'lucky', 'cause diabetes is very bad disease ... 'silent killer of the body organs from the inside', if glucose isn't treated well!

Now, if you would be MD, all stats above would tell you, I rarely drink alcohol!

Alcohol is 'death' for diabetics!

Add-it: What's the point of lying under 'anon' cover?

I like to lie in real life, just because I can come back and tell you ''you are BIG-'ben'', 'cause you 'purchase it'.

No lies in my 'anon' lousy English texts here!

earthizen:

How many teeth implants do you get for that price? You sure you didn't get rip off? Did you check the HK price, just like anything else that you consider of high significance?

Config looks fine.  Highly likely it is the old tabs (websites) you refuse to "abandon" that cause the snail loading speed. Why not just bookmark them and then close them?

For "important" website links I copy and paste them onto an email, then send that email to myself, so I can access the these even at libraries/Starbuck/hotels....etc. I don't like traveling like Santa.

At any rate, one day for whatever reason (broken HD, new Mac, ...) you will be forced to do a clean reboot.  Better do a "fire alarm drill" when you have ample time like now. 

icnif77:

7 implants on 'upper' and some dental works on the bottom gum. I am not really sure, what he'll do on the bottom, but I trust him, because he is just a good dentist.

No, I didn't check price for the repair anywhere else, except my niece told me, it would cost me around 30k EUR, if she would work on repair and much more, if I would get regular dentist for the repair with metal implants.

That satisfied me and I agreed on this price in Bijie. Price here would be 1/3rd lower, if I wouldn't go for 'ceramic' but 'metal' implants. They offered me 3 different price levels and I choose (because of her hair, LMAO) the most expensive one.

It was funny, before we sat down with 'dental office manager' and his assistant (or whatever she was). We talked about estimate cost of the whole repair. I had to agree...LOL.

She had longer hair, and when she stood close to me and turned, her hair were hitting my face. At least 4 or 5 times. 

I was half-'teeth'-dead, really looking for help and med. girl is hitting on me.

Of course, I didn't miss that! Dinner for two in some spot here (her suggestion) with free wi-fi. We both had laptops and 'talked' over the translator. Then, she pop the Q: 'Do you have house?' me: 'No, I have free apartment, provided by School I work for.'

We never met again after that, but she was 'lassie', skinny, same tall as me, long legged ... and similar ....

earthizen:

No, I was thinking of vodka being a "necessity" in freezing Russia. It also stimulates imagination as any other alcoholic beverages. . Alcohol, though, is a poor means if you want to write good novels but run short of inspirations. There are many ways to encourage imagination, I am sure novel writers have their own favorites.

"It was funny, before we sat down with 'dental office manager' and his assistant (or whatever she was). We talked about estimate cost of the repair. I had to agree...LOL. She had longer hair, and when she stood close to me and turned, her hair were hitting my face. At least 4 or 5 times...... girl is hitting on me."

Sorry, you only got half of that "hitting on you" right.  She was hitting on your wallet. 

Where do you live, do you own property?  LOL.  The majority of da lu girls are being looked down upon precisely because of these questions. So answer them with,  "how much do you charge?"    The younger, more educated generation is slightly better, generally speaking but one can never be too careful even with these ones. Long leg.....comes with long arms, the kind that rich deep into your pockets....when they find out you have deep pockets.... 

icnif77:

Chinese girls don't get our way of thinking! Man must provide, before she says 'yes'. It's actually her father, who demands payment, before he lets his girl go.

Whatever I am concern, they can have all their girls under these conditions! And, when I have GF, I don't carry wallet. My girl is managing all our money! 

I mean, we discuss all bigger spendings together and I want to know/agree, before bigger purchase is made, but I carry only few "coins'' in my pocket.

I 'learned' that from my pop. He was marathon runner at his 60-65 years old, and he went to his work dressed in semi-formal clothes and sneakers. He never had any money on him.

Once I read, dentists are similar to psychiatrists, who aren't sane, because they deal with insane people  and dentists are 'strange', because they must look at somebody else's mouth .....

icnif77:

You can't say, what she was hitting at in first contact. I realised, after I read 'Do you have house ...', but in dental office, she wanted to sell me the most expensive price for the repair.

I thought about that, but on the other side, I was asking/begging them for help, so only 'very, very bad person would ask me for the money, while I am drowning...', but that was the only purpose of her hitting on me.

I asked my present 'big-guanxi-boss' for help with: 'Please, go and talk to them about my teeth ....The girl is hitting on me, while I am asking them for help.'

earthizen:

"Chinese girls don't get our way of thinking! Man must provide, before she says 'yes'. It's actually her father, who demands payment, before he lets his girl go."

It is just an excuse so as not to lose face, letting her parents take the blame, although it is true that her parents are also moneyscums. There is also a fair amount of Somali pirate complex, "I rob/steal because I love my family (while conveniently forgetting about themselves)". Excuses of the incompetents with a twisted psyche. 

When confronted the "smarter" (actually sleazy) ones would say, "If you love me you also should love my family".   Pretty tricky. Just say, "Sure, I love them the same way I love my parents who brought me up, not yours".  The key here is responsibility. "You are responsible for your finance and looking after your parents, as I do with mine".

If you are desperate it is difficult to see through the veil, because you keep inventing excuses for their behaviors. This is something so simple every girl in the world knows. Whether you choose to blind yourself because of your internal issues, your desperation, decides what you get in the end. What did that chap who ended up in Elba say, you are your own worst enemy?  

earthizen:

Hope you mastered the lesson, because more coming if you don't. 

icnif77:

I have never paid for sex! Never! I need woman's brain, beside everything else for the complete satisfaction. 

earthizen:

The island of Guernsey, off the coast of Normandy? 

Better than Elba!!! Is that you there?

icnif77:

No, I am the guy snipping off the UK's income tax rate. 

earthizen:

In that case you can use a few more lbs.

Joking only, don't. 

On paying for sex, that is a very sad thing for both parties imho.  There is one type of personality that is all for it though, the warmongers with gamblers' personality.  Their issue is extremely deep seated and the mentality is unalterable.

As for diabetes,  it does have serious consequences at its later stage and the patients keep getting younger in recent years, all the way down to teens.  Any experienced doctor can testify that.

Medically the treatments exist but they do not address the root causes sufficiently. Generally speaking, do you find life bitter and this has lasted for years already? If that is the case from what I can see, good news, you are on the right track and have a good chance of getting rid of it, for good. 

icnif77:

I am LTA diabetic (type1), first discovered as 3-m old baby, but the matter somehow recede and I was without any problems (glucose <than 6Mmol) till around my 25thBD. 

Then, MDs said I must go on insulin, but I rebelled .

I refused the whole thing, because MDs said, insulin treatment requires discipline, i.e. 'wake-up at 7am, have a breakfast and similar'.

I was returning to me bed from the bash, drunk at 7am .... , traveled around the globe and similar.

Around 28th BD I had to go on insulin, because my glucose was very high ... no choice!

However, lucky as I am, there was no permanent damage to my internals (eyes, liver, veins ...), and since then I am a model patient .... I hate going to the Hospital and I dislike MDs, too ....! LOL

earthizen:

Wow, you took on some serious challenges this lifetime, happy soul.

Do you know why the bitterness of life comes up? Glucose, its shortage and consequential great demand for. Diabetes is there to remind you, constantly, to remain happy!  It looks to me you are doing a fine job at that. 

 "I need woman's brain, beside everything else for the complete satisfaction"

The "everything else" include skinny legs I presume. LOL. Unfortunately, it is extremely rare to find both co-existing in any woman.

It is not just cultural differences or schooling. Do you notice women, generally speaking that is, think differently than men even at an early age?  Now I am not talking about the warmonger gambler type, they are like an entirely different species regardless of sex. Male we call bastards and female bitches, that's all. 

At a reasonable sized party, be it school or company, ever noticed that women tend to gather around in groups, and men with their own corner?  If you go listening to both groups you will find the topics completely different, down to the way they think. Then within each group (of both sexes) you find sub-groups, talking about topics members of these sub-groups are interested in.  

What does that tell you?  Sorry, man, your wish (a fair enough wish, for both sexes), is unfortunately not that realistic.  To put it simply, just look around, how many girls (from morons to genius) don't like to read gossip magazine (movie star news, their personal life, .....etc.), and how many guys like reading them?  Let me know if you want more example. No, I am NOT telling you to be gay, or girls to be les. Don't get me wrong! 

earthizen:

Mankind would have gone extinct if the female sex buys your flawed logic.... 

An attractive female biology teacher, you surely sat up straight when she taught human reproduction system? 

icnif77:

Yeah, I agree!

If I get Q: 'Are you gay? ('cause no GF or wife, kids)', I usually reply: 'My ass is one way only!'

Nap time! 

We have our 'e-Tities' on this thread. Sometimes, I can't comment and I don't know reasons for it ....

earthizen:

If a daluren asks you that, you can be 99% sure it is a verbal attack. You know how low 99% of them have sunk? They instruct their kid to ask you that, watching you with a sly smile. Any insult can be launched like that. Take it as a backhand compliment if you can. You must be doing really well for them to be that jealous of you. Depending on your mood, you can always say, "Your mother must be a les/father gay!" or something along that line.

I sometimes have problem with posting too. It can be your ram or their server issues. Close the tap, wait 5 minutes, it usually works again. If it doesn't, take a nap!

icnif77:

No, I was asked that Q by several different Philippi-nos in Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale.

They are all married with bunch of kids home in Philippines with mom. They're sending money home, but they rarely live together.

So in USA, they are 'single' and very 'cautious' as soon as somebody isn't married and without kids .... like me.

earthizen:

SF ---- those after work gatherings are for hookups and/or intelligence gatherings, so of course you see girls/guys mingling the way they mingle in bars looking for one night stands. The fundamental differences in mindset still remains, hidden and covered by other motives, be it sex or career advancement. 

Philippine  --- same category as PRC. Those people who asked if you were gay were no different than cannabals asking you why you didn't eat human flesh! They could also be jealous of you just the same, as Filipinaos are well known for leaving their family behind and go anywhere to dig for money because they are so poor. As I said, poverty is the mother of jealosy and hatred. They are slightly better than dalurens though because they have some religions teaching them "cannbalism is a no no" kind of teachings.

Manila

icnif77:

I've never been to Phillip., but we had 'game' in Ft. Laud.: 'group of Phills would teach me one word in Phill. and I would go to other Phill. and tell him that word.'

'ngulan-ka-nana-man' phonetically and I don't know the meaning, but guy to whom I said that never looked into my eyes again. Always when we met, he would look on the floor or away. He was avoiding me too .... It must be sumtin' very bad in Phillip.

earthizen:

Their language is called Tagalo (pronounce as Ta - ga - lo).

Corruption is rampant in Philippine. Remember Marcos? It is still pretty much the same. Another common ground Philippine share with PRC is that generally speaking their girls are very fond of laowais. We all know why. 

earthizen:

Two jokes to start your week. 

Q: Did you hear about the look-a-like competition in China?

A: Everybody won.

Q: Why do the Chinese hate American football? 

A: They spend 13 hours a day making them.

icnif77:

In the heat of the Cold war, 3 guys met (USA dude, Russian & Serbian) and talked about the size of their manhood ....

American grabs his inner leg's muscle and say: '.. you see ....'.

Russian dude goes: 'Ohh, that's nothing and put his elbow into his crotch, point at rest of his arm and says: 'Mine is just like that!'

Serbian was a little shy and embarrassed. He hesitated to show his .... and other two were encouraging him: 'Cmon, what about yours? Show us yours! 'Cmon ....'

Serbian finally gave-up and say: 'I must wrap mine 3 times around my belly and 3 times around my neck .... and still hangs like tie ....

earthizen:

Three Chinese brothers, Bu, Chu, and Fu, want to illegally live in America. The brothers decide to change their names to seem American. Bu changes his name to Buck. Chu changes his name to Chuck.

And Fu got sent back to China.

A toast, to Fukang,  your old habitat.  

earthizen:

icnif77:

There was a 28 years old woman and she was still a virgin. She had a little deformity .... one of her teats was on her back .... so, no boy would be brave enough to undertake the task ... It was funny looking too, so people laughed.

She complained the her female friends ... 'you know, I am still a virgin ... and my one is on my back .....' and her friends suggested she should see MD!

'Go ask ask professional for help and advice ...'

Finally, she got an appointment and MD, after he listened about her trouble: 'OK, take off your clothes, so I can examine ....'

After, she was naked and MD saw her, he fell on the floor laughing ....

She lift it up her L arm by exposing her arm pit and said: 'If you won't stop laughing, I'll pee .... on you.'

earthizen:

Chinese Torture

A young man is wandering and lost in a forest when he comes upon a small house. Knocking on the door, he is greeted by an ancient Chinese man with a long gray beard. "I'm lost," said the young man. "Can you put me up for the night?" "Certainly," the Chinese man said, "but on one condition. If you lay a finger on my daughter, I will inflict upon you the three worst Chinese tortures known to man." "OK," said the man, thinking that the daughter must be pretty old, and entered the house. 

During dinner, the daughter came down the stairs. She was young, beautiful, and had a fantastic body. She was obviously attracted to the young man as she couldn't keep her eyes off him during the meal. Remembering the old man's warning, he ignored her and went up to bed alone. During the night, he could bear it no longer and snuck into her room for a night of passion. He was careful to keep everything quiet, so the old man wouldn't hear. Near dawn, he crept back to his room, exhausted but happy. 

He woke to feel a pressure on his chest. Opening his eyes, he saw a large rock on his chest with a note on it that read, "Chinese Torture 1: Large rock on chest." "Well, that's pretty crappy," he thought."If that's the best the old man can do, then I don't have much to worry about." He picked the boulder up, walked over to the window, and threw the boulder out. 

As he did so, he noticed another note on it that read, "Chinese Torture 2: Rock tied to left testicle." In a panic he glanced down and saw the rope that was already getting close to taut. Figuring that a few broken bones was better than castration, he jumped out of the window after the boulder. 

As he plummeted towards the ground, he saw a large sign on the ground that read, "Chinese Torture 3: Right testicle tied to bed post." 

By Jamie Dugdale (www.trax.to/tdt)

earthizen:

That's what you call an umbrella

Looks like Taiwan, could be Japan.

earthizen:

That's one way to cook an egg

Judging from the uniform, Taiwan

icnif77:

You have vespas in China with such an umbrellas.

How did they get so strong fire under the shovel? Something isn't real at that pic. You need very, very strong fire to heat the shovel on the temp. for 'over-easy'....I'd say, in real they should berry shovel into the fire or coal to heat that up. That's the reason, BBQ panel is netted.

earthizen:

Where did you see that kind of umbrella in PRC? 

See the fire? The fuel they were using probably was military grade. All you need is time, it would get done.. Obviously it was a fun experiment, too many soldiers there to use two shovels, they must have had other cooking utensils for regular outdoor training.

earthizen:

If you notice the shovel's shaft is short. They are obviously designed to be portable, not the kind for construction or farming.

I know the kind of umbrella you are talking about. The ones they use in Vietnam are very well designed. 

The girl's costume doesn't look like 1950s. Are you insane or being passive aggressive here as you keep on arguing? Are you one of those brainwashed laowai communists? 

icnif77:

I am  componist .

Yeah, it's military shovel, portable, but you can dig holes, while holding a gun in the same time. However, it's very thick and you really need to stand close to Appolo's launch to heat that steel for 'over-easy'.

'Your' eggs might be different too. I heard, there's new '0ver-easy' chicken breed , i.e. chicken is quiet and egg comes out without shell ... need right shovel, thou I have class in 15'...

earthizen:

This is the design for that kind of umbrella. 

People also have fun making it at home!

icnif77:

That's an apartment without shower. I'd say, it fits in Mong Kok ....They made portable curtain, so Mac on sofa stays dry during shaving ... 'my-interior-designer' told me .

Man, there're million things, I could do  ... 

earthizen:

Ain't  know any Mong kok.  

Bangkok, heard of, sure.

Don't think this is Mong kok or Bangkok, though. 

icnif77:

You aren't familiar with Kowloon?  Mong Kok is 'upscale-NOT' part of Kow.

There are some 500 people per m2 in Mong.

I know, you are shy,  because of meaning of 'kok' in phonetic Englo. 

earthizen:

 Mong kok, Bangkok, Kauloon sounded completely different. They have nothing to do with the umbrella.  You took your diabetes medication, right? 

icnif77:

No, you miss it. Apartments in Kok are tiny, so people shower under umbrellas. What's the matter with you? You never go to Kowloon?

I got shun-off by SAFEA for that 700 Rmb deduction for ME. They said, that's Contractual dispute and they can't help me. Mastards! I want that 700 back and I don't know where else to turn.

earthizen:

Taking showers unde umbrella? Where did you get the idea I visited the places you talked about? It really sounds like you have forgotten to take your medication. Your health is more important than umbrella or if I visited xyz places. I will stop here. Don't give up on healing yourself! 

icnif77:

I am not sure, did you suddenly became MD or you turned into the bird?

earthizen:

Just make sure you don't give up healing yourself! 

philbravery:

their or our ?

Englteachted:

Your answer makes no sense because it contradicts itself. 1.4 billion people means not everyone can be on top so your goal should be enough not all.