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Q: What did you put on your list of items to pack before you left for China?
Would anyone be willing to share what they listed?
11 years 50 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - China
head ache tablets
Tin of hot chocolate
one box English tea
Tim tams
repatriation gifts (all made in China)
potato masher
anything else my wife tells me
Ear plugs
Sleeping pills
clothes/shoes
deodorant
foods I can't get here like velveeta cheese
a few books that aren't available for download
Passport, China phone, Deodorant, Protein Powder (I don't need to lose all that weight like I did on my first trip).
Cooter say more about losing weight!
cooter:
Just eat and drink like a local....it will happen. Either by calorie deficiency, or frequent bowel turnover, or both!
MissA:
Attention seeker, are you a guy or a girl? The rule, from speaking among the expats I know across Asia, seems to be that the girls put on weight when they first arrive, and the guys lose loads. This is horrendously, hideously unfair, but seems to be pretty consistently the case.
AttentionSeeker:
So how is the issue of guy / girl going to help you? thank you for the answer
Crystal Light
Mattress Pad
Ear Plugs
Clothes and stuff
toiletries... and QTIPS!
Tampons
Box of Cheerios, just for some normalcy
The rest I'm just going to live like a local
Oh.. My iPod to keep me sane as needed
No 1, orange pekoe tea for the land of teas
cologne,deodorant, ton of meds, 4 pairs of shoes, boxes of Lindorf chocolates and perfume for gifts, razor blades and foam, tooth brush and extra undies, 3 suits, 12 engagement rings, 24 iPads, a small primitive nuclear device, seven extra small vibrators
TedDBayer:
Stage 1) iPad .. Stage 2) engagement ring .. Stage 3) extra small vibrator or primitive nuclear device ? just depends ..
Body products (shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, deodarant, lotion, shaving cream, razors, chapstick, other face products)
All sorts of meds, bandaids, etc. (like my own First aid kit)
Off brand of Nyquil
Gum
Hand sanitzer (although I rarely use it now, they're in little bottles, so I can give them as gifts)
A box of Life cereal (haven't eaten it though)
2 boxes of mac and cheese (only ate one)
Other snacks
3 little bottles of nail polish
Jewelry
A small stuffed animal lion
Cell phone for emergencies (and charger)
Too much clothing
Several pairs of shoes
Accessories
A towel
Some books
My ipod (and my old ipod)
My laptop, camera, microphone
Hair straightener (rarely use it)
I'm not sure if my suitcase will be lighter or more empty going home (as I have bought gifts in Japan) but it will certainly be lighter coming to China a second time. I guess I was just worried that I would need something because I would be gone for a whole year. When I go on a normal trip I practically under pack and usually end up forgetting something.
Thank you for some excellent suggestions, respondents! You have helped me make my own list, and I am grateful for that.
Now, another question: some of you have mentioned bringing things over from your home countries to China as intended gifts. I have read how important gift giving is in China and intend to practice it, but is it so important that people new to China are expected to be loaded with future gifts even as soon as they exit their flights?
TedDBayer:
I read that also, brought gifts both times, never got one back. I thought that was the custom.
A complete English course including teacher's book, student's book, resource book and CDs. Bunch of other teaching materials, music CDs, spare pair of pants, crack, cuddly toy and a snickers.
Paulberger:
was the english course and crack used separately or part of the same lesson?
mArtiAn:
Good Lord, did I say crack? How embarrassing, that was a slip of the keyboard, I can assure you. How awful. I meant smack.
for next time ...
chocolate
chocolate
more chocolate
even more chocolate
few bottles of LSD
open return ticket.
Ibuprophen
Qtips
both Sansas
Skull Candy
my HP laptop
Books and clothes and more books and clothes
Lemsips
Paracetamol
oxo cubes
vegetable stock cubes
baked beans
red lentils
deodorant
Impulse body spray
jeans
cheddar cheese
chocolate
instant gravy
antihistamines
insect bite cream
sunblock
Apart from my clothes :
* Washable earplugs
* Lots of blades for my razor
* A Mandarin phrasebook
* Lots of paracetamol and Imodium pills
