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Post by con's fly is open on Sept 18, 2005 4:24:34 GMT 7
They're so ignorant, they run it so badly, it smells, and it's got so far away to go.
But (fiil in the blank):
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Post by con's fly is open on Sept 18, 2005 4:24:58 GMT 7
They have the best food on earth.
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Post by George61 on Sept 18, 2005 4:52:09 GMT 7
Second best!!
Still, it's a great place to be.
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Post by Ruth on Sept 18, 2005 6:50:43 GMT 7
but...they are trying to change and it's exciting to be here watching and participating.
but...the people, individuals that is, are warm, generous to a fault, welcoming, and friendly. I'm family.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Sept 18, 2005 9:10:20 GMT 7
but man, what a great and exciting place to be in. (Just came back from visiting a bunch of caves, feeding the monkeys, wrestling with the monkeys for my wife's handbag, and eating some kind of special local spicy lemon duck thing. What a great day.)
Oh, yeah, and Cantonese food gets my vote for best food on earth so far, although real Greek gets in a close second, beating Guangxi and any other Chinese I have tried so far. Although even then, some dishes are right up there. So is Cajun. Or good Italian. Poo, food is great.
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Post by hankuh on Sept 18, 2005 9:14:39 GMT 7
but they have the most beautiful women on earth (though psychosis tends to run amuck).
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Post by Lotus Eater on Sept 18, 2005 10:23:48 GMT 7
- The people are beyond kind when you get to know them
- The food is fabulous. Northern/western spicy in particular!
- The country is big enough that there is an incredible amount of fantastic scenery to be seen.
- There is an immense liveliness in the streets that makes every walk fascinating.
- It's cheap to live here! Food, personal service, clothes, travel, dongxi.
- Everyday is an adventure.
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Post by Decurso on Sept 18, 2005 10:25:07 GMT 7
...but you can live like a king on wages lower than Canadian welfare.Dinner for 3 and 15 beers...8 dollars.Living in China...priceless.
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Post by hankuh on Sept 18, 2005 10:30:11 GMT 7
But you can join Raouls, and look at my artistically inspired avatar, and think, "Where else but China, can a foreigner be so insane to do such a thing?"
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Post by Mr Nobody on Sept 18, 2005 12:48:11 GMT 7
All the above.
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Post by gengrant on Sept 18, 2005 18:23:10 GMT 7
cause they have 5000 years of history just waiting to be relearned by us 'foreign devils.' I never tire of visiting historical sites...and they sure have lots of em...  oh, yeah...and it's my daughter's place of birth! so it's her history as well...  |
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Post by ilunga on Sept 19, 2005 12:06:25 GMT 7
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I can rent a kick-ass apartment for 600RMB a month.
I can buy a bag of (almost) roast potatoes on the street for 1 yuan
I can walk to school every morning and see a (smiling) mei nv every ten metres.
I can walk across the street from my apartment and buy anything I need, including good beer for 2 yuan.
If I ever get sick of my lousy ji dan and xi hong shi, I can take a ten minute, 5 mao, bus ride to metro and stare at the cheese selection for half an hour, then pick up some cheddar and sausages.
The chinese students are really friendly, and the foreign students are cool. Especially the koreans.
Hotpot is the best thing in the world.
I can drink beer on the street for pennies, go into a nightclub free of charge, come out, drink more 3 yuan beer and then go back in until 5am.
Life here is so cheap and easy ;D
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Post by gengrant on Sept 19, 2005 22:19:34 GMT 7
aren't we all...  |
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Post by Wolf on Sept 20, 2005 8:13:05 GMT 7
but ... Students who really want to learn make it worthwhile. A generation or two from now when the rest of the world is into the "China thing" we'll have great stories to tell of the Wild West days. They have butt kicking literature, and a lot of it is availalbe in China, in decent translations into English, and at prices that would't get wholesale paper back home. Some of the people are fantastic. Once you set up an initial business relationship, they appriciate repeat business enought to give you an easy time of it. China's public sector is one of the best employers in East Asia. Not the highest paying, but legit government run schools can sometimes be the least nightmarish places to work (not always of course.) Don't believe me? Come to Japan. I'll show you. They'll host the 2008 Olympics and the 2010 world's fair. (HA! Someone had to say it.  ) You can buy an anime series on DVD for $1 US, where the same series costs $90 US in the States and $700 in Japan. You can't get FOX News. There are no Jehova's Witnesses. Cheap broadband. The Same Tang Dynasty Show Produced 600 times is so bland that it's hypnotic, and great MST3K material. So much to see, do, and learn. |
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