Juggler
Barfly
If you work for a living then why do you kill yourself working?
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Post by Juggler on Aug 23, 2005 7:21:33 GMT 7
I must begin my entry by saying that I havent been to many places so far in china and cannot compare BJ to other places.
I grew up in chicago and I am used to living in big cities in america but none ever were like this place.
there are many things to be said about beijing. so lets get started.
1. First of all for anyone who teaches english from what i know beijing is a city where you can earn a great deal of money and the pay rate is rather high.
2. there are many things to do here. 3. transportation: subway is 3 yuan, taxi starts at 10 rmb, and buses(they suck i dont take them) 4. the historical value of this city really speaks for itself. i highly recommend the following places. a. Forbidden city b. Summer palace c. Temple of heaven d. Lama temple e. Confucious Temple f. Temple of the sleeping budda g. Behai park h. Yuyuantan park i. simatai great wall(dont go to badaling its remodeled and a tourist nightmare. too many people) If you want to know more places that are out of the norm, just send me amessage and ill help you. 5. traffic: ugh this sucks . its anightmare. most chinese people do not follow the rules of the road. it is a free for all and that can lead to some very long traffic jams. 6. pollution: its improving but some days my eyes hurt. 7. people: some are rude but most are nice 8. food: local stuff isnt bad and there are many many american joints to hang out at. 9. night life: plenty but i dont drink. 10. shopping: well what can i say. wafungjing and xidan are hotspots 11. outside of bj: if you come here and want to see more places that are not the norm go to . a. miyun county b. huairou county c. shi du
thats about it for now. when i have more energy ill write some more
peace
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BEIJING
Aug 23, 2005 11:41:54 GMT 7
Post by Raoul Duke on Aug 23, 2005 11:41:54 GMT 7
Thanks Juggler!
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auflos
Up And Coming
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BEIJING
Sept 21, 2005 11:45:38 GMT 7
Post by auflos on Sept 21, 2005 11:45:38 GMT 7
I agree. Lots to see. Beijing is full of vitality. I live in the Haidian district. Better wages than most of china Friendly people (especially beggars) Silk street rules! love those chinese rolexes... Still no real cable TV (but loads of DVD's) When it rains you hardly notice the pollution. I have learned to enjoy bottled water Embassies are all here so holiday travel visa's are easy you want to tutor? Just walk down the street. A note on the ladies, I am an old married guy so i just get the stories. Our Uni fired a teacher for having (too many )girlfriends. I thought this was odd so I asked the dean what happened. It seems or pal was photographing his ladies without clothing and developing his film inside the university.... Guess he shoulda got digital. Beijing is cool. I hope to see more posts about it. I've consolidated another great auflos post here to keep one thread for each city...R Beijing Entertainment (and Stuff) « Thread Started on Today at 1:53pm » Hey, I am new to this board-so greetings. Been in Beijing a few weeks. I would like to start an info sharing thread. So far, besides the obvious tourist sites I have found a few cool places. Cinema-one in the Oriental Mall and another near the Beijing friendship hotel Very cool! about 60 rmb English movies, VERY comfortable seating expensive snacks. (I brought my own and security politely looked the other way) So what about other stuff? Bo ling for example? Has anyone been to the hard rock cafe? What about this PUB near Chaoyang park? supposed to be for Western devils?? And what about wireless internet? How about DVD places I mean, of course i found the nice stores near the US embassy, but surely I can do better?
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BEIJING
Sept 21, 2005 12:21:46 GMT 7
Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 21, 2005 12:21:46 GMT 7
We should have LOTS more info on Beijing here! You two keep up the good work...and others please add more!
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auflos
Up And Coming
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BEIJING
Sept 24, 2005 10:33:26 GMT 7
Post by auflos on Sept 24, 2005 10:33:26 GMT 7
Hey! Another Beijing question for all you city veterans... How about second hand books in English? Are there any sources here?? If so where?
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BEIJING
Sept 24, 2005 12:31:17 GMT 7
Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 24, 2005 12:31:17 GMT 7
I never found much good reading in Beijing, even in the "good" bookstores in the Wangfujing area. It must be there somewhere.
It's based in Guangxi and done through the mail, but in our sadly neglected Links page there is a link to an excellent service for used English-language books. I recommend it highly, as long as you read only books I don't like.
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BEIJING
Sept 26, 2005 8:02:57 GMT 7
Post by MK on Sept 26, 2005 8:02:57 GMT 7
Pass-By bar near Houhai has a book lending service, you have to donate six to join, and then you can borrow three at a time (or something like that.) You could also try the "Bookworm" club, which I have only read about, but it sounds like it's worth a try: www.beijingbookworm.com/There are a few bars near Chaoyang park...take a taxi to Chaoyang park west gate (Chaoyang gong yuan xi mer) and take your pick. Goose and Duck a bit of an older crowd, Black Sun a bit younger, and there's another place, Suzie Wong's that's supposed to be a bit of a pick up joint... (I might add some more and try and tidy this up a bit later.)
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BEIJING
Sept 26, 2005 12:02:45 GMT 7
Post by Raoul Duke on Sept 26, 2005 12:02:45 GMT 7
I think it's the Smugglers Inn- a backpacker hostel and more in the Sanlitun area- that has a small lending library within it...
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BEIJING
Sept 26, 2005 16:43:08 GMT 7
Post by con's fly is open on Sept 26, 2005 16:43:08 GMT 7
There is a big-assed bookstore near Tiannanmen(sp?) Square which is okay. I was told by a local English prof (Chinese woman) that one of the 2 big universities has a bigger and better English section in their bookstore.
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auflos
Up And Coming
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Post by auflos on Oct 3, 2005 20:53:40 GMT 7
Thanks !
I am off to the park tomorrow to see the acrobats... Went to the big xin hua bookstore on wangfujing but only bought chinese translations (the imported books were shamelessly high priced)
Thomas
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Post by cheekygal on Apr 4, 2006 22:03:38 GMT 7
There is Bookwarm in downtown too. Perhaps you already found it. It is next to Pacific Plaza, on Gonti Bei Lu. There is a big hotel next to it - walk inside the yard and keep on going straight. Somewhere pass Banana Leaf (really good thai/asian restaurant with performances) and Salsa Carribe (at the moment the only place with tons of Latin and other music, live band and all). If you turn left before Banana Leaf, opposite the Bank Of China, you will find a new club Browns. Every wednesday it is a ladies night - drinks for ladies are free. But watch out - sometimes they make a paid entrance for wine testing night. But normally it is a free entrance and a British DJ (woman).
I have been discovering more and more places recently with my new job. So, if any questions - ask. Will do my best to answer.
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Post by cheekygal on Apr 4, 2006 22:05:36 GMT 7
Oh, and Bookworm's library has a membership too. It's either 300 rmb a year or 300 rmb for half-year. You can't take more than 5 books though and they give it for 2 weeks.
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