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In Beijing - Love Beijing I'm going to Beijing next month. Want to ask how much it would cost from the airport to the China Center in the CBD by taxi, ie a fixed fare or by meter? Thanks! |
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Where to Study Chinese, Beijing or Shanghai? Hey, honestly, I'm in Beijing right now studying Chinese (in CHINA - I know, amazing - sorry I'm haven't traveled much), and I'm glad I didn't go to Shanhai. Although they DO have this cool new bar where everything is made of ice. No serious, ice. ALL ICE. Anyways, as for the questions, I used to study at BLCU. BLCU is an amazing school, but waaayyy too many Koreans and the class sizes were a bit too big. They do a lot of grammar and speaking got a bit difficult. I was gonna go to some other school, and so I asked the people at PRC Study, which by the way is a pretty good program as an alternative to worldlink, who were very rude to my mom and a bit haughty and overpriced for nothing, imo. When I first came to china, PRC Study took care of basically everything for me. My homestay is awesome - they clean my room! I feel like I'm some kind of slave owner actually - and they always offer to help me with my chinese. I know some kids who've gone through different programs usually had some problems with their homestay family not really getting the cultural differences, but mine were really friendly. But, they do offer to help all the time. Anyways, they said if I wanted to, I could try their school as a trial for about a week. It's in Wudaokou, and the classes were much smaller, so there was a lot of speaking. The teacher's forced me to speak, and I used to be really shy about it, but I kind of grew out of that. I'm going to be here for about three more months. It goes by really slowly then really quickly. It's kind of weird. My Chinese level was about Low Intermediate, and now I'm upper Intermediate. The main thing is my speaking level went up about several levels, and now I have no trouble working my way around the city. It was a great place to study mandarin chinese, speaking wise. Top three pros. 1. did a lot of speaking 2. small class sizes 3. good teachers/staff Cons 1. classes were too early. It started at 8:30 instead of the 9 I was used to. I know it's only thirty minutes, but that's a big difference for me, especially since I work out in the morning. 2. small class sizes does mean, less partying. I'm a major fan of drinking, and after my friend's left, I have to say my drinking crew shrank a little. 3. Wish we focused a little bit more on grammar. But my class was pretty advanced and so I think that was just me being a little anal. I dunno. I can get around Beijing fine, which seems to be the most important thing. Anyways, hope I helped. I'm in China now, if anyone wants to meet up for a drink! |
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Name of the Baby - Part II 王逸凡，好名字! 王子欣 is also a great name, but sounds a little like a girl's name. "鑫"更manhood些。: ) 王乐凡，the only "problem" with this name is that “乐”字是个多音字。 同是“凡”字，“逸凡”比“乐凡”更classy些。 王天哲, sounds very heavy and serious. 王纳言? 好象听不出有简单快乐做人、生活的意思。Serious and irrelevant. Plus, fan is also Wendy's last name. So, at least should keep “凡”字吧？ |
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Pictures of my Newly-Born Baby I'd say the little guy got Wendy's look. He is adorable. |
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Visited Yangshan Deep Water Port How do I buy the tickets to go the bridge? Is there any phone number you could share? Thanks. Jennifer |
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Jian Shuo Visits San Jose (Again) JS, I can see that the travel part is quite demanding for your job. Do you mind sharing with us how Wendy copes with it? Thanks! |
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Getting U.S. Visa in China Well, I got my US visa today~~~ Really unexpected. Because I heard from too many people that a single lady is almost equal to REJECTION, especially in China! All that I can say now is So Good Luck I've Got, which saved me from suffering from the 1st experience......so, cheer up......all those Chinese girls who are expecting a US visa. |
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"The Right to Refuse Service to Anyone" Short & sweet, Carroll hit the nail right on the head. I won't reiterate those points, as they were well-stated & you can all go up & read everything for yourselves. Thanks for that eloquent explanation. As for Nick, the self-professed "homeless" guy, . . . dude, do you LOOK "homeless" . . . because, I mean, COME ON! How the hell would a business owner be able to TELL you are HOMELESS in order to refuse to serve you FOOD!? That was the most idiotic thing I have read. Besides, you can't be that bad off, considering you said yourself you have money for food & you are also able to access the internet somehow. You are the most well-off "homeless" person I have ever encountered! Good for you, Nick. Now, quit bitching about not being served for being "homeless," & find a shower or a comb & I bet things would look up for you in that respect. |
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Rent an Apartment in Shanghai we are a French couple currently in shanghai. We are looking for an apartment with one bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, about 45m2 , around 1500RMB, in PUDONG DISTRICT, near subway line 2 can somedy help us?????? thanks jaynifer@hotmail.com |
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MSN Messenger Virus Jitux.A i have a virus that sends its self everytime i open a conversation and every couple minutes it sends its self again HOWWW DO I GET RID OF ITTT itss getting on myy nervesss pleaseee tell me howww |
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Pudong Starbucks is Nice As a Chinese, I understand the "new culture" described in Sabrina and Steve's comments. What I DON'T understand is why it is that easy for foreign brands, like Starbuck or Ikea, to make Chinese mid-class' money. I saw a Haggen-Dazs store at Wangfujing. In BJ airport, a 80g Haggen-Dazs ice cream is priced for $35! I feel "thankful" for being able to pay CDN 5 to enjoy a 500ml pack of such "high-end" ice cream in my cozy apartment. : ) |
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Pudong Starbucks is Nice I can't help making a comment here: What is the big deal of Starbucks? Here in Canada (dont know if it's the same in the States), Starbucks, the Second Cup, or any coffee shops are just a space to hang out with a friend or read newspaper or a chapter along with a cup of coffee. It's never for business meetings or any group, social gatherings. |
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Complicated Paying Process Standing in line or not, one needs to know the procedure -- there is only so much one can figure out by watching. Guess its good to read blogs and occasionally learn to expect the unexpected. I never would have figured out the "little gray" card and can only hope that the Chinese; or even others in line will help to clue the inexperienced shoppers with some helpful tips. |
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I Love Shanghai! Great photos -- of classroom, teaching, and giving me a clue about what "cafes" might look like. I will be going to China this summer for the first time. |
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Cheap and Clean Motel in Shanghai - Motel168 Thanks very much for the pictures and Information.I am planning to visit Shanghai this summer and have been looking for a decent price place to live for few days. I fell very lucky to find your website. Thanks for all the hard work! Jennifer from Toronto, Canada |
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Where to Study Chinese, Beijing or Shanghai? Hi "Shanghai Richard", I found your comments most helpful - thank you. Could you tell me anything else about Tongji U's International school mandarin program? i.e. reputation, structure of the course, number of foreigners in the course, hours, any rumours/opinions, etc you have heard about the teachers and the curriculum there... Thanks in advance. Aussie Mandarin Enthusiast |
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Micropayment with Mobile SMS in China I know one webside can send sms to any mobile number in China, I've been use more than 1 year, no problem. please check it: http://www.firstmobilestore.com/sms.php |
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MSN Messenger Emotion Pictures ( . ) .) ( , )( , ) ( ) ==== |
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EndAds and BlockMessenger I recently started getting hit with the endads so I followed your advice at the begining of the page, it slowed it down but did not stop it, so I also followed Neil's advice and I haven't gotten one yet, I hope it works. I also wrote an email to abuse@level3.net and told them I would be sending an email everytime I recieved a pop up, maybe if we hit them with all the stuff they will finally shut this thing down,mine only started yesterday, I was glad to find your website. Thanks for all the good advice that you, and everyone has posted. |