[Kosh]

Working doing what?

[Colonol Dekker]

* Colonol Dekker resists urge to quote full metal jacket. . But fails to avoid making reference.

[karajorma]

Well I'm in Beijing now so I might as well unsticky this. I'm just opposite the Temple of Heaven. I think I'll have a wonder over there tomorrow.

Right now I'm just killing time until the 24th when I fly out to my real job. Still Beijing's a pretty cool place to kill some time.

Working doing what?

Teaching English.

I really worry about the fact that they might give me a blackboard without a built in spellchecker.

[Demitri]

I really worry about the fact that they might give me a blackboard without a built in spellchecker.

All the best Kara

[Mika]

Have you visited the Summer Palace? And do you plan teaching English in Beijing? I had hard times with taxis since no driver spoke English. Having a Chinese friend with you was a must (for me at least). Another place to go and have a look at is the street were they sell tea (there are probably many). This one was about a kilometer long and had hundreds of tea shops along side. But there you definately need a Chinese guide.

Has the air quality improved? Back then I couldn't see high rise buildings 5 km away from the Tsinghua University dormitories, and that was in May. Also, spending that one and a half months in Beijing became a drag some times. If I tried to go anywhere from the University Campus, I needed a Chinese friend to tell where to go and which bus to take. I didn't want to bother them all the time. You probably have it differently.

[peterv]

Good luck Karajorma. I expect to see a few thousands chinese students joining the community soon.  

[Snail]

That would be pretty awesame.

[SpardaSon21]

No it wouldn't.  They'd all be speaking horrible Engrish.

[Mr. Vega]

Is it possible to speak horrible engrish? Engrish is supposed to be horrible. What would bad engrish sound like? Good English?

[IronBeer]

Bit late on the bandwagon, but I wish you well, kara.

[karajorma]

Have you visited the Summer Palace? And do you plan teaching English in Beijing?

I only got here yesterday so I haven't seen anything yet. I'll be teaching in Henan not Beijing.

I had hard times with taxis since no driver spoke English. Having a Chinese friend with you was a must (for me at least). Another place to go and have a look at is the street were they sell tea (there are probably many). This one was about a kilometer long and had hundreds of tea shops along side. But there you definately need a Chinese guide.

Has the air quality improved? Back then I couldn't see high rise buildings 5 km away from the Tsinghua University dormitories, and that was in May. Also, spending that one and a half months in Beijing became a drag some times. If I tried to go anywhere from the University Campus, I needed a Chinese friend to tell where to go and which bus to take. I didn't want to bother them all the time. You probably have it differently.

I'm currently online only cause I'm waiting for a friend to show up. Then we'll go and see the sights. I'm learning Mandarin at the moment anyway although at the moment I know very little. I figured a year in China will be a good crash course in the language.

Good luck Karajorma. I expect to see a few thousands chinese students joining the community soon. 

I've already told the Diaspora team to work hard while I'm on holiday or I'll start outsourcing their jobs.

[Kosh]

I had hard times with taxis since no driver spoke English. Having a Chinese friend with you was a must (for me at least). Another place to go and have a look at is the street were they sell tea (there are probably many). This one was about a kilometer long and had hundreds of tea shops along side. But there you definately need a Chinese guide.

Has the air quality improved? Back then I couldn't see high rise buildings 5 km away from the Tsinghua University dormitories, and that was in May. Also, spending that one and a half months in Beijing became a drag some times. If I tried to go anywhere from the University Campus, I needed a Chinese friend to tell where to go and which bus to take. I didn't want to bother them all the time. You probably have it differently.

Yeah, I've lived here for 4 years now and I have only seen one or two taxi drivers that speak english. In major cities it is slightly better because at least a few people can speak English, but "out there" in the less developed areas, english speakers are extremely hard to find.

没关系，你会说中文的时候，找到一个很漂亮的女朋友是比较容易。

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Has the air quality improved? Back then I couldn't see high rise buildings 5 km away from the Tsinghua University dormitories, and that was in May.

Apparently it has, but it's still no good.

[eliex]

Well, all the best in China karajorma. You won't forgot to mention FS2 to all your students will you? Just say its good for learning English. 

[Liberator]

Take care of yourself and don't do anything I wouldn't do.

[karajorma]

That sounds like no fun at all Lib.

[NGTM-1R]

That sounds like no fun at all Lib.

Thank you for saying what I didn't trust myself to.

[Liberator]

In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm not a very fun person to be around.  That probably is a large reason why I have no friends who aren't 500 miles away who I've never actually met.

[Mongoose]

Being fun's overrated, anyway.  Now, being a cynical sarcastic bastard, there's the ticket.

[Colonol Dekker]

Being fun's overrated, anyway.  Now, being a cynical sarcastic bastard, there's the ticket.

 
 
Fun's objective and contextual.
Cynicism is a plain one trick pony.
 
 Karajorma, have you scouted out any restaurants you were talking about last week?