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So, any other Goons going to QCon Shanghai tonight, or over the weekend? I reckon I'd be up for a beer or two.
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If you're going into Tibet and don't have Tibetan friends, you should definitely take a group tour thing. It'll get you straight to and from the things you want to see. I have a lot of Tibetan friends and we hang out at the bar often. They always invite me to their hometown but they just say "Parts I want to gently caress you!" way too much when they're drunk. I don't want to go there alone and find out they were serious.
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If one has roommates how expensive is Shanghai for rent? I may be transferring to Jingan.
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Anyone want to go to Chongqing next weekend?Magna Kaser posted:If one has roommates how expensive is Shanghai for rent? I may be transferring to Jingan.
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Ok I'm proposing to the girlfriend tomorrow night, at the end of her Master's recital, on stage in front of a ton of people. I got the ring today. I might be having a minor heart attack. Here's where you guys come in: I need a good VPN provider with Chinese language instructions for Mac and PC. I'm going to put it on Ustream or JustinTV for her parents to watch but I'm told they're blocked in China. Or I need a live streaming site that would work.
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Oh man you came here pretty last minute. Anyway you could call her parents via WeChat and use a video call that way? Don't know if her parents would use WeChat or not, would require a smartphone. I'm not very tech savvy at all, once all the China goons regain consciousness this morning I'm sure they can offer up some suggestions. Good luck buddy!
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ZombieParts posted:I have a lot of Tibetan friends and we hang out at the bar often. They always invite me to their hometown but they just say "Parts I want to gently caress you!" way too much when they're drunk. I don't want to go there alone and find out they were serious. So where are you based in China？ Tom Smykowski posted:Anyone want to go to Chongqing next weekend? So soon? That's too bad where are you going? I was thinking of giving you guys a visit March/April. See my gag when we go for hotpot！ El_Matarife posted:Ok I'm proposing to the girlfriend tomorrow night I need a good VPN provider with Chinese language instructions for Mac and PC. Good luck! Sounds great, can you elaborate some more? Tell me if I'm right ok? You and your girlfriend are in the US and you want to propose to her tomorrow night. You also want her parents in China to watch the event live through Ustream/JustinTV and need a VPN? In this case, I think the biggest problem is the internet speed in China. The non Chinese sites can be really really slow especially with a VPN. Let me ask around for a Chinese internet stream, man wish you asked this question earlier so we could have run tests and all. This is like rolling out a new deployment live without using VMware. I got to pick some Singapore goon up in 3 hours so I might not be done in time with the instructions.
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Magna Kaser posted:If one has roommates how expensive is Shanghai for rent? I may be transferring to Jingan. You coming to Jingan? Great area but its becoming more expensive pretty quick due to all of the boutique wine shops popping up. A few new high rise complexes are going up which is bringing up the area but at the same time making a lot of noise! Expect a place for 2 people to be about 7000-8000 rmb a month total. A single would be about 4500-5000. I'm looking for places just outside the area and will be moving out in a few months. I like my place but its too expensive and the noise is driving me crazy. A new high rise is being built half a block away and the construction is happening all goddamn night!
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We just rented a 92 mē apartment in a new complex in Jiading for 3200 a month. The commute from here to Jingan would be around 45 minutes depending on the nearest metro station, but we've also checked out other apartments for around the same price that would be closer to the city. Then again there is basically nothing going on around here. :P
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^You might as well live in Suzhou if you want a cheap apartment. The commute would be similar.
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Calyn posted:We just rented a 92 mē apartment in a new complex in Jiading for 3200 a month. The commute from here to Jingan would be around 45 minutes depending on the nearest metro station, but we've also checked out other apartments for around the same price that would be closer to the city. Can you please post some pictures of your neighbourhood? Friend of mine is living in the end of Line 1, Xinzhuang. She's staying with 3 other room mates in a 250 mē apartment and her room rent is 1320 a month. But there's no elevator  Oh are you guys coming to the Shanghai goooooon meet, Saturday November 16th?
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caberham posted:Sounds great, can you elaborate some more? Tell me if I'm right ok? You and your girlfriend are in the US and you want to propose to her tomorrow night. You also want her parents in China to watch the event live through Ustream/JustinTV and need a VPN? Exactly. Sorry, I've been under the gun and didn't even think about asking. I only decided to get serious about a live stream a few days ago. A few websites indicate JustinTV works in China. UStream is almost certainly banned. If there's a site that works without VPN, that'd be great. I do want to hook her parents up with VPN at some point, all her Dad does in the States is browse the unfiltered internet for news and go to Vegas to gamble, heh. (By the way how's the VMware jobs scene in China, we should talk. I'll PM you.)
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AfroNinja posted:You coming to Jingan? Great area but its becoming more expensive pretty quick due to all of the boutique wine shops popping up. A few new high rise complexes are going up which is bringing up the area but at the same time making a lot of noise! New office will be in Jingan, but I don't know if I'll be there 'cause I'm cheap. This is the third time my boss has wanted me to transfer to Shanghai this year so everyone is thinking it might happen for real now. I don't mind having a commute, I'm used to an hour-ish both ways. I've already accepted the fact I'm going to have to live with people, but I want to know roughly how much more it's going to cost me. I'm more sad cause I just found a great place (80m2 to myself) 5 minutes from my current office for 1700/月.  Chengdu~~~: qq:Arakan posted:^You might as well live in Suzhou if you want a cheap apartment. The commute would be similar. I lived in Suzhou for a while, and honestly wouldn't mind it.
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El_Matarife posted:VPN stuff This may not be worth much, but Justin.Tv and twitch.tv both worked for me, but UStream was taking too long to load video so I stopped trying. I imagine that if china throttles traffic to these sites that twitch would be faster if not only because dota. This is without a VPN--I can't access facebook and twitter and stuff.
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Magna Kaser posted:I lived in Suzhou for a while, and honestly wouldn't mind it. Yea I wasn't being facetious. You are looking at 23 minutes from Suzhou North to Hong Qiao, and 27 minutes from Suzhou station. Then from Hong Qiao to downtown can't be more than like 15-20 minutes unless you have to transfer I guess. So if you can live within 10-15 minutes of one of the train stations in Suzhou it's almost the same amount of commute and you'll pay half the rent.
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I work as a consultant a big 4 professional services (accounting) firm and I'm thinking about working in China. Currently the China offices don't do the work that my division does, which makes a secondment/internal transfer very difficult. I saw on linkedin that a competitor had a position open that would suit me perfectly. It got me thinking about potentially leaving my firm. However, I'm not sure of the best way to go about finding jobs in China for professionals. Google searches get flooded with teaching jobs. What's the best way to go about finding non-ESL jobs in China? danse macabre fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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El_Matarife posted:UStream is almost certainly banned. If there's a site that works without VPN, that'd be great. Ummm my girlfriend just suggested Skype video. Kind of makes sense for one to one. Can you dual stream or you want multiple Chinese connections? Anyways she's looking. Will get back to you soon
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Anyone have a recommendation for a good hot pot place in Chengdu? Non hot pot suggestions also welcome...
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There is the goon-run HostVPN. I'm using it right now connected to their server in Japan and it has been great so far. There is a trial period for just one penny if you wanna give it a try.
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danse macabre posted:What's the best way to go about finding non-ESL jobs in China? Search using key words that WILL appear for your job, but will NOT appear for ESL. If the site you're using allows Boolean searching add terms to exclude things that appear in ESL but not in your job, like "-teaching -teacher -ESL -kindergarten" and such until you have what you want. This is the approach to use to find ANYTHING on the Internet, BTW.
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danse macabre posted:I work as a consultant a big 4 professional services (accounting) firm and I'm thinking about working in China. Currently the China offices don't do the work that my division does, which makes a secondment/internal transfer very difficult. What are you looking for? I can check our Chinese internal job listings for China if you'd like, PM me or mail me at username@username.org (I work for Deloitte, not in China though).
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I've been nagging my co-teacher lately to get some things taken care of for me and I baked some cookies as a thank you. I think she thought I was trying to bribe her or something. It's of course my fault, my messages were a bit vague. Hi Co-Teacher, can I know where your apartment is? I have something to give you. What? Like teacher materials? Oh I've got a gift to give you, I'd like to give it to you today if it's convenient. I'm sorry, I could not accept your gift. I baked you some cookies to say thank you because I often ask for your help. If it is not appropriate, I'm very sorry. It doesn't matter, forget it. No problem, any time! Thanks again. Have a good weekend.Anyway... I've got 8 delicious cookies and a big, red face now.
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Magna Kaser posted:New office will be in Jingan, but I don't know if I'll be there 'cause I'm cheap. This is the third time my boss has wanted me to transfer to Shanghai this year so everyone is thinking it might happen for real now. I don't mind having a commute, I'm used to an hour-ish both ways. I've already accepted the fact I'm going to have to live with people, but I want to know roughly how much more it's going to cost me. Foreign coworker of mine pays ~3,200rmb/month for a small first-floor apartment that is 10-15 minutes walk from the Xujiahui metro station, no roommates necessary. I think it just takes a little more time to hunt around for a place. Edit: He started renting the place in late April, I think. danse macabre posted:I work as a consultant a big 4 professional services (accounting) firm and I'm thinking about working in China. Currently the China offices don't do the work that my division does, which makes a secondment/internal transfer very difficult. If you're looking for finance jobs, you might be able to find something at eFinancialCareers.cn LentThem fucked around with this message at 12:14 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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Woodsy Owl posted:
I had a question, in general: to send mail, like a letter, can I use standard roman script/postage format (mail for north america) or is there some kind of combination/magical code I need to put on my envelope?
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caberham posted:Ummm my girlfriend just suggested Skype video. Kind of makes sense for one to one. Can you dual stream or you want multiple Chinese connections? Anyways she's looking. Will get back to you soon I just assumed the WeChat video feed would be better as I think almost all Chinese people WeChat. I never use Skype in China, it doesn't work like half the time for me. WeChat always works and can be done on a mobile phone, while Skype needs a computer, doesn't it? Anyway, that was why I suggested the WeChat video function.
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I've become a fan of Google Hangouts lately. It does everything Skype premium can do but for free.
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Ceciltron posted:I had a question, in general: to send mail, like a letter, can I use standard roman script/postage format (mail for north america) or is there some kind of combination/magical code I need to put on my envelope? You absolutely have to include a Chinese and Anglicized recipient address regardless of whether you're sending to/from China from/to North America. You should probably include both for your sender address as well.
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Does anyone have a problem taking anyone or anything seriously in China? I can't shake the feeling that everything is a tragically unfunny joke, as if everyone is playing a part in a high-school-caliber performance of "Developed Nation."
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Woodsy Owl posted:Does anyone have a problem taking anyone or anything seriously in China? I can't shake the feeling that everything is a tragically unfunny joke, as if everyone is playing a part in a high-school-caliber performance of "Developed Nation." This makes me cry at night, whenever I don't drink.
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Kids talking about killing Chinese is serious business. Even Jimmy Kimmel will apologize!
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caberham posted:Kids talking about killing Chinese is serious business. Even Jimmy Kimmel will apologize! I heard they're getting together money to sue? I don't know what they're going to sue for.
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truavatar posted:Anyone have a recommendation for a good hot pot place in Chengdu? Non hot pot suggestions also welcome... How much to you want to spend? Long Sen Yuan (龙森园） is the best hot pot I've ever had, but it's also pretty expensive. I'm talking at least a few hundred RMB per person if you're going with less than 6. I think the soup itself starts at 200-300. With more people it becomes a bit more affordable. Their claim to fame is they spend a year developing their soups before putting them for sale. They're also pretty unique in that they only have one location, which means you will have to wait/make a reservation. It's pretty central and totally walk-able from line 2. you can check it out here. If you don't want to go with that, I honestly feel most bigger hot pot places are about the same. That's the only hot pot place that has ever blown me away, though. Shu Jiu Xiang Hot Pot (蜀九香火锅) is a local favorite and has locations all over town, just throw that in to baidu maps and you'll find one. Other than those two you can walk for like 2 minutes in Chengdu and run across 800 hot pot places so it's pretty easy. For non-hot pot, Gingko is the perennial fancy smancy restaurant. I've never been there but I've heard it's alright. I think Caberham went? Another of my favorites is ribs, which are also a sichuan specialty (though they get overshadowed by hot pot and spicy things). Da zui ba wang pai gu (大嘴霸王排骨, fun fact: it means BIG MOUTH KING RIBS) is a franchise that has a bunch of locations around town. The ribs are pricy, but worthwhile, and their other dishes are more affordable. They have hot-pot ribs as well which are awesome. Also, don't worry about the price too much on these because unlike most ribs in China these are proper ribs with a pretty good amount of meat on them. My favorite is the fen zheng pai gu (粉蒸排骨） which are ribs that are steamed in batter. If you skip their crazy poo poo like shrimp and pig trotter stir fry, it should end up <100RMB per person.
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Woodsy Owl posted:Does anyone have a problem taking anyone or anything seriously in China? I can't shake the feeling that everything is a tragically unfunny joke, as if everyone is playing a part in a high-school-caliber performance of "Developed Nation." I used to think this all the time, but then I took an arrow to the knee.
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caberham posted:Kids talking about killing Chinese is serious business. Even Jimmy Kimmel will apologize! I had no idea what you meant by this, so I did the obligatory googling. Findings: Jimmy Kimmel is still the same shithead comedian he was in the 90s.
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Thanks for the help guys, I've settled on JustinTV. Wish me luck!
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Hey I don't remember his screen-name was but there was a Uni teacher in China who came to Seoul and was very unimpressed with my tiny aquarium. Well I extended my contract and to celebrate I upgraded a bit.  45x45x45 
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blinkyzero posted:I used to think this all the time, but then I took an arrow to the knee. For a Uyghur to attack Kynesgrove, is nowhere safe?
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GuestBob posted:For a Uyghur to attack Kynesgrove, is nowhere safe? Argonians make excellent archers, but poor ESL teachers since the Chinese try to eat them.
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God gave you two languages and you use both of them to talk about basketball, I can respect that.
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