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i guess its getting older but flying trans pacific doesnt feel so bad to me anymore. i play my switch a bit, watch a movie, take a lil nap, and i'm in boston at the end so i get a boston cream donut from dunkins
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You're also like 2 feet tall you lucky jerk
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Bloodnose posted:But trans pacific flights almost never have anything to look at out the window The Kamchatka Peninnsula is awesome
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The digital windows are great, I enjoyed the gentle orange and purple tones at breakfast time. Being 5'4" is excellent!!!!
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Bloodnose posted:You're also like 2 feet tall you lucky jerk Yeah this is why you don't mind the flight.
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NBA starting lineup itt
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Tom Smykowski posted:NBA starting lineup itt this but unironically
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I never post ironically
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Tom Smykowski posted:I never post, ironically If only.
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Grand Fromage posted:If only. 
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Hong Kong goons: is $32,000 per year enough to get by?
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That’s 21k a month. Yes and no? It’s super expensive here. Living with room mates should definitely make it work but on your own can be tough unless you save a lot
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That would be living with roommates in less than 500 square feet of space too. I wouldn't take that offer if you had anything even a bit better
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caberham posted:That’s 21k a month. Yes and no? It’s super expensive here. Living with room mates should definitely make it work but on your own can be tough unless you save a lot Yeah from everything I've gathered so far, it seems like it'll be tight. Then again, things will be tight whichever way I go (choosing amongst grad school offers). If I'm not pennypinching in Hong Kong, I'll be pennypinching in the USA or UK. What neighborhoods would y'all recommend checking out for somebody going to CUHK? Is Craigslist the best site for looking for housing or are there better options? Vernacular fucked around with this message at 19:24 on May 17, 2019 |
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Is that an internship or a job? I guess as a literal first job it's good to get international experience. If you had a choice between Indianapolis and Hong Kong, long term even 6 months in Hong Kong while you look for something better, looks good on the resume. Hadlock fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Mar 23, 2019 |
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It's a PhD fellowship.
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Is there rent assistance or a dorm option? HK isn't that expensive other than housing, which is a nightmare. If subsidized housing is available you'd be fine.
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Grand Fromage posted:Is there rent assistance or a dorm option? HK isn't that expensive other than housing, which is a nightmare. If subsidized housing is available you'd be fine. Don't think there's any rent assistance beyond the fellowship, but will look into it. They do offer a year in the dorms at a reasonable fee. I've heard very mixed things about them though, so I wasn't planning on going that route, but if housing is really that dire I would consider it. It's grad school so like I don't expect to live extravagantly, but it would also be great to not live in a coffin an hour away from campus or something like that. Just trying to get a picture of what to expect under that budget.
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My friend lived and worked in hk for a few years before studying her PhD at HKU. It’s cheap accommodation but her dorm mates are all gross people who never lived else where and clueless academia types
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sincx posted:The sense I get in the US is any sort of education from an institution outside of the US, Canada/Australia/NZ, and Western Europe beyond a bachelor's degree is looked at suspiciously. I met an electrical engineer with a degree from Mexico, she did web design for a local hotel on a borrowed laptop I met another engineer in Hungary, he was 26 and living with his parents because he and his girlfriend, combined, did not make enough money to rent a one bedroom, and was working at a car dealership on weekends to make ends meet Anyone with money in Colombia sends their kids to American schools All the people I spoke to were super sharp, but yeah, this is definitely a thing. I would assume HK schools are pretty good, but maybe not.
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Vernacular posted:What neighborhoods would y'all recommend checking out for somebody going to CUHK? Is Craigslist the best site for looking for housing or are there better options? CUHK actually makes this a lot easier because you can rent out in Tai Po or Fanling instead of trying to squeeze yourself into Kownloon or Hong Kong Island. I actually lived just a short minibus ride away from CUHK in a pretty great place in Ma On Shan that at the time was only 11k because there was a double suicide in it. I wish I remembered what website I found that listing on but it was Chinese and probably doesn't exist anymore. Try this one: https://www.gohome.com.hk/en/rent/ma-on-shan/?l1 Looks like prices in the old neighborhood have gone up a lot though.
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That place was only 11k?
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I’d do a double homicide for a rent that far below market rates
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sincx posted:What are your alternatives in the US and UK? The sense I get in the US is any sort of education from an institution outside of the US, Canada/Australia/NZ, and Western Europe beyond a bachelor's degree is looked at suspiciously. Job prospects are pretty much a crapshoot for everybody in my field (social sciences) these days. Plus, committee connections are the most important aspect of placement (again, for what I'm looking to get into), and the people I'd be working with are legit. It is a bit more of an unknown quantity than one of the core US or UK schools and it's something I'm considering, but for those reasons plus a few others, this is a solid choice. Bloodnose posted:CUHK actually makes this a lot easier because you can rent out in Tai Po or Fanling instead of trying to squeeze yourself into Kownloon or Hong Kong Island. I actually lived just a short minibus ride away from CUHK in a pretty great place in Ma On Shan that at the time was only 11k because there was a double suicide in it. I wish I remembered what website I found that listing on but it was Chinese and probably doesn't exist anymore. Try this one: Thanks! Vernacular fucked around with this message at 19:19 on May 17, 2019 |
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Vernacular posted:Hong Kong goons: is $32,000 per year enough to get by? Yes, perfectly doable, I did for many years on about that and had fun doing it. Especially out CUHK direction. You won't need roommates if you don't want to. If it's 38 then you'll have a blast. Squarefoot is also a popular place to look. Estate agents in HK are super super local and ususally offer a portfolio of houses in a single housing estate
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Go goon go! Have fun in HK!!
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simplefish posted:Yes, perfectly doable, I did for many years on about that and had fun doing it. Especially out CUHK direction. You won't need roommates if you don't want to. Listen to this guy. And HK universities are supposedly not too bad in world rankings but I’m not sure about guaranteed job prospects. Nowadays I think it’s hard to get a job like that unless it’s computer science or something
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Thank y'all for the tips/encouragement!
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Vernacular posted:Job prospects are pretty much a crapshoot for everybody in my field (social sciences) these days. I will play devil's advocate here. I am a professor in a social science in what is generally considered to be one of the top research universities in the world. As much as I like HK, do not do your PhD there because you will not get a job. Do your PhD in the US!
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sincx posted:Can't believe we have a (guessing based on your username) UC Berkeley professor in this thread. Not at Cal but I grew up in the Bay Area.
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Go Bears!
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Oakland Martini posted:I will play devil's advocate here. I am a professor in a social science in what is generally considered to be one of the top research universities in the world. As much as I like HK, do not do your PhD there because you will not get a job. Do your PhD in the US! This feels like a huge exaggeration, and goes against advice I've gotten from other professors in the social sciences also from reputable universities in the US/UK. Care to go into some actual detail rather than speaking in huge generalizations? That's a strong, deterministic statement, and I didn't even post anything specific about my field or various pros/cons of the programs in question (not that I wish to really go into them here). Feel free to PM as to not detail the thread. Vernacular fucked around with this message at 09:08 on Mar 28, 2019 |
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I don't think it's possible to derail the thread. It'd need a consistent topic and discussion. I am very interested in international views on HK Higher Education though
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simplefish posted:I am very interested in international views on HK Higher Education though From what I've gathered, they're a peg or so below the two main Singapore schools, but still fairly reputable (HKU, HKUST and CUHK are all top 50 universities). Of course US/UK core schools have the advantage in terms of placement/prestige (especially if you're trying to get a job in the "west"), but the consensus I've gotten is that you can't paint these things with a broad brush. A moderately well-ranked Asian school with a strong, internationally well-connected faculty in your department of choice might still be worth considering alongside a similarly ranked American school (and of course there are tons of other factors that go into these decisions). IMO, there's no reason why the arrow wouldn't be pointing upward for academia in East Asia (at least for certain subjects), considering how much money there is in the area and how many well-qualified American/European PhDs get funneled there for work due to market saturation in their home countries.
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simplefish posted:I don't think it's possible to derail the thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycu434kkk14
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Just study social sciences and then do a job not in social sciences BOOM problem solved.
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