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sincx posted:I have a 5 hour layover in HKG next month. Is it worth going to see the Tian Tan Buddha or should I just chill in the airport? I've been to HK many times but not Lantau island. I mean it's alright. it's a gigantic buddha. if you've been to Asia a bunch and seen all kinds of temples and buddhas you might not find it all that remarkable. it is big, for sure, but I went there and took pictures and left pretty quickly. we spent a lot longer in Tai O, which I personally found more interesting and enjoyable than the big buddha. but ymmv
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Yeah it's just a large Buddha. I am extremely burned out on and uninterested in seeing any more Buddhas ever but it's up to how you feel about Buddhas. It's not like it's old or anything, it's just big.
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sincx fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Mar 23, 2021 |
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May 30, 2019 00:58
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So "here for the temples" can actually be true in other countries. Interesting.
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May 30, 2019 06:29
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ReindeerF posted:So "here for the temples" can actually be true in other countries. Interesting. what country did you think it was only true in?
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May 30, 2019 09:44
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sincx posted:I have a 5 hour layover in HKG next month. Is it worth going to see the Tian Tan Buddha or should I just chill in the airport? I've been to HK many times but not Lantau island. Just come see me
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May 30, 2019 10:28
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ReindeerF posted:So "here for the temples" can actually be true in other countries. Interesting. Buddhism is big in east Asia as well. I think I’m actually weird one here, I do like to look at different Buddhist architecture and sutras . Seeing 10+ languages or 大悲咒 or transliterated Pali is interesting
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caberham posted:Buddhism is big in east Asia as well. Where is reindeer f from?
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May 30, 2019 11:25
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Grand Fromage posted:Yeah it's just a large Buddha. I am extremely burned out on and uninterested in seeing any more Buddhas ever but it's up to how you feel about Buddhas. It's not like it's old or anything, it's just big. It was made in a missile factory in the 1980s, which is kind of cool in its own right. But yeah not as impressive as the huge ones carved out of mountains over a thousand years ago.
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The Great Autismo! posted:what country did you think it was only true in? israel
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simplefish posted:israel How’s Israel these days op
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fart simpson posted:How’s Israel these days op is rael.
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fart simpson posted:How’s Israel these days op Busy putting mooslims in reeducational camp.
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tino posted:Busy putting mooslims in reeducational camp. he’ll yeah
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May 30, 2019 13:01
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What jobs do most of yall do? Students? English teachers? Any goons employed as software/hardware engineers in the China-sphere?
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I know a few software engineers but they are lurkers. And they are bouncing in and out of china
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Jun 4, 2019 07:46
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toadoftoadhall posted:What jobs do most of yall do? Students? English teachers? Any goons employed as software/hardware engineers in the China-sphere? what part of sexpat do you not understand
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just lol if you haven't quit your job
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Jun 4, 2019 08:37
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sincx posted:Update to this: Were you fishing for tech jobs in the Sinosphere , or pure chance that a Taiwanese recruiter contacted you?
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sincx posted:Update to this: Did you not just ask for a decent salary or what. It would have been cool.
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sincx fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Mar 23, 2021 |
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Jun 4, 2019 08:43
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lol if you don't get out of the US ASAP given the chance
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sincx fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Mar 23, 2021 |
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Jun 4, 2019 08:47
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LimburgLimbo posted:lol if you don't get out of the US ASAP given the chance you really should sit this one out
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sincx posted:Yeah the US is sucking, but when I think geopolitical and economic stability, Taiwan isn't at the top of my list. Yeah was gonna make a crack about how even Taiwan is better than the US, though in reality Taiwan could of course explode (figuratively or literally!) in messier ways quicker than even the US is likely to I'm looking to move to Taiwan in the next couple of years and the salaries there are generally less than inspiring. I'm hoping I can get my current firm to let me work remotely, which is actually not outside of the realm of possibility.
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sincx posted:Yeah the US is sucking yeah, gently caress living in a wealthy first world country! that's the worst! give me four random countries, I'm sure I'll find one much better than this or Taiwan!  where you guys moving, I'll follow!
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I just ran four more, in case no one is moving yet
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toadoftoadhall posted:What jobs do most of yall do? Students? English teachers? Any goons employed as software/hardware engineers in the China-sphere? Taiwanese history teacher
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I'd take Ulaanbaatar, or maybe Saint Barthéleme And US has its high points but there are some things that mean I'd never live there permanently
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I’m a product manager
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affordable health care affordable rent affordable vacations nah I love my 2 hour commute and school shootings 
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toadoftoadhall posted:What jobs do most of yall do? Students? English teachers? Any goons employed as software/hardware engineers in the China-sphere? I'm Agile™
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im fart ssimpsons pimp
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simplefish posted:I'd take Ulaanbaatar, or maybe Saint Barthéleme st. Barts would be better than Ulaanbaatar. when I was in Ulaanbaatar, it had all the worst parts of china magnified with none of the benefits. Mongolia was a cool country to visit but if you tripled my salary I still wouldn't move there over the us.
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The Great Autismo! posted:st. Barts would be better than Ulaanbaatar. when I was in Ulaanbaatar, it had all the worst parts of china magnified with none of the benefits. Mongolia was a cool country to visit but if you tripled my salary I still wouldn't move there over the us. I heard it has the worst pollution in the world. Babies are dying at alarming rate. Baby lungs can't breath the air
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That's a shame. 2 years a go there was a big song and dance about how much it had been developed
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Developed for mining companies to gently caress it up
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So, uh anything I should be concerned about as a US citizen traveling to China (and Tibet) in August? Going with a tour group to Tibet, which is what I am most concerned about. I am hoping they don't cancel/suspend permits for US citizens as part of the current diplomatic issues going on. Should I just revert to my usual response to traveling in countries with hostile perceptions to the US and say that I am Canadian? The Chinese currently love the Canadians, right?
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