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peanut posted:Which is worse, being homeless in Vegas or teaching preschool in Harbin? I'm gonna say homeless is worse, but preschool is far more depressing.
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Nov 5, 2015 01:59
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Preschool is nice to visit but you wouldn't want to live there.
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peanut posted:Which is worse, being homeless in Vegas or teaching preschool in Harbin? Don't you teach preschool in the remote corners of civilization?
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The Great Autismo! posted:Harbin is always worse. I dropped in in this thread from a blind link and read this post and realized I was in The Real China Thread and just thought "yeah that's true, Harbin is bad"
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caberham posted:Don't you teach preschool in the remote corners of civilization? Yup, but at a chill nonprofit in nonHarbin
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So I have a 10-year multiple entry L visa and want to overland from Kathmandu to Lhasa, and then continue on to Beijing, etc. Is it possible to get a Tibet travel permit through a tour in Kathmandu, and then go off on my own to the rest of China from Lhasa? Anyone have any experience with this?
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Friendly reminder that Argle Bargle Three is an idiot racist bitch who lacks the self awareness and/or mental fortitude to admit how smart he isn't. 
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Actually he's probably an alright guy in real life but I feel compelled to say things like that about my forums enemy.
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Cheesemaster200 posted:So I have a 10-year multiple entry L visa and want to overland from Kathmandu to Lhasa, and then continue on to Beijing, etc. Recently there's a new friendship border between Nepal and China. As for visas you need to arrange a group visa and car hire. Luckily you can be a group of one! Of course it's safer to get all documents ready before landing
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fart simpson posted:Actually he's probably an alright guy in real life but I feel compelled to say things like that about my forums enemy. He is a pretty swell guy, I met him.
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caberham posted:Recently there's a new friendship border between Nepal and China. As for visas you need to arrange a group visa and car hire. Luckily you can be a group of one! Of course it's safer to get all documents ready before landing Can you arrange all that in Kathmandu?
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Anyone have any advice for someone looking for an English teaching job in Nanjing at a second or third tier university at the end of Spring Festival? I've got the standard qualifications and a recommendation letter from a third tier university I taught at last year. I've been digging around online looking for jobs, but it's a loving nightmare what with all of the scams all over the place. I keep hearing that it's super easy to find a job as an English teacher in China without resorting to agents or eChinaCities and all of that poo poo, but everything I see that says that doesn't actually offer any helpful advice. I'd be really grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
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China goon PSA: Hainan Air, a Chinese carrier, is having a flash sale on their flights to Shanghai or Beijing from/to US airports for $509. -Purchase date must be November 7-9th (now now now) -Travel dates can be anytime between November 10th and June 30th -Boston, Seattle, Chicago, San Jose - Beijing; or Boston, Seattle - Shanghai. Best transpacific return price I've ever seen.
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Nails posted:Anyone have any advice for someone looking for an English teaching job in Nanjing at a second or third tier university at the end of Spring Festival? I've got the standard qualifications and a recommendation letter from a third tier university I taught at last year. I've been digging around online looking for jobs, but it's a loving nightmare what with all of the scams all over the place. I keep hearing that it's super easy to find a job as an English teacher in China without resorting to agents or eChinaCities and all of that poo poo, but everything I see that says that doesn't actually offer any helpful advice. I'd be really grateful if someone could point me in the right direction. Are you in Nanjing? If so, best bet is to go to the universities in question with your CV, find the foreign languages department and speak to someone in person. Chinese universties are pretty crap about recruitment and even publishing accurate contact info on their websites, so in person is your best shot.
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fart simpson posted:Friendly reminder that Argle Bargle Three is an idiot racist bitch who lacks the self awareness and/or mental fortitude to admit how smart he isn't. My boss likes him. But she's Mormon, so...judgment is suspect.
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Daduzi posted:Are you in Nanjing? If so, best bet is to go to the universities in question with your CV, find the foreign languages department and speak to someone in person. Chinese universties are pretty crap about recruitment and even publishing accurate contact info on their websites, so in person is your best shot. You could also just email them if you're not in Nanjing. Worked for me.
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Tom Smykowski posted:You could also just email them if you're not in Nanjing. Worked for me. Tracking down an actual email address can be a bitch, though, given how horrendously designed and ridiculously out of date so many university websites are.
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duralict posted:China goon PSA: Hainan Air, a Chinese carrier, is having a flash sale on their flights to Shanghai or Beijing from/to US airports for $509. That would be perfect for me to get to and from Shandong this December, but whatever I throw at it returns a We are unable to find recommendations for your search. Please change your search criteria and try again. (66002 [-1]) error.
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Warbird posted:That would be perfect for me to get to and from Shandong this December, but whatever I throw at it returns a We are unable to find recommendations for your search. Please change your search criteria and try again. (66002 [-1]) Me too, searching may/june. I think it may just be broken right now.
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Daduzi posted:Are you in Nanjing? If so, best bet is to go to the universities in question with your CV, find the foreign languages department and speak to someone in person. Chinese universties are pretty crap about recruitment and even publishing accurate contact info on their websites, so in person is your best shot. Unfortunately, no, I'm back in the US. This is pretty much exactly the problem I'm having, but I've been researching different options for recruiters and job listings on the internet, and pretty much everything ends up being a scam. It sucks. I was really hoping someone might know a reputable recruiter or university in the area. I really don't want to get hosed over by a scam, or worked until I'm dead inside by some English First like English factory. Tom Smykowski posted:You could also just email them if you're not in Nanjing. Worked for me. Where did you find an email address? I haven't had much luck tracking down universities. Daduzi posted:Tracking down an actual email address can be a bitch, though, given how horrendously designed and ridiculously out of date so many university websites are. Yeah, this.
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I dug around the lovely websites and in the cases where I didn't see anything specifically for the English department, I emailed addresses on the main page (some of which also didn't work). Edit: if they have a section for international students, email that office. They're usually the same people who deal with hiring foreigners anyways. Tom Smykowski fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Nov 8, 2015 |
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Baddog posted:Me too, searching may/june. I think it may just be broken right now. I'm worried they all sold out when they first announced the sale. I'm unable to get anything out of the form and there seems to be little to no info on that error. This would going to be the difference between $500 and $2000. I can't afford a normal ticket.
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Warbird posted:I'm worried they all sold out when they first announced the sale. I'm unable to get anything out of the form and there seems to be little to no info on that error. This would going to be the difference between $500 and $2000. I can't afford a normal ticket. I found a pretty good search from Kayak that shows the cheapest flights that have been booked recently. I was surprised at so many under 600 now. Down the right side is the cheapest from each US city. So if you are flexible at all, this might help narrow down a search? If I can't put together cheap air all the way from Denver to Changsha, we can get to west coast cities fairly cheaply (using a southwest companion pass), and then once I hit china just figure out a train to changsha from wherever. http://www.kayak.com/flight-routes/United-States-US0/China-CN0
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Re: Spring Festival travelfart simpson posted:Don't go a week or so before the official holiday. Daduzi is trying to trick you. Ultra-late on this, I know, but by "the official holiday" I mean the full period of a week or so, not Spring Festival Eve. Do not travel one week before Spring Festival Eve. That way lies madness.
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Baddog posted:I found a pretty good search from Kayak that shows the cheapest flights that have been booked recently. I was surprised at so many under 600 now. Down the right side is the cheapest from each US city. So if you are flexible at all, this might help narrow down a search? If I can't put together cheap air all the way from Denver to Changsha, we can get to west coast cities fairly cheaply (using a southwest companion pass), and then once I hit china just figure out a train to changsha from wherever. I appreciate it, but I'm smack dab in the middle of that mid December hump of prices. I'm likely boned no matter what, but I'll keep an eye out.
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Instead of remembering Remembrance Day it's loving singles day. Everything online is pretty cheap and if you can check out the airfare
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All you chengdu goons come and visit me. 1000 rmb round trip https://sijipiao.alitrip.com/ie/flight_searcher.htm?depCity=CTU&arrCity=HKG&tripType=1&depDate=2016-01-09&arrDate=2016-01-13searchBy=
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Uh it's Pocky Day tyvm
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peanut posted:Uh it's Pocky Day tyvm It's singles day. I'm a single, so I bought stuff. I bought air filters. An oven. Some ceramic cookware. Some macadamia nuts and cashews. A MG MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom A pull up bar
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caberham posted:All you chengdu goons come and visit me. How about I come in on the 18th and we see Star Wars?
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loving singles day sounds like a great day to me
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Magna Kaser posted:How about I come in on the 18th and we see Star Wars? YESSS I will get you a ticket. Goon meet 19. Christmas Roast
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Lol @MK a spite date would be cheaper
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Ok goons, I somehow hit the goddamn lottery and landed myself and the gf tickets to Shanghai for 700 and change. If any of you have some hot tips I'd love to hear them. I've rarely left the Southeast so I'm comically out of my depth.
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caberham posted:YESSS Roast where?
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simplefish posted:Roast where? The No-Simplefish Restaurant on Brits-Not-Allowed Road.
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Must have added that road since '97 And fine i will have my own roast and YOUR not invited Mr T Smykowski
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