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Just call em.
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Nov 15, 2018 12:55
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But trans pacific flights almost never have anything to look at out the window
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Mar 14, 2019 03:18
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You're also like 2 feet tall you lucky jerk
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Mar 14, 2019 08:42
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Tom Smykowski posted:NBA starting lineup itt this but unironically
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Mar 15, 2019 04:57
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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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Mar 23, 2019 03:07
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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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Mar 23, 2019 12:01
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Finally a TGA post I can agree with 100%. How's your language skills, Vernacular?
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Mar 29, 2019 08:10
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Vernacular posted:I know Cantonese has been the official language of HK but I've also heard less people are learning it. Better to focus on Cantonese or Mandarin? You would have a bad time studying Mandarin in Hong Kong. Cantonese is more fun and more useful there but English will get you by just fine most of the time so don't sweat it. The only question is whether or not a lack of Asian language ability will be detrimental to your studies in Asia.
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Mar 30, 2019 01:39
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1 thing that is a dangerous derail but I have to address is that French is a super important language worth way way more than Spanish with the only slight possible exception in the Americas. But French is a working language of countless international bodies and organizations, an official language in a huge number of countries, a critical language of diplomacy in general, and ultimately not at all comparable to the situation of Cantonese from any linguistics discipline. Be nice to French. As for Cantonese people speaking anything close to approximating good Mandarin: lol. Cantondarin is just Cantonese except yi means 1 this time. Cantonese people are just as bad about assuming they can speak Mandarin because "hey it's Chinese and I speak Chinese" as Sichuan people are. Do we have to pull out that Fernando Chui video?
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Mar 31, 2019 17:07
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I wasn't tricked but I wish I was
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Apr 3, 2019 06:39
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Wouldn't yak butter tea have like 4900 calories per teaspoon
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Apr 4, 2019 18:38
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WeChat Pay/Alipay is very common in places that cater to mainland tourists but is not much used by Hong Kongers. I used Samsung Pay at convenience stores, but just your regular old Visa card is widely accepted. You will need cash if you want to go to like an old school cha chan ting though.
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Apr 15, 2019 22:01
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I wonder what my life would be like if I moved to Taiwan.
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Apr 17, 2019 01:57
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I'm gonna advise you to commit some crimes. Simplefish is a narc who's jealous of your soundspinning skills. In fact if you advertise yourself as the illegal DJ it'll probably get you a sick as hell rep.
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Apr 30, 2019 06:33
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Shenzhen doesn't have anything worth seeing since they closed Minsk World.
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May 5, 2019 01:30
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What's up with Hainan now? They were my go-to for travel to the mainland as recently as last February.
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May 5, 2019 20:37
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Sure but what does that mean for me, the passenger? Are they massively cutting costs to service the debt?
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May 5, 2019 22:20
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You can just buy fastpasses for every ride if you want them? Is that a thing at every Disney park?
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May 21, 2019 00:13
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Now when you say "crazy super rich" do you mean "can afford $30 per ride" like it seems in Shanghai or like "can charter the entire park for a day"?
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May 21, 2019 07:54
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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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May 30, 2019 11:27
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TheReverend posted:Favorite American I met was in Beijing near the Mutianyu section of the wall. He was fat black guy and was just chilling on a section of stone. We'd talk about whatever in-between him getting the selfie with a foreigner treatment. Like... regularly? Does he live there?
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Jun 9, 2019 06:27
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Sounds badass.
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Jun 9, 2019 20:04
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Magna Kaser posted:sometimes. usually they're just lining up outside that one crowded xiaolongbao place anthony bourdain went to once  Worse than neo-confederate Albertans in my opinion.
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Jun 9, 2019 20:55
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tino posted:That's another reason I don't like SH, It feels like a try-hard, watered-down version of New York. This is a very accurate description of Shanghai.
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Jun 9, 2019 23:17
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It's always beer with you.
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Jun 10, 2019 21:38
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I had a honey cider with dinner last night and that was good. It was more expensive than a Tsingtao in China though for sure.
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Jun 10, 2019 23:27
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Do eat at Ruby Tuesday's though
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Jul 2, 2019 19:04
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JaySB posted:I'm headed to Hong Kong next month. Should I stay at the Ritz Carlton or the JW Marriott? The Ritz is a cooler hotel but it's on the Kowloon side. If you're doing stuff in Central or Admiralty you might want to stay at the Marriott. Are you gonna be there a while? I'm in Hong Kong for a little more than a week next month too let's hang out.
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Sep 11, 2019 05:39
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I'm there October 16-23, I'll just post here for the benefit of all goons. With the loss of caberham (עליו השלום) we no longer have the strongest force for Hong Kong (honestly, all of Asia) goon hangouts so I gotta do what I can to pick up some slack.
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Sep 11, 2019 07:14
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The Great Autismo! posted:caberham is still there, mate Holy poo poo what I didn't know where the guy I'm going to visit was!! I mean he's not in these spaces organizing meetups anymore.
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Shanghai got Carl's Jr. so yeah. Hella worth it
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