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Posts Tagged ‘locals’

Sat
3
Oct '09

Some new friends

Yesterday I was introduced to some new friends. There is Gill an American, and 3 Canadians, Tim, Marty and Li who was born in China but lived in Canada for most his life. They are all around 45? Years old and are fun to hang out with. They are very friendly and cool down to [...]

Fri
25
Sep '09

Chinese Clubs

Okay I had a few more club experiences, and I remember them this time! Chinese beers are big. We started the night at this really cool BBQ place which sells 3 of these massive beers for 10 RMB… that works out to about 50cents per beer. As Matt and I were drinking at the BBQ [...]

Sun
20
Sep '09

Rock Star Status in China

One of the most interesting things about living in china is how rare foreigners are. There’s so few of us that it creates an effect with how the Chinese people perceive us. It’s what I like to call Rock star status. We foreigners are treated like slightly famous people, like if we had been in a slightly [...]

Fri
18
Sep '09

The Craziest Thing About China

If I had to pick the one craziest thing about china, it would absolutely be the driving. The roads where I am are absolutely insane. It’s complete madness. I don’t care how long you’ve been driving in Canada, and how many people cut you off, how many close calls you’ve had , how many stupid [...]

Fri
18
Sep '09

Chinese Beggars!

In my last post I said that no one treats me in a negative way because I’m a foreigner but there’s one exception! The Beggars! Deeehy Tooouuk Ouurrrr Jeeeooobsss! The homeless people in Toronto have nothing on the people who ask for change in China. In Toronto the beggars usually sit on the side of [...]