LysanderWrites's picture LysanderWrites Submitted by Guest on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 08:01

It's going to reach the point that, come the time of the Burger Cup, you'll have to draw names from a hat to see who can compete out of the many, many burger restaurants that offer yet-another beef patty made from Australian and New Zealand bovines. From that point on the bribes and kickbacks will be astounding.

Pity the man too dense for satire.

All accents are equal, except some accents are more equal than others.

Cultural Keys's picture Cultural Keys Submitted by Guest on Sun, 10/01/2017 - 18:02

I'm not sure if it counts within the holiday week, but CK is hosting a weekend wellness retreat, next weekend. Maybe some people still in the city next week would be intersted in learning martial arts for health and mental fitness next week. ^_^

www.thebeijinger.com/events/2017/sep/warrior-wellness-retreat

The best authentic Chinese culture activities in Beijing!

Cultural Keys

toby-BJ's picture toby-BJ Submitted by Guest on Sun, 10/01/2017 - 15:47

This article originally appeared on the magazine where it went to print BEFORE the Shuangjing Block Party happened.

Cultural Keys wrote:

Nothing from Shuangjing Block Party? I would have thought such a sucessful tbj sponsored event would at least get a few pictures featured! We did a small write up, mostly talking about the Treasure Trove particpants. Such a great event, seems a waste not to mention it. ^_^

Sun, fun and new friends found at the Shuangjing Block Party! - Cultural Keys

visionz's picture visionz Submitted by Guest on Sun, 10/01/2017 - 06:54

Hey Simon, it's been a while. I hope you are still looking at this thread so that you will know that we hope you had a tremendous BORNday ;) I just realized that it is already Oct 1st over there but my thoughts and good wishes are with you.

I hope Olja and the children, who are growing fast I bet, are all doing well.

My Jonathan is already 20y.o. and left the nest on Feb 1/17 and is doing very well.

I sure hope you read this and IF you have a flat rate international calling package, you can reach me at +1 519-578-5565.

Yep, not far from Juliene's home.

Miss you lots,

Your cousin Line

Cultural Keys's picture Cultural Keys Submitted by Guest on Sat, 09/30/2017 - 22:45

Nothing from Shuangjing Block Party? I would have thought such a sucessful tbj sponsored event would at least get a few pictures featured! We did a small write up, mostly talking about the Treasure Trove particpants. Such a great event, seems a waste not to mention it. ^_^

Sun, fun and new friends found at the Shuangjing Block Party! - Cultural Keys

The best authentic Chinese culture activities in Beijing!

Cultural Keys

TX_Chick's picture TX_Chick Submitted by Guest on Fri, 09/29/2017 - 07:55

Kick her when she's down, why don't you? Moving to Beijing is expensive, for sure. This is an extreme example, but it's difficult to know how much things should cost and where to live when you're fresh off the plane. And a lot of costs of shipping things over don't actually show up until you get here and realize how much tax they put on your shipment, seemingly arbitrarily.

Schooling is a necessity for 4 year olds here because day cares don't exist, and it's not always easy to quickly find an ayi trustworthy enough to leave your kid with while you go to work. That takes time.

You could be a bit more sympathetic, as this story has likely happened to others as well.

I Am Awesome's picture I Am Awesome Submitted by Guest on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 12:16

The irony of someone who deems it necessary to pay 14,000RMB per month on housing complaining about having no savings.

That time of housing is considered absolutely luxury in Beijing. I've lived (within the last two years) in a well-maintained 80 square meter two bedroom a 15 minute walk from San Li Tun for only 8000RMB a month.

Also, who considers schooling for a 4 year old a necessity? The typist of this sobfest could have hired a tutor for her four year who could only speak Chinese and given her a great education for 3-4K per month, but probably decided to send her to a high end international kindergarten instead. Fail.

There are a lot of people who do have a tough time coming to China for the first time. This is one sob-story that I can't conjure any sympathy for, however. I'll save my empathy for people who don't have 30,000RMB worth of possessions, let alone the money to spend that much shipping their excessive worldly possessions.

Smart money is on this typist learning a maximum of 30 Chinese words (including numbers) in the next 2 years and spending another 40,000RMB shipping her precious possessions out of China within the space of three years.

LysanderWrites's picture LysanderWrites Submitted by Guest on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 15:06

Maybe the next step would be managing the surplus of bikes by using data traffic to determine which areas are the most common places for picking up and dropping off the bikes. They can then set up a cap for however many bikes would be needed in the given area and make regular sweeps to take away excess units. The convenience factor becomes a little moot when a high traffic area like, say, Taikooli has piles of the bikes several rows deep taking up 80% of the sidewalk.

Also, being more vigilant in picking up older bike models. It doesn't matter if they replaced the chain or gave it a new wheel, those old Ofo models with the non-electronic locks are usually most likely to be damaged in some way.

Pity the man too dense for satire.

All accents are equal, except some accents are more equal than others.