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« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2012, 09:51:52 AM » |
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Agreeing with most of you, what I like most about China is the lifestyle- and to join the chorus not having a car is at the top of the list. I love that cities are laid out in a way that little supermarkets are a walkable distance from virtually any apartment complex. I can get a button sewn onto a shirt with a two minute walk from my apartment. I also love all the families I see out in the parks on weekends and evenings. It just seems so wholesome. When I first came here I remember being somewhat dumbfounded that college-aged people were out playing badminton in a park on a Friday night instead of getting drunk with their friends  The low cost of living is also awesome. It's nice to not really have to worry about money and basically be able to buy what you want when you want. And of course, the spring flowers over here put my hometown to shame  1)The lack of chavs.
Maybe I've been away from native speakers for too long- but I have no idea what that means! Hipsters? Punks? Homeless people? Please enlighten me! |
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« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2012, 10:48:49 AM » |
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1)The lack of chavs.
Maybe I've been away from native speakers for too long- but I have no idea what that means! UrbanDictionary.com definition = "stupid, idiotic morons who believe they are supreme and that they can do anything they want"  |
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« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2012, 11:07:08 AM » |
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Maybe I've been away from native speakers for too long- but I have no idea what that means! Hipsters? Punks? Homeless people? Please enlighten me!
It's an invented word, devised by largely middle class ppl, (or upwardly aspirational, self-concious lower class ppl) to distance themselves socially from another group of ppl who are largely poorer, have different tastes in fashions, music and past times etc. It reflects classism and snobbery imo. |
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« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2012, 11:53:34 AM » |
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and it's British English.
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Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. - B. O'Driscoll
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« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2012, 12:15:14 PM » |
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I love that they have potato-flavored chips!  |
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« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2012, 12:26:37 PM » |
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I love that they always do what they're told.  |
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« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2012, 01:50:44 PM » |
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It's strange considering what the government is like but it's a more free society in a lot of respects than England. There are much less video cameras and police on the streets.
I think a lot of our freedom comes from the fact that we are outside of society to some extent
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« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2012, 12:10:27 AM » |
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I'm trying to write a few things that haven't been covered yet. I like that if I want a drug that would be prescription only back home, I can usually order it at the local neighborhood drug store. I like that if I need blood tests to accompany taking that drug, I can walk into the hospital and have that specific blood panel done for 20rmb. I like that 6 months of Accutane (isotretinoin) with accompanying blood tests cost me 500rmb, less than half the cost of the same drug back home with health insurance. Thanks China, you baffle me most of the time, but you've cured 13 years of acne. The healthcare system here might not be amazing, but you can take care of yourself.  |
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« Reply #23 on: April 17, 2012, 03:29:28 AM » |
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东北人都是活雷锋!
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« Reply #24 on: April 17, 2012, 05:18:10 AM » |
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I also love all the families I see out in the parks on weekends and evenings. It just seems so wholesome. Absolutely. It's so nice to see families doing things together and enjoying a day in the park. |
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« Reply #25 on: April 17, 2012, 05:20:42 AM » |
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Maybe I've been away from native speakers for too long- but I have no idea what that means! Hipsters? Punks? Homeless people? Please enlighten me!
It's an invented word, devised by largely middle class ppl, (or upwardly aspirational, self-concious lower class ppl) to distance themselves socially from another group of ppl who are largely poorer, have different tastes in fashions, music and past times etc. It reflects classism and snobbery imo. So you don't know what it means either then? Would have been better just to admit it, rather than post that drivel.  |
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« Reply #26 on: April 17, 2012, 06:33:23 AM » |
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EDIT, EL is right - whatever AJ's reason for being here it doesn't effect me. Besides, he's a smeggin' hologram anyway Haha, that's poetic. |
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« Reply #27 on: April 17, 2012, 06:44:29 AM » |
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Now now boys. There's no need to fight. Besides, everyone with any education at all knows that chav is what French chefs call chives.  I for one am grateful that China has far fewer French chefs than one finds in most western countries.  |
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« Reply #28 on: April 17, 2012, 06:57:34 AM » |
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Isidnar, nice pics, but they belong in a thread called, amazingly enough...Chinglish. I dunno where it is, though. Might be in the Photo Album. Tis a long time since I had anything to post.  |
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东北人都是活雷锋!
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« Reply #29 on: April 17, 2012, 08:21:43 AM » |
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How has no one said squat toilets yet? Sure, they're not unique to China but we sure ain't got 'em at home.
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