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Shanghai mag on "spotting provincial laowai"

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Shanghai mag on "spotting provincial laowai"
« on: September 08, 2011, 05:17:47 PM »
"They can be spotted blocks away, lumbering along the streets of the great city, bent forward to counter the weight of overstuffed, louse-infested backpacks. They are members of a lost tribe of sorts, a loose confederation of once-outgoing characters diminished by a misplaced sense of adventure and the hope of a financial comeback.

http://shanghai.talkmagazines.cn/issue/2011-09/how-spot-crispy-provincial-laowai
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Re: Shanghai mag on "spotting provincial laowai"
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2011, 05:21:34 PM »
 ahahahahah ahahahahah ahahahahah ahahahahah...absolutely spot on... ahahahahah ahahahahah ahahahahah
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Re: "provincial laowai"
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2011, 06:34:53 PM »
That was pretty good.  That was alos me in my first year.
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Re: "provincial laowai"
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2011, 06:45:16 PM »
 ahahahahah Okay, some of that might have sounded familiar as well. (Especially the food part. And the subway sandwich line had me laughing, though when I take the train back to the boonies I wait and save the WHOLE sandwich for the ride.)
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Re: "provincial laowai"
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2011, 06:53:42 PM »
I can defintitely remember saying that the burger I had in the Boxing Cat Brewery Shanghai was the best I ever had.  ahahahahah ahahahahah

You know what, I think I'm gonna stand by that judgement since I had several mediocre burgers this summer in Dublin.  bfbfbfbfbf
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Re: Shanghai mag on "spotting provincial laowai"
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2011, 08:29:27 PM »
It was three identical topics; I merged them all into one. mmmmmmmmmm
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Re: Shanghai mag on "spotting provincial laowai"
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2011, 08:38:20 PM »
haha that was really well written.
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