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More like humbug

Hi everyone!

My boyfriend linked me to this forum, he appears to have introduced himself a few pages back as "flip."  I start working in Shanghai come the end of August and I'm leaving in mid-July to backpack around again with flip until I start work.  We traveled around China for 6 weeks last summer and I visited one other time back in high school.  My degree is also in East Asian studies so you could say China has been the focus of my life for a while now.

I'm ridiculously excited to leave and the thing I'm probably most worried about is being a good teacher as my experience is pretty limited.

I'm also from Canada and in my early 20's!  I look forward to getting to know you all

Nice intro and welcome to the saloon. Check the front page to see where to ask and answer questions in terms of topic matters. There is a lot of help to be had, some already given.

So, where are you two headed off to? Have a great trip and tell us about it (we're nosy critters)

Another quick question, are you Asian? Where I live, we have a few ABCs and CBCs (American/Canadian born Chinese) These guys sometimes are able to slip past the staring, finger pointing and price gouging. Sometimes I wish I had this ability  

Hi Kyr_ie and congrats on the job!

Welcome. Kyr_ie!

Welcome Kyr_ie! Good to have some new young blood aboard, even if you do make me feel old  :-)

G'day Kyr_ie! Nice to meet you. Hope you have a great time and keep us up to date with your experiences. You have probably found the place where you can post photos? I think we all love to see them although I, for one, am totally incompetent when it comes to photography and posting of photos.

But I understand you're good at posing for them   

Nice intro and welcome to the saloon. Check the front page to see where to ask and answer questions in terms of topic matters. There is a lot of help to be had, some already given.

So, where are you two headed off to? Have a great trip and tell us about it (we're nosy critters)

Another quick question, are you Asian? Where I live, we have a few ABCs and CBCs (American/Canadian born Chinese) These guys sometimes are able to slip past the staring, finger pointing and price gouging. Sometimes I wish I had this ability  

We're not Asian, but we met some CBCs from Vancouver last year, and they kept telling us how people were always mad at them because they didn't speak Mandarin.  I'd rather get stared at than yelled at! 

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Our plans aren't definite for traveling but we have a list of cities we'd like to hit: Fuzhou, Xiamen, then across to Guiyang, Anshun, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Chongqing then hopefully a boat down the Yangtze and then we will come back to Shanghai.  It makes a sort of loop... We're open to suggestions (of places to skip, or add!) of course.  And I will gladly post photos!

But I understand you're good at posing for them   

DD, how did you find out about me? I always wear a disguise.    

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Our plans aren't definite for traveling but we have a list of cities we'd like to hit: Fuzhou, Xiamen, then across to Guiyang, Anshun, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Chongqing then hopefully a boat down the Yangtze and then we will come back to Shanghai.  It makes a sort of loop... We're open to suggestions (of places to skip, or add!) of course.  And I will gladly post photos!

It pains me to do down my own city, but you might be better skipping Fuzhou and staying longer in Xiamen. Fuzhou's a nice place to live, but it's the Frankfurt to Xiamen's Berlin. Modern and rich, but hardly as exciting. 

Agreed...if it's Fuzhou or Xiamen, it's Xiamen all the way.
Xiamen is a lovely and amazing city.
Fuzhou is... a city.

Aah maybe we will skip it then.  Or just spend a day there to have more time in Xiamen.  Thanks for the heads-up!

Quote from: Day Dreamer on April 28, 2011, 03:01:20 PM

But I understand you're good at posing for them   

DD, how did you find out about me? I always wear a disguise.    

Granny, didn't you notice that DD was the photographer the last time you and I were posing together for those educational photos?  Guess I must have kept you too distracted.