Introductions

Welcome, ciad mile failte.
You may have noticed that you have to be kinda careful talking around Erc and Gerge here.

Hi, I am Jo.
I am female, 31 and from Bristol, UK. 

Arriving in China 21st Oct and seeking out  my first teaching English job in the Suzhou/Shanghai area.

I promised myself I'd be out of UK by the first frost.... Danm! It's frosty in England today!!!  Hoping for a few sunny days  and good times  before getting stuck in to work again. 

Jo

Welcome Jo.  Happy job hunting and safe travels.  Have you been to China before?

 

welcome aboard kiddo... beware that side of china as there are reports of molested hats, Belgians roaming the streets and strange debauchery coming out of the area...   

Welcome aboard Josephina! (That's MY line, Noles) Yes, be very careful in Suzhou, an area noted for Schizoid Sociopaths, Belgian Wafflers, and USAnian Chapeau Molesters.

welcome aboard, but if you decide to go a little further north into shandong territory watch out for dancing chooks from the land down under.

Dancing chooks are famous in Jinan, the jewel of Shandong.

Arriving in China 21st Oct and seeking out  my first teaching English job in the Suzhou/Shanghai area.

Welcome Jo.

But does this mean you do not yet have a job here??  If that is the case you may need to read the 'hard rain' thread about the VERY difficult time you can have changing your tourist visa into a residency permit.

Good luck!

Eh? What? Oh, brilliant, a new member. A bit late but allow me to hop on the welcome wagon. Welcome, Josephina, to the greatest place in cyber space. So, you'll be arriving in the Friendliest Place on Earth later this month? Fabulous. I do hope you have an absolutely spiffing time. 

Welcome indeed, Jo, and congrats on having the perspicacity to avoid terrible places like Shandong Province, and come right to The Good Part.

Let us know when you get here, although I'm not long for The Big Silly myself, I fear...

And don't worry about the herring-knocker up there. A cilantro allergy has him raving and hallucinating every time he eats.
Lucky bastard.
Anyway, he'll calm down again in a couple hours and is definitely harmless.

Oh...and no one in Suzhou ever molested a hat that didn't ASK us to molest it.

Hi to you all.  I am Lin, and from Australia!  C'mon Aussies!!  I am in Zhaoqing, in Guangdong Province.  Looking forward to getting to know everyone here in the saloon.  This is my fourth year in Zhaoqing.  Am back at the original college, a medical college, where all my students are in an international nursing programme, with real opportunities for overseas work/study, if they want.  So they are wonderfully motivated, and keen to learn, not like some students I have come across in my other teaching job here!!  Loving the experience (still!) and can't really get my head around going home some day!!

Welcome to the Saloon, Chinalin First round is on me..well...actually on Con, as he left for Canuckstan and forgot to suspend his running tab.

Welcome aboard, Lin. We need more Aussies here, as the place is in danger of being overrun by bloody foreigners. Yes, drinks all round.....on Con's tab.

Duh, George, UNITY IN DIVERSITY!
Welcome Jo and Lin.