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Big Worm
Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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While I admire your enthusiasm, it's clear you have never been to a Chinese village, and as such have no idea what you are getting into.
Don't move to a village in China. That's one thing I never thought I'd have to actually tell someone. Dude, move to a small city. If you move to a Chinese village, here's what you will get:
Never seeing a western toilet. You may get used to it, but it ain't pretty.
Crap food. You think you like noodles, but you will soon find that you don't.
No heat/aircon. anywhere, While I am at it, you will be lucky to have hot water. Shit, if you do to a real village in China, you will be lucky to have plumbing.
Country girls are far less attractive. Village = poor as dirt, so no education, or mixing with civilization as you know it. You are literally mingling with the poorest of the poor, and the dumbest of the dumb. Think about it.
The language you will learn will be low class. So, say you put up with all this, but you walk away sounding like a dude from Alabama or something. If you want to learn the language, you should learn the Beijing accent.
Dude, do yourself a favor and move to a "small town" in China...that will be at least 100k people and be easier for you. You have no idea about what you are getting into by asking to move to a "village".
That's just off the top of my head. |
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TexasHighway
Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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In China, I prefer using Chinese toilets. Western toilet seats are usually covered with footprints and piss. |
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choudoufu
Joined: 25 May 2010
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Location: Mao-berry, PRC
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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went fishin' with a friend at a small village (pop ~750) only 100km
from kunming. very pretty lake served many purposes.
* take a bath after plowing the fields for 12 hours behind the
water buffalo.
* bathe the water buffalo
* dump the poopies directly from the town's communal outhouse.
* source your drinking water
* catch your fishies |
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sistercream
Joined: 18 Dec 2010
Posts: 497
Location: Pearl River Delta
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| I would never recommend volunteering as a teacher in China whether you have to pay for the "privilege" or not. While I do respect the altruistic spirit of those who volunteer, I always suspect that some corrupt administrator or recruiter is pocketing the money that is earned by the teacher. If someone really wants to teach for nothing, I would recommend getting paid a salary and then donating their pay to their favorite charity. |
I don't have a problem with volunteer positions, but if you don't do extensive Due Diligence beforehand then you're a fool.
One of my favorite jobs to date was where teachers nominally received a salary (not a nominal salary), but we agreed to self-support and pool all the money to provide scholarships for ethnic minority students. We also had a lot of fun (and otherwise) adventures travelling through backblocks areas doing DD on potential scholarship receivers! |
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Trifaro
Joined: 10 Nov 2010
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"...I do like Chinese food so that should help. ..."
Chinese food in China is not like Chinese food in the USA and I assume other western nations. Granted, Chinatown in NYC and SF does have some of the same stuff, such as baozi.
You may be able to find some things similar to what you like, but they will probably have bones in it. There is nothing like a nugget of Sweet & Sour Pork (goulin rou) which is 75% bone.
Good Luck. |
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nickpellatt
Joined: 08 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Trifaro wrote: |
"...I do like Chinese food so that should help. ..."
Chinese food in China is not like Chinese food in the USA and I assume other western nations.
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Its not even in the same ball park in the UK. I go to the best Chinese restaurant in my hometown fairly often, partly just to speak putonghua with the staff. The food is nice, but nothing remotely like Chinese food in China. I've asked them for a couple of dishes I like, (yu xiang rou si as an example) and been told they dont cook real Chinese food.
Re - Village/rural locations ... I went to stay with a student for two days in a village in Hainan. Toilets were two buckets around the back of the house. Great fun to stay for a day or two, impossible to live there for 99% of Westerners. |
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