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I will make 18,000 RMB this month
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Tigerstyleone



Joined: 01 Feb 2009
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can you actually save money in Shanghai? Have you gotten many "haircuts?"
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D.D.



Joined: 29 May 2008
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
saving money in Shanghai is difficult as there is so many restaurants and bars. Also a lot of women here want you to take them out on dates which can add up as they usually want to go to some place with western food for dinner and then a few drinks after that.
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WadRUG'naDoo



Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
World Traveler wrote:
WadRUG'naDoo wrote:
I don't have to stay at the school when I'm finished teaching. I'm under contract for 69 hours/week.


You mean 69 hours a month, correct?

That's pretty good- only 17 hours and 15 minutes/week. Sounds like a sweet gig!


Not even that much, really. It's an average of 16 because you have to tack on the extra days that you have most months. But whatever. Something like that.
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metalhead



Joined: 18 May 2010
Location: Toilet
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just arrived in Suzhou yesterday. Thirty minutes away from Shanghai by bullet train, clean, great food/bar options.

China is good and bad, you still get the stares which drive me nuts, the waiters/waitresses are worse than Korea even, but the benefits outweigh the bad (comparing it to Korea and depending where in China you are).
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Tigerstyleone



Joined: 01 Feb 2009
PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
What are the benefits?
I'm assuming you mean getting laid, but I would like to know more.
My school mate teaches in Shanghai and is persuading me to make the move too.
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El Macho



Joined: 07 Nov 2008
PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
There are great gigs in China, if you don't mind being in China. I much prefer Seoul to Beijing or Shanghai.
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WadRUG'naDoo



Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Taxes are done properly here at my job. Right to the tee.

In Korea? Never for me.
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Sergio Stefanuto



Joined: 14 May 2009
Location: UK
PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
El Macho wrote:
I much prefer Seoul to Beijing or Shanghai.


Why?
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RMNC



Joined: 21 Jul 2010
PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Probably the whole communism thing.
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WadRUG'naDoo



Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
RMNC wrote:
Probably the whole communism thing.


No. It's the whole non-Korea thing. In Taiwan, which is not communist, what you pay in taxes is clearly defined.
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is so delicious



Joined: 28 Apr 2009
PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm on the brink of an offer i Shanghai, 15,000 AND housing. Lots of bonuses as well. Flight compensation, lunch money, etc. Is this a pretty sweet deal?

I'm basically just worried about leaving the familiar (most notably my girlfriend and friends). I hung out in Shanghai for a few days and liked it, though I could see the crowds wearing on me if I was involved in rush hour (at the same time, though, I've been in Seoul for a few years and New York for several years before that, so I'm kind of used to it).

Also worried about the summer weather. I hate hot weather. Seoul is killing me this year, and I imagine Shanghai is even worse. And no facebook/youtube would s uck, too.

Any thoughts?? Also, I thought it was pretty cheap but randomly expensive to go out (beer prices at bars, I mean).
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WadRUG'naDoo



Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
PostPosted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
is so delicious wrote:
I'm on the brink of an offer i Shanghai, 15,000 AND housing. Lots of bonuses as well. Flight compensation, lunch money, etc. Is this a pretty sweet deal?

I'm basically just worried about leaving the familiar (most notably my girlfriend and friends). I hung out in Shanghai for a few days and liked it, though I could see the crowds wearing on me if I was involved in rush hour (at the same time, though, I've been in Seoul for a few years and New York for several years before that, so I'm kind of used to it).

Also worried about the summer weather. I hate hot weather. Seoul is killing me this year, and I imagine Shanghai is even worse. And no facebook/youtube would s uck, too.

Any thoughts?? Also, I thought it was pretty cheap but randomly expensive to go out (beer prices at bars, I mean).


That's good. 15,000 plus housing. I could see that much without housing. Are you teaching? Seems high with housing. Unless you've got really good qualifications and/or