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John Maddens Lunchbox said:
Sorry you are single. On the other hand, how are you finding the chinese women? 
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I've got a core of buddies that have been riding me about this. I was divorced about 4 years ago. Had another serious relationship that lasted a couple years. For past year I've been on some dates, but knowing that I was heading to China since last September it's been a bit weird telling a gal you're leaving for two years. Sort of a relationship killer at the start. I know I'll start dating in China, but not sure how long I'll wait. Going to take awhile I think to get settled in and would like to focus on school at first. I've been teaching largely the same stuff for 29 years. I was looking for something new and different. Feels like starting from scratch, but I'm looking forward to the challenge. I'm told the Chinese use dating apps extensively. They have their own versions of tinder and such. At some point I'll dive into that.

 
Hooper31 said:
Super cool. Thanks for the heads up on the green tea. I drink a ton of it.
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Yeah, the Dragon Well Tea is considered one of the highest quality green teas evah:  

Dragon's Well tea, also known as Longjing tea, is a pan-roasted green tea from the Zhejiang Province of China. The tea is cultivated in Longjing village in Hangzhou and is known as one of the highest-quality green teas on the planet. In fact, the tea was once considered the "tea of the emperors" and it holds a China Famous Tea award
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https://senchateabar.com/blogs/blog/dragons-well-tea

As soon as the farmers see you're a round-eye, though, they know they can get a premium price.  I always went with my Chinesed wife, who was a very tough negotiator.  She used to own a clothing store in China and she's used to wheeling and dealing for stuff.  I think we got our Dragon Well Tea at a fair price, though.  nothing too bargain-basement, and nothing too high.  I knew the farmers need the money, so we didn't try to nickel-and-dime them.  But their first offer was usually outrageous..  And the farmers speak zero English, so go with a native Chinese girl to do the negotiating.  

 
johnnycakes said:
oh, I can tell you from experience the Chinese women can be great.  Especially the more traditional ones.  The younger ones, though... well...  maybe this J. Geils song says it best, only pretend it's a young, hot Chinese gal singing it....     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt5rmfPdKS0
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I've been informed this is the case for the younger crowd. My very first date after being divorced was similar to this. Asian gal younger than me. Attractive. Had a kid. I could tell right away she was looking for someone to take care of her and she was willing to offer herself as payment. I just felt pity for her knowing she was going to get used by someone.

 
Hooper31 said:
I haven't been on this board in a loooonnnnnnng time, but I have a couple of days to kill so I thought I might swing by and...kill some time.

I'm in Jiaxing, China at the moment where I have to quarantine for three days. Just left a Shanghai hotel where I had to spend four days in quarantine. After I leave here I will have three more days in quarantine in my apartment in Hangzhou. Total should be ten days unless I show positive for the Covid. Had it about two months ago, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

I was teaching for 29 years at the same small high school in Washington state. Decided to mix it up a bit and took an international teaching job in Hangzhou, China. Always wanted to go there, now here I am.

Ask me anything...
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I Love hearing stories about people packing up and working in a new destination 
Congrat's on the move and new job 
looking forward to hearing about your experiences 

 
Would love to hear your experience learning the language.  I've been toying with the idea of learning Mandarin but it's classified as an extremely difficult language to learn for a native English speaker.  They say the average Chinese person knows something like 6,000 characters, which seems unbelievably daunting, considering I have no real particular reason to learn the language other than just as a mental challenge.  

 
Chris B. said:
oh right, now I remember why my other account had you on ignore... I better update.
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Yeah, that stupid avatar. Or, I should say, the obvious lack of social graces and hostility flowing forth from it. I knew it was you. Good riddance. 

eta* Ni Hao, EY! 

 
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Steve Tasker said:
Would love to hear your experience learning the language.  I've been toying with the idea of learning Mandarin but it's classified as an extremely difficult language to learn for a native English speaker.  They say the average Chinese person knows something like 6,000 characters, which seems unbelievably daunting, considering I have no real particular reason to learn the language other than just as a mental challenge.  
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I'm not even going to attempt to learn to read the language. My focus is more conversational and utilizing PinYin to try and get pronounciation correct. 

The vowels are rough, and when you combine the tones it gets rougher. 6 vowels x 4 tones = 24 vowel sounds.

 
ex-ghost said:
Got tired of teaching in the north county, eh?
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More of a desire to travel and see the world. Want to experience life somewhere else and learn about the natives. That said, I've been burned out doing the same thing year after year at work for a while.

 
Hooper31 said:
I'm not even going to attempt to learn to read the language. My focus is more conversational and utilizing PinYin to try and get pronounciation correct. 

The vowels are rough, and when you combine the tones it gets rougher. 6 vowels x 4 tones = 24 vowel sounds.
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I learned to speak Mandarin using the website, www.speakmandarin.com.  They have great native Chinese speakers, in mainland China, often with advanced degrees in teaching Chinese as a foreign language.  They teach using Skype.  I did not learn to read or write the language, but I speak it pretty well, after 3-4 years with them, every day, for about an hour a day.  It's actually a pretty easy language to learn to speak.  But I'm not about to learn all those friggin' pictograms.  

Edit:  by my undergrad degree at Georgetown University was in Arabic language.  And I came very close to going into the Air Force back in the early 1980's.  They had me take their DLAB test (Defense Language Aptitude Battery), and I scored very highly on that.  They were pushing me very hard to enlist so they could send me to language school in Monterrey, California.  But that's a story for another time.  

 
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