jjameswww on chamaflauge 's blog The Content of My Character(31 comments)
At least you were savvy enough to save yourself a lot of trouble and a three hour bus ride, something we all need to do in all of these situations. Full Comment>>
jjameswww on news Man Withdraws Five Fake 100 RMB Bills from ATM in Beijing(6 comments)
True very easily possible taxi utilized the switch trick, but fakes do come out of ATM's (cognitive dissonance); where do you think all the fiat really comes from? Nothing is infallible. Full Comment>>
jjameswww on darkstar1 's blog Being Sick in China – My Dilemma(4 comments)
Just don't get sick. Protect your immune system. Not everyone has that kind of money to shell out for anything less than a VIP room at the hospital. Due to diagnosing the problem is often critical to ones feeling better, self-diagnoses is your best friend. Keep eating the crushed garlic, curries, lemon-teas, honey, ... Full Comment>>
jjameswww on Forgetmenot 's blog Stigma of an English Teacher – Unfair and Elitist (5 comments)
FT's in China are also often the victims of jealously based on the perception that they are 'luckier' or 'much better paid' than their local peers. Besides the instability of it all, the above myth can now be firmly put to rest. A very in-depth comparitive study I read was done a few years ago where all the FT's ... Full Comment>>
jjameswww on news Beginners Guide to Dating in China(29 comments)
Superficial, at best. And what is the point of the article? Full Comment>>
jjameswww on news Rejected by IKEA: Chinese Suppliers Face Uncertain Future(4 comments)
That is not only typical Chinese bosses. Image, over-consumption, obsessive/compulsive and other disorders run rampant in the obesity-ridden countries/nations, as well. Full Comment>>
jjameswww on news Oy Vey: Being Jewish in China(11 comments)
Portland or Poland? Full Comment>>
jjameswww on news Australian Foreigner Locked Up For a Year After Fending Off Intruders (18 comments)
Similar in Japan. A foreinger I know who has lived there 16 years says, ..."doesn't matter if you are wrong or right, you are wrong". Full Comment>>
jjameswww on darkstar1 's blog Tomb Sweeping Day/Holidays in General: Why I Plan to Do Absolutely Nothing(2 comments)
In five to ten years as a 'foreign expert' in China, have never once seen a teaching timetable where the days worked and off could be ascertained in advance, say for the year, month or even three week projection for that matter. I have heard that even the Chinese teachers are kept in the dark. Lately, the ... Full Comment>>
jjameswww on news Breaking Your Contract in China: New Consequences for Pulling a “Midnight Run”(41 comments)
After five years with the same school as a foreign expert ending in 2009, I was told I needed a release letter, but the school wouldn't give me one. Even when I had the immigration dept and the labor dept phone them to inform them they were required to do this, they still stalled. To this day, years later, it is ... Full Comment>>
jjameswww on news Reality Check: China Seeks To Curb “Mindless TV Entertainment”(23 comments)
Watching TV is one step away from reality. Watching cartoons is two steps away from reality. I prefer to live my life in reality. Full Comment>>
jjameswww on news Xi’an Parents Ask for 100,000 Dowry, Australian Parents Say “No Way!”(42 comments)
The hilarious thing that gets me the most is that in fact in traditional China, it was always the woman's family that provided the dowry. I can understand the traditional wisdom of the bride's family paying a dowry to the grooms family. Whereas the groom stayed with his parents and the bride moved away from hers and ... Full Comment>>