New member to the expat club

New member to the expat club
Jun 3, 2007 18:15
SPIKYFRUIT Points: Join Date: Jun 3, 2007 Status: offline	A hearty hello to you all. Thoroughly enjoying all of this community's threads (especially the ones about food!) Just wanted to know if there are any other recent or soon-to-be Westerners-in-China. I'm moving to Guangzhou in August and would appreciate any and all advice from the veterans, as well as any commiserating from fellow novices. Cheers :) I'll start: Complaint #1: All email takes 3 weeks for a response Excitement #1: Learning Mandarin is great! The characters are very difficult, but the grammar makes much more sense than English. Question #1: Anyplace where I can find a GOOD map of Guangzhou, or shall I wait and get one when I arrive?

Jun 3, 2007 18:15

SPIKYFRUIT
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Join Date: Jun 3, 2007
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A hearty hello to you all. Thoroughly enjoying all of this community's threads (especially the ones about food!) Just wanted to know if there are any other recent or soon-to-be Westerners-in-China. I'm moving to Guangzhou in August and would appreciate any and all advice from the veterans, as well as any commiserating from fellow novices.
Cheers :)

I'll start:
Complaint #1: All email takes 3 weeks for a response
Excitement #1: Learning Mandarin is great! The characters are very difficult, but the grammar makes much more sense than English.
Question #1: Anyplace where I can find a GOOD map of Guangzhou, or shall I wait and get one when I arrive?

Jun 4, 2007 09:24	#1
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: Offline	If you mean Chinese business contacts are slow to reply unless it is urgent for them...yes that can be a problem. If u mean as a technical problem, that is not normal at all. It is not always easy to get a map for most cities in English, so if you can get one it is probably a good investment.

Jun 4, 2007 09:26

JABAROOTOO
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Whose emails???
Not all grammer makes more sense than english. Just hwen you thought yu had it nailed, you learn an exception. Huughhhh
Get a map when you arrive. Should be able to pick it up at the airport or on the street

You'll find there is a good expat community there but like all things takes a little while to develop a new network of friends

Welcome to China and the forum. I have a friend moving to GZ in July too.

Jul 2, 2007 12:55	#3
SPIKYFRUIT Points: Join Date: Jun 3, 2007 Status: Offline	yes, but after six months teaching english, i'm now more confused by my native laguage than anything else. thanks for the tips.

Jul 2, 2007 13:01	#4
SPIKYFRUIT Points: Join Date: Jun 3, 2007 Status: Offline	oh, it's the contact for the school i'll be working at. a bit of an exaggeration. sometimes it is only two weeks. ;) my friend david (lives in macao, moving to the mainland soon) also pointed out to me that not everybody emails all day everyday like he and i do. my bildungsroman will be called "the internet generation meets the world".

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