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I’m assuming you don’t live in the countryside. I think having a Husky in an apartment in the city is cruel. They are built for outdoor life and need lots of exercise.
Please consider a much smaller dog. It will be better for the both of you.
You can check the current exchange rate the BoC is using here.
@tigerkuma: Just joking. I didn’t know about the selenium issue in fruit & veg here. I love sashimi, so I guess I have a great excuse to eat more of it now 🙂
I’d have to say that a tomato is a confused fruit!
@tigerkuma – You contradict yourself on the selenium problem,
“its not as simple as eating fruits and vegies, eggs and meat”…
“It can also be found in fish and tuna”
Isn’t fish a meat? 😉
@tigerkuma – Boiling for 3 minutes will not remove all the chlorine in the water, maybe if you did it for 20. Chlorine has been linked to bladder cancer. I, like you, used to drink boiled water until I started having problems with kidney stones. I’ve since switched to bottled water and haven’t had a problem since.
I really don’t think you can apply what Choice magazine says about Aussie tap water to China.
But like you said, each to his own. My preference right now is blue sword glacial mineral water.
I would second StrongVPN. Many of their servers allow SSTP which is very difficult to block, monitor or use evil QoS on since it uses an SSL channel on port 443 and thus looks just like HTTPS traffic.
I think having a balanced diet on a budget is difficult in any country. Just look at the US/UK where people on very low incomes resort to eating junk food.
You can have a balanced diet just as easily in China as anywhere. Fruit, veg, eggs and meat are all available at similar or cheaper prices to the west. The real issue, as tigerkuma pointed out, is the quality of the goods. It seems that every month there is a new scandal about food being tainted with some poisonous chemical, or some unscrupulous farm or factory owners mislabelling them.
@tigerkuma – I completely disagree with your friend on the bottled water. While boiling tap water will kill the bacteria. It won’t get rid of any chemicals inside it. You might have noticed from the smell occasionally when showering that China adds A LOT of chlorine to the water.
@Charlie, I’m not sure if you require a foreign motorbike license. I have heard rumours of people obtaining one with only a car license. Maybe it depends on how clear your license is on what vehicles you can drive, and how closely they study it. The foreign license for Chinese license has been around for years. When I first arrived here (2003) I knew a guy who did it. At that time they didn’t have the test in English so he was allowed a translator. The translator already had a Chinese motorbike license and knew the answer to all the questions!
@hzwerks, When you ride inside the 2nd ring road they are supposed to confiscate your bike and give you a receipt. You then use the receipt to pay a fine and get your bike back. In reality they either let you go with a warning, or take your bike and give no receipt leaving you with no way to claim your bike back.
You can obtain a Chinese motorbike license using a US license. You will have to take a health check, register at the local police station and take a multiple choice test. You can take a mock test in english at this website using internet explorer.
If you do not have a foreign license then the procedure is much more complicated. You will need to join a driving school and take 2 practical tests in addition to the multiple choice theory test.
Plates to ride within the 2nd ring road will cost ~15,000RMB. There will undoubtedly be lots of queuing and red tape involved. It doesn’t matter what cc the bike is, unless it’s under 50! It’s the same procedure for both license and plates.
2000RMB on a romantic meal for 2?! The buffet at a 5 star hotel for 2 people is around 500 here.
I agree with Charlie on this one. While you wouldn’t be living like a peasant on 2000RMB/month. You might have to do without a few of the creature comforts you are used to back home.
Motorbike and car licenses are completely different in China. A car license does not allow you to ride a motorbike. Foreigners can obtain a Chinese motorbike license using their foreign license. However, I am unsure as to if that foreign license needs to be for a motorbike.
You would be far better on an electric bike. You can’t legally ride motorbikes inside the 2nd ring road without special plates which cost a fortune.
PPPoE and PPTP work on completely different layers, so there isn’t any conflict between the two. PPPoE is the standard encapsulation method for DSL connections worldwide.
If you have recently switched to ADSL then the speed issues you are seeing could be due to a wide range of reasons… poor line quality, oversubscribed pipes, high contention ratio etc. It could also be that the GF is screwing with your PPTP packets.
I have only eaten there once. The menu is limited. I enjoyed the pulled pork sandwich, it most definitely wasn’t the soggy mess described by Rick, but lacked content and didn’t warrant the high price. An excellent selection of beer. Good atmosphere helped by the very friendly staff, great service, and solid music selection.
I’ll probably head back in few months. Hopefully by that time they will have extended the menu a bit and improved the quality/quantity or reduced the price.
Those synthetic pads are a waste. You should get yourself one of the plug-in ones that has a glass bottle full of repellent with a heating element inside. They last for ages, assuming you remember to turn it off in the morning. I’m still using the same one as last year.
To operate a website in China you need an ICP license. Much easier to go with a quality overseas host.
Chine Mobile’s 3G network uses their proprietary TD-SCDMA standard, so isn’t comparable with any imported devices. The only choice you have is China Unicom.
I imagine that car rental places will be able to supply you with a driver for an additional cost too. You might get a better quality car that way.
If you want to drive yourself then you’ll need a Chinese driving license as neither Foreign licenses nor an International Driving Permit is accepted in China.
I believe it’s in the same building as KaffeStugan on the ground floor. Opposite the Cinema on the first ring road heading east before you reach Jiuyan Qiao.
Screens are quite cheap and can be installed on even the thinnest windowsill or possibly attached to an existing window frame. Try asking your landlord? The landlord at my last place installed them for me on request.
