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Hi Woodwerd, welcome to Chengdu!
I think getting a bike or e-scooter is worth it. The ride from Chengdu to Longquanyi goes uphill, if you like biking its not a problem but a e-scooter is probably better. Drive carefully though. Taxis go there I don’t think they have a problem. The good thing about living there is that you’ll be close to the hills and relative greenness, compared to living in Chengdu itself. You can do great hikes and mountainbikin in the Longquanyi hills. You may be able to convince yourself that it is a bit less polluted out there. Perhpas being out there increases your chances of socialising with the chinese rather than with other expats. Also, ‘flower town’ is between you and Chengdu, and there are some nice events happening there. Perhaps you will make a few friends in town where you can crash after a late night out? As far as I know there are hardly any celebrations to watch on the street in the October holiday. But everyone will travel and tourist destinations will be packed with people. Good for you to take the big plunge and go abroad, and then such an adventurous destination! Give yourself at least one year to settle in and feel good about your new home. It takes that long to go through the ups and downs of relocation. In the beginning, make sure you use the period of high adrenaline and enthusiasm to get some things in place that are important for you to feel good, such as friends, a sports club, a hobby, being able to speak the language, whatever it may be that makes you feel good now (at home). If you have those things up and running, by the time your energy and enthusiasm start sliding towards that (inevitable) dip on the rollercoaster of being abroad, you will not feel lonely anymore and you have things in place to pull you through. After a year, things level out and you will feel you’ve arrived.
good luck!Trees to hang your food from? That high up?
I have no experience with the kind of trek you are talking about, but I would in any case take warm cloths/sleeping bag and good rain cover. It is harsh territory out there. Bear canister?Perhaps Brian at http://www.adventure-access.com/ or the people at this place http://zhilamhostel.com/about/ can give you more info on gear to take and what to expect. Detailed topographic maps are sensitive stuff here, I would expect, and I don’t think you will find any that are detailed enough. Perhaps carry a gps? some tracks in Sichuan are downloadable from here http://en.wikiloc.com/trails/hiking/china/sichuan . You may run into checkpoints, they don’t like individual travellers heading in the general direction of the Tibetan region as far as I understand.
There are also some local Chinese groups who do treks and camping in the high mountains, some have qq groups, perhaps you can find them and ask them for more info.
China does some very nice dried meat varieties (jerky kind of stuff) if you like that.Have fun!
Find someone high up with a balcony overlooking the river in Waterfront or Waitan. Spectacular views on the old bridge and Chengdu skyline
I think (but I’m not a native speaker) that formally, the verb should go with the grammatical subject, so it should be ‘there are a book and some pencils on the desk’.
But, in real life, colloquial use, apparently many native speakers feel ok about ‘there is a book and some pencils on the desk’ while they do not feel ok about ‘there is some pencils and a book on the desk’ (because the first noun to follow the verb is plural). Perhaps also the ‘distance’ to the verb matters: many people don’t have any trouble with ‘when you turn here, there is a grocery shop on your left and a bakery on your right’, or ‘there is a book in my bag and some pencils on the desk’.
Also, I think the meaning of ‘there’ in the Jim and Jack sentence is different from the meaning of ‘there in the books on the desk sentence.
I like this website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Perhaps they only posted the nice pics on instagram, hahaha! Also do look at Charlie’s collection of daily pics of the air (air pollution) on this forum, to get a real feel of the sky most of the days. It must be said that the haze is not all pollution (some humidity involved, too), but you will get the idea.
Dear Candj, try becoming a member of the http://www.chengudiwc.org, they don’t keep up their website much but are a good source of contacts and informations about things happening around town. Otherwise, try to pursue your own interests, that is often the best way to feel at home and meet others. For many interests, there are people here doing it, if only you are ready to search a bit and dive into it, just take the big leap and you’ll be fine. Learning Chinese helps a lot and will enable you to go places that suit your needs even if ‘the foreigners’ don’t go there. The Chinese, as far as I have experienced, are all very friendly and happy to see you try speaking chinese. Taking lessons here, too, will help you.
For ‘western’ healthcare, we like Parkway Health the best, please make sure (your company provides you)/you have a proper health insurance.
Welcome!Thanks Brian.
for Vincent: your visa needs to be valid for more than 3 months, your residence permit needs to be valid for more than 6 months, as I understood it. If you have a shorter residence permit I think you can apply for a temporary drivers license.Your sentence ‘ the owner of the company sells in London his villa’ is not correct.
‘the owner of the company sells his villa in London’ is correct, but suggests the villa is in London.
you might try:
‘in London, the owner of the company sells his villa’
which tells you where the owner is selling, but does not specify the location of the villa.one addition that is perhaps useful: you can only do this in the city where your residence permit is registered. Mine is from Beijing so I will have to go there to do the test.
Where is the mountain picture taken? It is breathtakingly beautiful!
Marhaba ya Hisham! There are some fellow Egyptians here, if you’re interested. We ourselves have lived in Cairo for six years before coming here. I’ll leave town for the summer holidays on the 26th, but perhaps we’ll meet after the summer. Welcome to Chengdu!
why would you have to translate it in the first place? Did your insurance company insist you do? I’d check with them, first. Also, many insurance companies want the responsible doctor or hospital to fill out the form that indicates which treatment was given, then sign and stamp it, no matter what is printed on the bill. If you have to translate yourself, I’d go to a sworn translator office. Or perhaps Parkway Health or Global Doctors can help you out? Good luck!
Hi Louise,
is there any news on a date/venue for this fair? I’ve got stuff to donate before I leave on holidays.I’m sorry to say that 11th of May is also not possible. A new date for this event will be posted here, if you are interested to come please watch this space.
Charlie, the big difference with the Japan protest is that on that occasion, every news about the chinese protesting against the unjust attitude of Japan was welcome. This case is the opposite I would say. Anyway, nothing much seems to have happened.
Due to government orders this event has been cancelled for 4th of May, and will probably be moved to 11th of May. Confirmation will follow.
Dear Kevin
I think you should go for further study, with a scholarship, next to which you could hope to find a topic-related job to bring extra money in. this will take you about a year of hard work and a lot of searching and paperwork. Start here:
– google ‘study interior design abroad’ to find info on programs online.
– many countries have educational support offices in China. for Holland, ask information from https://www.nesochina.org/ (study their website first). Other countries have such offices too, sometimes even universities have their own offices. I don’t think any are in Chengdu though.
– visit the chambers of commerce, embassies and consulates in Chengdu and ask them for information about education and scholarships from their country.
– ask your own school for information on programs offering scholarships for Chinese students.
Carefully choose which program fits your level of education, look closely at the requirements and ask if it is not clear to you.
You will probably need very good scores on your current program, and an English language test (depending on the country), like TOEFL. Admission processes for the academic year starting from August start in the previous autumn, so if you start now and work hard you may be able to get out august 2014 at the earliest.
Good luck!
