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I know it’s not a good thing to bump my own thread, but since I’m leaving for a 2 week holiday tomorrow, I thought I’d do it this once as I still have a lot of good games here for sale:
– UFC Trainer (Exercise program, PSMove required) – RMB 50
– Fallout New Vegas – RMB 50
– Batman: Arkham City – RMB – 40
– Bioshock Infinite – RMB 50
– Assassin’s Creed Revelations – RMB 30
– Monkey Island, Special Editions Collection – RMB 80
– The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – RMB 50
– Max Payne 3 – RMB 40
– Deus Ex: Human Revolution – RMB 30
– Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – RMB 30
– Assassin’s Creed III – RMB 40
– Dishonored – RMB 50
– Sleeping Dogs – RMB 50
– Mortal Kombat (Reboot) – RMB 50Don’t mind the derail at all, mate, but can’t be a great lot of help as I’m not big on online gaming in any case. I tend to either stick to single player or drunken multiplayer when mates are around the house.
My pleasure, mate, hope you enjoy them.
I was interrupted partway through “The Last of Us” by my console’s untimely demise, and let me tell you, you ave something to look forward to there.Seems I can’t edit the original post any more, but anyway, these games are left after Rick had the first pick through:
– UFC Trainer (Exercise program, PSMove required) – RMB 50
– Fallout New Vegas – RMB 50
– Batman: Arkham City – RMB – 40
– Bioshock Infinite – RMB 50
– Assassin’s Creed Revelations – RMB 30
– Monkey Island, Special Editions Collection – RMB 80
– The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – RMB 50
– Max Payne 3 – RMB 40
– Deus Ex: Human Revolution – RMB 30
– Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – RMB 30
– Assassin’s Creed III – RMB 40
– Dishonored – RMB 50
– Sleeping Dogs – RMB 50
– Mortal Kombat (Reboot) – RMB 50I’m in Nancheng Duhui, just south of San Huan Lu, and pickup isn’t gona be a problem. If you can get the tube to the High Tech Zone stop I can meet you there, or some other arrangement can be made.
And yes, it’s 90. I just dumped it from 100 and it seems like one of the 0s decided to stay. Are you interested in the whole bundle or a selection?
I’m a regular at Robot, and I have to say it’s a pretty decent gym. Instructors are good and very friendly guys, and for the newbies there is a lot of technical training. Currently one of the two instructors is also heavily into MMA. There’s a decent bit of pad work and a lot of us who like to spar, a fair few foreigners like myself and some of the Chinese guys.
As Jack pointed out a lot of the Chinese guys are very inexperienced at sparring and come at you too hard (a contributing factor might be that they’re intimidated sparring with big foreigners), but some are pretty good. One thing that’s changed recently, which I hope they change back, is that these days there is a lot of focus on bag work, rather than one on one technique and light sparring. I will mention this to the instructors, though, and see how they react.
And then you can try to guess who this is, shouldn’t be too hard, now should it.
Gonna be good to have ya back.
Oh, bugger. Is this Aussie bastard coming back? Well I guess forewarned means better prepared.
Lock up your beers and barbecues, people.
This could be interesting. I have a daughter who’s 2 years and 3 months, and it’s always good to meet other people.
Those gnats are a damned nuisance! I was out on my motorbike yesterday and it seemed like the entire area just south of San Huan Lu was one big swarm. It STILL feels like I have them crawling everywhere.
Remember that there was a couple of days like this last year as well, but I don’t remember it being this bad, or this early in the spring for that matter, but then again it’s been a very warm spring and with the drought many pools are low with no animals to eat the insect eggs, so I guess it’s just a natural occurrence.
Hey there Giulia and welcome to Chengdu.
There are a fair few Italian restaurants around the place, and at least 2 or three outside the West Gate of Chuan Da, go out and turn north (as in right) and there are a few places advertising Italian. I can’t vouch for the quality, though…
There’s also a long and winding alleyway to the north-west of Tianfu Square and just north of the two refurbished old streets, KuanXiangzi and ZhaiXiangzi, with a lot of western cafes but again I’ve only walked through, never eaten there.
To be honest you might be better off cooking your Italian yourself, though, as someone here said. Ingredients are easy to come by and not very pricy, and what’s more, you’ll know what you get.
And Federico, I went to Mandolini for the second time just yesterday and have to say I was sorely disappointed. Pizza was OK, at best, but they’d missed completely with some of the ingredients (Chinese soup mushrooms) and it seemed like they’d been thrown on completely at random. Besides the pizza was so soggy you could almost wring it. For the kind of prices they charge in there I’d seriously expect something better. Strange since the first time I went there it was pretty good indeed.
Yeah, the classes are on every day at 8:00 pm, as well as some afternoons (I only know Wednesday for certain) at 4. There are some weekend times as well, but you’d be better off going in and asking them than relying on me for those, I’m afraid. I do know, though that there used to be a sparring class at 3 on Sunday afternoons.
No idea about a pure boxing gym in Chengdu, though, but you may be able to find it through google or baidu.
Yeah, the classes are on every day at 8:00 pm, as well as some afternoons (I only know Wednesday for certain) at 4. There are some weekend times as well, but you’d be better off going in and asking them than relying on me for those, I’m afraid. I do know, though that there used to be a sparring class at 3 on Sunday afternoons.
No idea about a pure boxing gym in Chengdu, though, but you may be able to find it through google or baidu.
Hello there Jenny. I’m currently practicing at a gym up close to the central campus of Chuan Da.
If you look south, behind Bar Street it’s inside an apartment complex: 诺巴特泰拳馆, 致民路23号
It’s pretty good, and teaches a mainly Muay Thai, but with a smattering of Sanda thrown in for good measure. The instructor is a stickler for carbon copy form on some techniques, though.
They have a range of price deals, but if I remember right I was able to get a very fluent membership: think I paid 2,000 RmB for a stamp card with 100 lessons. That’s pretty handy if you have fluctuating spare time and don’t know from week to week how often you’ll make it in.
Hehe, great post, mate.
Yeah, bike theft is a bugger and a half here, and it feels so bloody, acid churningly annoying when it happens.
I got the one I was using nicked when I was off having lunch, and the real kicker was that it wasn’t mine! It belonged to my brother in law, who’s himself a cop! He took it very calmly, though, and managed to joke about it saying that it was more his responsibility than mine since it all comes down to him and his colleagues not doing their job properly. 😉
Not sure if that’s the truth, but still very decent of him.
After that I’ve stuck with my motorbike, but I guess I’ll have to get another pedal bike before long, won’t be an expensive one, though.
Hey, finally I can post here again. Had a very strange blip in here a week orso ago where I could log in, but no reply box appeared.
Anyway: The under floor heating was much cheaper than central heating normally is: 15.000 V.S. some 50.000, but that was partially because we hadn’t laid the floor yet. If you’re buying a new build with no flooring this is probably the cheapest option, but if not then ripping out the floors, laying under floor heating and getting new ones in will most likely be pretty pricey.
It might be too late now, but if you’re still loking for someone to fit the heating in your new place I can check the name of the guys who did the underfloor heating in our flat. Wonderful to walk on a heated floor during the cold months.
Well, interestingy enough; I just stumbled on this thread while mucking around on the site, and earlier today I made a joke to some Chinese friends about the rather suggestive logo of thr “Man Spa” brand (A cartoon wolf with its tail stickoing out between its legs and a very smug expression on its face). One of my mates is a cop and claimed that that particular brand doesn’t only offer conventional massage, but has a range of additional services as well.
He could, of course, have been pulling my leg, but I can’t see for what reason…
There’s a lot of stuff to love here in Chengdu, particularly if you’re trying to find the positive sides.
Like so many other people here have mentioned it’s a very friendly place where random people will strike up a conversation with you (regardless of whether you’re an “exotic foreigner” or not).
The food is fantastic, and ranges in price from next to nothing to practically he shirt of a normal person’s back.
Chengdu has also managed to hold on to its relaxed lifestyle in the face of the hectic changes modern China i going through, possibly because of the residents’ pride in that very same aspect of their culture. There are stories saying that after the earthquake in 2008 once the army was on the scene and rescue work was being taken over by the professionals, local people simply shrugged their shoulders and went to the nearest tea house to get over the shock. Tells you something about the laid back mentality here.
