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There are loads of (fake) Apple stores around town. I’m sure they’ll sell all kind of Apple chargers.
I got my own apartment, so I’m not staying at the dorms. I don’t know how the dorms are like, but I believe they just finished renovating the ones at the east gate where most students live now. I don’t hear many complaints about it in class, although it seemed to take a week or two to get the internet up and running.
Do you mean if Chuan Da offers private tutoring or do you want to tutor some students yourself? Anyway I don’t think the uni offers tutors, but if you walk/ask around it’s very easy to find a tutor. Either at the uni or elsewhere in Chengdu.
Ps. where will you study in Holland?
I’m studing at Chuan Da and I quite enjoy it.
I’m not here for a degree, but just do the language program. Yes, there’s a lot of homework (about every 2 days a dictation), but I’m here to learn Chinese and work just a little. For me it especially works, because I’ll just be lazy if there’s no homework.
@ Ye Ming, if you don’t know any characters that might be a bit of a problem. I’m in the elementary class and we have both pinyin and characters, but in our second book (and for all higher classes) there are only characters. But there are a few students in the same situation and they follow the comprehensive classes in their own level (intermediate I think) and the reading/ writing/ listening classes in my elementary class. Talk to someone at the overseas student office and see what they can offer you.
I think it might be a good option to first study with a private teacher. Then you can focus a lot on the characters and once you catch up enroll to the uni or continue with a private teacher. It doesn’t need to be very expensive if you look around.
I’m studing at Chuan Da and I quite enjoy it.
I’m not here for a degree, but just do the language program. Yes, there’s a lot of homework (about every 2 days a dictation), but I’m here to learn Chinese and work just a little. For me it especially works, because I’ll just be lazy if there’s no homework.
@ Ye Ming, if you don’t know any characters that might be a bit of a problem. I’m in the elementary class and we have both pinyin and characters, but in our second book (and for all higher classes) there are only characters. But there are a few students in the same situation and they follow the comprehensive classes in their own level (intermediate I think) and the reading/ writing/ listening classes in my elementary class. Talk to someone at the overseas student office and see what they can offer you.
I think it might be a good option to first study with a private teacher. Then you can focus a lot on the characters and once you catch up enroll to the uni or continue with a private teacher. It doesn’t need to be very expensive if you look around.
I got most Lonely Planet’s digitally, although they’re a little old (’06-’08).
Send me a pm with your email and which country/ area you want and I’ll email them to you.
I got most Lonely Planet’s digitally, although they’re a little old (’06-’08).
Send me a pm with your email and which country/ area you want and I’ll email them to you.
I’ve cycled from Guangxi, Yangshuo to Chengdu (2400km in 2 months). So I have some experience cycling long distances, although it was my first time. But doing 220km a day is not something that’s realistic when you continue for several days or weeks. You’ll carry (a lot) of stuff, so it’s harder than cycling during a day trip.
I did it slow though, so I’m sure you can do it faster if you want to. But I’d say you’d do 60-140km a day. 60 when there are steep hills/ mountains and over a 100 if it’s flat or just a few climbs.
Not sure how far Lijiang is, but I’m sure it will take some time as there are some huge mountains there.
I’ve cycled from Guangxi, Yangshuo to Chengdu (2400km in 2 months). So I have some experience cycling long distances, although it was my first time. But doing 220km a day is not something that’s realistic when you continue for several days or weeks. You’ll carry (a lot) of stuff, so it’s harder than cycling during a day trip.
I did it slow though, so I’m sure you can do it faster if you want to. But I’d say you’d do 60-140km a day. 60 when there are steep hills/ mountains and over a 100 if it’s flat or just a few climbs.
Not sure how far Lijiang is, but I’m sure it will take some time as there are some huge mountains there.
