Comments on: Beijing? So, is it a large city? http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/ by Ryan McLaughlin ~ The Humanaught Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:25:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: China Blogging - Living in China, studying Chinese, web design and development. » Lost Laowai’s Group Writing Project: If I knew then what I knew now http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-19451 China Blogging - Living in China, studying Chinese, web design and development. » Lost Laowai’s Group Writing Project: If I knew then what I knew now Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:04:25 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/06/13/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-19451 [...] Beijing? So, is it a large city? :: By The Humanaught [...] [...] Beijing? So, is it a large city? :: By The Humanaught [...]

]]> By: GWP: If I Knew… Update | Lost Laowai China Blog http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18981 GWP: If I Knew… Update | Lost Laowai China Blog Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:06:50 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/06/13/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18981 [...] Beijing? So, is it a large city? :: By The Humanaught [...] [...] Beijing? So, is it a large city? :: By The Humanaught [...]

]]> By: zuraffo http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18911 zuraffo Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:45:12 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/06/13/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18911 @shaun: Be glad that the first chinese person you met isn't a guy. Heh. @shaun: Be glad that the first chinese person you met isn’t a guy. Heh.

]]> By: Shaun http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18829 Shaun Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:47:25 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/06/13/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18829 <blockquote>I have absolutely no memory of meeting anyone Chinese before I hit college. Yep, I think I lasted 21 years of my life not meeting a single member of the most populated country on earth. I am not sure if that speaks towards China’s previous emigration polices, or the cultural ineptness of my hometown.</blockquote> Same for me. I actually ended up marrying the first Chinese person I ever met (in college), but that is another story. We didn't have any Asians in our school. 90% of the students were of Italian descent. So, I think it was my hometown that was the problem. Not much diversity.

I have absolutely no memory of meeting anyone Chinese before I hit college. Yep, I think I lasted 21 years of my life not meeting a single member of the most populated country on earth. I am not sure if that speaks towards China’s previous emigration polices, or the cultural ineptness of my hometown.

Same for me. I actually ended up marrying the first Chinese person I ever met (in college), but that is another story. We didn’t have any Asians in our school. 90% of the students were of Italian descent. So, I think it was my hometown that was the problem. Not much diversity.

]]> By: Helen http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18786 Helen Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:52:50 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/06/13/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18786 It is hard to express the feelings of having a life in a place that is far from your own in any aspect. That place was even never in your imagination and suddenly you are there. A new life started before you realized it. Time goes by, you still feel you are an outsider sometimes. However, you get used to the new and it is no longer new at some point. You occasionally think to yourself that maybe it is time to go back to the previous life yet you keep staying right there. It is hard to express the feelings of having a life in a place that is far from your own in any aspect. That place was even never in your imagination and suddenly you are there. A new life started before you realized it. Time goes by, you still feel you are an outsider sometimes. However, you get used to the new and it is no longer new at some point. You occasionally think to yourself that maybe it is time to go back to the previous life yet you keep staying right there.

]]> By: Steven http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18755 Steven Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:18:50 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/06/13/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18755 nice story. a wise choice, in retrospect, to get out of thailand. danwei have just mentioned the group writing project, so momentum is being gained & the word is getting out... nice story. a wise choice, in retrospect, to get out of thailand.

danwei have just mentioned the group writing project, so momentum is being gained & the word is getting out…

]]> By: Ryan http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18741 Ryan Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:05:12 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/06/13/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18741 @Kate: Cheers :-) @Phil: I totally forgot to mention that I had no idea that the whole TAM2 thing happened in my life time. For some reason I was under the impression that the events of June 4th were long, long ago (possibly even in a galaxy far far away). @Kate: Cheers :-)

@Phil: I totally forgot to mention that I had no idea that the whole TAM2 thing happened in my life time. For some reason I was under the impression that the events of June 4th were long, long ago (possibly even in a galaxy far far away).

]]> By: Phil http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18725 Phil Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:35:15 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/06/13/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18725 Ahhh.......... China for us was "What are we gonna do next?" in our lives. We were stuck in a rut and something had to change. 6 months and a 2 week ESL teachers course later we were in a land we knew very little of also. As far as we knew, China was famous for some bloke standing in front of an army tank back in the late 80's, a long wall that could be seen from space, great food which is far too expensive in our small country town and alot of people. Little did we know we would end up in a modern, beautiful city full of foreigners with plenty of things to do. A shame we only have 2 weeks left!!!!!!!!! Ahhh………. China for us was “What are we gonna do next?” in our lives. We were stuck in a rut and something had to change. 6 months and a 2 week ESL teachers course later we were in a land we knew very little of also. As far as we knew, China was famous for some bloke standing in front of an army tank back in the late 80’s, a long wall that could be seen from space, great food which is far too expensive in our small country town and alot of people. Little did we know we would end up in a modern, beautiful city full of foreigners with plenty of things to do. A shame we only have 2 weeks left!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: kate http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/general/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18684 kate Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:19:38 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/06/13/beijing-so-is-it-a-large-city/#comment-18684 It is a funny story! It is a funny story!

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