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Bernie's User Profile

Date registered: Saturday, 24th February 2007
Region: China

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  • Getting away: Yuanyang's rice terraces
    Saturday, 6th March 2010
    Chris; just as I said, your writing creations will improve. ;-(
  • Getting away: Yuanyang's rice terraces
    Thursday, 4th March 2010
    Matthew; Thank you for that. I think that I have been under a silly misunderstanding (?) I always assumed that the writer originates the tag words and, thus, may not have covered everything. Now, I guess that you guys do that?
  • Getting away: Yuanyang's rice terraces
    Wednesday, 3rd March 2010
    Chris; No doubt, your new window view has had an affect on your writing creations (Actually, this story may have been conceived before the new view, but let's pretend otherwise).

    Is it not possible to have a section of this Website specifically set up to permit easy searches to well-written travel stories. Yes, we have Lonely Planet, but there's also an important niche for stories like this.

    I can't imagine that you'll not offer this story to every airline that flies into China, for example.

    Fantastic pictures - can't wait to return.

    One small critique; hotel descriptions would be nice.
  • When the cage smashers come
    Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
    Chris; Now, living away from Kunming, your story is a joy. Will you, now, relocate your office back to the apartment with the fantastic new view. Which reminds me of the saying, "A writer is working his hardest when staring out the window".
    Kunming will be totally renovated with the removal of the 'cages'. I look forward to seeing the result.
    My only fear is that landlords will reinstall things back inside the window.
    By the way, who gets the financial compensation - there's a fortune in metal there.
  • Protected buffer zone to surround Dianchi Lake
    Thursday, 12th November 2009
    'Nope' has a point. But I hope that the recent crackdown on corruption will deter too many new villas being built (There will be some, of course).

    If not, perhaps, the arrival of the next revolution will arrive before we originally imagined.

Latest Forum Posts

    Posted: Saturday, 13th March 2010
    Posted in: Forums > Study > American English, British English...who cares?
    I think it wonderful that a Chinese person (Laotou) writes the most sensible comment on this subject.

    Actually, the subject is sociolinguistics, and some would benefit, initially, from simply knowing the difference between ESL and EFL.

    Just my two pennies worth!
    Posted: Thursday, 14th January 2010
    Posted in: Forums > Living in Kunming > To the guy I hit at disco (kundu)
    It needs to be said: There are professional foreigners in Kunming, e.g., Teachers (legally-employed), full-time students (with a student visa) business people (legally-employed), tourists (visa renewal unnecessary), and a few married to Chinese nationals.

    Then, there are people with names such as BigBoy69, et al, who should be deported.

    There, I've said it.
    Posted: Thursday, 14th January 2010
    Posted in: Forums > Living in Kunming > English recording pay
    Start at 100 rmb/hour.
    Posted: Thursday, 14th January 2010
    Posted in: Forums > Living in Kunming > Computer Help
    JJ&J: As you can tell, there are many people that may help you here, but it would help if you would provide some additional information. For example:
    1. Age of computer
    2. Desktop or laptop
    3. Size of hard drive
    My suggestion; a separate hard drive.
    Posted: Wednesday, 18th November 2009
    Posted in: Forums > Living in Kunming > Chinese people's English names.
    Sorry ... pressed the wrong key!

    I once had a student whose name was Jun who, typically, asked me to give her a European name - when I immediately suggested June, her expression was blank and following further explanation, she smiled ... but I'm sure that she's still wondering about it.

    Her fellow student named himself Viper, I let him keep it. ;-)

    It's an interesting subject.
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