You saw a teacher paying for everything? Sounds like he is grooming to me.
Please don't get paranoid about being ripped off. My chinese mother in law always tells me that I pay to much. Yes she buys things for less, but it is a war of attrition with market vendors who in the end give her the lower price just to get rid of her. It is a tactic that only works for old people.
I have hovered around market stalls, listening in to other shoppers, and generally pay the same price as locals.
Try wandering around a market and asking several vendors the price, there is little if any deviation, as I think they agree prices before the day begins. They will not have agreed any laowai price, we are too rare.
Sometimes I get a better price than my Chinese wife.
Where I have been cheated is on weight, they charged for 1kg when it is just over a half. Easy to spot vendors who turn the face of the scale to them, not turned to the side where you can both see.
If you shop regularly, you will build a relationship with a couple of traders.
@faraday
Maybe not called capitalism, but I was taught that the idea of the 'free market economy' was born in England during the industrial revolution.
@misfit
If someone runs a school and customers/parents do not want brown/black skinned teachers, and there were plenty of other schools to choose from... What does the owner do? The fact that ABC/BBC/etc. make better teachers is irrelevant. There are far better food choices than the ubiquitous McD/KFC.
Your point about 'unqualified laowai' is also contestable. I wish people would not feed the urban myth. In 10 years I have only me one person who was not qualified.
It is the plumbing in the building. You can't control that.
We had a similar problem in shanghai with one of the neighbors keeping a dog on the balcony and pushing the dog poop down the drains. It might also be a neighbor peeing in the sink to save water. You can't control others in the building either.
I would move. Put it down to experience and next time check for smell before renting a place.
Another thought.
Your files may now be hidden. I have had this with a compromised thumb drive.
If you use Windows, somewhere in the control panel you can go to the drive and 'show hidden files'. They may then re-appear.
At least in NZ case it was a genuine mistake and they fessed up and did something about it, even though it would hurt the business.
Unlike other cases of deliberate tampering.
A reasonable choice of lumber that has improved over time. Fancy hardwoods like walnut, and mahogany are in abundance. There are some plywood and rubber-wood boards available. There are also some kiln dried imported softwoods and merbao available. Some of the lumber is very green, so look for the kiln dried if you need stable timbers.
Echo everything said by others.
Breakfast great and the serve from 8am. Most other places say 9am and they still are not ready.
Sandwiches are cheap 22-32, and really packed full of filling. We got some sandwiches for a day out, the only mistake I made was ordering two, as this was too much. These are seriously good sangars, and they are wrapped in alu foil.
In fairness to Metro, they are a wholesalers, and not really a supermarket. Hence the need for a card, which can be got around.
They have improved in the year I have been away. They now carry a more consistent range of imported foodstuffs and they also seem to have sorted out the mported milk supply.
They have a wider range of electrical appliances now, there is a coice of more than one toast. There is also a better range of seasonal non foods, like clothes, shoes, garden furniture and camping gear.
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Kunming residents contend with high gravesite prices
发布者Antinatalist
I guess that is what you call Buddhism with a Chinese face.
Getting away: Changchong Mountain
发布者Blobbles, if there are not trees, you may be able to make out farmers routes on Google Earth. You can sometimes.
If you have personal GPS you could also check progress by pre-defining lat-long from Google Earth before you leave home and write them on a print out.
Just an idea.