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Forums > Living in Kunming > Why I love Chinese women

I also think a lot has to do with where you meet your girl. This can affect the relationship dynamics. It can also affect the kind of girl you get involved with. Remember a relationship based on shared things is more likely to work out. Shared values, intellectual level, social level, etc.

If you get to meet a girl at work, you have known each other for some time before any romance begins. You have some idea of mutually shared values, and have an idea of each others level. The girl has a lot riding on her decision to even date, as she knows that her peers are observing, and will advise her (usually against). Nothing is rushed, and she usually won't move in with you for some time.
Ditto girls you meet at Church, or some other social grouping.

Or you meet a girl in a bar. The premis is you buy her drinks. You both get drunk. Within hours you can be doing the wild thing. Within days she has moved in and set her anchor. For all you know this girl could be an angel or the daughter of the devil. You know nothing of her place in society. You are c*** struck, and you think you are in love.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Why I love Chinese women

I love my Chinese woman, as she is tolerant enough to put up with all the crap I bring, my BCDs, and my angry laowai moments, etc. She has also been by my side during some serious health issues, and even though I can be a real a55 sometimes, she puts up with this grumpy old git.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > how do you spend Spring Festival?

At home. Definatley not a time to travel, or to go downtown shopping.
Spring Festival Gala is a good excuse to spend 8 hours on the computer, gaming/surfing/etc.
Doing some of my own home cooking, to avoid the 4 day leftovers.
If you live with a Chinese family, going on a diet; I mean not many of us can take a week of Ma's cooking, especially if it is local delicacies, especially if they are now 4 days old. And before people pipe up about coming to China and wanting western food, think about why there are so many Chinese supermarkets and nosheries in EU and US.

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The guys selling pelts usually arrive in late autumn, all over China. The ones I am thinking of look a bit like frontiersmen, with their fur hats and scrawny black beards. These guys sell dog pelts, they are often sprayed to look like leopard, tiger, etc.

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There is a need for people to update knowledge bases

Darwin's Law of Evolution by Natural Selection (traditionally referred to as a "theory" to honor Darwin's original treatise, but now confirmed through observation and experiment) consists of five main tenets.
www.genuineideas.com/ArticlesIndex/Darwin.htm

Google of [Darwin's Law] will bring up many scientific websites.

The semantic argument that this is a theory and not a law is out of date.

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@85 cents. The article says 'only relevant to new signs'. In other words traders won't have to pay for a new sign. But when a new sign is required it needs to be in Pinyin or English, in addition to Hanzi.

This sounds good to me. It will help me find places and improve my Chinese a lot. Why will it improve my Chinese? because I will recognise more words that I have learned in Pinyin (many more than I could in Hanzi) and recognising words will help my language acquisition.
If the words are in English it may also help local kids with their English, in the same manner as Pinyin would help me.

Making the road signs in Pinyin and Chinese was a good idea. It has helped me a lot in navigating the city. Extending the policy to shop signs can only add benefit. And nobody has to buy a new sign.

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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.

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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.

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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.