Archive for the ‘Improve Yourself’ Category
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
When people travel to China, they often ask questions like:
Do I have to bring money to China?
How much money do I have to bring for my China Holiday?
Should I exchange my money in my homecountry?
Are traveller cheques useful in China?
These questions are obviously asked by people new to China. Bringing ...
Posted in China in General, Improve Yourself | 2 Comments »
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
I want to begin this article with a short quote of myself:
Maybe the Chinese just don’t want to tell anyone what’s going on inside the country.
Just 3 days have passed since I wrote this (see here, last paragraph). Yesterday I watched the news and what happened? Tada, it happened again! ...
Posted in Chengdu, China in General, Hong Kong, Improve Yourself | No Comments »
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
This morning I read the paper copy of the Hong Kong free street newspaper The Standard. One headline at the last page stood out pretty much:
Duenas is country's second Tour rider to fail test for EPO
Duenas is a bike rider for team Barloworld Team at the Tour the France. For ...
Posted in Improve Yourself, Various stuff | No Comments »
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Mandarin Chinese (普通话 putonghua) is the most widely spoken Chinese dialect. The other very important dialect is Cantonese. Other dialects are far less important and only spoken by a much smaller group of people. The difference between Cantonese and Mandarin however leave the learner with a question. Which one of ...
Posted in Improve Yourself | 6 Comments »
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Previously I have given You a whole bunch of learning methods, I also recommended You to go to a Chinese university to learn Mandarin and encouraged You to talk to Chinese persons. However I wondered what method is useful in particular. Which one has the best ROI (Return of investment)? ...
Posted in Improve Yourself, Learn Chinese | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
My last post was about if learning Chinese is worth the effort, especially with a look on the recent visa changes. I also listed my main reasons why I am in China, one of them is WORK. Justrecently who is a fellow German and has a blog about the political ...
Posted in Asia business, China in General, Improve Yourself | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Recently I heard this this dialog:
- Hey man, I want to invest in China, I want to settle here, can I do that? I mean because of visa and stuf...
- Sure You can. The law states You can. But we don't know if this law still exists tomorrow.
Two weeks later, ...
Posted in Asia business, China in General, Improve Yourself, Learn Chinese | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Yesterday I've been to the Hump Bar, which is a popular foreigner hangout. After a while I recognized a girl sitting lonely at some table so I went to her table and started a conversation in Chinese.
Well I can practice my Chinese every day, but this experience was total different. ...
Posted in China in General, Improve Yourself, Learn Chinese | 2 Comments »
