Currently, I am working on about 3 stories and a book. So, my posts are getting fewer. My life in this situation is winding down quickly, less pictures to take, more preparing for my school next year and my life after this summer. I will probably be moving to a new part of town straight away and starting a new difficult job. Not to mention that I will be out of China for more than a month, traveling around. No tickets booked yet, so I cannot tell you the plan. But maybe today it will get done, maybe not. HAHA
The reason I mention about the stories and the book is that I do not think I am going to put them up completely for free. I am not interested in the money but, I do not want folks bagging my story because it is not rated G or even PG -13, if they are interested and go buy it for a small price then I feel that people will be less likely to say stuff about the content, cause it is not being put in the face of some 17 year old that pop's onto the site. If they re prone to being upset about adult themes, then they can choose not to read, but not be alienated from viewing the site as well. The book will actually be stories of Shawn and I, it turns out we had quiet a good history and I have saved pages of our old messenger conversations, from when we first met.
Anyway, I am going to put some outtakes from one of my stories now; it is the story of my arrival in China. There are some good tidbits of information in here for those aspiring to come to China.
As for China, I was
looking at three cities in particular;
Korea
was living and teaching in Beijing and she felt
that coming to
To find out about the situation in Xian and
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Me: Ok, let me try something more specific. What is the weather in
Xian like?
Kelly_cool_girl: Oh, Xian weather is better than
Me: Ok cool, so is 3,000 rmb a month a lot of money in Xian? What
about
Kelly_cool_girl: Oh, for Chinese is good but for foreigner I think is
not much. I heard salary for foreigner in
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It was really hard to make the
inquiry into the safety or lack of safety in these cities, because I did not
have any real knowledge of the situation in which to ask. Thus, she could not
properly answer my questions because I was asking bad questions. As it turns
out,
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I began to be curious about the situation in
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Kgirl_Bj: Oh, you should be able to
make at least 10,000 rmb for a month. This is a lot of money in
Me: Are you sure I can make that much money? Do you know people that do make that much money?
Kgirl_Bj: I make more than that,
but I am paid my same salary as in
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Me: How much money can a person
make teaching in
Teach_China: Well, that is a pretty big spectrum. You can get 2 or even 3 jobs and make around 10,000 to 15,000 in a month. The trick is that you have to get a good steady job that pays you about 8,000 and then pick up the rest at night.
Teach_China: Of course, what most people want to do is stick around for a while and work there way into an international school, cause that is where the real money is made. They pay much higher than an English school.
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China_Teach: When I com into the
airport I use a black taxi and negotiate the price, also I live close to the
airport in Wang Jing , so it is very cheap for me to go to the airport. I am
not sure what the meter would cost to go anywhere, but for a black taxi you
need to be able to speak Chinese because…you have to remember this about
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