Comments on: Shijiazhuang orientation / Apartment http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2005_10_28-shijiazhuang-orientation-apartment/ My Adventures in Shijiazhuang, China 2005/2006 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: andrewstrauss http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2005_10_28-shijiazhuang-orientation-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-4120 andrewstrauss Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:59:53 +0000 http://andrewstrauss.net/?p=30#comment-4120 Dan.....I am still here. Have fun in Beijing Dan…..I am still here. Have fun in Beijing

]]> By: dan http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2005_10_28-shijiazhuang-orientation-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-4020 dan Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:41:03 +0000 http://andrewstrauss.net/?p=30#comment-4020 Have you returned to the states. I did 2 years there and will return 3/2007 for a third year. I will do summer in beijing for a change of pace. I have lots of students in grad school in beijing or they are now working. i taught at hebei normal university. Your experiences are exactly the same as I had in sept 2004 when I first arrived in shijiazhuang. second year i taught at a west campus without the honking cars. a very quite experience. Have you returned to the states. I did 2 years there and will return 3/2007 for a third year.
I will do summer in beijing for a change of pace. I have lots of students in grad school in beijing or they are now working. i taught at hebei normal university.
Your experiences are exactly the same as I had in sept 2004 when I first arrived in shijiazhuang. second year i taught at a west campus without the honking cars. a very quite experience.

]]> By: andrewstrauss http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2005_10_28-shijiazhuang-orientation-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-99 andrewstrauss Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:14:05 +0000 http://andrewstrauss.net/?p=30#comment-99 Dad......it is a very nice apartment....nicer than I expected (except for the bathroom). Italy was SOOOO different! The food here is quite good, but I am already getting sick of eating Chinese food 3 times a day....I think I'm gonna try and find some pizza or a burger and fries tomorrow....just for a little variety. Travel should be easy but I honestly have no idea at this point. Shijiazhuang is a major railway hub so I think that there are trains to go most places. Andy Dad……it is a very nice apartment….nicer than I expected (except for the bathroom). Italy was SOOOO different! The food here is quite good, but I am already getting sick of eating Chinese food 3 times a day….I think I’m gonna try and find some pizza or a burger and fries tomorrow….just for a little variety. Travel should be easy but I honestly have no idea at this point. Shijiazhuang is a major railway hub so I think that there are trains to go most places.

Andy

]]> By: Dad http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2005_10_28-shijiazhuang-orientation-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Dad Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:31:55 +0000 http://andrewstrauss.net/?p=30#comment-88 AJ - thanks for a wonderful rundown of the day, and your digs. That apartment is so much nicer than I expected to see. You're very lucky. I loved hearing about the markets there, and all the bargaining. It sounds like you're having a great time - but a very different experience than the one you had in Italy. Is the food good?? What would it be like to travel to another place from Shijiazhuang? I know that in the touristy cities, there are loads of English speakers, as well as foreigners. Keep the commentary coming - I enjoyed your humor! Love, Dad AJ – thanks for a wonderful rundown of the day, and your digs. That apartment is so much nicer than I expected to see. You’re very lucky. I loved hearing about the markets there, and all the bargaining. It sounds like you’re having a great time – but a very different experience than the one you had in Italy. Is the food good?? What would it be like to travel to another place from Shijiazhuang? I know that in the touristy cities, there are loads of English speakers, as well as foreigners. Keep the commentary coming – I enjoyed your humor! Love, Dad

]]> By: andrewstrauss http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2005_10_28-shijiazhuang-orientation-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-81 andrewstrauss Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:30:35 +0000 http://andrewstrauss.net/?p=30#comment-81 Rachel....thanks. The shower is a work of genius!!! (not quite) You should come visit All the DVDs I have bought are in English, and you can test them in the shop and check. The pirated ones cost $1 and the real ones around $3. They have no region code or security so you can watch them here or in the USA The sheets are pimp! I had to choose between green and blue 101 Dalmatian sheets that said "feel lovely" or purple ones with the hamburgler from McDonald's and I think my little pony dancing around. It was a tough choice! Andy Rachel….thanks. The shower is a work of genius!!! (not quite) You should come visit

All the DVDs I have bought are in English, and you can test them in the shop and check. The pirated ones cost $1 and the real ones around $3. They have no region code or security so you can watch them here or in the USA

The sheets are pimp! I had to choose between green and blue 101 Dalmatian sheets that said “feel lovely” or purple ones with the hamburgler from McDonald’s and I think my little pony dancing around. It was a tough choice!

Andy

]]> By: rachel http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2005_10_28-shijiazhuang-orientation-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-78 rachel Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:43:23 +0000 http://andrewstrauss.net/?p=30#comment-78 ahhh!!! I was laughing sooo hard while reading this blog. And Justin- I had the same reaction... I was like , I bet he actually DID see that! I love reading your blogs... Sorry Im so not up to date... I love the shower head in your bathroom.... Very well designed. Your apt. is awesome. Maybe I will have to visit...haha. Its great that you get the dvd player and all. Are all the DVD's they sell still in English? My roomate has some of those I think. By the way... are those you're 101 Dalmatian bed sheets? Kind of reminds me of all those cartoon sheets we saw in COsta Rica.. but at least you can flush the paper down the toilet. Keep up the fun and thanks for the photos! I look forward to the next blogs :) ahhh!!! I was laughing sooo hard while reading this blog. And Justin- I had the same reaction… I was like , I bet he actually DID see that! I love reading your blogs… Sorry Im so not up to date… I love the shower head in your bathroom…. Very well designed. Your apt. is awesome. Maybe I will have to visit…haha. Its great that you get the dvd player and all. Are all the DVD’s they sell still in English? My roomate has some of those I think.
By the way… are those you’re 101 Dalmatian bed sheets? Kind of reminds me of all those cartoon sheets we saw in COsta Rica.. but at least you can flush the paper down the toilet. Keep up the fun and thanks for the photos! I look forward to the next blogs :)

]]> By: andrewstrauss http://andrewstrauss.net/posts/2005_10_28-shijiazhuang-orientation-apartment/comment-page-1/#comment-77 andrewstrauss Sun, 30 Oct 2005 07:34:21 +0000 http://andrewstrauss.net/?p=30#comment-77 Justin......you would laugh your ass off at some of the stuff here.....they just have no clue :). They definitely honk their car horns NON STOP! It drives me nuts, but I guess it is just a part of Chinese culture, and something I will hopefully get used to. It still pisses me off when some fool honks at me for no reason as he drives by (just so that I don't turn my bike into him). I have heard that they do it in all of China, but don't know for sure. Shijiazhuang is a BIG city - 9 million people. That makes as big as Los Angeles (yet almost nobody in America knows of it) Jerome......OHHH YEAH! Summer, Terry, and Gary.....ROFL....I can sooo see Gary saying that. You just made my day :) I would love to see a fireworks factory. I can't wait for Chinese new year as well....I am told there are SOOO many fireworks at night that it seems like daytime. Miss you guys too....thanks for the comment....keep em coming Justin……you would laugh your ass off at some of the stuff here…..they just have no clue :) . They definitely honk their car horns NON STOP! It drives me nuts, but I guess it is just a part of Chinese culture, and something I will hopefully get used to. It still pisses me off when some fool honks at me for no reason as he drives by (just so that I don’t turn my bike into him). I have heard that they do it in all of China, but don’t know for sure. Shijiazhuang is a BIG city – 9 million people. That makes as big as Los Angeles (yet almost nobody in America knows of it)

Jerome……OHHH YEAH!

Summer, Terry, and Gary…..ROFL….I can sooo see Gary saying that. You just made my day :) I would love to see a fireworks factory. I can’t wait for Chinese new year as well….I am told there are SOOO many fireworks at night that it seems like daytime. Miss you guys too….thanks for the comment….keep em coming

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